WSU Lose Ugly At Home

The Cougars were a slight favorite 

heading into Saturday's evening

game but ended up losing to 

Fresno State Bulldogs 26-6 at

home. 

This was the first game of Pac-12 

action for both teams. Positive 

for the Bulldogs and not so good 

for the Cougars. 

The game was tied 6-6 at halftime 

despite struggling on offense and

defense keeping them in the game. 

Fresno State kicked a field goal

in the first quarter.  Second quarter 

the Cougars tied then responded a

second time after the  Bulldogs 

had kicked their second field goal.

It was a positive aspect for the Cougars

as field goal kicker Jack Stevens had

struggled going into this game. His

first kick was 32 yards and the second.

50 was a big accomplishment. 

The Cougars had only 30 yards rushing

was a season low. Quarterback Caden

Pinnick had 11 carries for a negative 23

yards. Still not impressive without it.

A great part on the Bulldogs as they are

averaging 171 yards against the run.

Made quite the adjustment since the 

Cougars are averaging 152.8 on the 

ground. Pinnick was second on the 

Cougars 51.5 yards per game. 

Running back Kirby Vorhees had 25 ysrds

on six carries to lead the Cougars. The 

Cougars ran the ball 24 times while Pinnick

threw the ball 34 times while completing 

21 for 152 yards and one touchdown.

The Cougars are averaging 161 yards 

passing per game so not a big difference.

The Cougars will have a short memory 

as they play at Utah State next Friday 

evening.  Utah State has the same record 

as the Cougars at 1-4. 

The big question is how long will the

Cougars stick with Pinnick as quarterback?

Go Cougs.

Huskies Have Disappointing Loss

The USC Trojans were favored by a lot

over the Huskies who made it a game.

Final  Trojans 25 Huskies 21

The Huskies came down to their last

series against the Trojans. They had 

to match down from deep in their 

territory to come up short. The Huskies

made several  first down on tough third

and fourth downs to be able to win.

Unfortunately the last play they had 

came short on fourth down. 

In the first quarter about half way the 

Trojans scored first with a field goal.

Under two minutes left the 1st quarter

wide receiver  Dezman Roebuck three

a five yard touchdown in the end zone.

Just under ten minutes left in the second

quarter the Trojans scored their first

touchdown to take the lead. The  Huskies 

had a one yard touchdown run by tight

end Kaden Elridge to make the Huskies

ahead at halftime 14-10.

The Huskies were able to stop the Trojans

who had the first series of the second

half. The Huskies were able to go down 

the field and on a long pass of 42 yards

to tight end Decker DeGraaf at 13:30 in

the third quarter. It was the last score they

made leading 21-10. The Trojans scored

twice for touchdowns in the third quarter 

to take a 22-21 lead at the end of the 3rd

quarter.  The Trojans kicked a 39  yard 

field goal to make the final 25-21 at 9:36 

in the 4th quarter.

The Huskies had the opportunity to 

score twice more in the game on

two turnovers by the Trojans but.

couldn't capitalize on them. The Huskies

are now 0-2 in Big Ten play.  Next Friday 

evening the Huskies will be back home

against Iowa. We hope for a better result.

Go Dawgs.

Washington Huskies, WSU Cougars and Gonzaga Men's Basketball Coming Up

All three schools have started fall practice 

heading into the nonleague schedule.

All three schools have had turnover with

some graduations and the transfer portal.

These days the transfer portal is a big 

reality though in respect hurting the college 

sport more than others. 

The Washington Huskies men's basketball 

team biggest player to replace was freshman

Hannes Steinbach the teams best player.

Unlike others he went to the NBA as lottery

pick to Carolina. We wish him a good career.

I thought that the players who they had 

that didn't graduate along with Steinbach

was a good unit needing to add a couple 

pieces but that didn't happen. The Huskies 

were #12 ranked in the Big Ten Conference 

because of injuries. With the new roster

including six players through the transfer

portal they are hoping to break into the top

nine of the conference which become success

with it being one of the top conferences in the 

country.

The Huskies start their season on November 

2 playing Colgate in nine non-conference 

games. Two teams in the early  will be third

game Utah former Pac-12 opponent and

on November 23 in Southeast Invitational

in Maui Hawaii they play BYU.   In early 

December they will play conference rivals

USC and UCLA. On December 19 they

game on Baylor at Climate Pledge Arena 

in Seattle. 

The Huskies will begin the rest of their 

Big Ten schedule against  Michigan on

the road followed by Michigan State. 

In all they play 20 games in the Big Ten

ending with Oregon at home on March

6. Go Dawgs.

The Washington State Cougars aren't

expected to finish well placing 9th

and last in the new Pac-12. Two top

head liners are freshmen Lazerek Houston

and Jamari Phillips. They lost top freshman 

Ace Glass who transfered. They have 

eight players transfer including Casey Jones

from nearby Eastern Washington.

The Cougars will not play a regular season 

game against the Huskies however they

will have an exhibition game on October 25

at Washington.   The Cougars have a 32

game schedule including 16 in conference 

play. They start the season at home against

Davidson on November 2.  On November 21

they play Duke in Palm Springs California.

In December on the 12th play UNLV,

followed by Seattle University on the 19th

and finish the month on the 28th against

LSU all in the road.  They begin conference 

play January 3 at Fresno State. They play 

Gonzaga on the 6th at home. They play the

Zags in Spokane on February 17. They end

the season at home against Texas State.

The conference tournament begins on the

10th. Go Cougs.

Gonzaga is favored to win the Pac-12.  I

am sure at least some of the teams in

the West Coast Conference are glad they

are gone. 

The Zags have 13. non league games.

They begin on November 2 playing 

Purdue in Las Vegas. They play UCLA,

Michigan State and Oregon of the Big

Ten as well. Like the Cougars they play

Duke to on February 20 in Detroit 

Michigan.  They have LSU and Kansas 

State earlier on the schedule.  They 

have 16 games in the Pac-12 schedule.

They start January 6 at Washington 

State and end on March 6 at Colorado 

State. 

The Zags have 15 players on their roster

with only three returning with Braden Huff

the most notable who missed all conference 

games last season because of injury. 

They have three incoming freshmen so the 

remaining nine are transfers. Three of them

waiting on being eligible to play. Go Zags 

As as we know will let you know what each

teams depth chart looks like. 

Preview LA Chargers at Seattle Seahawks

It is still hard to think of the Chargers in

Los Angeles then in San Diego. At least 

the original fans can drive there.

The Chargers have started off slow being

0-3. The Seahawks losing last week might

help not to lose this week.  Having no wind

it is hard to know how the players of the 

Chargers feel whether down or having nothing 

to lose except another game.

The Seahawks right now favored by a

touchdown to win. Ty Okada didn't 

practice again with his hamstring injury.

At this point he will miss his 4th game.

Julian Love had limited practice however

he should play on Sunday. The same goes

with running back Jadarian Price along 

with fellow rb George Holani.  

The Chargers have seven players who

haven't practiced yet this week including 

a few starters so they might not be at

full strength either.

Justin Herbert the Chargers quarterback 

hasn't gotten off to a good start of as yet

and hopefully not for another week. He

has passed 627 total in the three weeks

with three touchdowns and four interceptions 

so the Seahawks have a good chance to

pick him off. He is completing only 58 per

cent of his passes. The Chargers are converting

only 35 percent of their third downs. An 

area the Seahawks can improve as they are

st 33.3 percent converting third downs.

Omario Hampton is the Chargers primary 

running back he has 50 carries on the 

season  for 193 at 3.9 yards per carry 

and has the only two touchdowns on

the ground for them.

The Chargers have two wide receivers in

double figures for catches Ladd McConkey

with 12 for 183 yar weds and 1 touchdown.

Tre Harris has 10 catches for 149 yards

and no touchdowns. Tight end Oronde 

Gadsden II has a touchdown  to in the air. 

The Chargers 14 points each in the first

two games of the season and 16 in game

three. The gave up 26 points in the first

two games while 24 against the Buffalo 

Bills this week. The Seahawks scored 31

points in the last two games including

the loss to Commanders. We will see

how this one goes.  Go Hawks!

News came out Friday that running back 

Jadarian Price will not play on Sunday.

Most likely Emanuel Wilson will start 

in his place. 

Seattle Kraken Win Season Opener Easy

This will be Seattle Kraken sixth season in

the National Hockey League. They made 

the playoffs in their second season 2022-

23 however have been a disappointment 

since. They are on their third head coach 

with him  in his second season. We are 

hoping for a turnaround to at least make 

the playoffs again.

The Kraken drafted 50 players in the.

NHL draft which includes this year's 

draft. On their 23 man roster they have

seven who were drafted by the them.

Five of the seven were from the first

draft in 2021.  They have six players

which include Jordan Erberle and Jared

McCann who were in the expansion 

draft who are still on the team.  So

that makes 10 of the 23 players who

were not drafted either way on the team.

The Kraken opened the season Thursday 

evening beating the Calgary Flames on

their home court 6-1.  That is a dominance 

for sure. We will have to wait how the 

season will go however this a good start 

for sure.

Jordan Erberle scored the first goal of

the season for the season. Vince Dunn 

another expansion pick and original 

Kraken scored the second goal 32

seconds later.  All six goals were made

by six different players. Jared McCann

had three assists on the night. Goaltender 

Joey Daccord also an expansion draft 

pick stopped 24 of 25 shots on the 

evening. 

The Kraken's next game will be Saturday 

visiting the Edmonton Oilers. The home

opener will be on Sunday against the

Flames again. Next Tuesday the Kraken 

be host to the Vegas Golden Knights.

In the first half of October the Kraken 

will play eight games in total. Go Kraken.

Preview Fresno State at Washington State

The Cougars are going to look to

beat Fresno State at home Saturday 

evening.  Expected to be a close 

game as the Cougars are favored 

at 2.5. So could come down to an

exciting 4th quarter. 

This will be the first game in the 

Pac-12 conference schedule so

be important to win . The Fresno 

State Bulldogs average 28.2 points

a game while  the opponent 19 

points.  

The Bulldogs rush for 133.3 yards 

a game while passing for 204 yards.

Fresno State quarterback is Jayden 

Mandall who has completed 48 of

74 yards for 789 yards. Jayden has 

only three touchdowns passing with

one interception. What helps the 

Cougars the Bulldogs convert on

31.4 % of third downs.

Rashon Luke a senior is the starting 

running back with 240 yards on 36

carries and one touchdown and

averaging 6.7 yards a carry. The 

Cougars will have to slow him down.

Junior Bryson Donelson used in

short yardage has 37 carries for

193 yards with 4 touchdowns and 

an average of 5.2 yards per carry.

Two impressive running backs.

Senior Josiah Freeman is the 

primary possession receiver having

18 catches for 261 yards and two 

touchdowns. Junior Ezekiel Avit 

is the deep threat with eight catches

for 174 yards and two touchdowns.

Jahlil McLain is third receiver with

9 receptions for 98 yards and 1 td.

Cougars quarterback Caden Pinnick 

has thrown completed 66 of 108 

for 644 along with three touchdowns 

and has four interceptions. He will

have to be careful with throwing 

interceptions.  The Cougars are

completing shorter passes in average

over the Bulldogs. Pinnick leads the

Cougars running the ball 52 times 

for 201 yards and four touchdowns.

Cougars junior running back Kirby

Vorhees has 36 carries for 210 

yards and two touchdowns. Maxwell 

Woods number two running back 

has 28 carries for 173 yards however

has no touchdowns.

Senior Daniel Blood leads with 15

catches for 161 yards and Darrius 

Clemons has 14 for 157 yards.

Neither one has a touchdown yet.

Brandon Ganashamoorthy is the

long threat with 9 for 145 yards

and two touchdowns. Jack Pedersen 

tight end has 5 catches for 20 yards

and the only other touchdown.

We hope this to be an exciting game

in Pullman. The winner will have the

edge being the first game in the Pac-12 

conference play. Go Cougs. 

Preview Washington Huskies at USC Trojans

The Huskies have a 3-1 record however 

haven't played up to expectations in any

of the four games.  The offense has been

the major problem. The offensive line 

has been criticized in both running game

and passing protection. Head coach Jedd

Fisch has  been criticized for his play calling 

as well being the offensive coordinator too.

Many are calling him to get an offensive 

coordinator or having someone play calling.

The USC Trojans are favored by 10.5 points.

Not a good sign being on the road too.

The Huskies will have to play much better

ball to have a chance too win.  

The Trojans are 4-1 after losing to the Oregon

Ducks last Saturday. The Trojans are averaging 

164.4 yards on the ground. The Huskies aren't 

as good against the run as expected but giving

up 3.2 yards per carry. The biggest issue is

giving up a lot of yardage on short downs. 

The passing game the Trojans are high at 

325 yards a game and the Huskies are averaging 

almost half that amount against the pass.

The Huskies are expecting a couple guys 

back on the defensive side and center Laden 

Hatchett is expected back after missing the

first fourth games with a broken wrist.  This

could help the Huskies offensive woes.

The Trojans are averaging around 40 points

a game while giving up 26.4 points a game. 

They are 5th in the nation converting on

3rd down at 56.4 percent so this where the

Huskies need to help themselves.

Trojans quarterback Jayden Maiava has 

completed 87 of 115 passes for 1499 

yards with 14 touchdownd and 1 interception.

This means the defensive line and edge 

rushers will need to get to Maiava and 

get him to rush the ball.  Safety Alex 

McLaughlin will need to get at least one 

turnover.

It will be important for the Huskies to

upset the Trojans to stay in the face 

even this early of the season. Go Dawgs.