NCAA football

PULLMAN – Even in his first season of action, Kaden Beatty could see the writing on the wall, the scrawls of all the lopsided scores his Kent State team was on the wrong side of. It was the fall of 2024, when he had finally earned some playing time on the Golden Flashes’ defensive line, and he was psyched about the opportunity.

With sunshine hard to come by on Tuesday, the 70 players on Eastern Washington’s football roster practiced for the first time this spring at Roos Field.

PULLMAN – Not long after he entered the transfer portal, looking for a new home for his final season of college eligibility, Daniel Blood got a call from a number he recognized. On the other end was Kirby Moore, his offensive coordinator at Missouri, where Blood had just played the first three seasons of his career.

After splitting their allotment of 15 offseason practices around the university’s spring break the last few seasons, the Eastern Washington football team will eschew that interruption this year, when on Tuesday the Eagles will begin a consolidated set of spring sessions.

PULLMAN – Josh Meredith admits it freely. He was nervous.

MOSCOW, Idaho – For athletes in their early 20s, in most cases, playing football since grade school when their helmeted heads looked like an apple on a pencil, the opportunity to continue their craft as professionals comes down to this:

A good chunk was used to help Washington State and Oregon State fund their athletic operations in the 2025-26 fiscal years, when the schools effectively had zero media rights revenue. 

Many of WSU’s highlights on Saturday belonged to wide receiver Branden Ganashamoorthy, but honors for best practice belonged to the team’s running backs. At least, that’s the way coach Kirby Moore saw it.

MOSCOW, Idaho – Starting next week, fans can catch a preview of Idaho’s football team as it begins preparations for its second season under coach Thomas Ford Jr.

PULLMAN – Brandyn Thompson was barely done with one celebration before he had to jump into another. Washington State’s cornerbacks coach was hyping up safety Jeremiah Bernard, who had just picked off a pass during Thursday’s spring practice opener, prompting a host of teammates to mob him along the sideline.

PULLMAN – From coaching stop to coaching stop, from the West Coast to the Midwest, Kirby Moore has learned what he values most in quarterback play. He’s learned from all manner of head coaches, all of whom have received shoutouts from Washington State’s new head coach in his first few months on the job, all of whom have colored the new Cougar head man’s approach.

PULLMAN – Trent Bray will have some options this spring.

A few months after taking the helm of the program, coach Kirby Moore is set to lead his first WSU practices, starting with Thursday’s opener. The Cougars will practice at 7:45 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and at 11 a.m. on Saturdays.

The media partners are set, and the 2026 schedule is complete. The inaugural Pac-12 (2.0) football season is down to one missing element: kickoff times.

Rather than join an NFL combine preparation program, offensive lineman Nate Azzopardi, defensive lineman Zach Krotzer, linebacker Isiah King and running back Elisha Cummings chose to remain in Moscow – their home for the past five years – and train together as they look ahead to UI's pro day on March 30.

It increasingly appears the Big Ten and SEC are inching toward a football breakaway

The rebuilt Pac-12 is six months from taking the field. That’s typically two eternities in college football, but because the transfer portal closed its gates in the middle of January, only so much change can play out prior to kickoff.

Washington is not planning on hiring a new offensive coordinator to replace Jimmie Dougherty, coach Jedd Fisch said Wednesday. I've run the offense the last six years," Fisch said Wednesday during an interview with On3's "Andy & Ari" podcast, hosted by Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman. "I'll continue to do that. I'll continue to call the plays." Instead of hiring a new coordinator, Fisch said ...