WSU, the morning after

• We’ll start with our story again, but we’ll add John Blanchette’s column to the mix as well. … From the Seattle Times, there is this Steve Kelley column and this one from Bud Withers. … Freelancer Howie Stalwick has this story in the News Tribune. … I was told yesterday Mike Leach has a real connection to Kansas and that is his No. 1 choice ( this story explains what it is). One big reason? The Jayhawks play Texas Tech in conference play. … Finally, Stanford’s David Shaw has seen coaches fired all the time, his dad was one. But there was only one in the Pac-12 he talked about, because it surprised him. … Cougar women’s basketball player Rosie Tarnowski is the subject of Dave Trimmer’s notebook .

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• That’s all for this morning. The Cougars play an early starting basketball game (5:30) tonight, and we’ll be back prior to that. Until then …