COUGARS The way Washington State was dismantling the Baylor Bears on Thursday, it seemed as if the only question left was how high the Cougars should be ranked next week entering Pac-10 play. Then they a hit a bump in their road to national recognition.…
COUGARS Washington State is playing like Syracuse, the good Syracuse teams. The Cougars are sticking with their 2-3 matchup zone, allowing 15th-ranked Baylor to fire away from the perimeter. And so far that philosophy is working well as the Bears are 0-12 from beyond the…
Geeze, you take a day off and come back to find Eastern Washington's J.C. Sherritt has been named to another All-American first team. This time, the Eagles' senior linebacker and all-time leading tackler was honored with a spot on elite FCS team announced on Wednesday…
COUGARS As we sit through the end of Mississippi State's easy win over San Diego, we have one thing to say about Washington State's game with Baylor, which will probably start about 20 minutes late. Size matters today. At least for WSU it does. As…
I have one more present to buy, so we'll move quickly through the day-after Xavier post. Those 8 p.m. starts really limit post-game interviews but we checked in with Gray, Sacre, Harris and Few. First, the links: S-R game story, S-R photos and Cincinnati Enquirer…
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