I just got word that Phoenix (Ariz.) Mountain Pointe offensive tackle Davis Perrott will visit Washington State for the Apple Cup. The Cougars offered the 6-foot-5, 270-pound offensive lineman last week and he's going to make a college decision between California, Washington State and Boise State following his trip to the Palouse.

on 5 of 6 shooting and 8 rebounds. Who is guarding APU's Troy Leaf? He's hit only 3 of 10 so far. He's a two-time All Pac West conference 1st team pick.

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Hawkinson also has 18 rebounds. He hit 10 of 11 shots! APU is picked to finish 5th in the Pac West Conference. Guard Troy Leaf, now with 18 points, is a two-time 1st team conference selection. DKD has 15, Johnson 10


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BeaverBlitz.com on the Rivals.com / Yahoo! Sports network, breaks down what Washington State can expect to see from Sean Mannion and Oregon State this weekend.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1701607

I also answered some questions over at the Oregon State site, which you can view at the link below.

Link: https://oregonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1701311

Rivals analyst Adam Gorney caught up with Washington State commit Deontay Burnett who says he's still firmly committed to Washington State. It sounds like a previous visit to Utah is no longer in the works, though UCLA is keeping tabs on the three-star receiver.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1701148

Before Washington State heads to Corvallis to take on Oregon State, Mike Leach will make an appearance on his weekly coaches show at Zeppoz in Pullman. You can tune at this link and I'll be providing updates in this thread.


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DE Adam McLean, a PSU commitment, and DT Tim Settle, both four stars, will be taking an official visit together to Washington State on Dec. 5.

Fresno (Calif.) Edison cornerback Tyler Horton recently picked up an offer from Washington State and tells Rivals analyst Adam Gorney that an official visit to Pullman is in the works. The three-star is also looking at taking a visit to Boise State.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1700825

Bountiful (UT) Salt Lake Metro small forward Jeff Pollard tells WazzuWatch.com he'll sign with Washington State next week when the early signing period opens up on Wednesday, Nov. 12. The signing period is open for one week.

I have reached out to Robert Franks to see if they, too, will sign with the Cougars next week. I would expect both King and Renard, the Cougars' two junior college commits, to sign next week, though Franks has yet to take an official visit (he has visited unofficially) and still has to take the necessary placement tests for admission purposes.

Bountiful (UT) forward Jeff Pollard will sign with Washington State next week. The signing period opens on Wednesday, Nov. 12 and will be open for one week. Still waiting to hear back from Robert Franks, Derrien King and Renard Suggs, though it's likely the two JUCO guys - King and Suggs - will sign early while Franks waits until the spring signing period.

Update (7:03 p.m.): According to Jacob Thorpe of the Spokesman Review, Tracy Clark is still a member of the Washington State football program and Mike Leach misunderstood the question. I'll work with our sources to see if I can gather more information on the matter.

Redshirt senior cornerback Tracy Clark has left the Washington State football program, according to Jacob Thorpe of the Spokesman Review. Mike Leach confirmed the news to the media following the Cougars' Wednesday night practice.

Clark, in his first extended action of his career, gave up two touchdowns in the season opener against Rutgers, including an 80-yard touchdown on the first play of the season. The Pittsburg, Calif., product would finish out the game, however Charleston White took over against Nevada and Clark was buried on the depth chart since then.

Clark was recruited by Paul Wulff in the 2010 class and was rated two stars by Rivals.com. He picked the Cougars over offers from Cal Poly, Fresno State, North Dakota, Portland State, Sacramento State and San Jose State. After a redshirt year, Clark saw limited action from over the last three years, recording just nine tackles during that span.

With Clark quitting the team, it brings the number of departed players this season to four including running back Teondray Caldwell, receiver Kristoff Williams and running back Squally Canada. Williams left due to medical reasons while Caldwell and Canada left on their own terms.

There was a recent report that linebacker Chester Sua left the team, though, according to Thorpe, Leach has contradicted that report. I have been unable to personally confirm any reports that Sua, a former four-star recruit, is no longer with the program. For what it's worth, he is still listed in the school database despite reports that he was dismissed by the school.


Link: http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/sportslink/2014/nov/05/tracy-clark-leaves-wsu-football-program/



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Adam McLean has been offered by Washington State. It's offer No. 43 for the four-star Penn State commit, who is rated the No. 9 strongside defensive and and No. 118 overall prospect in the 2015 class, according to Rivals.

In addition to Washington State and Penn State, McLean holds offers from the likes of Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Ole Miss, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Tennessee and many others. The 6-foot-1, 282-pound defensive lineman currently has official visits lined up to Penn State, Ole Miss and Tennessee.

New Washington State men's basketball head coach Ernie Kent met with the media today to discuss the team's offseason, the upcoming exhibition game against Azusa Pacific and what his team needs to do in order to be ready for the season opener next Friday at UTEP.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1700424

There were a couple changes to the Washington State depth chart ahead of Oregon State, which included Peyton Bender listed as the No. 2 quarterback, as Mike Leach mentioned during his press conference yesterday. When asked whether, if necessary, Bender's redshirt would be burned, Mike Leach said "they would cross that bridge when comes."

Depth Chart Notes

-Theron West, who filled in for Gerard Wicks against USC and finished with nine carries for 41 yards including a 26 yard scamper, is now listed as the No. 2 running back. West technically got the start last week at H-receiver in place of Rickey Galvin, though I believe the Cougars came out in their two-back set.

-Gerard Wicks was not suited up for the USC game and neither was Cole Madison, who is still listed as the starting right tackle, though Jacob Seydel figures to plug in there should Madison miss more time.

-Dylan Hanser is listed as the No. 2 WILL linebacker behind Jeremiah Allison. Hanser has received more playing time as of late and it appears he's passed Tana Pritchard on the depth chart. Pritchard started three games this season before giving way to Allison. Hanser, in three games, has one tackle.


Link: http://www.wsucougars.com/pdf9/2952228.pdf

New Orleans Landry-Walker DT George Lea enjoyed his official visit to Washington State, but he did give the edge to Kansas State after his weekend visit there. Next up is a trip to Arizona State. He said all three were still in it but I would say Washington State is definitely in catch-up mode right now.

Lea makes the rounds

Former Washington State forward Brock Motum has signed with the Adelaides 36ers of the NBL in Australia.

Link: http://www.adelaide36ers.com/article/id/6g91bdb6iqt31mwsn8lw75jsn

Mike Leach was on the Pac-12 teleconference today and talked extensively about Washington State's need to find an identity on defense, the defense's impact on the special team's struggles, what he likes about Luke Falk and previewed Oregon State.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1700485

New Washington State men's basketball head coach Ernie Kent met with the media today to discuss the team's offseason, the upcoming exhibition game against Azusa Pacific and what his team needs to do in order to be ready for the season opener next Friday at UTEP.

-Kent said that DaVonte Lacy and Dexter Kernich-Drew are the only penciled in starters at this time and over the next few days he'll begin to figure out his starting five. Que Johnson sounds like he'll be the next one in line for a starter spot, though he wants to see more consistency for the remaining spots.

-Speaking of Kernich-Drew, Kent spoke at length about the senior, saying he worked as hard as anyone this offseason, added 20-pounds to his frame and seven inches to his vertical. Kent credited new strength and conditioning coach Scott Thom, formerly of California under Mike Montgomery, though he also noted that the team's new mentality, or confidence, as he put it, helped a lot of guys improve over the offseason.

-Of the newcomers, Kent is still looking for consistency, though when he talked about who has improved the most, he name-dropped Trevor Dunbar, Jackie Davis, Ny Redding and Aaron Cheatum as guys who have improved the most since coming into the program earlier this year.

-Kent also said that Jordan Railey has improved in the post in recent weeks and he's going to be counting on him to continue that "once people are in the stands."

-Kent talked at length about how his team will progress throughout the season and how important it is to be trending upwards at the end of the year. He says the first two road games are very important for them to find some kind of success in tough environments.

-As for the exhibition game this Friday against Azusa Pacific, the goal will be for the team to play with poise, take care of the basketball and make sure that they can get a lot of guys minutes so they can continue their evaluation heading into UTEP and TCU. Finding a cohesive unit will be paramount in their evaluations.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1700424

Coach Kent says Dexter Drew is the most improved guard and he is 20 pounds heavier! That sound like very good news to me!

Three-star defensive end UteZone.com that Washington State will be one of the schools he officially visits prior to making a college decision. The No. 27 weakside defensive end in the country will also visit Utah and Cal and would arrive at the schools of his choice after taking a LDS mission.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1700329

According to the Washington State football Twitter account, Washington State has landed former Clemson receiver Kyrin Priester who officially visited last weekend. I'm still working to confirm with Priester, however that's about as official as it gets.

Because WSU has already announced it, that would indicate that he has signed a financial aid agreement. We'll have more as soon as we can gather the information.

The Bennetts were terrible coaches at WSU. Amazing.

Willie Sykes picked up an offer from Washington State this evening. The 5-foot-11, 183-pound cornerback is rated two-stars by Rivals and also holds offers from Fresno State, Minnesota, Oregon State, Purdue, Utah and others.

Sykes has officially visited Minnesota and has an official visit set up to Purdue this weekend. Sykes is also heavily interested in Oregon State, who the Cougars take on this weekend.

Highlights: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1417380/highlights/145528375

While Washington State was expected to have two official visitors in town this weekend, it appears just Kyrin Priester, the former Clemson receiver, was the only one to make it this weekend as Je'Vari Anderson informed WazzuWatch.com today that he rescheduled his visit for the Apple Cup.

The Concord (Calif.) De La Salle cornerback says it was a "scheduling thing" when asked why he was unable to make the trip. I'm working on getting ahold of Priester to see how his visit went, though he appeared to be enjoying himself based on his comments on Twitter.

Linebacker Jeremiah Allison and Joe Dahl met with the media today to discuss Connor Halliday's injury and gave a raving review of new starter Luke Falk. You can find those transcripts with video at the link below.

Link: https://washingtonstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1700106