Cougars Football
Former WSU coach elected to Hall of Fame
SPOKANE -- Legendary Washington State football coach William "Lone Star" Dietz has been chosen for the 2012 class of the College Football Hall of Fame.The National Football Foundation announced the selection Tuesday.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Sports
WSU opening football game moved to Thursday
PULLMAN -- Washington State's football season opener at BYU has been moved to Thursday, Nov. 30, and will be televised nationally on ESPN.The game, which marks the opening of the Mike Leach era at WSU, had originally been scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 1.Game time is set at 7:15 p.m. PDT.
Date: 05/16/2012 | Sports
Plea agreement for Leaf
Former WSU star pleads guilty to burglary, drug possession
Date: 05/08/2012 | Sports
Ex-Coug Leaf pleads guilty to stealing painkillers
GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he broke into a house and possessed prescription painkillers as part of a plea agreement that recommends he spend nine months in inpatient drug treatment.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Sports
BCS takes big step toward college playoff
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- College football is on the verge of finally having a playoff, its own version of the final four.
Date: 04/27/2012 | Sports
Texas issues fugitive warrants for Ryan Leaf
GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- Authorities in Texas have issued two arrest warrants for Ryan Leaf, declaring the former NFL quarterback a fugitive from justice.
Date: 04/26/2012 | Sports
Crimson and Gray
WSU's Wilson catches 4 passes for 149 yards in spring game
Date: 04/21/2012 | Sports
WSU spring game today in Spokane
SPOKANE -- Washington State's annual Crimson and Gray spring football game is today at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane, and new head coach Mike Leach said he expects the Cougars to run 80 to 100 plays.
Date: 04/21/2012 | Sports
Leaf to be arraigned in Montana May 3
HELENA, Mont. -- Former Washington State and NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf is scheduled to be arraigned May 3 in Great Falls, Mont., on burglary and drug possession charges.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Sports
Ex-Cougar Leaf arrested again in Montana
HELENA, Mont. — Former Washington State and NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf was arrested again Monday, just days after he posted bail on similar charges that he burglarized a home and stole prescription drugs, authorities said.
Date: 04/02/2012 | Sports
Ex-Cougar Leaf arrested on theft charges
HELENA, Mont. — Police in Montana say former Washington State and ex-NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf broke into an acquaintance's home and stole a bottle of prescription painkillers.
Date: 03/31/2012 | Sports
Mike Leach loses appeal in suit vs. Texas Tech
Associated PressLUBBOCK, Texas -- The fight between Mike Leach and Texas Tech isn't over yet.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Sports
Pac-12 breaks ground for its new network
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Pac-12 has started construction on the studios for its new television network.The conference held a groundbreaking in San Francisco on Monday that featured a handful of former great Pac-12 athletes using sledgehammers and screwdrivers.
Date: 02/13/2012 | Sports
WSU's Mizell kicked off the football team
PULLMAN -- Washington State starting linebacker C.J. Mizell has been kicked off the football team after he was arrested this weekend in connection with a fight at a fraternity house.
Date: 02/07/2012 | Sports
Pac-12 extends commissioner Larry Scott's contract through 2016
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Pac-12 Conference's board of directors unanimously decided to extend the contract of Commissioner Larry Scott on Monday, giving him the opportunity to push forward with his plans to reshape the league through 2016.
Date: 02/06/2012 | Sports
Washington State's Leach signs 28 players in his first recruiting class
PULLMAN — New Washington State football coach Mike Leach announced Wednesday that he had signed 28 players in his first recruiting class, including 14 from California.
Date: 02/01/2012 | Sports
Iowa State hires former WSU offensive coordinator
AMES, Iowa -- Former Washington State offensive coordinator Todd Sturdy is the new wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator at Iowa State.
Date: 01/31/2012 | Sports
Texas Tech turns down Leach's settlement offer
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech has rejected an offer by former Red Raiders football coach Mike Leach to settle his lawsuit against the school.
Date: 01/20/2012 | Sports
Breske accepts job as WSU's defensive coordinator
MISSOULA, Mont. -- University of Montana assistant head coach and defensive coordinator Mike Breske says he is joining Washington State's coaching staff as defensive coordinator.The Missoulian reported Brekse confirmed his hiring Sunday evening.
Date: 01/09/2012 | Sports
Reports: Cougars hire Breske as defensive coordinator
PULLMAN -- The Washington State football team has found its defensive coordinator.
Date: 01/08/2012 | Sports
2012 Apple Cup on Friday
Annual UW-WSU game will be played the day after Thanksgiving
Date: 01/04/2012 | Sports
Pac-12, Big Ten to announce scheduling deal
NEW YORK -- The Big Ten and Pac-12 are getting together on a scheduling agreement that provides the benefits of conference expansion without the ugliness of raiding another league.While the partnership is for all sports, its most high-profile results will be seen in football and basketball.
Date: 12/28/2011 | Sports
Cougars' Leach is anything but ordinary
PULLMAN -- Mike Leach is the Saab of modern football coaches. He's anything but ordinary.
Date: 12/12/2011 | Sports
Baylor QB Griffin was a Cougar fan
Maybe with a twist of fate or two, the Washington State University football team wouldn't have needed Mike Leach.Maybe the Cougars' only concern this week would be what color socks their quarterback would be wearing for Saturday's Heisman Trophy celebration.
Date: 12/07/2011 | Sports
Cougars' Leach meets the press and fans
SEATTLE -- Mike Leach didn't take the bait.This time.
Date: 12/07/2011 | Sports
Commentary: Cougars' Wulff was sacrificed
PULLMAN -- So if Mike Leach isn't the next football coach at Washington State, where will the collective emotional crash fall on the Jeff-Tuel's-shoulder/Connor-Halliday's-liver scale?
Date: 11/30/2011 | Sports
Who could be the Cougars' next coach?
PULLMAN -- So who is on Bill Moos' list?Washington State's athletic director said Tuesday that, like most everyone in his position, he had a list of possible candidates available if he had to make a change.
Date: 11/30/2011 | Sports
Wulff: ‘We don't eat our own'
PULLMAN -- Paul Wulff, carrying the mantle as the former Washington State football coach, stepped into the hall and hugged his defensive coordinator, Chris Ball.
Date: 11/30/2011 | Sports
Cougars' AD Moos, Wulff meet to discuss football program
PULLMAN — Paul Wulff is still the coach at Washington State — for now. Athletic Director Bill Moos issued a statement Sunday night that discussions with Wulff about his future and that of the Cougars’ program are ongoing.
Date: 11/27/2011 | Sports
Wulff's last game as Cougars' coach?
SEATTLE -- It might well have been his final game as Washington State's head football coach, but Paul Wulff left the field on Saturday night excited about the future of Cougar football.Now he has to wait and see if he is part of it.
Date: 11/27/2011 | Sports
Huskies win Apple Cup
Price throws 3 TD passes as Washington beats Cougars 38-21
Date: 11/26/2011 | Sports
Pride only thing at stake today for UW, WSU
SEATTLE -- On a day when two teams will venture out on a somewhat unfamiliar battlefield, the University of Washington and foe Washington State are walking familiar ground.Once again, the Huskies and Cougars play an Apple Cup game that has little more than pride on the line.
Date: 11/26/2011 | Sports
Leading the charge
Marshall Lobbestael will start at QB for WSU in the Apple Cup
Date: 11/24/2011 | Sports
Huskies' signing of Sankey sent 'wrong message,' Wulff says
SEATTLE -- While the lead character is being kept away from microphones this week, the Apple Cup saga involving University of Washington freshman tailback Bishop Sankey continued to be a hot topic Tuesday.
Date: 11/23/2011 | Sports
On the endangered list?
Will WSU axe coach Paul Wulff after the Apple Cup?
Date: 11/23/2011 | Sports
WSU's Halliday hospitalized
Quarterback to miss Apple Cup after suffering lacerated liver
Date: 11/20/2011 | Sports
Cougars may change Halliday plans
PULLMAN -- Look, it isn't as if Paul Wulff pulled a guy out of the stands at Martin Stadium in desperation and hustled him into a uniform to save the honor of ol' State U.
Date: 11/14/2011 | Sports
Cougars surprise Sun Devils
Halliday passes for 494 yards and 4 TDs as WSU wins 37-27
Date: 11/12/2011 | Sports
Cougars' Wulff tries to ignore rumors
SPOKANE -- Washington State coach Paul Wulff is not talking with his players much about persistent rumors that he will be fired if the Cougars don't finish strong this season.
Date: 11/09/2011 | Sports
Lobbestael to start
Oak Harbor grad will lead the Cougars against No. 7 Oregon
Date: 10/25/2011 | Sports
WSU regents will be asked to OK $80 million stadium plans
SPOKANE -- Washington State University regents will be asked next month to approve plans for $80 million worth of improvements to Martin Stadium, with a portion of the money to come from the Pacific-12's new television contract that dramatically increased revenues to each team.
Date: 10/24/2011 | Sports
Washington State, Oregon State meet in Seattle
SEATTLE -- It's the unspoken number that will remain over the head of Washington State coach Paul Wulff throughout this season. Just how many wins will be enough for Wulff to retain his job in 2012?
Date: 10/21/2011 | Sports
Cougars' coach says Washington State 'drastically improved'
SPOKANE -- At the midpoint of the 2011 season, Washington State coach Paul Wulff is pleased with the way his team has performed.Washington State (3-3, 1-2 Pac-12) has already matched the combined win total of the previous two years with six games left to play.
Date: 10/19/2011 | Sports
Cougars routed by Stanford
PULLMAN -- Andrew Luck threw two third-quarter touchdown passes to Levine Toilolo as No. 7 Stanford beat Washington State 44-14 Saturday to extend the nation's longest winning streak to a school record 14 consecutive games.
Date: 10/15/2011 | Sports
Wulff: Cougar football team has a 'great challenge' on its hands
SPOKANE -- Seventh-ranked Stanford will be looking to set a school record with a 14th consecutive victory on Saturday. Washington State will be looking to avoid another fourth-quarter collapse.
Date: 10/14/2011 | Sports
Washington State blows lead, loses 28-25 to UCLA
PASADENA, Calif. -- Kevin Prince threw a go-ahead, 7-yard touchdown pass to Shaq Evans with 3:26 to play, and UCLA rallied from an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter for a 28-25 victory over Washington State on Saturday night.
Date: 10/08/2011 | Sports
Lobbestael still No. 1
Wulff says Cougars won't make a change at quarterback
Date: 10/04/2011 | Sports
Tale of two quarterbacks
WSU's Lobbestael, UW's Price are ranked among nation's best
Date: 09/21/2011 | Sports
Aztecs top Cougars 42-24
SDSU's Hillman rushes for 191 yards, scores 4 touchdowns
Date: 09/17/2011 | Sports
Cougars will try to contain Aztecs' Hillman
PULLMAN -- When it comes to challenges, San Diego State's football team will present more to visiting Washington State on Saturday than any of the Cougars' previous two opponents.
Date: 09/16/2011 | Sports
Cougars work on kickoffs
PULLMAN -- It's hard to find failings in a 59-7 victory. But following Washington State's win over UNLV last Saturday, Cougar coach Paul Wulff was able to pinpoint one. And it was an area that didn't seem ripe for a breakdown.WSU's kickoff coverage.
Date: 09/15/2011 | Sports
Cougars not getting much respect
PULLMAN -- Washington State is 2-0 and has the nation's top offense. What the Cougars don't have is a lot of respect. That's what happens when you go 5-32 the previous three years. But this year's Cougars are more talented, and have far more swagger, than those teams.
Date: 09/14/2011 | Sports
Washington State looking for a 2-0 start
SPOKANE -- Washington State romped to an easy victory in its season opener against Idaho State but lost starting quarterback Jeff Tuel to a fractured collarbone.
Date: 09/09/2011 | Sports
Lobbestael back behind center for WSU
SPOKANE -- There were periods when Washington State quarterback Marshall Lobbestael wondered if he would ever get meaningful playing time again. A fractured collarbone suffered by starter Jeff Tuel in the season opener has thrust Lobbestael back into the center of the WSU offense.
Date: 09/07/2011 | Sports
Cougars rout Idaho State
Tuel hurt; Lobbestael leads Cougars to 64-21 victory
Date: 09/03/2011 | Sports
Cougars QB Tuel fractures clavicle in season opener
PULLMAN — Washington State starting quarterback Jeff Tuel suffered a fractured left clavicle during the first quarter of the season opening game against Idaho State on Saturday.
Date: 09/03/2011 | Sports
ISU coach knows the Cougars
PULLMAN -- Often times Washington State coaches end radio or television appearances with a "Go Cougs." They're fans, too, so it seems appropriate.But when the opposing coach punctuates an interview with a loud "Go Cougs," it's a bit of uncharted territory.
Date: 09/02/2011 | Sports
Wait is finally over for Cougars
PULLMAN -- For three Washington State football players, the wait for Saturday's 2011 season opener has been interminable.As in seemingly forever.
Date: 09/01/2011 | Sports
Tuel is the Cougars' MVP
PULLMAN -- When coach Paul Wulff called his team together to end practice at around 11:30 Saturday morning, it marked the finish of Washington State's 2011 preseason football camp.
Date: 08/28/2011 | Sports
Cougars tune up for opener
PULLMAN -- Washington State football coach Paul Wulff got what he wanted out of Thursday's night scrimmage before a smattering of fans at Martin Stadium.
Date: 08/26/2011 | Sports
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