I didn't watch or listen to the game, as I was watching Dallas come back against Detroit in the NFL playoff game. I just turned on the radio and listened to the last few seconds of the basketball game. Congratulations to the team and great job by Coach Kent.

Ventura (Calif.) St. Bonaventure receiver Lavan Alston confirmed he'll officially visit Washington State on January 16 tonight and says he'll also visit Nebraska on January 30, according to his Twitter account.

Oregon State and California are the two other schools in the running, however it appears Washington State, OSU and Nebraska are the three schools it will come down to for the three-star receiver. Alston was previously committed to Oregon State, but when Mike Riley left for Nebraska, he opened his recruitment back up.

His primary recruiter at Oregon State remained on the Beavers' staff, so a re-commitment wouldn't be out of the question. Dennis Simmons has done a good job of recruiting Alston and I think Washington State has a very good shot here.



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Lacey (Wash.) North Thurston long snapper Mike Cole has accepted a preferred walk-on offer from Washington State. Cole is listed at 6-foot-4, 271-pounds and also played offensive tackle his senior year.

Washington State long snapper Alex Den Bleyker is graduating and the Cougars have two other long snappers currently on the roster with redshirt freshman Jarred Sonneborn and freshman Joe Lang.

Highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfoOTq3pELs


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Petaluma (Calif.) Casa Grande kicker Matthew Abramo tells WazzuWatch.com he'll officially visit Washington State on January 16.

It has been nice without the constant posts arguing every little thing. Or, starting veiled posts about one subject that was a backdoor way of criticizing something else.

Psyche! Down 14-0 and headed for a deep pounding.......Happy New Year!

Washington State coach Ernie Kent talks about the split in the Bay Area, team confidence on the rise, Valentine Izundu and previews Saturday's matchup with Washington in Seattle.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1722792


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Washington State coach Ernie Kent talks about the split in the Bay Area, the Cougars' confidence rising, transfer center Valentine Izundu and previews Saturday's matchup with Washington in Seattle.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1722792


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While I think 2015 is another losing season, and losing Cooper early really hurts the rebuilding process, are we miles or feet behind UW who loses their front 7 on defense, and their front five on offense, with no QB on the roster?

Are we neck to neck with OSU or slightly ahead of them as they lose Mannion and their recruiting hasn't been the same lately.

Cal is ahead of us because of their QB. But Goff will be gone after 2015. We are in the same race as they are.

Stanford and Oregon are miles ahead of us. How we close the gap I don't know. It wont be next year, but 2016 I could see beating one of those teams.

CU- they have come a long way but have a long way to go. Their speed in below average on defense. We are neck and neck.

Utah- Ad just blew that program up they way Rawlins did. Unreal.

Where we are behind is UCLA, ASU, Oregon, USC, Stanford and Arizona.

According to Coachingsearch, Todd Orlando has accepted the DC position at Houston. He would be replacing David Gibbs, who went to Texas Tech.

Edited: I notice that this has been reported on the free board. Anyway, it refines the selection considerably as there are only a few left who have been discussed: Pendergast, Gregory, Ball and Orgeron, who was featured in a write up on brand x. (I do not consider Choate to be a feasible selection.) Unless I have missed someone, it is one of these, a mystery man or somebody working in the NFL. Any other ideas?
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The Rivals Spotlight for Santa Margarita (Calif.) Catholic receiver Kyle Sweet was just released. You can see the three-star Washington State commit's senior season highlights at the link below.

Link: https://rivals.yahoo.com/video/recruit-highlights-football/washingtonstate/Rivals-Spotlight-Kyle-Sweet-1131944

Here's the list of official visitors for the final month of the 2015 recruiting cycle. This will be updated periodically as info becomes available. As of the dead period, Washington State has unofficially used 47 of their 56 allowed paid official visits.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/visit.asp?Page=1&Sport=1&Year=2015&Team=95

January 16 weekend visitors-Three-star RB James Williams of Burbank (Calif.) -- Washington State commit
-Three-star CB Treshon Broughton of Riverside (Calif.) C.C. -- Washington State commit
-Two-star OL Cedric Bigge-Duren of Oceanside (Calif.) -- Washington State commit
-Two-star K Matthew Abramo of Petaluma (Calif.) Casa Grande —— Washington State commit
-Three-star WR Lavan Alston of Ventura (Calif.) St. Bonaventure -- Oregon State (11/28), Nebraska, Cal (10/17)
-Three-star LB Fotu Leiato of Steilacoom (Wash.) -- UCLA (1/30), Wyoming (12/12), Oklahoma, Mich. St., SDSU, Illinois
-Two-star CB Willie Sykes of Spring (TX) -- Minnesota (9/19), Purdue (11/7)
-Three-star OL Joseph Price of Redlands (Calif.) East Valley —— California

January 23 weekend visitors-Three-star WR Kyle Sweet of Santa Margarita (Calif.) Catholic -- Washington State commit
-Three-star RB Sihiem King of Moultrie (Ga.) Colquitt County -- West Virginia (1/30)

January 30 weekend visitors-Unrated DE Carl Granderson of Sacramento (Calif.) Grant -- Wyoming commit (1/23) (no offer)
-Unrated DE/OLB Nnamdi Oguayo of Beltsville (Md.) High Point -- Pittsburgh, Indiana
-Unrated WR C.J. Dimry of Mission Viejo (Calif.) Saddleback College -- (no offer)
-Unrated K Spencer Pettit of Snohomish (Wash.) Glacier Peak -- (no offer)


Visitor notesJan. 6 - Matthew Abramo informed me he will officially visit Washington State on January 16.
Jan. 7 - Texas cornerback Willie Sykes tells me he'll officially visit Washington State on January 16.
Jan. 8 - Lawton (OK) cornerback Darreyl Patterson will officially visit Washington State on January 30.
Jan. 9 - I removed Austin Maihen from the January 23 visitor list after his flip to Stanford.
Jan. 12 - Redlands (Calif.) East Valley offensive tackle Joseph Price will visit Washington State on January 16.
Jan. 13 - I removed Antoine Stephens from the January 30 visitor list. He's down to Oklahoma, TTU and Baylor.
Jan. 14 - Added Auston Banks to the January 30 visitors list. He does not yet hold an offer.
Jan. 19 - I removed cornerback Tyler Horton from the January 23 visitor list. He'll trip to Boise State instead.
Jan. 23 - I removed cornerback Darreyl Patterson from the January 30 visitors list. He'll trip to Baylor instead.


*** Unofficially, Washington State has hosted and/or will host a total of 54 official visitors in this cycle thus far, should all the current January visitors take their official visits. That leaves the staff with two open paid official visits as of now. ***




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Wazzulibrary is a youtube channel that has games from the 40s to the 2000s. It looks pretty cool.

I just lost at least 10 years of my ever-dwindling lifespan by watching the Cougs eke out a 69-66 win over California. Given, they had no business being in this game in the first place, but having a 6-7 point lead in the final two minutes and damn near blowing it was mind-bogglingly frustrating. Up five with less than 20 seconds left, than having Iregbou fail to inbound after a made bucket, giving up two technical foul shots----excruciating. But, given all that, Hawkinson continued to perform at an all-league level, and Railey is actually evolving into a serviceable big man. If Lacey can keep himself on the floor and start hitting shots anywhere near the rate we are accustomed to, this is a decent team and Ernie Kent is earning my begrudging respect as a more than decent coach. Whodda thunk it?
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Santa Margarita (Calif.) Catholic offensive tackle Austin Maihen tells WazzuWatch.com he'll officially visit Washington State on January 23. Maihen has applied to Stanford, though he hasn't heard anything in regards to the admissions process.

"I haven't heard anything from Stanford for admissions," Maihen said. "I'm just excited to get up to Wazzu!"


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Oceanside (Calif.) offensive lineman Cedric Bigge-Duren tells WazzuWatch.com he'll officially visit Washington State on January 16.


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Shortly after de-committing from USC, Mission Hills (Calif.) Bishop Alemany receiver Desean Holmes said Washington State was one of the programs he was considering, however he tells me today that he has no plans, as of right now, to visit Pullman.

Other receiver targets still on the Washington State radar are Equanimeous St. Brown, Dahu Green and George Wilson, who is currently committed to Utah. St. Brown mentioned at the UA All-American game that he was mulling a potential visit to Wazzu.


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Santa Margarita (Calif.) Catholic receiver Kyle Sweet tells WazzuWatch.com he'll officially visit Washington State on January 22.


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Our new Michigan site, Marcus Lewis to discuss his top three, decision timeframe and new interest in Michigan with Jim Harbaugh in Ann Arbor.

"Washington State is a great program. I really like it out there," Lewis said. "People that haven't seen the campus would probably be like, 'Washington State?' but it's really nice out there. I like Coach Leach. As far as me playing DB, I'm going to get a lot of balls thrown at me playing against the top wide receivers in the Pac-12.

"My mom likes all of them: She likes Miami, she likes Kentucky, she likes Washington State. She went on all of my officials with me so far, and she'll be down in Miami with me on the 16th. She likes all of them, and it's going to be a hard decision."

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1722018


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dude needs to show some respect to a man who can coach rings around his arrogant arse....

https://vine.co/v/OdAYFE7HWTL

Riverside (Calif.) C.C. cornerback Treshon Broughton tells WazzuWatch.com he will officially visit Washington State on January 16.


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Here's a link to my update on Stephens. He is starting to heat up and Washington State is slotted to receive his final official visit right now. Here's the link

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Big Day for Stephens

OSU has been terrible with their play calling to try to close out the game. Last season, Leach got criticized. But, this has been worse in my opinion.

As Mike Leach searches for his next defensive coordinator, I'll use this thread to provide updates on what has been a quiet search thus far. Several targets are already off the board and there has been hardly any leaks as the search pushes into its sixth week.

Monday, Jan. 5 updates
-Washington State athletic director Bill Moos, on his weekly radio show with Bud Nameck, says he's hopeful there will be a defensive coordinator in place "this week or early next week, at the latest." Moos added that he's been in contact with candidates and he expects the hire to be an impressive one.

-Houston defensive coordinator David Gibbs has been a rumored candidate but it appears he's close to agreeing to take the same job at Texas Tech, according to FootballScoop.com.

-It's official, David Gibbs has been named the Texas Tech defensive coordinator.

-A report came out yesterday, also from FootballScoop.com, that Mike Leach "visited" with Louisiana Tech defensive coordinator Manny Diaz recently, though he's likely to interview for the open Miss. St. defensive coordinator job.

-Manny Diaz has officially been named the Mississippi State defensive coordinator. His deal, according to multiple reports, is for three years and $1.8 million.

-According to a press release, Houston has hired Utah State defensive coordinator Todd Orlando to the same position. Orlando was another name rumored to be a potential candidate for the Washington State opening.

Tuesday, Jan. 6 updates-Jacob Thorpe of the Spokesman Review tweeted tonight that he "heard a candidate is being interviewed on Thursday." Working to see if I can gather any additional information.


-FootballScoop.com tweeted today they're "hearing the hire is still a few days out." I haven't been able to confirm a timeline. I would expect this to wrapped up soon, however, which would mesh with Moos' comments yesterday.Wednesday, Jan. 7 updates-Jacob Thorpe of the Spokesman Review reported today that he hears the next defensive coordinator may be a "young and hungry" coach. Mike Leach is expected to interview a "preferred candidate" tomorrow, according to Thorpe.

Thursday, Jan. 8 updates-Former USC defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast is "in the running (with a small number of others)" for the vacant Washington State defensive coordinator job, according to a FootballScoop.com report.


-On Twitter tonight, FootballScoop.com, who seems to be the most tuned in to the Washington State defensive coordinator search, says they checked in on the search this morning and "it sounded like it was a few days out."

The account then responded to a Twitter user who mentioned that the lack of news was "weird," to which FootballScoop.com said "It would be great if he had a great hire already; but I'd rather see him be diligent and get one he believes in than rush and just get a guy." I've been sayin', guys.
Friday, Jan. 9 updates-According to a Twitter report by AggieUp.com, a Utah State fan site, Hawaii defensive coordinator Kevin Clune "is a leading candidate DC candidate at Washington State." It's an interesting name, though one that doesn't make a ton of sense, however anyone who interviews at this juncture would likely be considered a "leading candidate," regardless.

Hawaii's defense in 2014 was very comparable to Washington State's and the secondary and sack numbers were very underwhelming. It appears Utah State fans have been wanting Clune to return as the defensive coordinator replacing Todd Orlando, who left for the Houston job. I'll see if I can gather additional information.

Monday, Jan. 12 updates-According to a radio report from FootballScoop.com yesterday, Washington State is expected to hire a defensive coordinator "tomorrow or the next day." That would fall in line with what others and I have been hearing over the last few days. Here's the full transcript of FootballScoop's radio session talking Washington State and a potential front-running in Clancy Pendergast.

"Mike is interviewing guys this weeked. He had a guy in, I think, Thursday, had a guy in Friday, I think he's got a guy today, I think he might have one more. This one might be the one where Clancy Pendergast actually gets hired. You know, Clancy was the former USC defensive coordinator; he's been all over the place. I know down in Baton Rouge, he was initially to have been involved there, but Im' not too sure that ever really was the case. But for Clancy, this one might be the right fit for [him]. He's a known commodity up there, knows the Pac-12. When people were talking about the LSU search, I said 'that doesn't make any sense.' He has no current SEC knowledge and, you know, at a school like LSU you need somebody that knows the current SEC. Clancy knows the Pac-12 and he knows it inside and out. This could be the one that he gets. But, Mike had some very impressive guys that he's been interviewing, bringing in an aggressive, blitzing front. I'm excited to see who Mike ends up settling on, and I think you will hear that tomorrow or the next day, you're going to have someone hired there."



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Four-star linebacker Kyahva Tezino is playing in the Semper Fi Bowl on Fox Sports 1 right now. Washington State receiver target Lavan Alston, who will visit in a couple weeks, is also playing in the game. Austin Joyner makes his commitment in the third quarter.