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Ashley Davis An early start was slowed by a season-high in team turnovers. Washington State’s season-high four-game winning streak was snapped at the hands of the rival Washington in Seattle on Wednesday night in an 89-73 loss. WSU (9-3) turned the ball over 22 times — 29.3% of their possessions — allowing UW (8-3) to score 24 of their points off WSU miscues. WSU also … [Read more...] about Turnovers and fouls plague WSU in 300th meeting against UW, falling 89-73

James Snook-Imagn Images It has been a very bad week or so for WSU football! It had already been a rough week or so for the Washington State Cougars football team in the transfer portal and now, the man in charge of the program is doing it himself. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons confirmed this morning they’d hired Jake Dickert to be their new football coach, just a few … [Read more...] about Jake Dickert leaves for Wake Forest, Pete Kaligis to coach Holiday Bowl

Jack Ellis/CougCenter Signs point to what some of us have known for a while: it’s a bigger issue. After a solid few weeks of speculation, confusion, mixed bags full of hopes too far up, the shoe has finally dropped. Washington State QB John Mateer becomes the next domino to fall in the series of transfer portal entries. He’s listed here in the 2025 College Football … [Read more...] about The John Mateer Transfer Portal shoe has finally dropped

Ashley Davis I wish I cared about the bowl game. I do not. I meant to write something after WSU football embarrassed itself for the third consecutive week, but I didn’t. Then I was going to write something the next week, but I didn’t. You’ll be stunned to learn that the lack of compensation tends to influence one’s motivation to work on the weekend, principally due to … [Read more...] about It’s not Bowl season, it’s Basketball season!

Craig Strobeck-Imagn Images Will he stay or will he go? WSU quarterback John Mateer has been practicing with what remains of this teammates ahead of the Cougs’ Holiday Bowl appearance on Dec. 27. But we’ll find out Monday if he’ll continue to step foot on the practice field. That’s because Mateer will spend the weekend mulling over his future with his family. On one … [Read more...] about It’s decision weekend for John Mateer