That was perfect coverage.. Not to mention some other be calls. UA is always in a position to tackle with their 335.

Looks likes how you beat Oregon

In "recent" Coug history, there has been Gary Rogers. Connor Halliday. Luke Falk.

This happens around the country, in college and the NFL. Guys burn it down in their first game or two, they get a hero's welcome, the hype machine kicks into gear... and then in the ensuing games, they promptly s--- the bed.

In many cases, with time, the QB rediscovers his mojo (Halliday). In many others, they don't.

Is this simply a function of defenses having no tape on a QB? Or is there more going on here; e.g., you don't nervous taking snaps in practice and you're comfortable in your first real games, then you eventually "learn" to get the yips and regress after you get hit a few times?

I am not a big BB fan.

I was at WSU during some of the Raveling years, the golden age of WSU basketbalI. What a class act George was and still is. Had the pleasure of meeting him during his HOF induction. Google him and watch his interviews about his WSU days. Great stuff.

I had season tickets during the Bennett years, because I loved their workmanlike, blue collar, team-based mentality. Part of why I enjoy seeing our fellow Coug Aron Baynes thrive in a similar situation in the NBA in San Antionio.

Met and liked Ken Bone, hated his philosophy and was sure that he would not thrive. Why did we not hire Ben Johnson and continue Bennett Ball. Major mistake IMHO.

Coach Kent, I like what he says, but frankly he comes off like an evangelical preacher. To be fair, no different than Tony Bennett and his 5 pillars. Can't even quote them. Something like honor, teamwork, loyalty, God, faith, blah blah chase the money you hypocrite.

Losing to Idaho is the lowest form of humiliation. I saw it in 1999 and 2000 in football. in Basketball, can you believe it? We are talking about IDAHO. Hello - redneck central.

Sincerely,

Loyal Coug

...said this last week, Leach is going to clean out the roster.

Seems to be his MO. If you are a 3rd year player and don't project to contribute as a solid player the next year, you go.

brand X reports that 3 star juco Treshon Broughton decommits from OSU and commits to cougs His video is very impressive

So the lowly coach (EDIT: Sarcasm alert) for Colorado State that we lost to last year, apparently is worthy. How much we helped his stock go up is debatable but he is heading to Florida to coach the Gators. The number of assistant's falling is increasing. Wonder if the list of 6 is growing for us...

Link: USA TODAY on McElwain
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Looks to be finding a home to show his talents. New Mexico has already offered him and now he's looking to potentially go to Vandy. Good for him!

Brit, hope you don't mind the link.

AA to Vandy?

Washington State has landed a commitment from Riverside (Calif.) C.C. cornerback Treshon Broughton, he tells WazzuWatch.com. The three-star cornerback was previously committed to Oregon State. We'll have more soon.

i'm ready to call uncle and let Kent go now. Same feeling I had when Wulff was hired.

The Kent system doesn't fit with the talent we have.

I think a good community college could eat us.

Floyd was right on this hire....he wanted someone else.

Moos needs to get his ego in check and admit he was wrong on this one if we don't improve.

Over the past year or two, the visitors list has been impressive. We've had the discussion that it's been a long time since these "star rated" players have looked WSU's way, but now we need to close on them. Sure seems like we are starting to hedge this way.

Complete speculation, but could someone give some reasons why? I'm assuming PT is one. Facilities is another. Is CML still a reason for the "looks"? Certainly our record isn't one...

Britton, are the Cougs on this guy?


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Game notes for UTSA at Washington State are posted on The Wire.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/wire.asp?SID=1089&CID=76270

Pretty intense guy that gets "in the trenches" with the boys.

The UConn defenses a few years back were pretty damn good too.

mic'd up

Link: via @GFTribune)

I'm sure everyone saw Hilinksi moved up to being the number 9 rated pro-style QA in the nation. What are the odds he wins the starting job for 2015?


I'm pretty pleased with our QB options next year.

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Washington State will host a number of prospects this weekend, all of whom are defensive prospects. While this list can still change at any time, I've confirmed six official visitors for this weekend.

Official visitors

-Three-star defensive end Mufi Hunt of Murray (UT) Taylorsville
-Three-star cornerback Darrien Molton of Temecula (Calif.) Chaparral
-Four-star defensive tackle Tim Settle of Manassas (Va.) Stonewall Jackson
-Two-star defensive end Jeremiah Mitchell of Riverside (Calif.) C.C.
-Three-star linebacker Jonah Moi of Riverside (Calif.) C.C.
-Three-star defensive end DeVante Wilson of Riverside (Calif.) C.C.

Update (10:18 a.m.): Hunt says Provo (UT) Timpview defensive end Gabe Reid will also visit Washington State this weekend. Reid is a three-star and there's more on him below.

Update (3:05 p.m.): According to a source, Honolulu (HI) Punahou receiver Shalom Luani, an Oregon State commit, are also officially visiting this weekend.

Notes on visitors

-Mufi Hunt is will be taking his first official visit to Washington State this weekend and the three-star, who will take a mission and join the college of his choice in 2017, holds offers from Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, California, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Washington State. In addition to WSU, Hunt says he wants to visit California and Utah.

-Joining Hunt will be three-star defensive end Gabe Reid, who also hails from Utah. The 6-foot-2, 240-pound defensive end also holds offers from Arizona State, BYU, Oregon State, Stanford, Utah, Utah State, Washington and Wyoming. Reid has taken several unofficial visits to Stanford already but this will be his first official visit of his recruitment.

-Three-star cornerback Darrien Molton committed to Washington State over the summer and has since maintained 100 percent commitment to the Cougars, despite various coaching changes on the defensive side. Molton's main recruiter, Ken Wilson, visited him in-home this week.

-Tim Settle is the headline recruit this weekend and is has named the Cougars as one of the four teams he'll be choosing from when it comes down to make a decision, though he has yet to say when that will be. The four-star from Virginia is coming off an official visit to USC and is also considering Oklahoma State and Virginia Tech.

His good friend, Adam McLean, who visited Washington State last weekend, committed to Maryland, so there won't be a packaged deal there. Settle is an interesting target as he would have a chance to play right away, however Virginia Tech appears to have the edge currently. Settle says he's no longer doing media interviews, so I'll keep my ears open on this one.

-One of three JUCO prospects expected to be in town this weekend is Riverside (Calif.) C.C. defensive end Jeremiah Mitchell, who holds offers from Arizona State, Iowa State, Oregon and Purdue, in addition to Washington State. The former Marshall commit has seen his recruitment take off as of late and appeared to be close to a commitment to Oregon, though it appears the Ducks have chose to go in a different direction.

-Another Riverside prospect who will be tripping to Pullman, Wash., this weekend is linebacker Jonah Moi, a Hawaii commit who's rated three-stars by Rivals. The inside linebacker committed to the Warriors in July, though his recruitment is pretty open, as of now. In addition to Washington State and Hawaii, Moi holds an offer from BYU.

-Somewhat of a surprise visitor, DaVante Wilson, also from Riverside C.C., will take an official visit to the Palouse this weekend. The three-star defensive end was originally scheduled to visit California this weekend but moved that visit back in order to trip to Washington State with his teammates. In addition to Washington State, Wilson holds offers from Arizona State and California.

-One late addition to the list is junior college safety Shalom Luani out of CCSF. An Oregon State commit, Luani picked up an offer from Washington State a couple weeks ago and with Riley going to Nebraska, the Cougars have a chance to make a big impression this weekend. Illinois has also offered the 6-foot-1, 200-pound safety, who is rated three-stars by Rivals.

-Kanawai Noa is a new name on the Washington State radar but the Hawaiian prospect has a ton of upside as a receiver. In addition to Washington State, Noa, who is not yet rated by Rivals, holds offers from California, Hawaii, Utah State and Yale.

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I like 3 out of the 5, I think Odom, Pendergast and Orlando could all be very good hires. The other two have major college experience too. Not a bad list.

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DC candidates.

According to his head coach, 2017 point guard T.J. Mickelson from Olympia (Wash.) Black Hills will unofficially visit Washington State this weekend. The 6-foot-1 guard does not yet hold any offers.

Washington State linebacker Darryl Monroe has quit the football team, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to WazzuWatch.com. The redshirt junior third on the team in tackles with 70 despite losing his starting job at MIKE linebacker to redshirt freshman Peyton Pelluer following the loss to Stanford.

The new Rivals.com position rankings were released this morning and several Washington State commits and targets made moves. Check out all of the movements below.

Washington State commit ranking changes (previous ranking --> new ranking)

-Petaluma (Calif.) Casa Granda kicker Matt Abramo: NR --> NR
-San Diego (Calif.) Oceanside offensive tackle Cedric Bigge-Duren: NR --> NR
-Gardena (Calif.) Serra receiver Deontay Burnett: No. 68 --> No. 58 (+10 spots)
-Upland (Calif.) pro-style quarterback Tyler Hilinski: No. 11 --> No. 9 (+2 spots)
-Rancho Santa Margarita (Calif.) Catholic offensive tackle Austin Maihen: NR --> No. 75
-Temecula (Calif.) Chaparral cornerback Darrien Molton: NR --> NR
-Walnut Creek (Calif.) Las Lomas offensive guard Noah Myers: NR --> No. 41
-Norwalk (Calif.) Cerritos C.C. linebacker Aaron Porter: NR --> NR (will be updated)
-Upland (Calif.) safety Kameron Powell: No. 30 --> No. 38 (-8 spots)
-Mountain View (Calif.) St. Francis defensive tackle Thomas Toki: No. 19 --> No. 20 (-1 spot)
-Burbank (Calif.) running back James Williams: No. 46 --> No. 51 (-5 spots)

I just got done chatting with Riverside (Calif.) C.C. coach Greg Hoyd, who is the father of Washington State linebacker Greg Hoyd II, and he tells me that the Cougars will be hosting a total of four Riverside prospects.

As previously reported, three-star receiver Isaac Whitney and three-star linebacker Jonah Moi will be in town. The two will be joined by three-star defensive end Davante Wilson and two-star defensive end Jeremiah Mitchell. Hoyd says the Cougars will also host Oregon State cornerback commit Treshon Broughton on Jan. 16.

I'm on a crappy computer and don't know how to use it, so I'll have more on these visitors later.

Dirk Knudsen of NWPrepReport.com on the Rivals.com / Yahoo! Sports network caught up with Austin Joyner to discuss his Washington Gatorade Player of the Year award and the former Washington State commit had a few comments on his recruitment.

He really wanted to play for Mike Breske and while he's still considering the Cougars, Boise State and Washington are going to be seriously considered. As of now, I'd say the Cougars are running third for Joyner's services, but that's just guess work based on what I've heard.

He'll visit Washington this weekend followed by an official visit to Boise State next weekend. He still has an official visit to Washington State scheduled for Jan. 23, though that's assuming he's still uncommitted by then.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1712189

Leach was responsible for hiring the three guys he fired this season, and rightfully so.

This is not a good display of judgment. If I'm Moos, this is the most distressing thing. How can I be confident that the replacements will be better?

You pay a guy that kind of money to make sound decisions.

Nebraska announces they've hired Oregon State's Mike Riley to be their next head coach. I'm beyond shocked.

Link: https://twitter.com/Huskers/status/540557319315021824