Washington State

James Snook-USA TODAY Sports Five straight losses. The few thousand left in the rain at Martin Stadium watched Stanford Cardinal quarterback Justin Lamson take his 20th carry of the game a yard across the 1st down marker on a 4th and 1 to seal Washington State’s fifth straight loss, 10-7 vs the formerly 2-6 Cardinal. WSU (4-5, 1-5 in Pac-12) now slides into a tie for … [Read more...] about WSU finds new rock-bottom after losing rock fight to Stanford 10-7

James Snook-USA TODAY Sports It’s over It started when Larry Scott took over. It continued when the Pac-12 presidents replaced one doofus with another in George Kliavkoff. It accelerated when nearly every other school in what was the Pac-12 jumped ship. The bleeding was staunched for a brief period in the form of four straight, season-opening wins and a largely … [Read more...] about Cougar Football Time of Death: 2127 PDT, November 4, 2023

Photo by Bruce Yeung/Getty Images We’re begging you. Almost a month ago, our Washington State Cougars were coming off a bye week where they gained three spots in the AP Top 25 Poll and were sitting pretty at no. 13 in the nation. Since then, it’s been all downhill. The Cougs lost a tough one at UCLA against a great defense (fine), then laid an egg at home against … [Read more...] about Washington State welcomes Stanford to Pullman, and please oh please win this one (GAME THREAD)

Tis November. Let’s go. Welcome to Week TEN of our annual gambling experiment. While we’ve done better of late, the Cougs definitely have not, as we mused about last week. But now the calendar has turned, and while WSU had the most forgettable of Octobers, hopefully November is one to remember. That makes think of the dearly departed Gordon Lightfoot, and his hit The Wreck of … [Read more...] about The Gamble-Tron vs. The Edmund Fitzgerald

Jake Dickert has a proper mess on his hands. | Jack Ellis/CougCenter It might have something to do with the athletic department’s state of conference affiliation limbo. Hello, everyone. Been a long time, yeah? Maybe you liked it better that way! We don’t actually know. What we do know is that this is our 200th episode, and since this is where it all started, we thought … [Read more...] about What’s *really* behind WSU football’s freefall?