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Theo Lawson

Theo Lawson

Current Position: Sports writer

Theo joined The Spokesman-Review in 2017 as a sports reporter covering Washington State University athletics. He also cover Gonzaga University men's basketball.

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First look: Boise State at Washington State

What is it? Boise State (1-0, 0-0) makes the return trip of a nonconference home-and-home series with Washington State (1-0, 0-0). Where is it? Martin Stadium in Pullman.
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For Washington State, 2017 could be the year of the … running back?

When you exit the stairwell on the fifth floor of Washington State’s football operations building, hang a quick right and follow the wide, carpeted hallway until you reach a dead end. It’s the last room on the right. There’s a placard on the door that reads “running backs.”
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Pac-12 picks: No early cakewalks for Colorado, UCLA

The first weekend of Pac-12 football gave us quite the study in contrasts. Way down under, Stanford hit some impressive heights in a 62-7 romp of Rice at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia. In Fort Collins, Colorado, it was a mile-high disaster for Oregon State, which fell right back down to earth after a 57-28 loss to Colorado State.
Sports >  WSU football

WSU All Americans

Mel Hein, Center, inducted in 1954 – Hein spent three seasons at Washington State, from 1928-30, and played in the “one-platoon era” where centers often played on the other side of the ball. A linebacker on defense, Hein once intercepted eight passes in a game against Idaho. The Football Writers Association pegged him as the center on the all-time modern All-America team (1920-69) and he was named an All-American after the 1930 season. Hein spent 15 years with the New York Giants and was an all-pro on eight occasions. He also set the Giants record by playing in 172 consecutive games. Hein also played in virtually every game for the Cougars and led them to the 1931 Rose Bowl – a loss to Alabama.

Sports >  WSU football

Picking the Cougars: Projections for all 12 of Washington State’s 2017 football games

Judging by the last few seasons, you may have a better chance of choosing the correct Powerball numbers than predicting Washington State’s schedule with 100 percent accuracy. The same team that’s lost five consecutive season openers also has a penchant for breaking off mid-year winning streaks and beating Pac-12 powerhouses with reuglarity. The Cougars head into 2017 carrying a two-game losing streak to the Big Sky Conference (Portland State, 2015, and Eastern Washington State, 2016), but also two-game winning streak against Oregon, which has two national title game appearances in the last seven years. Last season, they lost to Boise State, but clubbed Stanford.