RB coach resigns?
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To where? Others are saying he’s been named in court case that was recently filed.
Our new RB coach will be Donnell Kirkwood.
New coach
whelp, keep us posted.
I refuse to go back to X, its still a cesspool of internet trolls, just now they're all on the right instead of the left.
That is true. I mainly use it for WSU football and Bball / Pac12 realignment news. If I even hit the “for you” feed it’s essentially and immigration, anti Europe, anti liberal stuff only. It switched up a lot from a year or two ago.
DUI, but not just a standard DUI. His BAC was so high that he first needed to be transported to the hospital.
Glad Rogers moved on quickly and I hope Rouse is OK and lands on his feet.
Glad Rogers moved on quickly and I hope Rouse is OK and lands on his feet.
Damn. That's 1980 WSU drunk.
Sounds like he's trying to be a D1 MBB coach!
(From Spokane)
(coaching the Bulldogs)
It's Few. I'm talking about Mark Few.
I’ve watched a lot of Cougar football but I’ve never seen a Cougar coach this worried about the running game.
WSU football running backs coach resigns following DUI arrest
Greg Woods
March 26, 2025 at 3:41 pm Updated March 26, 2025 at 8:18 pm
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The Spokesman-Review
PULLMAN — State troopers arrested former Washington State running backs coach Robbie Rouse earlier this month on suspicion of driving under the influence, a police report shows.
The 34-year-old abruptly resigned his position via news release Wednesday morning, with the school citing “personal reasons.”
Rouse, who came to WSU from South Dakota State with head coach Jimmy Rogers in early January, was pulled over by a Washington State Patrol trooper around 5 p.m. on March 16 while driving on U.S. Highway 195 north of Colfax. The trooper noticed Rouse speeding — 68 mph in a 60 mph zone — and veering side-to-side in his 2016 black Cadillac CTS, according to court records.
Rouse told the trooper he was coming from Spokane and initially said he only had one drink, then told the trooper he had “two rum and cokes,” the report said. The trooper noticed his speech was slurred and asked him to take a breathalyzer test, which Rouse allegedly refused, so he was placed under arrest.
He provided breath samples to test for alcohol while at the Whitman County Jail. According to the trooper’s report, Rouse blew above a .3 multiple times, more than four times the legal limit of .08.
After “vomiting all over the jail floor several times” and hanging on to a chair to keep from falling, a doctor cleared him for booking, according to court records.
Rouse was released March 17 on his own recognizance. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for April 24. He has also had two other DUIs in the last 10 years, the police report states.
In a one-sentence news release WSU shared on Wednesday morning, Rogers announced Rouse was resigning “due to personal matters” with no further explanation. When reached for a statement, a WSU spokesperson referred to the original release.
It appears the Cougars might already have a replacement for Rouse: Former Wyoming running backs coach Donnell Kirkwood, who is reportedly moving on to WSU, according to a report Tuesday from The Casper Star-Tribune in Laramie. Kirkwood spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons at North Dakota before accepting the Wyoming job in January.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, a BAC between .30 and .40 often results in alcohol poisoning, a potentially life-threatening condition, and sometimes loss of consciousness. At .40, drinkers experience a potentially fatal level, putting them at risk of coma or death because of respiratory arrest.
With a BAC .30 between and .34, according to the College of Saint Benedict and St. John’s University, “if you are still conscious, you are in a stupor. You likely have no comprehension of where you are or what you are doing. There have been numerous cases of alcohol poisoning and death in this range of BAC. You are in need of medical help.”
According to other observations on the report, Rouse’s Cadillac was registered in North Dakota, and his driver’s license is from South Dakota, where he worked the 2023 and 2024 seasons as South Dakota State’s running backs coach.
Before that gig, he coached the same position at Division III College of St. Scholastica (Minnesota) in 2017, at Division II Augustana (South Dakota) University in 2019, at FCS North Dakota from 2020-21 and at FCS Cal Poly in 2022.
Greg Woods: Washington State beat writer for The Spokesman-Review
Being his 3rd DUI, he may be looking at being in jail or on home confinement for the next 9 months, so wouldn’t be available anyway. And I’m ok with that. One DUI is dumb. Three is a complete disregard for others paired with an inability to learn from mistakes…and should carry more than a 120 sentence, and mandatory inpatient rehab.
Bro, you'd be surprised what a good lawyer and $$ can do for someone with multiple DUIs. That law only applies to the poor.
I’d probably be more disappointed than surprised. Sentencing guidelines for a 3rd DUI in 7 years say 120 days is the minimum jail time for someone who’s over 0.3. But I’m sure you’re right.
Still, I say bring back the chain gangs. Let the drunks pick up litter, clean storm drains, etc.
This is seriously F-ed up. Dude you aren't in N. Dakota anymore. question I have is whether Washington courts and the DOL can/will count DUI's in other states in assessing penalties. For one thing, the standard DOL rules for a 3rd DUI is 10 years of an interlock, if I recall correctly. And that is the DOL, which is outside the purview of the court.
And I have to say that it is kind of shitty that the
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At at 5pm no less. Even in my more serious drinking days I was never that hammered by 5pm. Even on a game day.
Commitment and loyalty?
College football???🏈
Snap out of it, Loyal or next thing you’ll find yourself doing is worrying about tornado warnings in Seattle
You'd think with the money assistants are being paid, he could get an Uber/driver.
At least Uncle Denny and Price had wingmen who ferried them around.
.35 was a Wednesday for Denny in his prime.
At least Uncle Denny and Price had wingmen who ferried them around.
.35 was a Wednesday for Denny in his prime.
Addiction is a tough master. The statement he released was well written. I hope he can stop the spiral.
Agree that we're not in Kansas anymore, Toto, when we hardly blink at the Wyoming RB coach immediately jumping to WSU at the start of Wyoming's spring football practices. I understand reality...I just don't like it much. Hard to see how college football will avoid some decline over the next decade as the audience becomes more disgusted.
Agree that we're not in Kansas anymore, Toto, when we hardly blink at the Wyoming RB coach immediately jumping to WSU at the start of Wyoming's spring football practices. I understand reality...I just don't like it much. Hard to see how college football will avoid some decline over the next decade as the audience becomes more disgusted.
Friend of mine just bought a GMC Sierra electric that does the same thing. Just don’t try it in the snow.
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