Not that I would ever root for UW

[Fab5Coug]

my "we" question is that you were aligning yourself with UW. You were speaking as a Husky in trying to understand why WSU doesn't much care for BSU or UW.
What degree did you get at UW? or should we assume you are like the other 90% "Husky fans" who didn't attend?

Who cares?

Seriously, Coug fans need to retire this argument.

 

[CougPatrol]

WSU would be good in the MWC at first but over time would face significant recruiting challenges. The main reason we get players now is the Pac-12 opportunity. If we're just pitching a G of 5 opp, we're going to have just about as hard a time recruiting to Pullman against Honolulu, San Diego, Las Vegas, San Jose, and Reno, among other places (basically everywhere other than Laramie and, perhaps, Logan) as we do against LA, Seattle, Phoenix, and the Bay Area. WSU also would have a hell of a time paying its existing debt, let alone taking on any more, if the TV money spigot was turned off. (Don't forget that the actual TV payouts have been much less than advertised, and much of the stadium upgrades and FOB were financed by WSU, not already even close to paid off.) Certainly couldn't pay a coach $4m a year like now.

That's precisely what would happen. Then there's the fact that we can't sell out the stadium for all of our P12 home games. Can you imagine what the game atmosphere would be like for November games vs. Nevada Reno and New Mexico?

 

[SDCoug]

Who cares?

Seriously, Coug fans need to retire this argument.

I can understand the sentiment, especially if you live over in Seattle. Hell, I can hardly stand to go to Seattle because of so many douche bags that have likely never stepped a foot on that campus.

That said, There are some really good Cougs on this board that didn’t graduate from WSU. I hope that they don’t take offense when people throw those attacks at some jackass trying to stir the pot. It just doesn’t sit well for me. I doubt I’ll ever understand why some feel the need to even engage with them.

 

[COUGinNCW]

The rub to me is the Bellevue CC grads talking smack about the benefits of a WSU education. Talk smack about football all day long.

 

[CougPatrol]

I've never understood why so many Cougs have little brother insecurities whenever someone from another school pokes fun at us. I loved my time in Pullman, and I genuinely think that it's the best place to go to college in the state of Washington.

 

[Coug90]

I've never understood why so many Cougs have little brother insecurities whenever someone from another school pokes fun at us. I loved my time in Pullman, and I genuinely think that it's the best place to go to college in the state of Washington.

A room full of random Cougs vs room full of random “Huskies”. Which would be more fun...100 out of 100 times? All that matters to me...life’s too short, they can have their higher ed rankings.

 

[79COUG]

Haha knew that one would upset some folks.

Just playing the game I knew was coming.

That's one way of spinning it.
There are other, more accurate, reasons.

 

[Ffffws]

Who cares?

Seriously, Coug fans need to retire this argument.

It is a consistency in Seattle area. The most obnoxious fans and the ones who say “we” didn’t attend. Root for the Huskies but say “them” when referring to the team.

 

[TrumpCoug]

So Bellevue CC or Green River CC???

I am guessing she is a beauty school drop out.

 

[BiggsCoug]

I am guessing she is a beauty school drop out.

Maybe ITT Tech??

 

[chipdouglas]

You think?

I mean WSU did lose to Hawaii in 2009, SDSU in 2011, BYU in 2012, Nevada in 2014, Boise St. in 2016... 2017 was a better year.

I think the Mt. West is actually a pretty decent conference for football. Certainly pretty competitive for a non P5 conference.

I don't think UW's 38-7 victory was an indicator that the P12 was heroically better or that a down UW was a much better football team than the "best" the MW has to offer.

I think Boise is a much better football team than they showed. UW just had the right game plan and things finally fit together at the end of the day. I think we had a lot to play for (Pete) and for the first time in a while we executed well along all fronts that we'd failed on for most the season.

You don't believe any of this. Manipulation talent of a 4th grader:

1. You're offering a patronizing nod to BSU because it elevates your* win further; ie, if BSU actually is a pretty good team and you smoked 'em in a down year (!), you guys must be REALLY good
2. Bringing up WSU losses to MWC in the same post is designed to close the perceived gap between WSU and MWC programs, and undermine claims from WSU fans that MWC is barely worth acknowledging
3. Taken as a package, the entire post is designed to suggest WSU is a MWC caliber program and UW is not

Here are the actual facts, no manipulation needed:

• UW vs MWC, all time: 7-7 or .500
• WSU vs MWC, all time: 11-5 or .698

In fact, your Mountain West coach is the most successful coach you've had against the Mountain West: CP is 4-1 while everyone else combined was 3-9.

*I say "your", but I strongly doubt you have a diploma from UW