Cougars Upset Again

For the third game in a row the

Cougars were upset at the end.

Yes Wyoming threw a touchdown

with 24 seconds remaining.

Final Wyoming 15 WSU 14

The Cougars scored first on a

37 yard touchdown pass to 

Kyle Williams at 6:08 in the

first quarter. 

Wyoming had a field goal with

4 seconds remaining in the first

quarter. 

The second quarter went the same way

with Cougars scoring a TD  at 9:42.

Wyoming kicked a field goal to end

the half.

The third quarter Wyoming kicked

a 42 yard field  at 2:07

It looked like Cougars would

win until the Cowboys got the

ball. It seems the Cougars have

trouble after getting off to a

good start in recent seasons.

Now we have to wait to see

what bowl game they will go 

too. It certainly won't be one

they had hoped for three weeks

ago. Go Cougs!

The Washington Huskies were

scored again this time early

in the fourth quarter. The score

right now Oregon 42 Washington 14.

Now we will have to see where

Washington will go for a bowl

game. The three game winning

streak will be over. I am sure

everyone were hoping for a

better season however with a

lot of new players and coaching

staff couldn't expect much better.

Go Dawgs!

Washington Huskies Men Win Tournament

The Washington Huskies beat 

Santa Clara Friday afternoon

76-69 to win tournament. 

Santa Clara is one of the top 

teams in the West Coast Conference

along with Gonzaga so this is a

big win for them. 

The Huskies lead at halftime 42-33.

Santa Clara did have some runs in

the second half however the closest

was six points within the last minutes 

of the game however couldn't get

passed the Huskies.

Great Osobar who lead the Huskies

with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 5

assists was named MVP of the

Acrisure Invitational.  Freshman 

guard Zoom Diallo out of Tacoma

was second with 15 points. DJ

Davis who has been coming off

the bench in recent games after

starting before had 13 points. 

They were the only three in double

figured. The Huskies went with an

eight-man rotation. Tyler Harris

who led the Huskies the two previous

games had only five points though

had six rebounds. Currently Osobor

is primary inside man although

Wilhelm Breidenbach played 17 

minutes and had 8 points and 3 

rebounds. The Huskies are now

6-1.

The Huskies next two games will

be against former Pac-12 rivals

and new rivals in the Big Ten. 

They play at UCLA next Tuesday

and at home next Saturday against 

USC. After that more non league 

games. Go Dawgs!

Mariners Announce New Coaching Staff

The Mariners announced coaching 

staff for 2025 on Tuesday.

Dan Wilson will return as manager

Edgar Martinez returns with a new role.

He will still be involved in the Mariners

hitters with a new title. Edgar will be

Senior Director of hitting strategy.

He see his time at home games but

won't go on the road with the team.

He will be in charge of development

in practices and philosophies. 

Kevin Seitzer is the new hitting coach.

He spent the last ten years as the hitting 

coach for the Atlanta Braves.

He was a very good hitter in 12

years in the major leagues. Most of

his seasons were with the Kansas City

Royals and Milwaukee Brewers where

he played mostly third baseman.

His career batting average was .295

though he had only 74 hits. Kevin's

best season was his first full season

where he played in every game but one.

He had a career high 105 runs, 207 hits, 

8 triples, 15 home runs, 83 RBIs,

85 strikeouts and .323 batting average.

In eight season he walked more than

strikeouts. This is something the M's

could use. 

The Mariners have assistant coach

Bobby Magallanes spent 2021 thru

2023 in the same role with the Atlanta

Braves too. So both know each other.

The Mariners have new first base

coach in Eric Young Jr., and Major

League Field coordinator Louis Boyd.

He comes in to the take the spot of

Carson Vitale who goes to Miami

Marlins as the bench coach under

new manager Clayton McCullough.

Boyd had the same role in the

Mariners minors the last two years.

Kristopher Negron returns however

now at third base after spending last

season as first base coach. Manny

Acta moves to bench coach to be

along side of Dan Wilson. The Mariners

having outstanding season in the

pitching no moves were made in the

area. 

Preview Seahawks at New York Jets

The New York Jets have fired

their head coach, offensive

coordinator and general manager

during this season and not necessarily

in this season. 

One thing we know Aaron Rodgers 

 is the quarterback so any thing

could happen. This game is 

probably going to be much like

last week's game against the

Cardinals where points are likely

hard to come by.

Not only is the Seahawks defense 

is better the offense is having 

struggles and  despite a 3-8

record they have a top ten defense.

So this won't help the Seahawks 

very well. I am sure the Seahawks

will try to run the ball however short

passes to get them in position to

run on downs where they can get 

second and short. We know that 

could be trouble for them. In that

case continue short passes and

an occasion longer pass when 

they are second and short. This

should happen when they are near

the middle of the field.

The Seahawks have had trouble

in the red zone so touchdowns

may occur when they are outside

of it. We shouldn't be surprised 

if they making several field goals.

In fact this might be the day of

field goals. The success or failure

will come on turnovers and penalties.

The Seahawks are averaging 23.7

points against teams outside the

division however this will likely

not happen however this is why

they play the game. The Jets are

scoring 18.5 points a game

and giving up 22 a game. The

Seahawks are 1.5 favorite to

win the game so the experts

figure a close game to. 

After being out most of last season

Aaron Rodgers has started all 11

games for the Jets.  He has thrown 

for 2442 yards on the season for

an average of 222 per game. Aaron

has thrown for 17 touchdowns

which is tied for ninth in the league.

He is completing 63.4 per cent of

his psssds thrown. He  has seven

interceptions and has been sacked

26 times.

The Jets go with two running backs

primarily. Breece Hall is the Jets 

number one running back however

has been limited in practice. We 

will see how much a bad knee will

keep him out of the game or not.

Breece has 632 yards on the season

with 4 touchdowns.  He has 34 catches

on the season two touchdowns. He is

third on the Jets in catches. 

The second running back is Braelin

Allen with 62 carries for 229 yards

and two touchdowns. If Hall is

limited we will see more of him.

The Jets two main wide receivers 

are Garrett Wilson and Allen Lazard.

They both have five touchdown

catches. Wilson has 69 catches

for 722 yards while Lazard has 30

catches for 412 yards. Tyler Conklin

is the Jets primary tight end in

catches with 29 for 252 yards and

two touchdowns.

On defense they are lead in tackles

by linebackers Jamien Sherwood

and Quincy Williams. Sherwood

has 103 tackles while Williams has

80.  Williams has two forced fumbles

and two recovered. Defensive end

leads the Jets with eight sacks.

Cornerback Brandin Echols has

the Jets only two interceptions 

on the season. If the Seahawks are

able to protect Geno he should

have a good day.  Go Hawks!

 

Washington Huskies Beat Colorado State

The Washington Huskies beat Colorado State Thursday afternoon in the

Acrisure Invitational Tournament. 

It was different one in which the

WSU lost in the holiday tournament

on Wednesday in the final.

The final was Washington 73 Colorado

State 67. They meet Santa Clara in

the championship game Friday at

1:30 pm. on the Tru Network.

Colorado State led a tight game

leading 28-26 at halftime. The

Huskies became agreesive in 

the second half. They went on

a 10-0 run going into the last two

minutes of the game. They didn't

score a field goal in the last two

minutes however went to the foul 

line a bit of times. They didn't

make a lot of free throws until 

the last 30 seconds when they

able to. They made 13 of 24

from the foul line making it

difficult otherwise. 

The Huskies did well making 

10 of 22 3s while Colorado 

State went 7 of 23. Both teams

25 shots from the field although

Colorado State took five more 

shots. 

A play that made some output for

the Huskies to win a fragrant foul 

when Great Osobor was fouled 

with 38.1 seconds remaing. He 

made one of two shots and the

Huskies maintain possession

of the ball where they were able

to take more time off the rock.

The Huskies had only two players

scoring in double figures. Tyler 

Harris had another outstanding

game being leading scorer with

24 points and had eight rebounds 

too. Harris made 5-8 of 3s. Osobor 

had 16 points and eight rebounds.

Led the Huskies with seven assists

which was big to.

The Huskies went with a six man

rotation with DJ Davis coming of 

the bench for 28 minutes and six

points. Mekhi Mason had the next

amount of minutes with 12 and 

scored 8 points. Christian King 

made his best contribution on

the season going eight minutes

scoring five points. Maybe we will

see him play more minutes.

The Colorado State Rams had 

three players in double figures

the leading scorer was Nique 

Clifford with 13 points and nine

rebounds. Another key was the

Huskies held him down below

his scoring average of 19 and 

he fouled out just under two 

minutes left in the game.

Tomorrow's game against Santa

Clara should be  a good test for 

the Huskies. They are 6-0 on the

season. 

In other local college men's basketball

Gonzaga was upset by West Virginia

on Wednesday night in overtime 86-78. 

The Zags shot only 20% from the field

in overtime. The game on. Thursday

they  beat Indiana 89-73.  They had an

outstanding first half scoring 57 points.

The Zags had all five starters in double

figures led by Khalif Battle with 16 points. Michael Ajayi and Nolan Hickman each had 15. Ben Gregg 

came off the bench with 13. Tomorrow

Gonzaga plays against Davidson at

5:30 pm. 

Cougars Blown Out Second Half

The Washington State Cougars

were leading 31-27 at halftime

against SMU in the championship

game of the Acrisure Holiday

Invitational Wednesday Wednesday

night.

The middle of the second half

SMU went on a 10-0 run putting

them ahead and they eventually

had a 16 point lead with two 

minutes to go.

Final SMU 77 WSU 60

SMU out rebounded the Cougars 

51 to 25 leading to 21-6 points

on second chances. The Cougars

again made 10 out of 33 3pt shots

while SMU didn't shoot nearly as 

many going 5 of 15. My opinion

the Cougars either make higher

percentage or shoot less 3s.

SMU shot better from the free

throw line making 16 of 19 while

the Cougars made 8 of 15. The

free throw line and 3s are going

to cost the Cougars more games

without improvement.

SMU had five player score in

double figures while the Cougars

had three. The Cougars again 

were led by Nate Calmese with 

15 points and six assists. LeJuan

Watts and Ethan Price each had 

12.  Again the Cougars went mostly

with a six man rotation.

The Cougars next game will be

Monday against Nevada on their

court. Nevada is 6-1 and their only

loss was to Vanderbilt 73-71.

They beat the Washington Huskies

in their court 63-53 on November 9 

their second game of the season.

Go Cougs!

Preview Washington at Oregon

The Washington Huskies go to Eugene

to face the number one team in the

country. Not a while lot to say otherwise 

really however this is it.

With Coach DeBoer moving to Alabama

and many Washington player either

leaving to the NFL or going into the

transfer portal new head coach Jed 

Fisch had to start over especially

on the offense.  The Huskies brought

in graduate student Will Rogers and

freshman Demond Williams Jr.. For 

some fans the blame has gone on

Will Rogers for the Huskies record 

of 6-5 heading into.this game. To be

honest it wasn't his fault for any of 

the losses.

Last week's game Rogers was benched

and Williams was inserted. We could 

say that he was the reason they won. 

We will know before the game which 

one will start on Saturday. Rogers has 

the experience and Williams is the 

future quarterback. The Ducks will 

be favored and if the Huskies win

it will be an upset no matter who

starts. 

The Oregon Ducks are ranked number 

one in the country with a 11-0 record.

They are averaging 33.91 points a 

game while giving up 15.73. They are 

ranked 17th in the country in scoring. 

Defensive is ranked number nine in 

giving up points. 

The Ducks average 166.3 yards rushing

a game. They have 22 touchdowns on 

the season while giving up 11 touchdowns. 

The opposing team average  118.70 

per game.

In the passing game the Ducks average

281.36 yards a game and has 22 touchdowns 

on the season. On defense they give  up 

168.82 yards a game and eight touchdowns 

on theseason.

Senior Dillon Gabriel is the Ducks

starting quarterback and has thrown

for 3,066 yards with the 22 touchdowns 

and six interceptions. He completes 

73.8 percent of his passes. On the

ground he has 155 yards and six

touchdowns.

Junior Jordan James is the Ducks

leading rusher with 1067 yards and

11 yards.  Tez Johnson is Oregon 

leading receiver with 64 catches 

for 649 yards and 8 touchdowns.

Evan Stewart is second in receptions 

With 47 catches for 609 yards and

five touchdowns. 

On defense linebacker Bryce Boettcher 

leads the Ducks with 69 tackles along

with one sack and one interception.

Tysheem Johnson strong safety is

second with 52 tackles and leads 

with three interceptions. Defensive

end Matayo Uiagalelei leads in

sacks with 8.5.

The Oregon Ducks are favored by

18.5 points. This will be quite

the upset if the Huskies win. 

The Ducks will play for the Big

Ten championship game  though

the team they play isn't decided

yet. The Ducks will want to win

badly for the previous three games

that were losses.

The game starts Saturday at 4:30

pm. It will be on NBC too.

Go Dawgs! 

Washing State Cougars Beat Fresno State

The gsme was late starting at

9 pm Tuesday night in Thousand

Palms California between the

Cougars and Fresno State in

the first annual Acrisure Holiday

Invitational. 

The game was close in the

first half going back and forth.

The Cougars had a halftime lead

39-36. They built an 18 point lead

going on a good run. Fresno State

worked on getting back in the 

second half but just enough.

The final 84-73 Cougars.

The Cougars play in championship

game Wednesday at 6:30 pm

The Huskies play in the Acrisure

Invitational on Thursday against 

Colorado State. That is a different

tournament.

The Cougars played an eight man

rotation though the starters were only

ones to play over twenty minutes. 

Isaiah Watts who had come off the

bench started this one. He had only

eight points. With another game Wednesday we could see him come

off the bench in this one.

Nate Calmese who is having an 

outstanding season so far had 

22 points along with eight rebounds 

and six assists. The Cougars didn't

shoot well from behind the three 

point line making only six  of twenty

two. 

Ethan Price was second in scoring

with 16 points and six assists. LeJuan

Watts had 14 points while leading with

nine rebounds. Dane Erikstrup came

away with 13 points and six rebounds.

The Cougars made only 10 of 18

from.the free throw line. They had edge in rebounding 42 to 33. Hopefully we

see better tonight. Also a bigger

crowd as the late game the crowd 

was small. Go Cougs!

Preview Wyoming at Washington State

Wyoming plays the final game of

the year against the Cougars this

coming Saturday. Both teams have

lost two straight. The Cowboys 

however have 2-9 record on the season. Both wins have been in West Coast Conference.

The Cowboys though gave Boise

State a scare losing 17-13. The

Cougars are now 8-3 losing close

games and upsets to San Diego

State and Oregon State. Both losses

came right at the end of the games.

Cougars quarterback John Mateer

is having an outstanding season in

his first time starting in college

football after being a backup the

previous season. There is a school

that has offered Mateer an NIL

deal at $1million so the Cougars

will have to do something to keep

him at the school. Though the team

has had a good season and we hope

for a win that they will go to very good

bowl game. Though Coach Deckert 

is a good and popular coach they

could loss more players to the transfer

portal this time around. This would hurt

in recruiting as well. 

The season leaders for the Cowboys

is much lower as well as their record

than the Cougars. Evan Svoboda the 

Cowboy's quarterback has thrown for

1112 yards on 192 throws and less than 50% have been completed. He

has only four touchdowns compared

to 28 by Mateer. He has seven interceptions which is more than 

Mateer. 

Sam Scott is the Cowboys leading

rusher at running back with 435 

yards. He has 92 carries only and

his average per carry is 4.7. Also 

hss four TDs. Joh n Mateer leads

the Cougars with 770 yards and

14 TDs on the ground.

Jaylen Sargent is the Cowboys 

leading receiver with 21 catches

and two touchdowns. Kyle

Williams leads the Cougars with

56 catches and 12 touchdowns.

The Cougars are 17.5 favorites 

at home. I don't see them being

upset for the third time in a

row especially in front of the

home crowd in the final regular

season game. Go Cougs!

Seahawks Beat Cardinal At Home

Sunday afternoon the game between the Seahawks and the Cardinals 

was a defensive match. Most likely

the Cardinals would have beaten

most teams on this day however

the Seahawks were a real match.

Seahawks 16 Cardinals 6

This was the Seahawks best defensive

game of the season without question.

It has been a while since we have seen

this kind of play by the defense.

Coach MacDonald defense he brought

to Seattle is now working. It took some

time and changing parts as well. The

main change continues to the trade

bringing over  Earnest Jones IV over

from the Titans. Things changed to

running defense since he came aboard.

It was the middle linebacker spot that

made it happen with the right guy.

In this game neither team were able 

to run the ball. The Seahawks ran for

65 yards on 25 carries while the

Cardinals had 14 carries for 49 yards.

One run by running back Emari 

Demercado for 14 yards. Trey Benson 

had four carries for the Cardinals

for 18 yards. James Connor led with 

seven carries however had only eight

yards. He was second in catches with 

five  for 41 yards. 

Neither team scored a point until 9:43 

left in the second quarter when the

Cardinals kicked the first of two field

goals they made in the game. Jaxon

Smitg-Njigba scored a three yard TD

from Geno Smith with 1:14 left in

the first half to put the Seahawks

ahead. Jaxon led the Seahawks 

with six catches. Seahawks led

7-3 at halftime.

Both defenses continued to go

and safety Coby Bryant  intercepted

a pass he returned for a touchdown

with 7:12 remaining in the third

quarter the only score of that period.

The extra point was missed so the

Seahawks were up 13-3 heading 

into the fourth quarter.

Geno Smith rushed a pass early in

the fourth quarter that was intercepted.

This put the Cardinals in good position

to tie the game however Seahawks

defense raised to the occasion inside

the ten yard line and the Cardinals had

to settle for a field goal making it

13-7.  This meant they had a chance

to tie or go ahead on a touchdown.

This wasn't meant to be.  

The Seahawks kicked a field goal to

put the Seahawks up by ten with

1:56 left in the game. This made it

hard for the Cardinals to comeback

to win. A critical penalty by tight

end Trey McBride meant the Cardinals

had to go for a field goal with 15 seconds remaining to put them

within seven points and have to do

an onside kick.  The snap wasn't

good though the holder was able

to put the ball down however the

kicker missed it go the left giving

the Seahawks the win.

The Seahawks and the Cardinals 

are tied with 6-5 however puts the

Seahawks in first for the time being.

The Rams are playing the Eagles

at home on Sunday night football.

They win they are 6-5 too. The Cardinals beat the Rams in their

first game and Rams beat the 

Seahawks so would be a three

way tie. 

Next Sunday the Seahawks play

the Jets on their field. The Jets

are not having a good season

firing several coaches including

the head coach recently and the

general manager. The Seahawks

should have seven wins after

next week. Go Hawks!

Cougars Upset Again and More

For gge second week in a row 

the WSU  Cougars who were having

a very good season was upset

by the Oregon State Beavers on

their home field. Not east to play

against a rival on their field especially

when they are not having a good season.

Much like Huskies been much of

the season the Cougars stats were

better than the Beavers. Of course

the main stat still comes down to

the score.

The Beavers stopped the Cougars the

first time they had the ball then came

down for a TD. Backup quarterback

came in and ran for 15 yards with 

7:05 remain in the first quarter. The

Cougars scored on next possession

taking almost three minutes when

wide receiver Carlos Hernandez caught

a 28 yard touchdown from qb John 

Mateer.

The second quarter early on the

Cougars kicked a field to take one

of times to be ahead in the game.

Beavers scored two touchdowns 

with short runs. John Mateer 

ran for two yards and a touchdown

between the two by the Beavers.

The Beavers led by four heading 

into the third quarter. The Beavers kicked a field at 11:29 in the period.

The Cougars tied the score almost

two minutes later on a Kyle  Williams

54 yard pass and run.  At the 1:41 

remaining Beavers Jermaine Terry II

43 yard pass by qb Ben Gulbranson.

The Cougars tied the score 31-31 

at 12:04 in the 4th quarter before

excitement happened. The Cougars

took the lead with an interception 

for 29 yards. That happened almost

a minute later. The Beavers tied

the score 2:45 remaining. Still anyone's  game.

The Beavers kicked a field goal 

with 20 seconds left in the game. A tough loss for sure.

The Cougars now with a 8-3 record

play host next Saturday to Wyoming

to end the regular season.

On Friday the Washington Huskies

men's basketball team beat Alcorn

State 77-60. Coach Sprinkle changed

up the starting lineup. They started

three different guards.  Tyler Harris

scored 27 points while freshman

Zoom Diallo had 12. They were the 

only two in double figures. Both

had played significant minutes

in the previous game thought

didn't start. The third different starter

was Luis Kortright.

The Huskies next game will be

on November 28 and starting

time is 3:30 pm. It is the last

game of the month. Wouldn't

be surprised the same lineup 

starts. Go Dawgs!

Gonzaga and WSU Both Win

Gonzaga blew out Long Beach 

Wednesday night 84-41 at home.

The Zags were up by 16 in first 

half however got worse for the 

LB when they only scored 17

points to Gonzaga's 44 in the

second half.

The Zags played nine players until

the last half of second period. The

Zags had four starters in double

figures plus Braden Huff had 12 pts

off the bench. The rebounding was

spread out too. Ben Gregg off the

bench led with seven rebounds.

The Zags shot 46 percent in field 

goals though only made 9 of 27

behind the 3pt line. LB did much

worse in both as you can imagine. 

Zags did better at free throw making

17 compared to five for LB. The Zags

had only four turnovers. 

The Zags don't play again until next

Wednesday at home against West Virginia. They only play six games

in December. 

The  Cougars who played Thursday got off to a good start  then beat Easter Washington 96-51.Without the fast start it might have been a close game.  They had a lead up to 24 points. 

The Cougars had four players in

double figures. Dane Erikstrup led

with 24 points which included six

three point shots. Cedric Coward 

and Isaiah Watts each had 22.

Nate Calmese had 19 points. 

The Cougars next game will be

on Tuesday at home against 

Fresno State. They are 2-2 right

now and play Long Beach on

Saturday afternoon. Go Cougs!

Preview Arizona At Seattle Seahawks

The Arizona Cardinals come to

Seattle with a narrow lead with

a record of 6-4. The Cardinals

have won four straight  games 

and gge Seahawks beat the 49ers

last Sunday. The game is considered

even though the bets have Cardinals

winning by one.

Winning four in a row the odds can

be in the favor of the Seahawks 

winning especially at home. The

Seahawks haven't done well at

home this season so a turn around

be nice and they play the Cardinals

on their field in two weeks so 

another reason wanting to win

and giving them a better chance 

to make the playoffs.

The Seahawks winning would put

them in a tie with a record of 6-5.

The Cardinals win put them up

by two games and the Seahawks

needing many of their remaining

games of the season to get in

the playoffs.  The Seahawks have

seven remaining games including

the two against the Cardinals. 

They need to go 4-3 at least though

5-2 would be better to get in.

This weekend the Seahawks need 

to continue what they did against

the 49ers last week. The positive

is they don't have to play the 49ers

again or at least until the playoffs. 

The Cardinals having won the last 

three games averaging 29 points 

and the defense has done well

giving up 15 points or less in the

last four wins except the narrow 

win over Miami 28-27 on October

27. 

The Seahawks defense has improved

in recent weeks after acquiring Earnest

Jones IV where he has put the team

in a good spot of stopping the run.We 

expect the defense against the run

to get better.

The Seahawks offense especially the

run has been their problem and lies 

with the line for the most part. Geno

Smith did a great job pulling out the

win late in the game. He needs to continue  the same thing concerning

throwing or running with the ball.

He needs the timing more right to

pass or run with the ball. The Seahawks offense will do much

better if so.

Kyle Murray hss done well at qb

in the last four games. Against 

the Jets in the last game Murray

completed 22 of 24 passes for

266 yards and a touchdown. Very

impressive in completion rate.

He ran for two touchdowns as

well.

Washington Huskies great Bubba

Baker is the strength of the Cardinals

defense. He leads the Cardinals in

tackles and got to be sure Baker

doesn't get to Geno on a sack. 

The Seahawks play like against the

49ers they should win and we hope

so. Go Hawks!

Preview Washington State at Oregon State

The WSU Cougars will want to rebound

after bring upset on the road last week

at New Mexico in a last second TD by

the Lobos. Now the Cougars will be

on the road again. Though last week's

game was an important game loss

this one will be import too. The Cougars are 12.5 favorites. It won't

be easy since they will hear a hostile

crowd though I am sure there will be

some Cougar fans in the stands too

since it is not a long distance to drive.

This is a big one to since their big 

brothers Washington and Oregon so

to speak went to the Big Ten. Now

these two teams are holding the bag

to see where the Pac-12 will be in the

future.

The Cougars are 8-2 while the Beavers

are 4-6. A difference  of the  two

teams is Cougars head coach Jake Dickert stayed while Jonathan Smith

went to Michigan Smith. Trent Bray 

defense coordinator for the Beavers took over as head coach. Though the

over.  The Cougars lost some players 

the Beavers lost a lot more.  Next season could be a turning for the Cougars and the Pac-12 since they

could lose more players because of 

NIL that might be available higher 

for top players primarily quarterback

John Mateer. The Cougars though

could have another possible upper coming qb too.  

Next year will be interesting since

the two teams will play each other

twice in the season. It will be important for one of the teams have a good season next year before the Pac-12

expanding in 2026. They do need

to add another to the conference.

The success of the Cougars will

help to add this team. It helps to

that Boise State is having a great

year and they are one of the teams

coming to the Pac-12.

Anthony Hankerson  the Beavers 

primary runner has 198 carries for

889 yards and 14 touchdowns. The

most on the Cougars.

The tough part of the Beavers has

been at quarterback. Gevani McCoy

has played the most however with

not a lot of success. Also he got

benched against California and

in last game against Air Force left

the game early on. McCoy has only

thrown three touchdowns with six interceptions. Ben Gulbranson has

seen some action as number two

however has missed time as well.

Number three quarterback Gabarri

Johnson has played in five games

however the 28-0 loss to Air Force

was his most playing time.  Last week

he completed 9 of 19 passes for

106 yards  and an interception.

He was sacked four times.

Not Gulbranson will be the qb. So

it is down to McCoy and Johnson.

Hard to know who will start and 

the success will it matter. Against

the Cougars they should run the

ball to keep the Cougars off the field.

Hopefully they will the coin toss. 

Since none of the qbs have had 

success passing it will be best 

not to be behind early. 

The Cougars have given up almost as 

much yardage both in running and

passing on the season as they have done themselves. The thing is they

have scored many more touchdowns

than the opposing team has anyway.

The Cougars have 24 rushing touchdowns to the opposing 18 

while passing  its 27 for and 17 against. 

The Beavers win the game we

will see a lot of Hankerson on

the ground. 

Trent Walker is the Beavers top

receiver with 65 catches for 713

yards and has only two touchdowns.

It is half the Beavers touchdowns

through the air. Hankerson could see 

catches out of the backfield as he

is number two in catches at 23

for 110 yard which is six on the

team. Jermaine Terry II tight end

is number five in catches however

number two to Walker in yardage. 

Jeremiah Noga is number three 

in catches and yardage at wide

receiver however has no touchdowns.

Expact the Cougars to win however

can always have another upset.

Go Cougs!

Mariners Reacquire Player

The Seattle Mariners made a deal

Tuesday bringing back former 

minor league player Austin Shenton

from the Tampa Bay Rays who they

had traded to them  in 2021 for 

reliever Diego Castillo. The Mariners

also designated for assignment JT Chargois who they had required 

during the season to use in the bullpen

from the Miami Marlins.

Shenton played 19 games for the Rays

last season hitting only .214 while at 

Triple A where he hit .276. Chargois is

up for arbitration. Shenton was a fifth 

round pick by Mariners in 2019. He

has played a lot of third base. Right now he is the mix with Josh Rojas

and Dylan Moore to play third base

unless the Mariners acquire a full-time

player which I hope they do.

The Mariners currently have 22 pitchers in their 40-man roster.

They will likely reduce that especially

if they look to make a trade and if they

need to say any one to the Rule Five

Draft which likely they won't do.

The Mariner will go with five starters

along with eight relievers. They may have to make some additional trades

to improve the bullpen and we know

they need to do something at second

and third base at least. Luke Raley

looks to be the starting first baseman

against righties and they may need someone against lefties. Right now

the main guy there is Tyler Locklear

unless they resign Justin Turner as a 

free agent. We will get back as the

offseason continues.

The Mariners currently have 15 pitchers on the 40-man roster 

to pick from to make the 13 relievers

and this doesn't count Matt Brash

who may start the season on the

injured list.

Andres Munoz is the closer and

Gregory Santos who we hope is

healthy will pitch the eighth inning

and close when Santos needs rest.

The Mariners have Troy Taylor who

came up in September who can 

pitch the seventh or eighth inning.

They have Collin Snider who had

an outstanding season last year 

and filled the spot with Taylor as

well. These could be the four primary

relievers until Brash returns.

The Mariners still have Tayler Saucedo

and Gabe Speier. Saucedo did have

trouble getting out some righties out

though did outstanding against lefties.

The Mariners hope they have these

two lefties though they could go with

one. They did acquire a third lefty

Austin Kitchen so we see where he

fits in.

This means the Mariners may have 

five or six pitchers already slated 

for the team so leave two spots or

three spots. Right now they have 

Trent Thornton and Austin Voth

on the roster who each had good

seasons for the most part. Not 

sure at this time what Thornton's

spot looks right now though I

wouldn't claim if he returns.

The question is what Emerson

Hancock spot is right now. Do 

the Mariners trade him or if they

trade one of the five starters 

he is penciled in. If everything

stays the same I would like to

see him go into the bullpen as

a long reliever and a spot starter.

That's it for now see what happens

next. Go M's!

Cougars and Zags Both Win

The Washington State Cougars found

themselves in a tight one  until 12:13 

left  in the game. After that it was all

Cougars. 

The Cougars had four players score

in double figures, however Cedric 

Coward had the hot hand scoring

30 on a 12 for 18 from the field.

LeJuan Watts and Ethan Price 

controlled the boards each with

eight rebounds to lead WSU.

The Cougars next game is Thursday

against head coach former team

Eastern Washington. This should be

an interesting game.

Gonzaga went on the road  to San Diego State winning 80-67. The

Zags were consistent scoring

40 points in each half. Neither team

shot well from the field. The Zags 

shot 42.1 percent while San Diego 

State shot 37.7 percent.

The difference in the game was from

the line where the Zags went 27 of 31

while SDS made 13 of 18. The Zags

had three players in double figures.

They were led by Graham Ike with 23 

points and nine rebounds. Ryan

Nembhard had 19 points along with

ten assists. The Zags went with

eight man rotation. Braden Huff 

had ten points off the bench.

Gonzaga's next game will be

Wednesday back at home

against Long Beach State. 

They are 1-3 on the season.

Most recently they lost to Portland Pilots 63-61 at home. 

Huskies Men's Basketball Narrow Win

The Washington Huskies men's basketball team beat UMass

Lowell Sunday night 74-69.

The Huskies admit that they 

still have a ways to go to be

where they want to be. With

a group who are getting to

know each other it can take

time although several did 

come over with coach Sprinkle.

The Huskies had five players

who scored in double figures.

Three of those didn't start the

game. It will be interesting to

see whether the starters will

stay the same or not.

Great Osobor led the Huskies

with 23 points and 18 rebounds.

After the game Osobor feels he 

isn't playing where he should be

yet. His coach said the same.

So we could say he isn't Great yet.

Of course this is what many of

these non-league games are for.

They are still important if you

want to make the NCAA tournament

in March.

Three of the  four players who

scored in double figures besides 

Osobor each had 12 points. Tyler

Harris who had seven rebounds to 

along freshman Zoom Diallo and

starter Tyree Ihenacho. Luis Kortright

had ten points and six rebounds off

the bench.

The Huskies next game will be Friday

Night at home against Alcorn State.

They will have plenty of practice to

get better too.

Gonzaga men will be playing Monday

night at  San Diego State. The game

will be on CBS sports TV. The Cougars 

play at home against Northern Colorado which will be on ESPNt. 

The Cougars stat at 6:30 pm while

Gonzaga starts 30 minutes later.

We wish them both the best. 

Seahawks Upset

The Seahawks upset the 49ers Sunday

afternoon on the road 20-17.

Geno Smith ran for a 13 yard touchdown with 12 seconds 

remaining in the game. The

Seahawks needed the TD since 

a field goal would not be enough

to tie. 

What I liked about the run was

Geno didn't hesitate when he 

saw no receivers opened and 

ran the opposite direction from

the 49er direction they were 

going.

I hope learns from this game and

the experience he learned at the 

end. If Geno has a downfall he 

takes too long to throw the ball

which causes him to be sacked

or give up interceptions. What

Geno need to do is throw the ball

away or do what he did this time 

by running the ball even if he can't

get a first down. This depends on

what down it is two. In one instance

the Seahawks were able to get a

field goal after being sacked 

however not always.

Geno completed 25 of 32 passes 

for 221 yards and an interception.

This was a good sign since he has throw over 50 times and Seahawks

often lose. The Seahawks had 94

yards in the day including Geno's

winning run. Ken Walker III led

with 14 carries for 54 yards and 

a touchdown.  Geno and Zach 

Charbonnet each had four runs

though Zach had only three yards.

The offensive line is showing they

still have trouble when running the 

ball however does good when 

passing. This means the Seahawks

needs to throw short passes when

the running game isn't affective.

This is  the same way to get yards.

Both Walker and Charbonnet can

catch the ball. 

Jaxon Smith-Njigba led the Seahawks

with ten catches for 110 yards. DK

Metcalf was back he had seven for

70 yards. 

The 49ers had a touchdown in

the first quarter however shutout

in the second quarter.  They had

a field goal in the third and a TD

in the fourth. This shows how well

the Seahawks.  The Seahawks

along with the 49ers and Rams

are 5-5 while Arizona Cardinals

are in first place 6-4. The Seahawks

are at home next Sunday afternoon

to play the Cardinals. It will be

important that the Seahawks when

this gsme to stay in the hunt for

the playoffs. Go Hawks!

Cougars Are Upset

The New Mexico Lobos had  a

great second half beating the

Washington State Cougars

38-35.

It was a difference of two halves.

The Cougars had the Lobos in

the first half scoring four  to

two.  The Lobos tied the game

in the third quarter scoring two

touchdowns while the Cougars

had zero points. This meant the

Lobos made an adjustment at

the half.

Neither team were able to score

of the fourth quarter which allowed

excitement for the end. The Lobos

went ahead for the second time

with 4:40 left in the game with a

field goal. The Cougars in about 

a minute and a half score a TD

to take a four point lead with 3:12

remaining. 

This didn't stop the Lobos by 

scoring a touchdown with 21

seconds remaining. The Cougars

had their timeouts however it

would take a  miracle to tie with

a field goal. The Cougars had one

pass near the sideline that was 

ruled a catch however it was 

overturned to an  incomplete pass

with seven seconds remaining in 

the game.  Qb Mateer was able to

complete a pass with three seconds

to go. It was too far for a tying field

goal so they had to go for a hail

Mary that went incomplete.

This was the first upset by the Lobos

for over twenty years to a ranked team.

Lobos quarterback Devon Dampier

was the player of the game.  He

completed only 11 of 25 passes for

174 yards and one touchdown. It

was his legs that gave the Lobos

the win along with improved defense

in the second half. Dampier had 28

carries for 193 yards and three TD's.

Dampier looked more like a wide

receiver with his speed. Not often

does a qb run for more yards than

throwing it. 

The Lobos are not even bowl eligible

yet wit a 5-6 record. Next Saturday

night they play the final game of

the season at Hawaii where they have

to win to make a bowl game.

The Cougars are now 8-2 with two

games remaining. They play late

afternoon game at Oregon State.

Go Cougs!

Washington Huskies Win Friday Night

The Huskies beat UCLA 31-19

Friday night st Husky Stadium.

It was the final game of the 

season at home and they were

undefeated at home. Now at

a streak of 20 straight at home.

The Huskies changed quarterback

in the second half as Will Rogers

threw two interceptions.  They went

to freshman Demond Williams Jr.

The Huskies were leading 14-13 

in the third quarter when Williams

stepped in. Both teams exchanged

field goals in the third quarter. The

Huskies field goal took place after

Williams was inserted.

The Huskies had two touchdowns

in the fourth quarter. It did take a

while was Williams threw to freshman

tight end Decker for one yard at

5:44 remaining in the game.  Jonah

Coleman had the second on a two yard

run at 1:54 left in the game.

The UCLA Bruins had their final

score on two yard run with nine

seconds remaing. They missed

the two.point conversion though

it was meaningless.

Williams was seven of eight throwing

the football with the one touchdown.

Rogers had been 13 of 21 for 115 and a touchdown to go with the two

interceptions. 

Jonah Coleman had a good night

rushing for 95 yards on 21 carries

and two touchdowns.  Desmond

Williams had six carries to 31 yards.

Giles Jackson in his final game 

in Husky Stadium had eight catches

for 43 yards.

Next Saturday the Huskies play

at Oregon. The time of the game

hasn't been said yet.

The Huskies love to beat the

Ducks once again especially 

now they are number one in

the country.

The Huskies are now bowl

eligible and how they do

next week will determine 

which bowl they will play in.

Go Dawgs!

The Huskies men's basketball

team play at home on Sunday

evening against UMass Lowell.

They will be favored.

The Washington State Cougars

men's basketball team played 

Friday night at Iowa 76-66. The

game was close most of the

way. The Hawkeye's had success

at the foul line especially near

the end of the game.

Nate Calmese had another good game for the Cougars with 27 points.

LeJuan Watts led in rebounds for

WSU with ten while scoring 11 points.

Calmese and Watts were the only

ones in double figures.

The Cougars next game will be

home Monday evening against

Northern Colorado.  Go Cougs!

Preview: Seahawks At 49ers

After the bye week news came out

that the Seahawks released linebacker

Tyrel Dodson who they signed as a

free agents. Now both free agent

linebackers are gone. I know that

there are some fans who say they

should have resigned Bobby Wagner.

This is a very good point since the

Commanders are doing  better than

the Seahawks. 

I just saw a headline saying Dodson

was the Seahawks leading tackler.

This could be negative depending

where most of the tackles happened.

We know that the Seahawks have

not been good against the run.

The signed cornerback Josh Jobs

off the practice squad. This could

mean at times the Seahawks will

have middle linebacker Ernest Jones

IV as the only linebacker in the game.

The Seahawks have had trouble 

stopping the run though better

since Jones came on the scene.

The 49ers have Christian McCaffrey

back so this could mean harder to

stop the run. With the bye week

and the release of Dodson the

Seahawks maybe changing the 

scheme somewhat. We will find

out won't we.

The 49ers should be favored and

we hope the Seahawks will make

an upset. We do know the 49ers

are not having a great season so

far either.

The NFC west division we know 

the Seahawks can still take it

in the second half. We will see if

any other changes happen especially

they lose to the 49ers. 

Washington Huskies Come From Behind

The Huskies beat city rival Seattle

Pacific 77-62. The Huskies though

had to overcome a 13 point deficit

In the first half.

They took a lead 41-40 in the second half and never trailed again. It is not

easy to have a good game against

a rival even one that you have never 

lost too.

Forward Great Osobor and guard

DJ Davis expected to be the top 

scorers for the most part on the

season each had 18 points. Osobor

led in rebounds with eight. Tyler

Harris came off the bench with 13.

Touted freshman Zoom Diallo had 

eight points while starter Mekihi

Mason had night. 

The Huskies took a lot more

free throws than the Falcons

however still struggling from

the line. Huskies made 17 of 

32 free throws while the Falcons

went 9 out of 14. The Huskies 

will need to improve if they expect

to win close games at the line.

The Huskies next game will be 

on Sunday night at home against

UMass Lowell.  They are 2-0

and play at Gonzaga Friday night.

Go Dawgs!

Preview: Washington State at New Mexico

The Cougars are 12.5 favorites

as they are on the road to play

New Mexico Lobos who are 4-6.

It isn't easy to be favorites on

the road no matter how good 

you are.

The Cougars are 8-1 with the

only blemish losing to Boise

State. Early on in the Cougars

did have close calls. The

team is looking to see if they

can make it to the National

Championship series which

is amazing since the conference

they were playing in no longer

is in the form it had been with

ten teams leaving and the are

playing a non conference schedule.

The Lobos beat San Diego State in

their last outing 21-16. Quarterback

Quarterback Devon Dampier had 16 

catches caught out of 24 throws for

175 yards, one touchdown and no

interceptions. Like Cougar  Mateer

he is a dual quarterback running for

127 yards on 17 carries. Both teams

will have to look at qb in more than

one function.

Eli Sanders had 16 carries for the

Lobos and had 173 yards with

two touchdowns. Ryan Davis 

caught five balls for 47 yards and

one touchdown. This could be

a high scoring affair. The Cougars

can't take the Lobos foregranted

and this will be a  big letdown

if they lose. The Cougars have

two games remaining  after

this one and be in double digits

in wins. They can be one of the

big teams in college football

in 2024. Go Cougs!

Preview: UCLA at Washington Huskies

The Washington Huskies are favorites

by 3.5 points though at home and have a long home winning streak. Also UCLA won their last out between both teams in 2022  40-32. 

UCLA has a 4-5 record while Huskies

are 5-5. The game is Friday night at

6pm on ESPN+. I don't like game on

that channel since have to pay extra.

I suppose could get the channel and cancel shortly after. The Bruins have

an overall of 42-32-2 over the Huskies.

They have played each other  since 

1932.

UCLA beat Iowa last week 20-17. Ethan

Garbers is UCLA'S quarterback was

redshirted a year at Washington before

transferring to the Bruins. Garbers has a completion rate 64.8 percent this year.

He has thrown 22 touchdowns while

having 11 interceptions. The key is for

the Huskies to get at least one interception that can make a difference

in the game.

The Bruins ran last week 211 yards 

against Iowa. This was the Huskies

trouble last week against Penn State

so be important the Huskies defense

turns things around.  TJ Harden that 

the most carries having 20 for 125.

Iowa's Kaleb Johnson had only 49

against the Bruins so it will be 

important that Jonah Coleman

rebounds from what he  did against

Penn State.

Will Rogers is expected to be the

starting qb against the Bruins. A

lot of Huskies fans want to go

with freshman Demond Williams 

Jr.. If the Huskies get off to slow

start we may see Williams soon. 

The freshman is the future so

unless Rogers does a good job

giving Williams the helm makes 

sense.  

The defense will have to do 

better than they did last week.

They often make adjustments

at halftime however against 

Penn State was too late.

Winning this for the Huskies is a

must if they want to make a bowl

game. Go Dawgs! 

Cougars Beat Idaho

The WSU  Cougars  men's basketball  team beat

the Idaho Vandals  Monday Night  90-67.

Coach Riley thought  the Cougars got off a slow

slow start. Second half the Cougars went on

a run where LeJuan Watts scored the teams ten 

points straight. LeJuan scored 16 for the game

and had career high 14 rebounds. 

Former Washington  Huskies  Nate Caimese

led the Cougars with 18 points. He has scored

in double  figures  all three wins.

The Cougars combinated the boards with 

46-30 in rebounds.  

The Cougars play at Iowa next on Friday. 

The Hawkeyes  are 2-0  however play 

South Dakota on Tuesday. This will be

match playing a Big Ten  apponent.

The Cougars play this season in the WCC

so they will face Gonzaga twice. It will

be interesting how they do after a good

season  last year in the Pac-12.  Go Cougs!

Gonzaga Wins Again

Yes the Gonzaga Bulldogs beat

Arizona State 88-80 Sunday 

afternoon. ASU were down by four 

at 42.6 secs remaining  in the game. 

A turnover gave the Bulldogs the

win pretty much. 

The Sun Devils had the lead several

times in the second half however

could hold down the home team.

Had this been a home game by

the Sun Devils it might have been

a Zags loss.  Important thing is

getting it done when time is come

to a close.

The Zags had three players score in

double figures. Braden Huff came

off the bench to score 21 points.

Also Michael Ajayi came off the

bench leading them with 12 rebounds

and nine points. This is why it is

important to have a couple bench

players that can regularly get the 

job done.

Arizona State had three players

scoring in double figures too. 

Basheer Jihad led them with 22

points as well as 1O rebounds.

The Sun Devils shot 47.6 percent

from the field while the Zags shot

fifty percent. Both shot poorly

behind the three point line. Both

teams shot well from the free

throw line however Gonzaga

made six more of them.

Gonzaga's next game will be

on Friday night at home against

UMass Lowell. They are 2-0

however Gonzaga best game they play so far. Go Zags!

Cougars Win Again

The Washington State Cougars 

won their eight game of the

season beating Utah State 49-28.

The Cougars did something they

don't normally do in rushing the

bslk so much for 303 yards. 

Quarterback John Mateer threw

four touchdowns for the Cougars

with three going to wide receiver

Kyle Williams. Mateer ran for a

touchdown as well.

Running back Wayshawn Parker 

had a big night for the Cougars 

going for 149 yards. Half the yards

were on one play when he ran for

75 yards and a touchdown at the

beginning of the second half. That

was his second of the game.

The Cougars are 8-1 now and play

next at New Mexico. 

In hockey the Seattle Kraken on

Friday night ended a four game 

losing streak on the road by

beating Vegas Nights 4-3 at home.

The Kraken made a trade with

the Vancouver Canucks reacquiring

Daniel Sprong for future considerations. He is on a one

year deal he signed with the Canucks

after playing last year with Detroit

Red Wings. 

The Kraken are 6-8-1 and in six place

in the Pacific division. They were in

third place before going on that

five game road trip. The Kraken's

next game is Tuesday night at

home against Columbus Blue 

Jackets. Go Kraken!

Huskies Roll Over

Penn State who were favored 

by 13.5 won going away 35-6

over the Washington Huskies.

The Nittany Lions led the

game 28-0 at halftime. The 

second half were played by 

reserves.

The takeaways were easy

by what you can see by the

score. The offense couldn't

do much at after the first

possession of the game where

they missed a field goal. The

defense were unable to stop

Penn State. The Huskies 

continue not to win on the road.

Will Rogers didn't come back

to play the second half.  Rogers

threw thirteen passes while

completing ten for 59 yards

and an interception. Freshman

Desmond Williams Jr. threw

ten balls with six caught. He

led the Huskies in rushing

as well going 38 yards on 

ten carries. Starting running

back Jonah Coleman carried

rlevdn times for 24 yards.

The Huskies had eight different

receivers to make a catch. Giles

Jackson had five catches while

Denzel Boston led in yardage

at 35 on two catches.

The Huskies had two field goals

with one in the third quarter and

the other in the fourth. This was 

a game where the Huskies didn't

win in yardage while losing as

they had before. Nittany Lions

had 486 yards total while Huskies

had 193.

The Huskies play at home next Friday night against UCLA. They have a bye

before ending the regular season

at Oregon on November 30. Making

a bowl game they really need to beat

the Bruins.

The Huskies in men's basketball

team lost at Nevada Saturday

night 63-53. They were in the 

game until late in the game.

The Huskies had only two players

to score in double figures. Tyree

Ihenacho led with 15 points while

Tyler Harris had ten. Great Osobor

led the Huskies in rebounds with

nine however had only three points

compared to 16 in the season

opener.

The Huskies will play Seattle 

Pacific at home on Wednesday.

Go Dawgs!

Cougars Beat Bradley Braves Friday

The Washington State Cougars 

had another nice win Friday 

night at home over Bradley

91-74. 

This is over a team that has a 

good history men's basketball

in the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Cougars only shot 10-31

behind the arc however went to

the foul line 33 times and making

27.  They were only up by three

at halftime however went on a

14-1 to begin the second half.

The Cougars primarily play six

players and all of them again

scored in double figures. They

were led by Cedric Coward and

Natd Calmese with 18 points.

LeJuan Watts led in rebounds

with eleven to go with his 12 

points.

The Cougars next game will be

Monday night at home against

Idaho. The Vandals are 1-1

and lost to UC Davis Thursday

79-76. A team that gave Washington

Huskies fits and almost came out

with a win in Seattle last Tuesday.

So Idaho should give the Cougars

another good test at home. Go Cougs!

Mariners General Manager Speaks At Meeting

This week the general  managers  are 

meeting in Texas. Seattle  Mariners 

general  manager  Justin Hollander 

said the outfield  is  fairly  solid.

Julio Rodriguez  in  center field 

of course. Rady Arozarena who

they acquired at the trading deadline

 in left and Victor Robles in right.

Robles did a fine job when Julio

was injured so he will play there

when needed. Hollander mentioned 

Luke Raley  as the fourth outfielder 

when not playing first base.

The question  is  to improve  the

infield. Primarily  that is second 

and third base. Right now the

Mariners  are solid defensively 

in the infield  however the need

to improve  offensively.  

First base Raley playing against 

righties and have someone to

play against lefties  and when 

he is in the outfield  too. On the

roster right now is Tyler Locklear. 

The Mariners  may sign Justin 

Turner if another team doesn't 

snatch him up though he enjoyed 

his time while coming over at the

deadline.  Dylan Moore could play

some first however his value is

playing multiple  positions.  Another

choice could  be Mitch Haniger if

he is on the team. Most likely  he will

be playing  some dh. We have the

question  about Mitch Garver  as well. 

Will the Mariners  dump either Haniger

or Garver. Most likely  not both. In

Haniger they know they have and

hopefully  be better after a poor season 

in 2024. Garver right now would be the

backup catcher  and play dh at times.

This would depend  on how he hits. 

The Mariners  may explore picking up

another catcher but that isn't  a priority. 

Next time we will look at the bullpen.

The Mariners  need to look at bolstering 

it though we hope George  Santos  will 

be healthy  at the beginning of spring 

trying and Matt Brash will return at some

point though June could be it. All depends

on his recovery  continues this winter

and into Spring Training.  Go M's.  

Preview: Washington Huskies at Penn State

The Washington Huskies play this 

Saturday late afternoon 5 pm Pacific

time at Penn State.

The Huskies face the number six

team in the country. Last week the Huskies beat USC Trojans at home

26-21 while Penn State lost to Ohio

State number two 20-13. The  Nittany

Lions are favored by 13.5 points.

The Huskies are 0-3  on the road.

They are tied for eighth place in the 

Big Ten.

The Huskies and the Nittany Lions

have played only four times and

three were in bowl games. Penn 

State won last time in the 2017

Fiesta Bowl 35-28.

Penn State average 187.5 yards

a game on the ground. I am sure

they will open up against the UW

in that manner. They are 24th ranked

throwing the ball however the Huskies

are one of the top teams on pass defense.

The Nittany Lions quarterback is

Drew Allar who completes just over

seventy percent of his throws and

has 12 touchdown pass and five

interceptions on the season.

Kaytron Allen is the Nittany Lions

starting running back averaging

sixty-seven yards a game at 4.7

yards per carry. He has four TDs

on the season.

Tyler Warren is Penn State's leading 

receiver with 51 catches and four 

touchdowns.

Penn State is averaging 30.5 points a game and giving up 15. This game 

could come close to their average.

Even in their four losses the Huskies

have better stats against their opponents. It will be important for

the Huskies to do better in the red

zone if they want to have any chance

to win. The defense causing a turnover

or two would help as well. Go Dawgs!

Huskies Win Season Opener

The Huskies did what the other

Big Ten schools have done who

played winning the season open.

The same goes for the Ciugs and 

Zags.

The Huskies got off to a good start

early though they let UC Davis stay

in the game. Under Mike Hopkins

the Huskies often started off slow.

The Huskies did let Davis stick

around though. Final Washington 79

UC

The game would have been farther

apart had they shot better from the

foul line. Huskies shot at 55% shots

made. It was right at 50% until late

in the game. Both teams made the

same amount of free throws however

the Huskies took 12 more shots.

Had the Huskies made six more it

would have made more comfortable

ending.

The Huskies played mostly seven 

players all going at least twenty 

minutes. Forward Great Osobor 

in his first game as a Husky led

the team with 15 points and 17

rebounds which is amazing stat.

Most likely he will be the team's

best player.

The Huskies had five players score 

in double figures with three starters

and two reserves. Senior DJ Davis

had only two points late in the game. 

We should see much better the rest

of the season. The Huskies rotation

should be seven though two others

will see OK minutes around fifteen.

This would depend on the opponent

and foul trouble. 

Louis Kortright played fifteen minutes

as the eighth player and Tyler Harris

played well late in the game going

12 minutes and having nine points. 

Both could play additional minutes

going  forward. Kortright had been

hurt during camp so he performs 

well as does Harris more minutes. 

The Huskies will need play better

against Nevada on Saturday 

who beat Sam Houston 91-75

in season opener. Go Dawgs!

Mitch Haniger and More

Mitch Haniger accepted his $17

million player option on Monday.

Matt Brash, fellow pitchers Jackson

Kowar and Blas Castono along

with Sam Haggerty were activated

to the 40- man roster who filled it

right now. Brash likely won't be ready 

until next  June likely. Kowar out 

most of last year to and Castano 

pitched in both double A and triple

A for the Mariners. Haggerty was 

hurt while playing for Tacoma. He

is eligible for arbitration so the

Mariners could leave him or put

him on waivers like they did for

Luis Urias.

The Mariners will have to reduce 

the roster if they make a trade that

involves acquiring more than one

player or they sign a free agent or 

pick up off waivers. Also if they have to 

add someone they don't want to lose

to rule five draft in December.

The Mariners have 23 pitchers and

17 position players on the roster.

Usually they carry 20 pitchers and

20 position players. Most likely 

the first to be taken off is a pitcher

unless the player they want to add

is a position and they are willing

to drop one.

Right now you have to figure Haniger 

will be on the opening day roster

unless they are willing to cut that

much payroll and still pay him. They

 could trade him however the other

team probably won't want to pay the 

full amount. On the team Mitch will

be the fourth or fifth outfielder and

dh as well.

Mitch Garver is listed on the roster

as the dh however he is right now

the teams backup catcher as he was

the second have of last season. The

Mariners don't have another catcher

so they would have to sign another

one if they want a third catcher. 

Congratulations to Cal Raleigh for

winning the gold glove as a catcher 

along with Dylan Moore as utility

player.  This could make him more

valuable if the Mariners wanted to

trade him which is a possibility.

The Mariners have seven infielders 

and eight outfielders listed. Luke 

Raley is listed as an outfielder though

he played a lot of first base in September 

and is considered right

now as someone playing time next

season as well. Sam Haggerty listed

to though he could play any of the 

infield spots just like Dylan Moore

is listed as an infielder but can play

the outfield too. 

The Mariners didn't accept Jorge

Polanco option so they will have to 

acquire one. Currently Ryan Bliss 

along with Dylan Moore and Leo Rivas

would play second. The Mariners 

acquire a third baseman than Josh

Rojas could play second to.

Rojas does return at third though

the Mariners look to upgrade the

position. Dylan Moore would play

as a platoon player if they don't

upgrade. Right now Raley and 

Tyler Locklear could platoon at

first base unless they bring back

Justin Turner who is a free agent 

and has shown interest. JP Crawford

is the shortstop with Dylan Moore

and Rivas could see action too.

Ryan Arozarena, Julio Rodriguez 

and Victor Robles be the starting

rotation with Haniger and Raley

playing on occasion right now.

Dominic Canzone and Cade Marlowe

be the guys after them.

We will see what the Mariners 

do over the weeks ahead. The

pitching any changes will likely

happen in the bullpen unless a

surprise happens. Go M's!

WSU and Gonzaga Both Win

One thing both the Cougars and

the Zags have in common is an

that will score a lot of points.

It will be interesting when they

play each other in the West Coast

Conference. 

The Cougars beat Portland State

100-92. The Cougars got off to a

slow start being down by 17 points.

They went on a 25-7 run to take over.

The Cougars had a eight point lead 

at half time which was the difference.

The  Cougars had all five starters 

score in double figures plus Isaiah

Watts coming off the bench with 20 points. I thought Watts would start

however having a player who can

score off the bench is good. He did

play 27 minutes so it is like another

starter. Rihards Vavers was the only 

other guy getting playing time off

the bench going 16 minutes however 

only scored one point. Vavers is

coming back from injury so his time will likely increase.  The Cougars look to go with a seven player rotation.

Cedric Coward led the Cougars with

23 points and 12 rebounds. Former

Washington Husky Nate Calmese in

his Cougar debut was third in scoring

with 17 and led with five assists.

On Friday the Cougars play Bradley.

This should be a bigger test and they

will have to get off on better start.

Gonzaga played Baylor in their

season debut. Although they played

in Spokane it wasn't on their home

court. It didn't matter as they played

well and had their faithful student

section at the game

The Zags started on a 8-1 run then

Baylor did a run of their own going

8-0 to take a temporary lead. After 

that they blew out Baylor. Expected 

a closer game as Baylor was ranked eight while Zags six.  The final was

Gonzaga 101 Baylor 63.

The Zags led Baylor by 19 at halftime

and outscored them again by 19 in

the second half. The Zags are not going to let up it looks like. The big

difference the Gonzaga scored thirty

more points behind the three point

line. They made 41.9 percent behind

line while Baylor shot 14.3 percent.

The Zags had easy shots as well

as they shot 57.1 percent from the 

field. They dominated the defensive 

boards with 29 compared to 18 by

Baylor.

Gonzaga went with an eight man

rotation most of the way with three

starters in double figures and two 

off the bench. Nolan Hickman led

the Zags with 17 points. Braden Huff

who is instant offense when he usually

comes off the bench had 14 points

in 16 minutes.

Gonzaga's next outing will be at home

against Arizona State on Sunday. ASU

play their first game Tuesday night

at home against Idaho State. They

play Santa Clara Friday before facing

the Zags. See how good they are

heading into Sunday.  Go Zags!

The Washington Huskies have their season opener against UC Davis 

Tuesday night. We see whether 

they will win as well. It would be

nice to see all three teams have a

good season. 

Preview Utah State at Washington State

The Cougars are at home against

Utah State Aggies this coming 

Saturday. Both teams had a bye. 

The Aggies are struggling having 

a 2-6 record on the season winning 

the opener and beating Wyoming on 

the road thevSaturday before last 

27-25. Wyoming has struggled with 

a 1-7 record.

On offense the Aggies are averaging

158.1 yards on the ground while

300.88 in the air per game. On defense 

they are close giving up 244 yards 

rushing while 255 passing. 

The Cougars who will be a big favorite

in this game average 158 yards on the

ground while 280 yards in the air. 

Facing the Aggies we can see the

Cougars mixing up the run and passing 

game. Most likely the Cougars will

score early on a long pass to get

things going. 

If the Aggies have the  ball first we 

could see them running the ball

to keep the clock moving. A good

strategy especially on the road. 

Turnovers should make a big diffence

especially if the Aggies have trouble

holding on. The  Cougars defense

will try to force the Aggies to get

in position to turn the ball over.

The Cougars are a 19.5 underdog

to the Cougars. WSU should go to

8-1 record. Go Cougs!

Monday night  the Cougars men's 

basketball  team begins their non 

league schedule at home against 

Portland State followed by Bradley 

on Friday.

The Washington  Huskies men's 

team begin at home against UC

Davis on Tuesday.  Like the Cougars 

they have a new head coach and

a group of new players as well.

 Gonzaga's men's  begin Monday

as well. The number 6 Bulldogs 

don't  start lightly  take on number

8 Baylor. It should be a fantastic 

game. 

Let you know how all three teams

first outings go. Stay tuned all

season long.

Seahawks Lose In Overtime

The Seahawks lost Sunday afternoon

with the offense making too many 

mistakes. Final Rams 26 Seahawks 20

Geno Smith threw for over 300 yards

and had three touchdowns including

late in the fourth quarter to send it into

overtime. The Seahawks have gone 1-5  since winning their first three games.

Four losses at home. 

The game was ugly with Geno Smith

having three interceptions. At times

he and the offense didn't do well

though they had more yardage then

the Rams. The Seahawks defense was 

good for the most part especially 

against the run where they have had

some trouble. They couldn't make

up for the trouble the offense had 

on the day. 

Kyren Williams led the Rams in

rushing with 22 carries for 69 yards.

The Seahawks were ready for the 

Rams running game. They did have

trouble stopping the passing game 

at times. Cooper Kupp had 11 catches

for 104 yards however he couldn't get

into the end zone. The Rams did have

two touchdowns in the air.  The third

touchdown was 104 yards off a Geno 

interception in the 4th quarter.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had his best game as a Seahawk catching seven for 180

yards and two touchdowns. The first

touchdown was with five seconds left

in the first half and the second was 

under a minute remaining in the

game to allow a chance  the Seahawks

could have in winning the game.

He did have a catch that was fumbled

as well. Thst was his only mistake

really in the game. He might had done

even better if penalties hadn't occurred

either. 

The Seahawks have a bye next week

is probably a good thing with the

record they have. The Seahawks 

next game will be on November 17

on the road against the 49ers. We

hope they can recover since they do

have a chance still to win the

division.  

The Arizona Cardinals beat the

Chicago Bears Sunday 29-9 at

home to be 5-4 and first place.

Rams and the 49ers are both 4-4

so tied for second and the Seahawks

4-5. The 49ers had a bye this week

and take on Tampa Bay next Sunday

on the road. The division is on a

bottleneck so anyone can still win.

Go Hawks. 

Huskies Beat USC

The game Saturday night the Huskies 

dominated the first half leading 20-7. 

The Huskies had two touchdowns 

and two field goals.

The Trojans had two touchdowns

dominating the Huskies on the ground

and had one of the touchdowns 

made on fourth and nine. Not a good stand.

The Huskies scored the only TD in

the 4th quarter and the defense made

adjustment. They were able to stop

USC on goal line stands twice. The 

second was on fourth and four with 

33 seconds left.

This extends the Huskies winning

streak to 19 games at home.  We hope this goes to the next game too. Next weeks game will be a rough one taking on number three ranked Penn State on 

the road though the lost to Ohio

State 20-13. I don't think there are

any easy games to play in the Big

Ten.

We will have a preview this next week.

Go Dawgs!

Washington State Cougars 2025 Football Schedule

The Washington  State  Cougars  who have 

this weekend  off before playing  Utah State

next Saturday  have already announced their 

schedule  for next season. 

The Cougars  are currently  7-1 and look

to go to a pretty  good  bowl  game this 

year.

The Cougars will only play two games

against Mount West schools next year. 

They will face San Diego State  in game

two and Colorado  State in game five

on September  27. These two teams

will join the new Pac-12  in 2026. 

The Cougars will begin on August 30

facing Idaho at home. They have played

each other in non conference games 

often. It would be interesting  if they

could add Idaho to the new Pac-12 

where they would make enough teams.

They haven't  been mentioned  before.

The Cougars and Vandals are a natural 

rivals as they are close to each other.

Speaking of rivals the Cougars will play

Washington  Huskies on September  20

at Pullman in the Apple Cup. Before that

the Cougars travel to North Texas State

in game three.

The game against Colorado State will

be on the  road. They have a bye week

after that. They have two road games

after the bye to begin October against

Ole Miss and Virginia.  Those will be 

two tough games. They come home

to play Toledo. 

The Cougars  begin November on the

1st playing at Orego State Beavers. 

In an oddity the play the Beavers twice.

They have another bye on November 8.

The next week  they are home against 

Louisiana State then on the road at

James Madison. They finish the season 

at home against Oregon State. 

This will be interesting  to  see  how good

of a season  after this one. Go Cougs!

 

Mariners Make A Couple Moves Friday

On Friday now with the World Series over the Mariners have made a couple

moves that were dxpected. We could see more over the next week.

Jorge Polanco who didn't have the

season as expected after being

acquired shortly before spring

training the Mariners didn't accept

the teams option. He will be a

free agent. Though the Mariners 

likely won't resign him they still

could actually. His option was 

for $12 million. There is a good

chance he will not receive that

much on a new contract. Jorge

may have to decide on a one year

contract though another team

could go on a two year deal.

Signing a deal there will be

incentives build in I would expect.

The Mariners put Luis Urias on 

waivers as he was not tendered 

since he do for arbitration. This 

puts 36 player on the 40 man 

roster.  Sam Haggerty who is on

60 day injured list is eligible for

arbitration too. The Mariners 

will likely non tender him too. 

The Mariners currently have 20 

pitchers on the 40 man roster

with Matt Brash and Jackson

Kowar on the 60 day injured list.

Both will stay on likely until at

least spring training. Kowar 

the Mariners could release

depending on how his future

looks in Seattle and whether

the Mariners need a spot.

Right now it looks like three

of the four infield positions

are open although the Mariners

could look to foot all of them.

JP Crawford had a poor season

in 2024 and whether the Mariners

are willing to see if he has a

comeback in 2025. He is good in

the clubhouse it seems.  The

team has shortstops in the minors

however non seems to be ready 

yet and Crawford is still under

contract.

The Mariners have Luke Raley

who did an OK job late in the

season at first base. Also Tyler

Locklear who played most of the

season at Tacoma though began in

double A is on the 40 man roster.

Locklear did have 45 at bats for

the Mariners however hit on .156

and had two home runs. Though 

not good he could be ready in

2025. Justin Turner who the M's

acquired at the trading deadline 

had a good time on the team.

He is a free agent and if the Mariners are interested he could be back next season. He was valuable batting

.264 and had five home runs in 48 

games. Turner certainly enjoyed

his time in Seattle. Reliever Yimi

Garcia who is a free agent as well.

The only two to are free agents. 

With Polanco and Urias gone the

Mariners have Ryan Bliss and Leo

Rivas on the roster to play second

base although they can play short

as well. Both showed some flashes.

The Mariners may go out and acquire

a second baseman with through trade

or free agency. The only prospect

that might be ready is Cole Young.

He would be a favorite to take the spot.

Josh Rojas who began the season

platooning with Urias at third base

may have been the Mariners best

hitter into May however slumped

after that. Rojas ended up only

hitting .225 though his defense

was excellent and better than expected.

The likihood the Mariners won't

acquire a first, second and third

baseman for next season. The

chance they will acquire a second 

and third baseman. I would look

first getting a  third baseman then a second baseman. Most likely Rojas

and Dylan Moore will be the backup

infielders depending on how the

upgrading goes. 

The Mariners due sign Turner he

will be playing  some first and

dh. The Mariners acquire a first

baseman which could be some on 

the market we could see Turner 

and Raley being the primary dh. 

Raley as the 4th outfielder too.

Of course at times Moore could

play the outfield well as the infield.

All this comes down to what Dipoto, 

general manager Hollander and

manager Dan Wilson would like to

see. 

Right here keep up to what the

Mariners will do during the off

season. Go M's.