Washington State commit Jalen Thompson camped at the Washington satellite last week and picked up an offer shortly after, so where does his recruitment stand? He talks about that and upcoming visits below.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1777421

The last few threads on this here forum have seemed to have been high jacked by the Wulff vs Leach debate crowd (NOT blaming anyone specifically, I think we can all agree it takes two to tango). All this debate about success vs progress, progress vs W/L column, Price vs Leach vs Wulff vs Walden, etc... got me thinking.... Which 3rd year Cougar team would beat the other?

Specifically, Leach's 2014 squad vrs. Wulff's stout 2010 team.

Who would win? Also, this is a hypothetical universe (also brought up in another thread), so yes... the freshman version of a player would be going up against their senior/junior 2014 counterpart clone.

Have at thee!

The Board of Regents just announced that President Elson Floyd passed away this morning in Pullman. I'm sure the official release will be in the media shortly.

The entire WSU system, not just athletics, has lost a tremendous leader.

http://president.wsu.edu/eflo/

FWIW something else to chew on while we wait for fall.

http://philsteele.com/Blogs/2015/JUNE15/DBJune15.html

has officially retired, due to "chronic hip injury".

http://www.gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30200&ATCLID=210164011

+5.5 vs Rutgers
-15 vs WYO
+7 vs Cal.

I think we are undervalued a bit. I would expect line for RU game to move to +3.5 by kickoff. I like we have a warm up game vs PSU to work out some kinks.

I think his "thoughts" at the end are spot on.

Interesting to see the outside perspective on our non-con.

Rutgers is really our test. Sounds like the QB is "lights out". We might be defending the East Coast version of the Air Raid. But Lombardi is right on this one. Our Defense is what killed not only last years Rutgers game but pretty much all of the games we lost… Grinch has a pretty big plate he's gotta clear.

Also sounds like they have a couple D players that could be interesting…
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/87220/nonconference-primer-washington-state-cougars

USA Today, via Thorpe, has issued the yearly athletic finances… shock, we're last. With Oregon State, Colorado and Utah close by. 54th in the nation. Click on the individual school to see their specific stats.

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/sportslink/2015/may/26/wsu-ranks-last-2014-pac-12-athletic-revenues/

He did an interview last week with a station in Nashville. Like his insight on the QB position, Mariotta specifically and the SEC in general.

http://www.thegamenashville.com/2015/06/11/5235/

Saw this video URL via Football Scoop. Login to view embedded media Their tip was to go there to meet Briles or to take your Football friends there. Obviously off-season and a little slow…

But to the video point… I think I'll need to head on down to Waco...

When Leach and Maestro first arrived,
There was a lot of talk about, Air Raid (Leach) + Pistol (Maestro) = Awesome (!!!)

Upon their arrival however, it is my opinion that the the QB/OL/RB situation did not lend itself to playing with these concepts, and installing the Air Raid took precedence as it fit the personnel better. (This is NOT meant to detract from Halliday's or anyone else's accomplishments, just setting the table.)

Going into this season there were some rumblings of Falk working (and being more comfortable) from under center, the O-Line being solid, and the explosiveness of the RB's. It feels to me like Leach and Maestro may now have the pieces in place to begin to experiment with mashing these two offenses into one-
"The Gunship"
(I know, the most natural combination would be the "Air Pistol" but that seems a little too wimpy to my ear!)

Anyway,
I would like to know what people's thoughts are regarding the combination of these two attacks-
the Air Raid with the Pistol.

X's & O's,
Current personnel fitment,
New or changing responsibilities for players,
etc.

This post is intended to look forward, at the development and evolution of the offense, for the upcoming season.

Please, if you would, refrain from taking this thread to other topics. (Wulff, Moos, past W-L, etc. etc.)

Thanks!

Nm

Black? White? Stupid. Moronic member of the "Wannabe Tribe" exposed as white...."former" adjunct at Cheney.... Pretenders everywhere

Not ready for prime time

He will probably be a cornerback or receiver.

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I'm curious. We all know what happened at sc and the Reggie Bush cheating scandal...... but I want to know what others think should happen to North Carolina for their huge academic cheating scandal that was University sanctioned. Does UNC deserve a bigger penalty then sc got?

I think NC should get hammered for Univesity sanctioned cheating.... that is the definition of the dreaded loss of institutional control label. Hammer away on n'caroline NCAA !!

Washington State has offered Perris (Calif.) Citrus Hill safety Skyler Thomas, he announced on Twitter. It's the first Pac-12 offer for the 5-foot-11, 174-pound safety prospect, who also holds offers from Idaho, Montana State, Nevada, Northern Arizona, UNLV and Wyoming.

Profile: https://rivals.yahoo.com/washingtonstate/football/recruiting/player-Skyler-Thomas-171436

Washington State has offered Pullman, Wash., tight end Ben Moos, the son of WSU athletic director Bill Moos. It's the first offer for the 6-foot-4, 240-pound athlete in the 2017 class.

Profile: http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Ben-Moos-183662

Washington State landed a commitment from Federal Way (Wash.) ATH D'Jimon Jones. The story is below.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1776508

From Papa Joe's twitter feed. The crew. Just off-season thing.

How many times has that happened? And while Baynes was a deep bench player during the 2014 season, he has at least solidified his standing as a legitimate NBA player in 2015. Hope he stays with the Spurs next season.

Washington State added late 2015 commitment from Blinn (TX) C.C. cornerback Kirkland Parker, who picked the Cougars over offers from Purdue and Houston. Story is below.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1775885

Can some engineer take a look at the stadium and calculate how many seats would be added if we brought the end zone bowl up to the height of the sideline seats? It would have to be a deck of course because of the concessions, etc underneath but the actual number of seats should be similar to just continuing the horseshoe. One thing that always surprised me was just how much distance is in between the corners of the stadium in the bowl end. maybe finishing the bowl would add 10,000 seats. Remember, it used to be 40,000 seats when we had the wooden bowl and it came nowhere near the top of the reserved seats.

Lord knows we need help at corner, and the kid we just signed is eligible to play in 2015. He also had a couple of other big school offers. Hopefully this signing doesn't mean one of our other incoming DB's failed to qualify.

right? We had to offer him? Ben Moos, Bill Moos, is a TE in Pullman. Class of 2017. 6'4" and 240…

We offered him, I believe, yesterday. While on one hand I can see him staying there. On the other, I can see him getting the heck out of dodge. Either way… but found it interesting we finally offered.

https://rivals.yahoo.com/washingtonstate/football/recruiting/player-Ben-Moos-183662

Baldwin Park (Calif.) offensive guard Francisco Perez narrowed his list to six on Twitter this evening, which included Washington State.

The three-star offensive guard, rated No. 34 at his position in the country, also lists Arizona State, Oregon State, California, Texas Tech and Colorado in his final schools. Perez also holds offers from Kansas State, San Diego State, UNLV and Vanderbilt.

Profile: http://sports.yahoo.com/latech/football/recruiting/player-Francisco-Perez-172929