Washington State Cougars Football Day 5

Tuesday is day five for the Cougars as they 

prepare to take on state rival Washington Huskies 

on September 6.   The game doesn't have the

same meaning as it used to be as the Huskies are now in the Big Ten and the Cougars begin play in

now the new Pac-12. 

 The Cougars are hoping eventually the new

Pac-12 will match up the old one but it could

take some time especially with the transfer

portal.  

The Cougars have a new coach in Kirby Moore.

A native of Washington you would hope he

sticks around for a while. This will be his first

year as a head coach.  If he has success over

the next three or four years another school or

the NFL could call.  

At this time the Cougars are ranked third in

the Pac-12 on the offense side. A lot of that

has to do with some returnees and the fact

that Moore was an offensive coordinator too.

The offense has 7 of 11 return players for 

supposed tgeir first unit. The second team

shows the same at the moment. The Cougars

haven't named their starting quarterback 

although transfer  Caden Pinnick is expected 

to be the one. Right now they are ranked number

three offense in the conference.

The defense  had a good day on Monday so

that is good sign. For the Cougars to have

success the defense has to be good too.

The defense is opposite of the offense where

most of the players have transferred in

so probably take time to play together.

The Cougars have history of throwing the

ball on offense. At times they score early 

and then the defense blows it. We hope this

does change. Go Cougs!