Pullman isn’t as snowed under as expected

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And now time for Ollie Williams and the Pullman weather report. Ollie? … OK, I admit it would be impossible for me to capture Ollie’s trademark style on the digital page, but let’s just say he wouldn’t be screaming about snow. Yes folks, the weather wasn’t as bad as the apocalypse forecasted. Heck, after I got home just before midnight last night, it doesn’t look as if it snowed anymore. So the possible 8 inches didn’t come close to fruition. So maybe the Snow Bowl 2010 hype can slow down a bit. Read on for more WSU news.
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• Washington State: We do have some snow-related news, however. Watched WSU remove snow from Martin Stadium for a bit yesterday. It’s a pretty slick operation. The small plows, with rubber-tipped blades, push the snow to the sidelines. Meanwhile, the snow in the stands is pushed to the aisles, where there is a chute. The snow is put on the chute and is gravity-assisted to the field, mixing with the piles from the playing surface. There, front-loaders scoop the snow into the back of dump trucks, which take it to another part of campus and dump it. The trucks stay off the playing surface and only drive on the sides nearest the stands. We’ll see how well the system works between now and Saturday. … The most current weather report for Saturday from the Weather Channel: Sunny and cold, with a high of 26 that day and a low of 17. Between now and then, better than 50 percent chance of more snow today and tomorrow with Friday looking snowless. … Now back to Tom Tucker with the sports. … Yes, there was a college basketball game in Pullman last night, though the crowd was kept to a minimum by the tough road conditions – roads were closed all over the area and there was a big fire in Colfax that forced a detour on U.S. 195. But the Cougars had no trouble with Sacramento State. Our story is here along with charts from CougCenter. Things heat up starting Friday night when fifth-ranked Kansas State comes to town. As our story says, there is hope DeAngelo Casto will be in the lineup, but Reggie Moore is still pretty questionable. … On to football. We had our Pac-10 notebook in today’s paper, while the Seattle Times’ Bud Withers tried to get inside Bill Moos’ head. Much of what he says makes sense to me as I know the situation. … Also on the football front, Christian Caple has this column on Chima Nwachukwu. … Is snow really that big a deal ? … The Associated Press looks at the effect of the byes. … Finally, we have highlights and Bone’s interview from last night courtesy of WSU. …

• Here are the highlights …

• And Bone’s comments …

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• Around the Pac-10: Jon Wilner looks at the conference’s play against non-conference opponents and has his power rankings . … ESPN.com’s Ted Miller says the Apple Cup actually means something this year. … Washington: After back-to-back weeks playing teams with backup quarterbacks, the Huskies face a real one in Jeff Tuel this week. … Oregon State: There has been some trash talk about big brother, little brother this week. All I know, in our house, the little brother held his own. And I’ve got the holes in the basement walls to prove it. … OSU’s campus is being overrun by a Duck infestation. … Oregon: The Ducks don’t want to look back 10 years. … The teams’ running backs are friends . … Cal: Nothing here. … Stanford: Ten reasons why the Cardinal are good. … USC: Some fun at Lane Kiffin’s expense , and with his help. … UCLA: Sheldon Price has a bone to pick with USC. … Arizona State: Another retrospective on a game from a decade ago. … Arizona: The center of the Wildcats’ offensive line is strong.

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• That’s it for this morning. We’ll be back after practice tonight. Until then …