Cougars Lose and Zags Win Men's Basketball

This could be a long season for the WSU

Cougars and Gonzaga Bulldogs good or

maybe great season. Both played Saturday.

The Washington Huskies men's basketball 

play next on Monday. At this point don't 

know where they might land whether along

the Cougars or Gonzaga we will see.

The Cougars lost to the High Point Panthers

on their field in North Carolina. They play in

Big South   conference and last season had

a school record of 31-5. The Panthers beat 

the Cougars 83-71. 

The Cougars started out well then most of the 

first half the game was even with Panthers 

leading by one. The second half both teams

scored more points however the Panthers 

eleven more.  The game continued close in

the first 10 minutes of the second half and 

then the Panthers went on a good run and

the Cougars weren't able to get back in.

The Panthers shot better than the Cougars 

although the Cougars shot well from the

3 point line to keep them in the game. The

difference was the Panthers took a lot more

foul shots and made ten more.  The Cougars 

had three players who made 61 of their team's 

points and shot fairly well too. They were led

by Lazerek Houston with 31 points. The 

Panthers had three players in double figures 

as well however had more players contributing 

to the teams scoring. The Cougars next game

will be on Tuesday at Duquesne. A team 

the football team Chad their first win.  Go Cougs.

Gonzaga beat New Mexico State on their

home field Saturday 109-68. The blowout 

happened in the second half after the Zags

had a five point lead in the first half. Also

New Mexico State struggled scoring only

26 points in the second half while the Zags 

had 62 points. It was the last ten minutes 

of the game where the Zags out scored

the Aztecs 37-8. The Aztecs scored only

two points in six minutes. The Zags shot

over 61 percent in the game.  The Zags 

took more shots and made nine more 

3 pointers. 

The Zags had five players in double figures.

Isiah Harwell and Davis Fogle each had 32 

points. Harwell shot 80 percent from the

field. Fogle wasn't far behind taking three 

more shots with both making right. Braden 

Huff was right behind with 20 points. He

to shot well. The Aztecs had three players

in double figures with a total of 39 points.

The Zags have a week off before playing 

LSU at home. The Zags are now 2-0.

Go Zags. 

The Washington Huskies look to win their

second game of the season on Monday 

at home against Mississippi Valley who

lost their opener at Oklahoma on Friday 

84-5.  Go Dawgs 

Washington Huskies Have Disappointing Loss

The Washington Huskies score first in 

the game with a field goal in the first 

quarter. I don't understand why go for

a pass on first down in red zone. They

had run the ball good down  the field. 

The Littany Lions moved down the field 

a lot and scored 12 yard touchdown on

the ground where they could have stopped

the runner. Penn State 7 Washington 3

The Huskies defense gave up a touchdown 

for 24 yard pass in the first minute of the

second quarter on third and ten. A miss

assignment for sure.  PSU 14 Washington 3.

The Huskies offense continues to flounder

in the second quarter including having to

punt from the end zone allowing Penn State 

having good field position in the third time

after the last touchdown.  Again the Huskies 

defense gave up another touchdown pass

for 45 yards showing their defense not was

expected.  PSU 21 3  at 10:03 left on the 

first half. This continues to look like it will

be a blow out. 

The Huskies were able make a drive down

the field hower Desmond Williams Jr was

sacked on third down so they had to settle 

for another field goal. PSU 21 Washington 6.

Penn State this time scored on a 46 yard

run at 2:44 left. No other score to leave this

at half time.  

The second half looked much different as

the Littany Lions didn't score one point. 

The Huskies made their move.  Did PSU

sit on the lead. Maybe. 

The Huskies scored another field goal 

to begin the third quarter. The Huskies were 

able to finally get a touchdown in the red

zone throwing to a  tight end. Lawson who

had a great game last week det up with a

catch. PSU 28 Washington 17 after two 

point conversation. At 3:55 in the 3rd quarter.

Huskies have a chance.  At 7:50 left in the 

game Desmond Williams Jr. passed for 6 yard

touchdown. They made another two point 

conversation with fancy work. 

PSU 28 Washington 25

The Littany Lions were able to hold onto 

the ball the rest of the way  that included 

a long run and a first down after a 4th 

and 1. Ran out the clock. 

Penn State won though the Huskies had

 their opportunities.  Both teams are 2-4

in the Big Ten. Not scoring touchdowns

in the red zone and the defense up to

par were the reason. 

The Huskies play at Michigan State 

next Saturday. Go Dawgs 

Preview Arizona Cardinals At Seattle Seahawks

This Sunday the Seahawks are 11 point 

favorites over the visiting  Cardinals.

It looks like they feel that the reigning

Super Bowl will rebound from Monday's 

loss to the Chicago Bears.

Both  Cardinals  and Seahawks will

be starting different quarterbacks

from the week before.  Former WSU

quarterback Gardner Minshew will

be the starter for the Cardinals.  They

had benched starter Jacoby Brissett

during last weeks game. During the

week he was traded to the Baltimore 

Ravens.  The Ravens lost starting QB

Lamar Jackson who was injured to

his thumb and expected to miss the

rest of the season.  It will be interesting 

since playing the Seahawks there will

be fans who are Seahawks and Cougar 

fans at the same time. 

News came out on Wednesday afternoon 

that Sam Darnold had a crack rib early 

on in Monday's game. Make us wonder 

if the wonder why he had a poor and

inconsistent game. Now he is week to

week and won't go on the injured list. 

Drew Lock will be back at the helm and

he is dealing with a sore elbow. Possibly 

the reason he didn't go into Monday's game.

Drew made his first start of the season 

in game two against the Cardinals winning 

31-7. He threw three three touchdowns 

for 235. We hope for about the same 

performance.

Currently the Seahawks are 4-4 tied with

the LA Rams. Later in the season the

Rams and Seahawks will play twice. Who 

takes the wins if winning both may make

the playoffs and the loser likely out. Tying

will make it real interesting. They always 

say it is hard for the Super Bowl Champion

to repeat and right now it looks that here 

too. Go Hawks. 

Preview Penn State At Washington

The Washington Huskies are 1.5 favorites 

at home. Probably one of the lowest in

team history at Husky Stadium.

The comeback win last week at Nebraska 

quarterback Desmond Williams Jr is expected 

to start for the Huskies. 

Penn State last game in Seattle was 103

years ago. Most of us weren't around. Lol

Penn State has a 4-4 overall record and

1-4 in the Big Ten while the Huskies are 5-3

and 2-3 in Big Ten.  A Huskies win they will

be bowl eligible. 

Penn State quarterback is senior Rocco

Brecht. He has completed 148 of 234 passes 

for 1839 yards on the season. He has 13

touchdowns and 5 interceptions. Also

has been sacked 12 times.

Penn State has gone with four running backs.

Carson Hansen is their number one carrier

with 89 carries for 349 yards and 5 touchdowns.

Cam Wallace has 44 carries for 260 yards and

three touchdowns.  James Peoples has 57

carriers for 246 yards and two touchdowns.

Quinton  Martin Jr. has 31 carries for 160

yards and 1 touchdown. See how the Huskies

defense will do.

Penn State goes with three wide receivers 

mainly led by Chase Sowell with 34 catches

for 510 yards and three  touchdowns.

Koby Howard is their high play receiver with

12 catches for 344 yards, an average of 28

yards per catch. Third receiver is  Brett

Eskildsen who has 23 catches for 244 yards

and one touchdown.

Penn State goes to two tight ends frequently.

 Benjamin Brahmer with 25 catches for 264

yards and 3 touchdowns.  Andrew Rappleyea

has 28 catches for 225 yards and three td's.

On defense PSU has three of the four top

players on tackles are linebackers. They

are led by Tony Rojas with 57 tackles and

leads with 5 sacks and two interceptions 

which is tied for first.  Kooper Ebel has 

43 tackles and one sack at linebacker.

Third is safety Jamison Patton with 26

tackles and one interception. Number

four is linebacker Cael  Brezina with 25

tackles.

This expected to be a close game we

will see who wins Go Dawgs.

Seattle Make Their Manager Hire

There are fans and media to I am sure

were surprised by the hire the Mariners 

announcer Tuesday morning. I am sure 

that  most everyone thiught  Jerry Dipoto 

would hire the former manager of the

Houston Astros however that isn't the case. 

Dipoto hired for the third time in Seattle 

someone who had never managed before.

They hired Jason Kansler the player development 

director of the Chicago Cubs. He used to 

be in the Houston organization as well.

He knows the new hitting coach too. 

The Mariners who are becoming a younger

team will need someone who is familiar 

with them but are not friends either.  Like 

most people following the Mariners don't know 

much about him. We do hope that Jerry will

allow Jason to run with it and not micro

management like we think that happened this

year.

One thing I think although Julio Rodriguez 

has shown good things and stats he isn't 

the star we thought he would be. He is 

getting more experience and how the team 

along with himself develop more. 

You have to figure he was the guy that the

offense was built around until 2025 when

Cal his extraordinary season. The trouble 

is Julio has never had a player that fit well

hitting in front of him and behind. The 

player behind would be more important since

they would have to pitch to Julio know who

it is coming up next.  

I would like a manager who can be someone

who is positive as well as making decisions 

throughout the game. This year's team they

were predictable much to do with platooning 

and analytics.  It is important for a team 

before the game but not totally going through

the game.  Next see who his bench coach

may be. Possibly someone who has managed.

Let's see and give him a chance. Go M's.

Huskies, Zags and Cougs Open Up Monday Night

The Washington Huskies beat Colgate 

Monday night  90 to 76. Colgate is

expected to finish third in the Patriot

League.  Not the level of Big Ten but

good basketball though. Congratulations 

Huskies. 

Nikola Dzepina international player led

the Huskies with 27 points and seven 

rbis.  He made 10 out of 17 from the 

field. When the Huskies went on a

12-0 he had  seven points.  We could 

see the Huskies bringing in more

international players though they have

done that in the past.  Gonzaga has been

known for doing so why not join in. 

Might be a good bifes for the Cougars too.

LeJuan Watts who started at one of the

guard spots was next with 22 points.

He primarily made his points from the

foul line going 14 of 16. Not bad at all.

Wesley Yates III who was the Huskies 

only starter last year started this one 

coming off the bench though he played

30 minutes. He scored ten points with

all coming from outside the three point 

line.  The Huskies only used four bench

players in the game.  Next game for them

is next Monday against Mississippi State.

Gonzaga beat Purdue 78 to 72.  The game

was pretty close most of the way. Each half Gonzaga scored three points more then

Purdue. They only led in double digits 

for a very  short time. 

Braden Huff who was hurt in January 

and missed the rest of the season 

led the Zags playing  36 minutes 

and scored 10 points. He shot 4 for 11

in the field. He led with seven rebounds.

David Fogle led the Zags with 22 points

however made six of eighteen from the

field although he made 9 of 10 at the 

foul line.   Next game up for the Zags 

is home against  New Mexico State on

Saturday. Go Zags

The Washington State Cougars weren't 

as lucky as they lost to Davidson 76-61.

Davidson had a good lead at half time

34-22.  The game has been tied at 13-13 

then Davidson went on a 9-0 run to open

it up. 

Jaylen Harrell led the Cougars with 13

points off the bench.  Dominick Robinson 

had 10 points off the bench too. Jamari

Phillips had 11 points the only one who

started and scored in. He didn't shoot

that well going 3 of 12 with two  being

from the three point line. 

Davidson won the game because they

shot well making 54..7 percent from

the field to the Cougars  35.3 percent.

They made seven more three pointers

than the Cougars who took one more 

shot. The difference in the game for

sure. The Cougars shot 20.8 percent 

from  3 point land. The Cougars next

game is also on Saturday at  High Point 

which is in North Carolina. Go Cougs!

Seahawks A Surprise Loss To the Bears

 Not sure the Seahawks were prepared 

Monday evening as they were against the

Chiefs last week.

The Bears showed why they are a good 

offense and their defense played well 

too.

Sam Darnold was off most of the night 

too.  He got a touchdown near the end

of the end of half throwing to Jaxon 

Smith-Njigba. They missed the extra point. 

The Bears went on a eight minute drive

in the first quarter making it 7-0. The

Seahawks got into the red zone early 

in the second quarter however had to

settle for a field goal. They are ranked

30th in red zone.  The Bears kicked 

two field goals before the touchdown late

in the first half. Score 13-9 Bears. The 

Seahawks all they had to do was play 

in the second half but ended up not 

happening.

The Bears scored a touchdown on a

run in the third quarter the only score in 

the period. Darnold thre another pass

for a touchdown to Cooper Kupp making

it 20-17 lead for the Bears. The  Bears 

recovered quickly on another touchdown

to take the lead 27-17.  The Bears stopped

the Seahawks and then scored another 

running touchdown and that was the game.

So  close  then became far for the Seahawks.

The Final   Bears 34 Seahawks 17.

D'Andre Swift carried the ball 27 times 

for 69 yards however scored the three

rushing touchdowns.  Former Washington 

Huskies wide receiver Rome Odunse had 

four catches for  87 yards a team high.

He didn't have a touchdown but certainly 

helped them get one. 

Now the Seahawks are 4-4  so can't 

afford not many more losses. Next 

Sunday the Seahawks play division 

rival Arizona Cardinals at home.

Go Hawks.