Theo Lawson

Patrick Nunn received an offer from Washington State in March and six months later, the wide receiver from San Mateo, California, has given a verbal pledge to the only Pac-12 school on his shortlist. Nunn, a 6-3, 195-pound wideout from Junipero Serra High School, announced his commitment to WSU via Twitter on Sunday afternoon.

It’s in Washington State’s best interest to play as much football under floodlights as possible before the month of September rolls around. The Cougars open the season at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 2 against Montana State.

Made for the Air Raid? It sure seems like Cammon Cooper is.

Every year, one Washington State practice winds up being much bigger of a production than the rest. A few more cameras are circling the perimeter of Martin Stadium and a crew of television personalities wearing navy polos are roaming the premises for a few hours. The occasion? Pac-12 Networks day in Pullman.

Kyle Sweet was throwing footballs when he arrived at Santa Margarita High School in 2011. By 2012, he was catching them. Now he’s punting them.

Ernie Kent filled one of Washington State basketball’s two remaining scholarships Thursday with the signing of Carter Skaggs, a junior college transfer from Florida’s Chipola College.

Mike Leach has always been an adversary of sprint-based punishment. Here’s how the Washington State coach sees it.

Washington State quarterback Luke Falk woke up Wednesday morning to find himself on yet another preseason watch list. Idaho’s Matt Linehan, coming off a season that saw him lead the Vandals to a bowl win, cracked the watch list for the first time.

Jeff Choate and Montana State won’t be strolling into Martin Stadium for another 18 days, but the Cougars got their first glimpse of the Bobcats Tuesday afternoon in Pullman.

Week 1, it was a wide receiver from Eastern Washington. Week 2, it was a running back from Boise State. Week 11, it was a quarterback from Colorado and Week 12, a safety from Washington.

The crown jewel of Washington State’s 2017 basketball recruiting class won’t suit up for the Cougars this season.

The college experience is going by at warp speed for Chima Onyeukwu.

Washington State’s first workout under the Sunday Night Lights was a productive one. Until it wasn’t.

When Washington State rewarded Nate DeRider with a full scholarship Friday afternoon after four years of thankless walk-on service, nobody was more amped than the recipient himself. Though, inside linebackers coach Ken Wilson may have been a close second.

Luke Falk and his stable of rangy wideouts hummed from start to finish, James Williams made a few long, winding runs to the end zone and throughout a 90-play exhibition at Martin Stadium on Friday night Washington State’s top offensive unit gave fans a glimpse of just how potent it has the chance to be this fall.

There’s now a good-sized list of Washington State Cougars who’ve joined Mike Leach’s program as long-shot walk-ons and performed well enough to warrant a full scholarship. Once upon a time, that was quarterback Luke Falk. After him, nickel Parker Henry. The latest? Linebacker Nate DeRider.

Here are three reasons to continue to feel good about the Cougars’ chances this year and three reasons to wait a few more months before pulling the trigger on those non-refundable plane tickets to Pasadena.

The reputation of Jamire Calvin’s fall camp at Washington State has spread almost as rapidly as the vicious wildfires currently smoking out the Pacific Northwest. And just like those nasty blazes, the true freshman wide receiver has been hard to contain.

When Washington State University selects its recipient for the Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award, the goal is to find someone “who has made significant contributions to society and, through his or her accomplishments, has brought attention to the quality of a WSU education.” It’s an award that has Steve Gleason’s name written all over it.

Washington State defensive line standouts Hercules Mata’afa and Daniel Ekuale were named Thursday morning to the 2017 Polynesian College Player of the Year Award watch list. The award is presented annually to “the most outstanding Polynesian college football player that epitomizes great ability and integrity.”

LEWISTON – The Washington State football schedule is frontloaded with home games this season – five of the seven are in the month of September – and Cougar coach Mike Leach wants to make sure his players get all the reps they can inside Martin Stadium before the Sept. 2 opener versus Montana State. So the Cougars are returning to their home fort earlier than planned and rather than practice Friday afternoon at Lewiston’s Sacajawea Junior High, they’ll bus to Pullman and scrimmage at Martin Stadium Friday evening. The mock game will start at 7:30 p.m. and be open to the public.

Jarrett Kingston received an offer from Washington State two days ago and the offensive/defensive lineman from Anderson High in California didn’t wait long to pull the trigger.

In his early years at Washington State, Erik Powell would often spend hours on end of his own time spraying kicks through the uprights, hoping constant repetition would generate the muscle memory needed to convert big-time field goals in big-time games.

Coaches and teammates all agree: The Isaiah Johnson-Mack that left Pullman in June isn’t the same Isaiah Johnson-Mack that returned to campus in August.