Preview Hawaii at Washington State

On Saturday the WSU Cougars had 

another close call. They do have 5-1

record. Have the had some luck.

They could have had three more 

losses or at least two. 

The Cougars now take on Hawaii

in an early afternoon game at home.

Hawaii is 2-4 on the season and

are winless on the road in two games.

The Cougars are favored by 19.5 points.

The two teams have played five times

with Hawaii winning three.

Hawaii lost to Boise State at home 

last Saturday 28-7.  Both teams lost

to Boise State however the Cougars

have shown the better of the two

teams.

Hawaii is averaging 21 points while

giving up 20.3 per game. Not a

comparison since they beat their 

two opponents by a large margin

while losing a good margin in several

games as well.

Hawaii pass the ball more frequently than running. They  are averaging 266 yards passing while their opponent averaging 193.5 yards  a game. Hawaii is averaging 80.5yards rushing while opponent is at

139.3. 

The Cougars on the ground they are at

185 yards a game. Their opponent is averaging 166.5 a game. Most likely they won't give up as many yards on the ground in this one.  In the air the Cougars are 

averaging 277 yards a game while giving

up 280 a game. 

The Cougars have only two fumbles on

the season and six interceptions. Hawaii

may pass more in this one especially if

they are behind.  Cougars should still

still score at a high level however this

is why they play the game.

Seattle Kraken and Seahawks

The Kraken opened the season last

Tuesday losing to the St. Louis

Blues at home in NHL season opener

3-2. It was odd since the Blues scored

all three goals in the second period

after the Kraken had scored two.

Saturday the Kraken had their first

road game in Minnesota. The Wild 

scored a goal in the first and second

periods. It was tied as the Kraken 

scored two goals. Both teams had

two goals in the third period ending

in a tie. Last season the Kraken had

a hard time scoring in the third period.

The Kraken won by getting a goal in

overtime. 

On Sunday the Kraken were shutout 

by the Dallas Stars on the road 2-0.

The Kraken have their third remaining

game on this road trip before coming

home to face the Philadelphia Flyers.

In football the Seahawks made a trade

with the Jacksonville Jaguars acquiring

defensive lineman Roy Robertson-Harris.

The Jacguars will receive a late round 

draft pick from the Seahawks in 2026.

I expect which round will depend how he and the Seahawks do. The Seahawks

have had injuries to their defensive line

and so the resson for the trade. The

Seahawks will be facing the Falcons

in Atlanta on Sunday.

Cougars Win On the Road

The game for the WSU Cougars was 

a close one heading into the 4th

quarter. The Cougars were leading 

16-14. Fresno State Bulldogs were 

able to make a drive however they

had to settle for a field goal putting

them up by one.

They were able to stop the Cougars

on their next position. They started

driving like they will score a touchdown

or at least a field goal. The Bulldogs 

Mikey Keene made a big mistake

throwing directly to Cougars Cornerback

Ethan O'Connor who returned it for

a touchdown. The Cougars were able 

to make the two point conversion to

make the score 25-17. 

The Bulldogs had no timeouts and under two minutes remain. Some mistakes on

their part including the kick returning

falling down on the kick return. They

were able to get into place to tie the

score however had  the final play

that went incomplete and the Cougars

won. 

The Cougars come home to play Hawaii

next Saturday at 12:30 pm. The Cougars

are now 5-1. One more win the Cougars

should qualify for a bowl game. Not

being in a conference it is hard to know

what bowl game they will.be asked to

play in. They have six games left to play

so they are at the half point line on the

season. Go Cougs!

Huskies Lose On the Road Again

The Huskies are unseated at home 

however having trouble doing the

same on the road.

Final Iowa 40 Washington 16

Iowa is not normally a high scoring

team although this the fourth game

they have won scored at least 30 points.

The Huskies again have more yardage

than the opposing team they lost too.

Coach Jedd Fisch said after the game

not only did they played badly it was

weird game.  The Huskies have a bye

week before facing Indiana and again

this game will be on the road. The

Huskies need to find a way and turn

things around. 

Kaleb Johnson had a touchdown run

to put the Hawkeyes up 7-0   in the

first quarter. Denzel Boston caught a

pass for a touchdown in second quarter

to tie then Hawkeyes  had a field goal then

Johnson had his second touchdown on

the day and another field goal at the end

of the first half right after the Huskies had

one.

Half time score Iowa 20 Washington 10.

Hawkeyes had a field goal in the third

quarter as the only score of the period.

4th quarter Iowa  had two touchdowns 

and a field goal. The Huskies had a touchdown with the second unit to end

the scoring with a long drive. Rashid Williams had his first career touchdown

from Desmond Williams Jr. who completed

12 of 16 for 71 yards.

Interception, fumble and special teams

was the Huskies trouble. In two weeks

the Huskies will be on the road at Indiana.

We see whether they can turn things

around on the road. Go Dawgs!

Gonzaga Men's Basketball Preview

I am sure most have heard Gonzaga

is going to the Pac-12 as it is still

being called  in 2026. The Zags will 

be the only non-football school in

the conference at least right now.

The conference right now has eight

schools listed who will make it

coming up. They have to add at least

one more university who plays football.

Gonzaga begins their non-league schedule

on November 4 against Baylor. They

play six non-league games for the WCC

begins on December 30 at Pepperdine.

This schedule will be tough so we will

see how good they are. Besides Baylor

they are followed by Arizona  State,

West Virginia, Kentucky, Connecticut

and UCLA. 

The Zags won't look tgecssme as far

as high profile players they do bring

back most of the roster from last season.

At point guard will be Ryan Nembhard

who set a Gonazaga record in assists

last year averaging 6.9 per game while

scoring 12.6 points a game. Again be 

important to have the ball in his hands

again.

Shooting guard will be Nolan Hickman

who averaged 14 points a game and

shot 41.3% behind the 3pt. line. At small

forward will be Michael Ajayi who averaged

17.2 points a game and shot 47% behind

the 3pt. line in limited attempts. May see

him take more shots behind the arc this

season.  Ajayi average 9.9 rebounds

last year placing him se Ind in the WCC.

Ben Gregg is expected to be the starting 

power forward after taking over the role

during last season. Graham Ike returns

at center where he averaged 16.5 points

a game along with 7.4 rebounds. The

previous two years Ike played at Wyoming.

The bench will be made up of five guys

mainly depending on the rotation. Often

teams will go with eight do the last two

might not get as many minutes. Braden

Huff at forward averaged 13.5 minutes a

game as a true freshman last year scoring

9.3 points a game. Coming in his second

season he most likely will have a bigger

role.

Another one coming into his sophomore

season will be small forward Dusty 

Stromer. He averaged pretty good 

playing time last year at 23.5 minutes a

game. Stromer averaged 4.8 points

a game however we should see that

go up this season. Another key bench

player is Khalif Battle a point guard 

well as shooter. Depending on the

situation he might be the first off the

bench and could start as well. Battle

is an experience player as Gonzaga

will be the fourth school he plays for.

Last season his only at Arkansas he

averaged 14.8 points a game. Battle

starts or comes off the bench he is

a solid newcomer to the Zags.

 

Emmanuel Innocenti  is expected to

be the ninth player in the rotation. 

A transfer from Tarleton State where 

he played one year as a true freshman 

and started 33 games. Tarleton State

is in the WAC and Innocenti averaged 

6.6 points and 6.4 rebounds a game.

Steele Venters guard/forward missed

most of last year with an ACL injury.

The Zags were hoping to have him 

this season however he tore his left

Achilles tendon so will miss another

season. The Zags have five other

reserves so we will find out if one

of them will be part of the rotation

or not. Go Zags!

Seahawks Lost Thursday Night

The Seahawks had a slow start to 

another game. They did try to

establish the run with Ken Walker 3.

They had the ball at kickoff however

couldn't go anywhere.

Final 49ers 36 Seahawks 24

The Seahawks weren't able to

score in the first half having no

points. They allowed the 49ersar

only a field goal in the first quarter.

The second quarter Samuel caught

and ran for a 76 yard touchdown.

Big plays and turnover cost the

Seahawks. The Seahawks were able

to hold the 49ers to two field goal

though they did a good job running

the ball. The Seahawks were able

to get a field goal before the half ended

SF 16 Sea 3 at half time

The 49ers scored a touchdown first by

George Kittle in the third quarter however

the Seahawks had a kickoff return to

make it SF 23 Sea 10

Ken Walker had a touchdown just over 

five and a half minutes remaining in

third quarter to have San Francisco

up by six points.

In the fourth quarter at 7:46 remaining

Geno Smith had a pass intercepted. It turned out to be another George Kittle

touchdown. Tyler Lockett had a catch

for a touchdown to give the Seahawks

a chance. The 49ers had a long run that

setup a six yard touchdown that ends

up burning the Seahawks.

The win allowed the 49ers to tie the

Seahawks for the lead in the division.

Had the Seahawks won it would have

made the 49ers 0-3 in the division

since they had lost to the Rams and

Cardinals. The Seahawks go and play

the Falcons in Atlanta Sunday October

20 while 49ers are home against the

Kansas City Chiefs. 

Preview: WSU Cougars At Fresno State

The Cougars play at Fresno State this

Saturday Night. The key is for their

offense continue what they are doing

on the season.

They had a bye last week after being

beat by Boise State 45-24 for the first

loss of the season the week before.

A key to win is to play how they have

offensively on the season. Another

key would be defensively how they 

did in week two against Texas Tech 

and week three against the Washington

Huskies. Those were the best defensive

games of the season.

Fresno State had a bye last week as

well so no advantage on that front

for either team. They also lost that

week as well to UNLV 59-14.  The

three prior games they averaged over

40 points a game. So we could see 

a high scoring affair as well. This

could give FSU the advantage being

at home.

This game will be the second road

game on the season for the Cougars

 and the second in a row so can't really 

say if this is an advantage for FSU

or not. This to is why they play the 

games.

The last outing between them was

in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl

where Fresno State won 29-6 in

2022.  We hope for a better result.

Fresno State much like the Cougars

are more of a passing team than

running although either one could

have some success on the ground.

Mike Keene is the FSU quarterback.

In his second season after transferring

from Central Florida. When they do

run the ball senior Malik Sherrod is the

guy. He has sixty carries on the season

averaging 3.7 yards a carry and has

four touchdowns.

Who will win may come down to the

team with the least mistakes and

penalties. Go Cougs!