Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Preview San Jose State at Washington State

Both San Jose State and the Washington  State  Cougars 
are undefeated  heading into Friday night matchup. This
will be the Cougars first matchup of the season against
a mountain west team.  Coming off an emotional win
against  Washington  how will the Cougars  respond. 
It is possible  they could  have a little  let down though
they are playing  at home.

The mountain  west do play  a good brand of football 
though they are considered  the next tier down  from 
the former Pac-12.  We did hear last week  that the
Pac-12  is  expected to add four teams from the 
Mountain  West  in 2026. The Pac-12 will need to
add at least two more teams in 2026. 

Right now the Cougars are playing  a  good brand
of football like the former Pac-12. The question  
though can they continue  recruiting players that
would have played  in  the former Pac-12. Some
of who they added before may go to schools like
Washington  or other Big Ten schools. With the
change of college football  right now it is hard to 
tell.

Besides adding the  four teams playing now in the
Mountain  West  the Pac-12 will need to add schools 
that are considered  major schools.  Will they see
Stanford and California returning after going to the
ACC.  To be able to recruit Pac-12 type of players 
they will need to do so. It doesn't  take away the 
Mountain West play good football. Most of those
teams have some players who could play at a major
University however not enough. We do hope the
Cougars program continues  to  flourish  after the
current players move on. 

At least this week we should see another exciting 
game between San Jose State and WSU  Cougars.
Last year the Cougars didn't  play as well  after
getting off to a good start.  We hope there is a
change. Go Cougs!

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