H.R.G.* score

Cougs 31
Dawgs 24

Can't turn the ball over if we expect to win...

Go Cougs!

*H.R.G....Historic Rivalry Game...Not Apple Cup...Would be in Pullman...

UberCougars said:

Hey Word Salad, there is nothing he could have done or said that would have changed your mind.

You were always going to vote for the only candidate in modern US history that has never received a single Primary vote , no matter what.

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What is the alternative? To vote for a convicted felon and someone who was found liable for sexual assault? Voting for someone who tried to overturn an election and drifts towards authoritarianism is not an option .

Flatlandcoug said:

Could it be that their viewership sucked because they were playing games against irrelevant opponents that nobody cared about?

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Partially. But playing WSU and OSU once per year isn’t going to bump that average by much.

UberCougars said:

I just bought tickets and I’m going.

I like Jake Dickert. I think he’s a good coach and good for WSU. There is an AC thread on X where somebody linked a segment of Coach with Puck on his podcast. Dickert asked for our support reasonably, he was right and so I got the tix and I’m assembling a crew.

Nostalgia wins and so will the Cougs 22-19.

Cougs have a lot of team speed and enthusiasm on defense. We may lack depth necessary to survive an entire season on top but the starters are clicking right now and they’re having fun.

Offense: Mateer. Cougs have never had a running QB like this and I’m intrigued. Ricky Turner was more of a RB who took snaps but, he did win an Apple Cup 🍎

Rain: doesn’t look like much rain and besides, the air at Lumen swirls high above and unless you’re in the first six rows or on the field, you aren’t getting wet.

I still don’t like Pat Chun, not sold on UW, their coach or their QB so 22-19 it is.

See you there.

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Unlike Biggs, (as I don't think Biggs likes CJD), in fact I think he loathes him! Notice how Biggs is quiet when we win?

That said, me on the other hand, I'm like you. I don't like Dickert, I love the guy. I personally think he's the best coach we've ever had, and I was a huge Leach freak.

Dickert with his leadership, his faith, his positive outlook, his ability to overcome major setbacks, his knowing how to manage players and a team, his heart, his blood, his defense coordinator experience, his intelligence of how to be successful, his ability to get his players to show up and be ready for big games, his family in Pullman and his kids in Pullman schools, his listening skills, his ability to not be cocky and high-minded, his recruiting, his salesmanship....all this adds up to be the best coach Washington State has ever had, in my opinion. (No Mike Price comments, please).

Oh, did I say Dickert is a salesman? This equates to recruiting, big time, where recruiting is everything.

If he wins big today, we're off to the races.

I predict I’ll be pretty indifferent compared to every other Apple cup I’ve watched. UW isn’t in our conference and isn’t even a threat on the national scene anymore with the deal they took.

Yeah I want the Cougs to win and yeah I still hate UW but if we lose it’s gonna feel like we lost to Rutgers or something, and if we win, we beat a middling P5 non conference team. Good for us, but not the same feeling.

That said, this is a pick’em game in the 27-24 variety IMO. I’ll say UW just for the reverse jinx.

The wild thing about all of your Loomer posts Uber is that she’s probably going to put the final nail in his political coffin. To anyone paying attention it seems pretty clear he’s laying mushroom on her, and she’s so batshit crazy it’ll be a bridge too far for more than enough R voters. He's going to lose at the end of the day anyways but if it blows up that he’s having an “affair” with her it will become a true landslide.

Coug90 said:

You’re wrong on this one Krusty. Only a handful of republicans actually believe he won, most of them know he lost they just can’t say it out loud for their own political careers. Hell Trump knows it and has admitted it, he just keeps lying about it because it keeps the base frothing at the mouth and he knows he’s gonna have to do the same thing again.

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I agree with you if you're referring to Republicans holding elected office. Yeah, they know he lost.

My comment was directed at the voters who've allowed themselves to be deceived by dishonest "news" outlets.

KRUSTYtheCOUG said:

Again...not you. Can't speak for yourself. Not a serious person. Taihtsat

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You are pretty bright for a cartoon 🤡

True: not my re-usable rocket, 🚀 not my spacewalk. I had no hand in the incredible technological breakthroughs necessary to pull this off. Not my news site, either. Nothing gets past you, does it.

First woman on a spacewalk mission?

First woman leading a Global live music event 1000 miles above Earth synchronized perfectly with other concert performers staged in various parts of the world? Yeah. I didn’t do that either.

Like I said, some find technology incredibly fascinating. Others are left scratching their heads wondering what is the big deal?

It’s OK!

Go Cougs!

PS: did you see this? Fastest growing news site. 22% yoy growth. #1

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1834773724253634862?s=46

CougEd said:

Cause he is a threat to democracy...his OWN people in his administration have said so. HE already showed what lengths he would go to as so he could remain in power. He told people to go to the Cap...why? Why didn't he go on the 5th, the 3rd?

And he had shown a loss for numerous years so where is the lie?

Who cares what Kamala came up with ? I don't want a guy who is a racist and a bigot in the White House who tells the country in a mad frenzied tone "they are eating out pets". How does he know if they are illegal?

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Hey Word Salad, there is nothing he could have done or said that would have changed your mind.

You were always going to vote for the only candidate in modern US history that has never received a single Primary vote , no matter what.

I just bought tickets and I’m going.

I like Jake Dickert. I think he’s a good coach and good for WSU. There is an AC thread on X where somebody linked a segment of Coach with Puck on his podcast. Dickert asked for our support reasonably, he was right and so I got the tix and I’m assembling a crew.

Nostalgia wins and so will the Cougs 22-19.

Cougs have a lot of team speed and enthusiasm on defense. We may lack depth necessary to survive an entire season on top but the starters are clicking right now and they’re having fun.

Offense: Mateer. Cougs have never had a running QB like this and I’m intrigued. Ricky Turner was more of a RB who took snaps but, he did win an Apple Cup 🍎

Rain: doesn’t look like much rain and besides, the air at Lumen swirls high above and unless you’re in the first six rows or on the field, you aren’t getting wet.

I still don’t like Pat Chun, not sold on UW, their coach or their QB so 22-19 it is.

See you there.

95coug said:

Uh….if that’s the standard, we just screwed up. Only CSU drew over 500K for their games last year. Boise state was under 350, the rest were under 200.

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Could it be that their viewership sucked because they were playing games against irrelevant opponents that nobody cared about?

chugspig said:

And split the media deal 14 ways with 8 non earners, or just take folks who earn money and split it evenly. Money is the end all be all.

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Agree. It matters.

Also, how much does FSU BSU CSU SDSU really bring in? Are their numbers higher than WSU? Cause if it’s about earners, none of the new 4 are big timers. So why were they invited? It is a best of the rest league. Ship has sailed away with the earners. So what are you talking about?

Remember, that’s how the Big 12 looked at WSU and OSU. WSU is in no position to be snobby. They need games. I don’t see the tv pay days like before returning.

So yeah, get as many as you can, move forward. At some point you’re gonna have to commit to building something people wanna watch. College football is a tv show. It doesn’t matter where the tv sets are. It matters that theyre tuned in to your show/game.

KRUSTYtheCOUG said:

instead of beaten at the ballot box?

He was. And he still denies it. Almost half of your party now believes the election was fraudulent. He insprired an assault on our capital that disrupted and official proceeding of our government and resulted in one of his minions being killed and many officers injured.

Beating him at the ballot doesn't matter to him or the majority of his followers. Does that include you, stretch?

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You’re wrong on this one Krusty. Only a handful of republicans actually believe he won, most of them know he lost they just can’t say it out loud for their own political careers. Hell Trump knows it and has admitted it, he just keeps lying about it because it keeps the base frothing at the mouth and he knows he’s gonna have to do the same thing again.

Flatlandcoug said:

That's the thing that some people can't understand. We need as many teams as possible that will draw 500k+ viewers in conference games. We need to avoid teams that draw less than 100k per game.

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Uh….if that’s the standard, we just screwed up. Only CSU drew over 500K for their games last year. Boise state was under 350, the rest were under 200.

Suudy said:

What choice is there? ID law demands an ID prosecutor and ID judge. And with ID In the NW ….

Seems to me they picked a venue mostly likely to not call for capital punishment.

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Ada county may be less likely to go along with the death penalty….but not much. Even Boise is still pretty red. And even in the liberal districts of WA, from the small sampling I’ve seen, there’s broad agreement that the death penalty was made for cases like this.

Suudy said:

What choice is there? ID law demands an ID prosecutor and ID judge. And with ID In the NW ….

Seems to me they picked a venue mostly likely to not call for capital punishment.

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Prosecutor Thompson plans to ask for the death penalty if there's a guilty verdict.

BleedCrimsonandGray said:

I saw that earlier this week.

Not sure why the feet dragging, but if they honestly think they can get a better jury in Boise they are delusional. EVERYONE in the nw has heard about this.

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What choice is there? ID law demands an ID prosecutor and ID judge. And with ID In the NW ….

Seems to me they picked a venue mostly likely to not call for capital punishment.

BiggsCoug said:

WSU has no room to be snobby. Take them all and whip their ass every year. Take the w’s.

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And split the media deal 14 ways with 8 non earners, or just take folks who earn money and split it evenly. Money is the end all be all.

altolug said:

I think some of those that left will be crawling back in a few years. They will discover the cost of travel and the lack of being in post season tournaments due to the conference standings being a catalyst.

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Depends on what they care about. Postseason or $$$. I think we know what they prefer. I agree with WBrooz.

longtimecoug said:

what a hardship, having to watch the game live. from that should we assume you only wtch reruns of games we win?

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Actually, when I watch our games I’m behind and not live. Therefore I’m able to skip all of the commercials.

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dgibbons said:

They are not getting any money.

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If the ACC implodes Stanford would go independent before they’d go to the PAC but Cal can’t afford to do that and may be a possibility. If that was the case the B12 would probably be intersted in them to get a foothold in Cali as well.

UberCougars said:

Cartoon clown, 🤡 check this out. Although clearly above your paygrade, many will find it fascinating.

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Again...not you. Can't speak for yourself. Not a serious person. Taihtsat

Flatlandcoug said:

I played the mutts in CFB25 the other night. I was up 21-7 at halftime and held on for a 28-21 win. Recovered an onside kick attempt and had to make one first down before I went into victory formation at their 25 yard line.

It should have been an easier win but I couldn't convert on 4th down in the red zone near the end of the first half. I took Dickert's advice and shook off the adversity and moved on.

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I had a similar game. I was up 21-7 at half. Should have been 28-0, but the machine decided it wanted to score, so it did.

Came out and had 6 sacks and 4 INTs in the 2nd half. Ended up 52-21.

Lost both my running backs though. .