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WSU hosts Spring Showcase as football practices wrap up

1 week ago | cougcenter.com | Kevin Dudley

Jack Ellis/CougCenter It’s a new era in WSU football, what with Jimmy Rogers at the helm and all. It’s also a new era in college football with teams—including WSU—foregoing their annual spring game for a watered down version. Basically, WSU will host an open practice today at Gesa Field for fans to get one last look at the team before summer begins. You can blame NIL and the transfer portal for much (all?) of this.
Homecoming rescheduled to September 6

3 weeks ago | cougcenter.com | Kevin Dudley

Jack Ellis/CougCenter If you made plans to visit Pullman the weekend of Oct. 24-26 for Family Weekend, you’ll need to reshuffle your calendar. That as the original weekend of WSU’s Homecoming game, but the school announced yesterday that plans have changed, and Homecoming is now Sept. 6:Dear Cougar Nation,Thank you for your support of Washington State University and Cougar Athletics.
Did David Riley deserve a contract extension?

1 month ago | cougcenter.com | Kevin Dudley

James Snook-Imagn Images Washington State Athletic Director Anne McCoy this week announced one year contract extensions to both Kamie Ethridge and David Riley, locking them in through the 2030-31 seasons. Ethridge has been a consistent winner in the last four season and has guided he squad to three NCAA Tournament appearances and the WBIT semifinals. One more win in the WCC Tournament and she’ll notch her third straight 20-win season in Pullman.
Cougs hit the practice field as spring football begins

1 month ago | cougcenter.com | Kevin Dudley

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Are you ready for some football? It’s Day 1 of spring football practices on the Palouse, and new head coach Jimmy Rogers gets his first chance to show what he’s got on the football field. As always, spring football is not exactly a time to make bold predictions about the upcoming season. Spring football is good, to be clear, but it’s all about evaluating the talent on campus right now, tinkering with some things, testing new schemes and more.
Future apple Cup dates set, Cougs schedule home-and-home with another former Pac-12 foe

Jan 24, 2025 | cougcenter.com | Michael Preston

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images It may be late January but that doesn’t mean there isn’t Washington State Cougars football news. In this case, it’s everyone’s favorite topic: future non-conference scheduling! WSU announced this afternoon that the dates for two future Apple Cups with the 2026 edition taking place on Sept. 5th in Seattle and the 2027 game taking place on Sept. 18th in Pullman.
Jimmy Rogers (presumably) recruits players out of the portal, hires three assistants

Jan 4, 2025 | cougcenter.com | Kevin Dudley

Photo by Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The storyline heading into last week’s Holiday Bowl was that the WSU football team was decimated due to transfer portal entries and a barren coaching staff cupboard. Since then, the program has slowly started to replenish itself. Namely, the hiring of Jimmy Rogers as the new head coach, but there has also been some portal flip flops.
Four Reasons to Watch the Holiday Bowl

Dec 21, 2024 | cougcenter.com | Kevin Dudley

James Snook-Imagn Images We are just six days away from WSU’s Holiday Bowl matchup with Syracuse, and I can’t find a whole lotta hype. That’s obvious, given the week WSU just had. It lost its star quarterback in John Mateer (who’s headed to Oklahoma, which is no surprise). It then awoke on Wednesday to learn that Jake Dickert would soon be on a private jet across the country to take the Wake Forest job. And the transfer portal is still snatching Cougs left and right.
It’s decision weekend for John Mateer

Dec 14, 2024 | cougcenter.com | Kevin Dudley

Craig Strobeck-Imagn Images WSU quarterback John Mateer has been practicing with what remains of this teammates ahead of the Cougs’ Holiday Bowl appearance on Dec. 27. But we’ll find out Monday if he’ll continue to step foot on the practice field. That’s because Mateer will spend the weekend mulling over his future with his family.
The new reality of WSU athletics

Dec 7, 2024 | cougcenter.com | Kevin Dudley

James Snook-Imagn Images Wayshawn Parker announced this week that he’ll be entering the transfer portal when it opens on Dec. 9. His announcement wasn’t much of a surprise, as there were hints in a preseason report alluding to this day coming eventually. The next player everyone assumes will enter the portal is quarterback and Mr. Do Everything on Offense, John Mateer. There are rumors that he’s already been offered a seven-figure payday to play elsewhere.
Washington State hosts Wyoming in season finale (GAME THREAD)

Nov 30, 2024 | cougcenter.com | Kevin Dudley

Photo by Soobum Im/Getty Images Hello Coug fans, and I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. I don’t know what to be more thankful for—the next opportunity to watch college football or the fact that we only have to watch this frustrating Cougar defense just two more times this season. But enough negativity, our Cougs are back home to take on the Wyoming Cowboys, winners of just two games. WSU clearly has more to play for, it being senior day and a 10-win season still on the table.