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No Words. Only prayers.

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We can actually see this game.

A lot of smoke that we’ve landed on Jimmy Rogers from South Dakota State. Defensive coach. Won the FCS natty last year. 27-3 record. Very young (37). Hire would be in line with our hoops coach David Riley.

Cougs up 10-0. Great start

Hey there is a Rivals mod from another site asking about WW on the premium board, in case any paying member wants to opine. I have already offered up an expansive list of freeloaders that should be banned. In case any ears are burning. Although I'm reticent about the idea of anyone bringing rules or order to this lovefest we call home.

That said, I really want to rag on our coaches and recruiting some more but am holding myself back. I am a little curious as to what the "many other offers" were that CJR referred to turning down in his introduction speech, but I'll let it lay. And won't comment on (per another fawning Brand X article) on our focus on in-state (Washington state that is) recruiting. CJR did lure SDSU's ONE Wa-Ca=Or player to Pullman, so there is that. Never mind that his other offer last year was Montana.

Upset he didn’t get the job I guess

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Draft order is set for the top 6:

tennessee
Cleveland
NY giants
New england
Jacksonville
LV raiders

Only 2 of these are likely set at QB for now - New England with Drake Maye and Jacksonville with Trevor Lawrence.

Tennessee can’t be sold on Will Levis, so might be ready to move on.

Cleveland has a ton of cash tied up in Deshaun Watson, but he’s a massive bust. Best case for them is that his most recent injury is career ending

The Giants and the Raiders have well documented and clear QB issues.

Every one of them has multiple issues, and drafting a QB early won’t turn them into winners. All 6 teams support my longtime feeling that anyone who earns a top 5 pick should never use it - they should trade it for more picks.

So…Cam and Shedeur Sanders are likely to end up off the board in the top 3. Only question really is whether anyone moves up to grab them. Also possible that one of the top 3 signs a FA QB (Cousins?) as a stopgap, because this isn’t a great QB year. Honestly, I’m not sold on Cam Or Sanders as a top QB pick, and Cam in particular will underperform on any team picking this early.

Jalen Milroe is in the mix now too, and there are a couple of others who could declare in the next week or two.

Seahawks are at #18, so they’re not likely to be in the QB sweepstakes unless they make an aggressive move. I’ve also read that they’re looking at $35M for Geno in 2025, which is way too much. I’d be more in favor of them trying to pick up a veteran on the cheap (again, cousins?) for a year, and use their draft picks to shore up the OL, and maybe find an RB that can stay healthy.

But WSU v Zaga is blacked out on ESPNU? Anyway to watch? This seems crazy. Why pay for plus if you don't get the big game.

The coaches voted for just one transfer portal period, lasting 10 days from Jan 2-Jan 12. Doesn't mean it will happen, but I do think changes will continue into the future as there are a lot of things about the portal that need to be fixed.

10 day transfer portal proposal

US. If Anne McCoy takes any longer than today she should be let go of immediately. Dickert indicated he wanted to wait until January to talk contract. That’s an “I’m quitting” to any AD with an IQ above 75. Flight tracker showed him out of here on Tuesday evening via scheduling. If she waits until post Christmas or longer to secure a coach that isn’t Vigen she is worse than Sterk. She talked about the notecard that ADs have with next coaches, and hired a search firm who has all the ability to contact, vet, and draft contracts/hurry the process. Idaho had theirs done in 72 hrs. Why do we get stuck with these bunk employees where universities with 1/2 the resources are on top of it. So damn frustrating.

Looks like the experts agree: it was targeting. Why it wasn't called, after all the time, makes me wonder if that Woody guy that worked for the Pac-12 told the refs that it wasn't targeting.

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It would be nice to watch the game, but unfortunately ESPN+ is not working for any of the 2pm start games. Just looking at the boxscore, WSU leads 17-14.

WSU wins in a blow out.

Any thoughts? Oh wait, Brand X has wind of it and is already trashing this 10-game 2024 starter

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