His trainer did a hell of a job once he left. He also got into it with a Clippers player last night and playing some good ball.

An no, Loyal didn't hack my acct.

Great to see my all-time favorite player, Ike Fontaine, at the game last night.

I tried to watch the USC/UCLA game last night, but had to switch. Couldn't stand to listen to Bill Walton any further. He has to have something on somebody or he wouldn't be allowed near a microphone. What a friggin BOOR. I feel better now.

From last week. Obviously a little late but better than not, especially for those of us elsewhere besides the West Side that didn't hear it.

Broken ankle is similar to breast implants… Only CML.

KIRO and CML

Rohnert Park (Calif.) Rancho Cotate WR Chris Taylor-Yamanoha will be in Pullman for Washington State's junior day on March 28, his father tells WW. The 6-foot-1, 167-pound athlete is rated three-stars by Rivals and ranked the No. 82 receiver in the nation.

"Taylor-Yamanoha is another California-based receiver that currently has double-digit offers and would likely get more publicity if he were part of any other class," Rivals analyst Adam Gorney said of the three-star at Pylon 7v7. "He showed a knack for getting open and was particularly impressive on out routes toward the sideline, using good body control to overpower cornerbacks."

In addition to Washington State, Taylor-Yamanoha holds offers from Boise State, California, Colorado State, Louisville, Nevada, Oregon State, San Diego State, San Jose State, Utah and Utah State. He's also expected to visit Louisville soon.

As a junior, Taylor-Yamanoha hauled in catches for 845 yards and 15 touchdowns.

Washington State is the latest offer for Memphis (Tenn.) Harding Academy 2018 OL Will Lawrence, he announced today. The 6-foot-4, 280-pound offensive tackle prospect also holds offers from Alabama, Arizona State, Florida State, Ole Miss, Ohio State, Texas, Texas A&M and many others.

Lawrence says he's been in contact with Mike Leach and Clay McGuire multiple times this week. His father, Tom, reached out to share an interesting nugget on his son's recruitment and their admiration for Leach and the Air Raid offense, among other things.

"I have followed Coach Leach for many years and think a lot of his approach to offense," Lawrence's father said. "Also, Will really wants to play in a passing offense. We have vacationed some in that part of the country and love it, so I think WSU could be a school that he gives real consideration to down the road."


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Love it. Lady Cougs take out Oregon 64-62! And the lady stud goes off for 34 an new career high..... yep! You all know who we're talking about !!

Nicely done Lady Cougs !!!!! Beating Oregon is always sweet!!!

Washington State is the latest program to offer Greensboro (N.C.) Northern Guilford running back C.J. Freeman. The 5-foot-11, 195-pounder is rated three stars by Rivals and ranked the No. 10 all-purpose running back in the 2016 class. In addition to Washington State, Freeman holds offers from South Carolina, Virginia Tech and West Virginia.

Washington State is the latest offer for Paramus Catholic (N.J.) wide receiver Donald Stewart, he announced on Twitter. The 6-foot-4, 180-pound receiver is rated two-stars by Rivals and also holds offers from Boston College, Illinois, Maryland, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple and Wake Forest.

WSU Lady Cougs beat Oregon !!!!! Way to go !!!

Woods Cross (UT) OLB Pookie Maka picked up an offer from Washington State tonight, he announced on Twitter. The 6-foot-4, 190-pound outside linebacker also holds offers from BYU, Nevada, Oregon State, Utah, Utah State and Washington.

Washington State is the second offer in as many days for Phoenix (Ariz.) North Canyon 2017 OL Austin Jackson. The 6-foot-5, 230-pound offensive tackle prospect was offered by Arizona State yesterday, and also holds an offer from Washington.

Jackson is teammates with 2016 WR John Okwoli, who also picked up an offer from Washington State this week. Surprisingly, North Canyon was 0-11 last season.

The latest on three-star receiver Drew Kobayashi, who said Wazzu is recruiting him hard...

https://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1743184

River Ridge (La.) John Curtis 2015 DB Hunter Dale will sign with Washington State to play football and baseball, he announced on Monday during a ceremony at his school. As we reported last night, this was likely to happen and I had been hearing it for a little over a week. This is a massive pickup for both baseball and football.

Profile: http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Hunter-Dale-142908



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Hunter Dale,

This buy has a long list of offers, looks like a great pickup to me. Also looks like Grinch was in on this guy last year.

https://rivals.yahoo.com/washingtonstate/football/recruiting/player-Hunter-Dale-142908;_ylt=AntQTvreUCqObNQq6Ked1122upB4

Long Beach (Calif.) St. Anthony WR Logan Gamble picked up an offer from Washington State today, he announced on Twitter. The 6-foot-6, 200-pound wide receiver also holds offers from Arizona and San Diego State. He also plays defensive end.

Gamble is a former basketball player, who has only been playing football for a couple years. He's unofficially visiting Arizona this weekend ahead of The Opening regional event. He's an intriguing prospect who'll pick up a solid haul of offers this cycle.

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So yeah, 2015 class JUST signed and I bring this up but just an interesting tidbit. CO and WSU are the only schools without a 2016 verbal, right now. With that, I'd wager we should start getting a verbal pretty soon.

...not going to improve his stock. Hopefully he works on this and improves for pro day.

…when?

I'd put the over/under at April 25. About a 50/50 chance of the commit either side of that date.

We have what? 4 or 5 offers out? And the first to accept is going to be the guy…I think another 7-8 weeks will build the pressure to the point that somebody will make the commit.

Thoughts?



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Washington State is the latest offer for Bethesda (Md.) Landon School OLB Keith Simms, he announced on Twitter. The 6-foot-3, 225-pound outside linebacker is rated four-stars by Rivals and also holds offers from California, UNC, Stanford, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin and many others. Simms is ranked the No. 21 outside linebacker prospect in the 2016 class.

Washington State is Pac-12 offer No. 1 for Westlake Village (Calif.) Westlake RB Chase Jasmin, he announced on Twitter. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound running back is rated three-stars by Rivals and also holds offers from Montana State and San Jose State. He also reported an offer from Colorado back in January, but he says Washington State is his first Pac-12 offer.

Britton,

It doesn't seem like we are losing that many Seniors after next year will we be able to sign a full class?

Washington State is the first program to offer Phoenix (Ariz.) North Canyon WR John Okwoli, he announced on Twitter today. The 6-foot-2 receiver says he's also heard from Duke, Minnesota and Miami. As a junior, he racked up 86 catches for 1,408 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Story: https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1700878

I continue to hear that Washington State could be a potential landing spot for three-stars safety Hunter Dale out of River Ridge (La.) John Curtis. The 2015 prospect, who was previously committed to Nebraska for a short time last summer, did not sign with anyone on signing day. Other schools that were in the mix for Dale included Florida, Mississippi State and Miami.

He'll be making his college decision at 1:30 p.m. ET tomorrow, though he recently told Rivals analyst Jason Howell that he is not naming favorites until revealing his decision. At this time, I have been unable to confirm that Washington State is a serious player for the No. 32 safety in the country, but a source said last week that defensive coordinator Alex Grinch has maintained consistent dialogue with Dale, who was being recruited by Grinch at Missouri.

In addition to Washington State, Dale picked up offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Florida, Louisville, Miami, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Missouri, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oregon, Penn State, Tennessee, UCLA, Utah and many others.

The Cougars are also looking at picking up a wide receiver transfer. A new target could be Oklahoma State's Rashaad Samples, who announced his intent to transfer last week.

Other receivers who the staff has at least checked on is Tennessee's Vic Wharton and Texas A&M's Kyrion Parker. Wharton, according to a source, is tentatively scheduled to take an official visit to Washington State next weekend and make a decision shortly after. His mother, who's not 100 percent plugged in to the situation, confirmed that he would "probably be visiting."

I was up in Canada this weekend for a buddy's bachelor party, so I'm just getting caught up on what I missed over the weekend, but it looks like Coug1990 helped me out by posting a new quarterback offer that went out this weekend. There's a few others, too.

New quarterback offer out...

Rancho Santa Margarita (Calif.) Tesoro QB Devon Modster picked up an offer from Washington State late this week The 6-foot-2, 215-pounder is rated four-stars by Rivals and the No. 7 pro-style quarterback in the 2016 class.

Modster is also the No. 216 overall player in nation and holds offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Boise State, California, Colorado State, and UNLV in addition to the Cougars. As a senior, Modster threw for 2,500 yards and 24 touchdowns. He added 700 rushing yards and 16 scores on the ground.

Highlights: http://rivals.yahoo.com/video/list;_ylt=Ajt9TFR8BkgpLzFhYz8LriRHPZB4?prospect_ids=162860

New offer out to Anaheim safety...

Anaheim (Calf.) Servite S Keyon Riley picked up an offer from Washington State today. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound safety is rated three-stars by Rivals and also holds offers from Colorado State, Oregon State, San Diego State and Washington.

Offer out to Utah offensive lineman...

Salt Lake City (UT) East OL Johnny Maea picked up an offer from Washington State over the weekend. The 6-foot-4, 280-pound offensive guard also holds offers from BYU, Utah State, Nevada, Oregon State and Utah.


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