Halliday and Falk squared off last year.

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/sportslink/2015/apr/02/video-five-questions-isaac-dotson/

Pretty sure it's No. 69 in the March 28 practice video. He's a big body, if nothing else.

Washington State has offered Las Vegas (Nev.) Desert Pines DE Anthony Smith, he announced on his Twitter account. The 6-foot-3, 250-pound strongside defensive end is rated three-stars by Rivals and also holds offers from Colorado State, Nevada, Northern Arizona, San Diego State and UNLV. He's ranked the No. 23 overall strongside defensive end in the country.

According to Rivals analyst Adam Gorney, Washington State has offered West Hills (Calif.) Chaminade WR Dymond Lee. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound wide receiver is rated four-stars by Rivals and the No. 31 receiver in the country.

In addition to Washington State, the Rivals250 prospect, ranked No. 157 overall, holds offers from Colorado, Miami, Oklahoma, UCLA, Tennessee, Utah and Washington.

Washington State is the first program to offer Los Angeles (Calif.) Crenshaw DE Derek Moore, according to his Twitter account. I'll set up a profile for Moore tomorrow, but he's listed at 6-foot-1, 211-pounds, per his Hudl profile.

According to a source, Federal Way (Wash.) SG Viont'e Daniels holds a Washington State offer and is expected to make a verbal commitment to Ernie Kent and staff "probably tomorrow." Daniels, a 6-foot-2, 170-pound is rated three-stars by Rivals and also holds offers from Idaho, Seattle, Northern Colorado and Portland State.

I'm also hearing that they could be close to landing a JUCO prospect, though I'm working to confirm that right now. Stay tuned.

Washington State is the latest offer for Tucson (Ariz.) Pima C.C. S Markell Simmons, he confirms to WW. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound safety also holds offers from Hawaii, Iowa State, Middle Tennessee State, Oregon State and Utah.

Washington State has offered Los Angeles (Calif.) Augustus Hawkins 2017 WR Jalen Hall, according to their coach, who posted the news on Twitter.

Lewis, a four-star receiver listed at 6-foot-2, 197-pounds, also holds offers from Arizona State, Baylor, Michigan, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington and others. Johnson, also a four-star, is listed at 5-foot-11, 183-pound and also holds offers from Arizona State, California, Michigan, South Carolina, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington and others.

The biggest prospect of the trio, however, is Hall, who despite being just a sophomore, holds offers from Arizona State, Baylor, Miami, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington and others. He's listed at 6-foot-3, 182-pounds.

The pieces on the official site and others, indicate...

..."ahead of where other (young) Texas Tech teams were..."
..." new coaches just learning their players..."
..."defensive players learning the new defense/terminology."
..." new coaches applaud energy/attitude..."
..." depth at receiver is thin (per Harrell)"

In addition:
1. We don't know if Daquon Brown is gone for good.
2. Larue may or may not have broke a cardinal sin of Leach.
3. Falk has looked sharp in no contact drills, against #2 (?) defense.
4. Our punter left, but don't now why....but this is being minimized by the fact we have a HS kid coming in.

Rivals burbed

This post was edited on 4/1 3:17 PM by 7ICoug

And here's a piece from KLEW on the D and Grinch.

March 31st and the D

Trevor Dunbar, Aaron Cheatum and Jackie Davis have been granted releases from the Washington State basketball program, Ernie Kent announced in a press release Tuesday. This will open three scholarships for next season.

"We appreciate the contributions Aaron, Jackie and Trevor have made to the program over the last year," Kent said. "We wish all three of them nothing but the best both on and off the court."

Cheatum and Dunbar each played 16 games for the Cougars, each averaging 0.8 points per game. Davis played in 11 games, averaging 0.5 points in 5.1 minutes per game.

So you'll notice, there's not only CML's interview, but if you look below, there's also another video called, "March 31 practice recap" which isn't really a recap. It's more of a focus on the Oline. Good stuff.

Cougar video

So a bill just passed the State Senate today with a vote of 47-1. The bill was written in the Congress via Democrat Marcus Riccelli (Spokane Representative) and Senates sponsor Republican Michael Baumgartner (Spokane Senator). It now goes to the Governor for his signature. A truly bi-partisan effort. WSU's president Floyd was there to watch the process and to thank the legislature for their action. His quote:

"There is no doubt that today is a historic event," he said. "We will make a difference in the delivery, the quality, the affordability and access for health care for Washingtonians. That is our highest priority."


The next step will be to craft a budget.

I wasn't aware of this but there was a legitimate, legal "restriction" which only allowed UW to have a medical school within the state. This "restriction" has been in place since 1917… Think of that. Almost 100 years. Politics are awesome

WSU Medical School

San Diego (Calif.) Madison LB Sampson Niu has been offered by Washington State, according to his coach. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound inside linebacker does not yet have a Rivals profile, but I'll get one set up tonight.

Washington State has offered Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco CB Traveon Beck, according to his Twitter account. The 5-foot-10, 170-pound cornerback is rated three-stars by Rivals and also holds offers from Arizona State, Nevada, San Diego State and San Jose State. He's ranked the No. 84 overall prospect in California.

Washington State has offered Norco (Calif.) QB Victor Viramontes, he tells WW. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound dual-threat quarterback, who was offered by Washington State as a strong safety/linebacker, is rated three-stars by Rivals. It's his first offer.

It looks like Kent is actively recruiting three juco players. They are 7'0 -280 Conor Clifford, 6'10 205 Chris Boucher and 6'0 180 Marcus Johnson Jr, Johnson is the son of the former UCLA player.It would be a huge upgrade in talent if he can land two or all three of these players. I am not sure where the extra scholorships will come .Possibly Davis. Dunbar and /or Boese leaving may be good guesses. If Kent lands these players ,you will not see D11 players getting any minutes next year.

The good news just keeps coming for our secondary.

I blame Wulff.

For those of you that get the CAF newsletter, Jeanne Eggart (now Helfer) is featured.
http://cougarathleticfund.com/feature/eggart.html?hq_e=el&hq_m=870115&hq_l=7&hq_v=a5b180690e

I wanted to share a story about her.

Coach Helfer was the girls basketball coach at Mead High School in Spokane for many years. She won at least one state title while I was in school, and coached some future D1 players, including one that went to Stanford.

Anyway, she was my PE teacher spring semester of my sophomore year. She was pregnant and took part of the semester off when she had her baby. She taught a racket sports class (tennis, badminton and pickleball) for juniors and seniors. I heard it was fun, so I signed up for fall semester for my junior year. In the fall semester you played tennis first, outside while the weather was still good. Coach Helfer would play tennis with us. They way it worked was you challenged the people ranked higher than you to make it up to #1. You lose, you move down, you win, you move up. Coach Helfer wasn't very good at tennis, and she would say that she was just average. She said that she just tried to be like a backboard, and knock the ball back over the net. I could beat her, no problem.

I had heard the stories about what a great athlete she was (one of the best in WSU history), and held all kinds of records in basketball. The story went that after she went to WSU, she of course quit her other sports and focused on basketball. Then she basically picked up the javelin again, and almost qualified for the Olympics. That story is true. She finished fourth in the Olympic tryouts in 1980. But let's say, that I didn't quite believe the hype. I could beat the formerly pregnant lady, who was in her mid-thirties in tennis after all. By her own admission she was just trying to get the ball back over the net.

Then we went inside to play badminton. After a week or so, I was on the number one court. My friend had been going 50-50 against each other, and I had a win streak for a few games. So, challenged me. She beat me 15-5. It was actually pretty lopsided up to the end, but I came back and made it slightly more respectable. I was a little embarrassed, but with the little run at the end I was confident that with another week or two of practice I could beat her.

Then she challenged me and my friend- 1 v. 2. She bet us 15-3. It was unreal. I mean unF-cking believable, with a capital F. She painted the lines with the birdie. Literally. Every one of her shots was within 3 inches of the line. About half of them were right on the line. She could cover space on her side of the court way better than the two of us combined, and we were playing on the doubles lines. When it was over, I wasn't even embarrassed. That's how bad it was. I was numb to the beat down. I realized something near the end of the game. She'd been toying with me when I played her 1 v. 1. She probably just got bored and I made that little run near the end while she was testing my backhand or seeing how fast I could move to my left, or something like that. There would be no beating her.

Coach Helfer is great person and a great Coug. She is definitely one of the best athletes in school history, and she is probably the fiercest competitor that I've ever met. She's in her late 50s now. And even if I spent the next three months practicing badminton, I'd be lucky to lose 15-3.

Working for the hometown team in a year they will be very good. Congratulations.

By the way, are you leaving WW or are you going to do both?

and intellectually dishonest.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12508447/arkansas-razorbacks-coach-bret-bielema-continues-campaign-hurry-no-huddle-offense-college-football

Former baseball coach Bobo Brayton has passed on. We all have to go sometime but I find this particularly poignant. One of my fondest memories of WSU is working on my Special Topic during Spring afternoons in a lab in the old biology building, hearing the click of a bat against a ball, putting down my work and wandering over to Ferdinand's for ice cream then on to the baseball field. Sitting in the sunshine and watching Cougar baseball with food and drink was relaxing to the core. Watching Bobo stand up for his boys chewing out some unfortunate umpire was glorious. I miss that.

Bobo was a true Coug and a character. Those of you too young to have experienced him missed something. A first class baseball mind and a feisty one. Once during an argument with one of the referees he is reported to have yelled "Don't tell me what the rule book says; I wrote that book!" Which he had- literally. He was president of the college baseball coaches of America organization and had actually and personally written the rule book in use at the time. A Coug to the heart. Once exclaiming that he wouldn't root for the Huskies if they were playing the Third Reich. Like I said, some of you missed something.

Rest in Peace, Bobo. Those of us who were fortunate to have been around when you were active will miss you. God bless.

Mike Leach is heading back to Texas in search of his next quarterback as Washington State has offered Corpus Christi (TX) Flour Bluff QB Cody Brewer. It's the first offer for the 6-foot-6, 223-pound pro-style quarterback, who is also hearing from Boise State and Houston. I'll have more soon.

Highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2287258/cody-brewer

WSU turns 125 years old this year. To mark that anniversary, the WSU Foundation is attempting to raise $125,000 from at least 1250 people in a 36-hour period starting at noon on Thursday, March 26th, and continuing through Friday, March 27th.

You can give by visiting www.cougsgive.wsu.edu There's a link there for giving to any college, scholarship, or department of your choice. Give a little, give a lot, but please consider giving something.

http://www.cougsgive.wsu.edu