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1 Washington State rolls past Arizona 78-60 in men's basketball Sports
"When you lose three games in a row, it's kind of that defining moment for a team and they really answered the bell," said Arizona coach Sean Miller after WSU clamped down defensively and ran his Wildcats out of Beasley Coliseum, 78-60, in front of 8,135.
2/6/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
2 Oregon State rolls past Cougars, 42-10 Sports
The Washington State Cougars went into Saturday's Pac-10 Conference game against 20th-ranked Oregon State with 13 scholarship players on defense in uniform. And that's on a defense that entered the game last in the nation in total defense, one spot above where the offense sits.
11/21/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
3 WSU seniors prepare for final home game Sports
PULLMAN — When the Washington State Cougars emerge from the Martin Stadium tunnel before today's football game against Oregon State, four unique seniors will run onto the Martin Stadium turf. Four players suiting up together for one final game in Pullman. Two defenders, two on offense.
11/20/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
4 Expect to see some new names when Cougs face Oregon State Sports
PULLMAN — Playing college football isn't easy. It's a tough, grueling sport that demands dedication year-round. Summer sweating is followed by the bruises of fall. Winter conditioning begets spring practice. It's worth it, however, because of those 12 fall Saturdays.
11/19/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
5 Cougars hand one to UCLA Sports
But it turns out the UCLA Bruins are adept counter-punchers. They snatched back-to-back-to-back first-quarter interceptions, rolled up 556 yards of total offense and eventually rolled over the stunned Cougars, 43-7, Saturday. The Cougars won the toss, took the ball and attacked.
11/14/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
6 UCLA makes unpopular trip to Pullman Sports
"I don't like that place," senior linebacker Reggie Carter told the Los Angeles Times this week. "It is the worst trip. There is nothing there. It is 1 ½ hours from the airport. It's cold and even the hotel is bad. Everything is rough out there, man.
11/13/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
7 Myron Beck's versatility paying off for Washington State Sports
Beck is not the Cougars' biggest linebacker or their fastest safety, but he does play both positions, each week answering the call to fill whichever breach appears in WSU's injury-riddled defense.
11/12/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
8 Cougs trying to improve psychic bond between quarterbacks and receivers Sports
But back in football's ancient days, somebody had to be the first to say the quarterback and the receiver were "on the same page" when describing a big pass play. The phrase has become as much a part of football as the trap block or the kicking tee.
11/11/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
9 Cougars QB Jeff Tuel using crutches, has kneecap injury Sports
PULLMAN — Whether or not Washington State University has freshman quarterback Jeff Tuel available for Saturday's home game with UCLA has yet to determined. "He's sore today, but [there was] very little swelling, which is a real positive," coach Paul Wulff said Sunday.
11/8/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
10 WSU endures painful defeat at Arizona Sports
The defeat, dropping WSU to 1-8 overall and 0-6 in the Pac-10, came before a sun-drenched crowd of 50,242 on Saturday, many of whom left after Arizona built a 34-0 halftime lead. The most damaging, however, might be the injury sustained by freshman quarterback Jeff Tuel in the second quarter.
11/7/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
11 Cougars QB Jeff Tuel returns to his Tucson roots Sports
"I always dreamed of playing Division I football, so I guess [I dreamed] of playing on that field," said Tuel, who has fulfilled the first part of that dream and will start his fifth game at quarterback for Washington State today when the Cougars face Arizona in a Pac-10 matchup.
11/6/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
12 Cougars walk-on Jared Byers thrilled to be getting the ball Sports
From the 2002 Apple Cup double-overtime defeat that crushed his spirit to watching and cheering for former Cougars fullback Jed Collins, WSU football has played a big part in the 18-year-old's life. A life he's always lived in Pullman.
11/4/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
13 Young Washington State squad no match for Notre Dame Sports
As a linebacker who played high-school football in Texas and is playing college ball in the Pac-10, Jason Stripling is accustomed to seeing big guys on the offensive line. But what he saw Saturday in the Alamodome was on a different level.
11/1/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
14 Cougars fall to Notre Dame, 40-14 Sports
The Notre Dame offensive line, the size of 3/4-ton pickup comprised of four seniors and a sophomore, rolled over the Washington State defense, and the Fighting Irish flattened the Cougars 40-14 before 53,407.
10/31/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
15 Game in Texas is home for Cougar Sports
"They've never come [to Pullman]," said Stripling. "This will be the first game they were at. They were supposed to come to Baylor last year, but Hurricane Ike hit."
10/30/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
16 Roots of WSU vs. Notre Dame game go back years Sports
Asleep one day, the Washington State University athletic director opened his eyes to see his Notre Dame counterpart and mentor, Kevin White, in his room. The first words from Sterk's mouth? "Kevin, I'm on my deathbed. We need to schedule that home-and-home," Sterk recalled this week, laughing.
10/29/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
17 Cougars' speedy receiver Johnny Forzani is learning on the fly Sports
"If you have the athletic ability and you have the work ethic and you get some good coaches, you can learn," the Washington State receiver said of the chances of reaching his goal. Forzani is that rarest of Division I football players, a neophyte trying to learn on the fly.
10/28/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
18 Slow-starting Cougars football team needs help fast vs. Irish Sports
"When I got on the bus, my wife [said to] me, 'We've got to do something about starting off faster,' " WSU football coach Paul Wulff said Sunday. "I'm like, 'I know, everybody knows.' " They know, yes, but they don't know how to change it.
10/25/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
19 Bears pull away early, cruise to win over Cougs Sports
Wulff wasn't talking about the time the program needs before it can avoid defeats like the 49-17 drubbing the California Golden Bears pinned on Washington State. That is ground he has covered often in the 22 months he has been coach.
10/24/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
20 Washington State punter plays through grief Sports
BERKELEY — You wouldn't know it by his performance, but Washington State punter Reid Forrest played Saturday "with a pretty heavy heart, that's for sure." Forrest's maternal grandfather, Clarence "Bud" Herman passed away last week in Ephrata at age 92.
10/24/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results