Thank you Greg Woods.

WSU’s offensive line shows flashes of potential on otherwise up-and-down day​

Greg Woods Aug. 13, 2024 at 7:07 pm
By
The Spokesman-Review
PULLMAN — There’s lots to like about this Washington State offensive line, position coach Jared Kaster will tell you, but the group’s depth and versatility stands out most in his mind.

For example: Redshirt junior Christian Hilborn is at his best at left guard, but because of injuries, he’s been taking a majority of his reps at right tackle. Right guard Brock Dieu has rotated on occasion to center. And now that Rod Tialavea is back healthy, he’s stepped back into his role at left guard.

WSU is trying to tread water until veteran right tackle Fa’alili Fa’amoe, out since the beginning of the calendar year with a knee injury, can return. That won’t come until WSU visits rival Washington for a nonconference clash in Seattle — at the earliest — so in the meantime, Kaster is finding out who he can trust at different spots.

“I think it shows that you know what you’ve done in recruiting, what you’ve done to build an O-line room, is starting to kind of show a little bit,” said Kaster, who coached last year at Austin Peay. “Having the depth, you’ve got guys, and if they don’t get it done, you’ve got guys behind yourself that have grown in the program, that have grown in the weight room. You’ve got guys that played a lot of football.”

The Cougs’ offensive line produced several promising moments in Tuesday’s practice, the team’s 11th of fall camp. On one sequence at the goal line, the front five generated a push to free up running back Djouvensky Schlenbaker for a short touchdown, and on another, they did the same for true freshman running back Wayshawn Parker.

Just two moments from one fall camp practice, sure, but remember, last season WSU finished second-to-last in the Pac-12 (and No. 111 of 133 FBS teams nationally) in red-zone scoring, cashing in on 76% of its opportunities. The Cougs registered a touchdown on just 64% of those chances, a field goal on the other 12%. It’s been enough of an issue for head coach Jake Dickert to harp on it several times during fall camp, and coaches made it a focus Tuesday.

But for a few of those encouraging plays, Washington State’s offense also slogged through a few troubling ones, too. In a red-zone situation over at Gesa Field, where the team moved midway through the practice, Parker was stacked up on back-to-back plays. On third down, quarterback John Mateer misfired on a rollout pass, and on fourth down, WSU edge rusher Syrus Webster batted down Mateer’s pass, generating a turnover on downs.

On the quarterback front, Mateer and Bryant transfer Zevi Eckhaus had mixed success Tuesday. Mateer did miss that goal-line throw, but he also unleashed a beauty of a throw in a routes-on-air drill. He snapped the ball, let freshman receiver Chris Barnes build speed on a go route and unfurled a deep ball, some 40 yards downfield, a dime that Barnes snagged over nickelback Kapena Gushiken.

In another team period Tuesday, Mateer threw another gem, a downfield bomb that hit senior wideout Kyle Williams in stride. Williams has recorded a relatively quiet fall camp, making big catches when he’s needed to, but his role as the No. 1 receiver is all but set in stone. A 12-game starter last season, Williams hasn’t needed to turn heads the way some of his younger teammates have.

Mateer’s competition for the starting quarterback role, Eckhaus, also saw a mixed bag on Tuesday. He strung together a few incompletions, including the type of deep ball that has often eluded him during fall camp, but he also made one of his best throws of camp: A deep touchdown pass to Barnes, who caught it over the shoulder in stride.

Notes​

• Cornerback Jamorri Colson, in line for a starting role this season, missed practice for undisclosed reasons. He was present, but he didn’t suit up.
• Punter Nick Haberer also missed practice, his second straight. He missed Monday with back soreness, Dickert said.
• Also not suiting up for Tuesday’s practice was defensive lineman Ansel Din-Mbuh, who missed for undisclosed reasons.
• WSU’s next two practices will be later in the day — 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Fall camp concludes with the team’s second and final scrimmage, which is open to the public, at 6:45 p.m. Saturday.

Greg Woods Washington State beat writer for The Spokesman-Review

I've waited for this day for such a long time. It's finally here. Mateer is the man, and I cannot wait to FINALY watch him play all 4 QTRS. He's going to CRUSH IT.

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Big 10 has access to Washington and Oregon.

Big 12 will want access to Washington and Oregon.

And deep inside... why wouldn't the Big 12 want to become the "bigger and better"

Power in numbers

I now decree... we will get in

Minshew narrative

Im confused as to why this narrative of "just a back up" haunts GM. Hes managed two anemic offense to .500 records with little too no support around him.

And if AP is so desperate to not have GM at the helm, trade his ass instead of talking publicly about what a garbage player he is.

Must say that I really don't give a s#it about the Olympics. They just won't quit adding stupid events. Ping Pong? Artistic Diving? Rhythmic Gymnastics? 3 on 3 Basketball? Breaking (WTF is that?). No thanks.

I did check on Australia's first Men's BB game, hoping that I'd see Baynes in the box score. Apparently he has hung it up for good. Patty Mills and Delladova are still out there.

I'm in Arizona, but come from SEC territory. A Gator fan but an FSU graduate.

You guys had a chance to become a more powerful league back in 2011/12 when Texas and Oklahoma came to Larry Scott looking for an invite. Reports are that it was the Longhorn Network that caused Texas to pull out. But Oklahoma was still very interested, except Stanford and Cal nixed them because of their academic standing. That was a mistake.

Fast forward to 2021, the SEC accepts Texas and Oklahoma into the league. The Big 12 came to Larry once again, talked about some sort of merger that just might have kept Oregon and Washington in line. I believe USC wanted out after seeing how the B1G operated in fooling old Larry into an alliance that meant nothing. But old Larry had no interest in that truck stop league.


He followed the B1G like always, not as old partners but like a younger brother. Just look at the 2020 cancellation, then announcement of a shortened season . Larry chuckled at silly old Bob Bowlsby. After all the PAC and B1G were partners.


Fast forward to 2022. The Big 12 accepted their place, added the best schools they could. The PAC sat stunned as USC and UCLA bolted to the B1G. Betrayed!!!


Oregon and Washington were vetted, but the B1G said they were done for now. So for a year Oregon and Washington sat, watched the SEC, B1G sign billion dollar media agreements. The PAC kept saying a deal was coming.....months passed by. The 2022 season came. 2023 season was coming up with no deal. Then in June the Big 12 announced a television deal that put them well behind the B1G and SEC, but comparable to the ACC.

Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and Arizona learned the deal the Big 12 got was on the table unsigned for months for the PAC. But the PAC thought they should get B1G money because..... History?

Then in July the killing blow. The PAC revealed their deal was with....Apple. For less than the ACC and Big 12. Boom, that was it.


Blame Oregon, blame Washington. Heck you can say Colorado and Arizona were sabotaging the PAC from inside. But the truth is the PAC had four different time periods in the last decade where they could've made themselves one of the Big 3, or at least remain a distant third. Now it's done, the major offending parties are either fired or in P4 leagues.


What can be done now? Either make the best with whatever remnant resources and time period you have left from the PAC. Or you can tell the MW, American, and the best of the rest that they need to come to you. Sit on your payout and let it drain.

....would certainly line up with the vision of having most athletics in a west coast only conference.

Could also allow for the MWC to merge into the Pac-12.

1) OSU
2) WSU

They jump to the Big-10 for the cash.

They now have to play a tougher schedule.

They are concerned about their record now and access to the CFP.

Had they stayed out west, they would have been one of the favorites annually.

Unbelievable.

Now that the board is fixed (hopefully), I’ll try to start a thread that’s actually about football…although since we still don’t have actual football I’m just going to ask: who’s got the new NCAA 25?

I’ve been playing my dynasty (as WSU of course), and it’s hard. I trailed Portland state 17-7 at half, and their RB went for over 120 on me. Quite a bit different than the 2013 version. And my recruiting is awful.

NM

What’s dumber. Taking a swing at someone with a helmet and face mask on, the only resulting injury of which can be breaking your own hand, or dropping the ball on the one yard line when cruising in for an easy touchdown.

Football players across the country are still struggling with these two things.

Somehow I was able to read this Seattle Times article. Crib notes version. The Big-12 isn't ever inviting the Cougs and Beavs.

That is interesting. Will college start to compete with the NFL for Sunday viewers?

Would an 10am west coast kickoff, essentially an early game before the Seahawks, draw TV viewers?

There is usually a window from 4pm to 5ish where there is no NFL games. Do you have a kick-off at 4, try and draw some viewers before the NFL prime time game is on?

First, Sorry to anyone who expected cheerleader pictures or something.

I finally bought a smoker this summer, and I’ve been developing my skills ahead of the season. So far I’ve done pretty well with chicken thighs, pork chops, and (of course) papa Murphy’s pizza. Haven’t been as successful with beef or chicken breasts.

What are you go-to smoker dishes?

looks pretty obvious right now. Oklahoma, Clemson, winner of OSU/Wisconsin, winner of Alabama/LSU.

I would not be surprised if Wisconsin and LSU advance. It would at least make things more interesting. I don't think Alabama is the best team this year.

My best bud who live in Portland just called me to say he’s hearing on Portland radio that the Big-12 is gonna offer WSU & OSU for next year and it’s because ESPN wants it to happen. I hope something comes of this.

Haven't seen much of the olympics because I can't stand all the commercials and 30 minute back stories before every single event, but I did catch this on youtube:

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Good vs. Evil

Cougs+Beavs vs. Mutts+Quacks

FOOTBALL season is barely a month away

Nobody with an ounce of humanity wants to see CougZone fade into oblivion, taken down by an orchestrated attack to sell us **** we don't want

Loyal gets credit for this one.

If you're still seeing all the SPAM posts on this board, including the Beasley board....

Hit the IGNORE button on like 10 different Spam User Names. This will filter out all the garbage and you'll look at a clean board.

BTW, it's football season, (almost). 30 days...and still can't believe the realignment.

Cornerback Stephen Hall gets high praise as WSU begins fall camp​

Greg WoodsJuly 31, 2024 at 6:48 pm
By
The Spokesman-Review
PULLMAN — Across the first nine weeks of last season, Stephen Hall played a total of 33 snaps against FBS competition. The Washington State cornerback was all but buried on the depth chart, hearing his number called only in garbage time, and it didn’t help that his Cougars were mired in a long losing streak.

Ten months later, as the Cougs kicked off the first day of fall camp on Wednesday, he’s flourished into one of the best leaders on WSU’s team, at least according to head coach Jake Dickert. It prompts a question: How did Hall get the confidence to start speaking up?

“Because he’s got a great story now,” Dickert said. “About perseverance. About not getting what you want immediately, staying the course. It says a lot about who he is as a man — not just as a football player. Last night, we talked about it. Everyone’s out here to carve a role out on this team.

“But you talk to Steve, you talk to Jamorri (Colson, cornerback) — what was your role in Game 1? It was nothing. What was your role at the end of the season? I was starting. So you gotta stay the course. He’s got a great story to share, and I think his personality is really coming out now because he’s very comfortable.”

Sure enough, injuries opened an opportunity and Hall started in three of WSU’s final four games of the season, skyrocketing up the depth chart to record one pass breakup, nine tackles and allow five receptions on nine targets. Now a redshirt junior and his starting role cemented, Hall is drawing on that experience to point teammates in the right direction, which is quite valuable for the Cougars considering what they’re losing at the position.

Gone are cornerback staples Chau Smith-Wade and Cam Lampkin, who moved on to the NFL in different capacities. Dickert and new cornerbacks coach Allen Brown are asking Hall and Colson to become capable replacements, and at the risk of drawing too many conclusions from the first day of fall camp, they’re off to a nice start.

Not just based on their leadership qualities, either. On one long pass attempt, Hall reached his arm in and recorded a nice pass breakup, showing off some real speed on the rep.

“Stephen Hall has emerged as one of the best leaders on this football team,” Dickert said, “and not because of what he wants to accomplish, but what he wants that group and those corners to do. I think he’s just given his wisdom and leadership every day, and I thought it was really evident today on the first day.”

Elsewhere on the practice field in this helmets-only session, quarterbacks John Mateer and Zevi Eckhaus split reps with the first and second-team units, a signal from Dickert and offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle that the position battle is tight as ever. It might not mean anything, but it’s worth noting that Mateer was under center with the first team at Wednesday’s practice.

How did they fare? They looked about even to the untrained eye — and even to the trained ones. They’re both “ultra competitors,” Dickert said, which was evident in the way Mateer and Eckhaus laced passes to receivers new and experienced, from veteran Kyle Williams to Oregon transfer Kris Hutson. Mateer, who after practice lamented his speed rating of 72 in the new EA College Football 25 video game, used one designed QB keeper to show why that rating seems a bit low.

In any case, it’s much too early to make any assumptions about which way coaches are leaning in this position battle. Mateer looked like the more capable quarterback toward the end of spring practices, running with the first team more often than Eckhaus, but those developments mean little now.

WSU’s receivers weren’t perfect — returner Carlos Hernandez and Hutson each dropped a pass in team periods — but that’s to be expected early on. More importantly, they’re developing rapport with Mateer and Eckhaus.

“Kris Hutson has a lot of experience,” Mateer said. “Those guys have different points of views, what they like. They all run their routes a little differently. Tre (Shackelford) has great hands. You throw anything his way, he’s gonna catch it. Kris dropped one up the seam, but it’s fine. It’s Day 1, and they look good, and we’re only gonna get better.”

Story goes here.

Greg Woods Washington State beat writer for The Spokesman-Review

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