WSU’s Moos riding wave of excitement
January 17, 2012 by Jerrel Swenning
AD says Leach hiring has fans, boosters rejuvenated|| YAKIMA, Wash. — It’s the fervor normally reserved for college football teams fresh off bowl victories or at least winning seasons, not ones with nine total wins over the past four campaigns. Then again, Washington State did make a splash of a coaching hire when it tapped [...]
WSU hires Leach to replace Wulff
November 30, 2011 by The Seattle Times
SEATTLE — Mike Leach has been named football coach at Washington State. Leach agreed in principle to a five-year contract and will be introduced at a news conference Tuesday in Pullman, according to a release from the school. “I asked athletic director Bill Moos to select the best head football coach in the country and [...]
Source: Wulff likely out as WSU coach
November 26, 2011 by The Seattle Times
SEATTLE — Paul Wulff has likely coached his last football game at Washington State. Sources close to the situation say Wulff, whose Cougars lost 38-21 to Washington on Saturday at CenturyLink Field, will be dismissed after a meeting with athletic director Bill Moos, barring a last-minute change of direction by Moos. It could happen as [...]
Barker inducted into WSU Hall of Fame
October 9, 2011 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA, Wash. — Ed Barker, a Sunnyside High graduate who went on to become a record-setting receiver at Washington State University in the early 1950s, was inducted last month into WSU’s Athletic Hall of Fame. He enrolled at Washington State (then Washington State College) in 1949 and had to earn his spot on the football [...]
Former WSU standout Gleason says he has ALS
September 26, 2011 by The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Steve Gleason may always be remembered most for his blocked punt on the night the Louisiana Superdome reopened for the first time after Hurricane Katrina — a play that stirred an already emotional crowd into a deafening, drink-spilling frenzy. The retired New Orleans Saints folk hero only hopes he can continue [...]
YVCC’s Faller among WSU Hall of Fame inductees
September 9, 2011 by Roger Underwood
YAKIMA, Wash. — The longer Bill Faller talked about his Washington State baseball teammates, including the likes of Bobo Brayton, Bobby McGuire and Gordie Brunswick, the happier he sounded. Imagine his mood tonight when the longtime Yakima Valley Community College coach and administrator arrives at Spokane’s Davenport Hotel for his induction into the WSU Athletic [...]
College Football: Welcome to the Pac-10, er, 12
September 2, 2011 by The Seattle Times
SEATTLE — Hey there, Utah and Colorado, welcome to our world. We get why you’re so excited to come west to make it a Pac-12 Conference. Utah, you’re soon going to make about 15 times the TV revenue you were getting in the Mountain West Conference. And Colorado, well, let’s put it this way: Would [...]
College football: TV isn’t making it easy
September 2, 2011 by The Seattle Times
SEATTLE — Dennis Erickson, the Arizona State football coach, was asked earlier this week if he’d be tuned in to catch the Oregon-Louisiana State headliner Saturday, given that the Sun Devils aren’t playing that day. “I’ll be surfing,” he said. Ah, you can just see the 64-year-old coach, hanging ten on the Salt River in [...]
Money talks for Washington State
May 21, 2011 by Roger Underwood
Even with new TV deal, WSU needs cash to keep up || YAKIMA, Wash. — Bill Moos would rather talk about something else. Washington State’s athletic director — an ex-Cougar football player and accomplished storyteller — would no doubt prefer shaking hands, slapping backs and sharing yarns with friends old and new at events like [...]
Donaldson still living large
April 27, 2011 by Roger Underwood
Ex-Sonic remains a big figure — just not on the hardwood || YAKIMA, Wash. — During the early 1980s, James Donaldson was a big part of the Seattle SuperSonics. Literally, a big part. “My goodness,” a young woman said Tuesday while shaking Donaldson’s hand at a YMCA book signing and autograph session, “look how big [...]
