WSU Upset Arizona and Mariners Add Outfielder

The Washington  State  Cougars  beat 

Arizona 74-61 on the road. It was the 

biggest win for the Cougars  since 1983.

They beat UCLA  at home back then.

The Cougars are playing very good  ball

now though they lost to Arizona  State 

on Thursday. Arizona was ranked #5 in 

the country  so the biggest seed since

UCLA  they have beaten. Also, this ended

a 28 game winning streak at home for

Arizona. 

The Cougars had four players  score in

double figures led by Mouhamed Gueye

with 24 points. Also  he had 14 rebounds.

He averages 14 points and 8.8 rebounds 

a game as a sophomore.

The Cougars will be home on Wednesday 

to take on the California  Golden Bears.

California  isn't  good team having a

2-3 record in conference while 3-13 overall

on the season.

The Seattle  Mariners  are reported  to  be 

signing veteran outfielder  AJ Pollock to a 

one year contract.  Last season Pollock 

played for the Chicago White Sox where

he averaged .245 and had 14 home runs.

Pollock is expected to platoon  with Jarred

Kelenic in left field going against left handed

pitching. Can see him be at dh at times as well. 

The Mariners  don't  have  a  dh at this time.

The spot will be taken up by several  different 

players. 

The Mariners  will likely  sign or trade for an

infielder who can spell Ty France at first base

and Eugenio  Suarez at third. This player could 

dh as well.  This means at this time Dylan Moore 

will likely  platoon at second  base and give JP 

Crawford a day off on occasion at shortstop.

Spring  training is  a out six weeks  away. Go M's.

Will Seahawks Win.Sunday?

The Seattle Seahawks should

win on Sunday against the Rams but will they?

Even if they do the Lions have

to win Sunday Night. How far

will the Seahawks go in the

playoffs or will the their number

one pick be more available if

they don't. I am not saying the

pick from Denver for Russell

Wilson but their own.

No one expected the Seahawks

to be in the playoffs so whether

they do or not we should be

happy as fans.

Enjoy the game no matter the

results. The same goes for

the first round of the playoffs

if they do get in. Go Hawks!

Washington Huskies Narrow Loss

The Washington  Huskies  men's basketball 

team may have had one of their best games 

of the season  though they lost.

In the first half the Huskies actually  led

by eight points. In the end they lost 70-67

to the Arizona Wildcats. It was a better

game than I expected. 

Though the Huskies lost who knows this 

could turn around  their season. The Huskies 

play the Arizona State  Sun Devils on Sunday

who beat WSU  Cougars in a similar fashion

on Thursday  night to. The Cougars lost 

71-66. The main difference the Cougars 

were  down at halftime but scored the

exact same points as Sun Devils in the

second half.

The Huskies were led  by Keion Brooks Jr 

and Cole Bajema each with 16 points.

They have  been  the Huskies top two scorers

all season  long. Noah Williams who recently 

came back from injury missing most of the

non-league schedule had 12 points. This was

his first time back starting.

The Huskies  pretty much went with a seven

man rotation.  Jamal Bey and PJ Fuller who

have started most of the season came off

the bench. Sounds like a good idea. Hope

the lineup  the same on Sunday.  Go Dawgs!

The Washington State Cougars Transfer Portal

These  days the transfer portal is reality. 

It hasn't  been  kind to the Cougars football 

team. 

I wonder if the reflection is on the coaching 

staff or the future of the Pac-12. At this  point 

USC  and UCLA are leaving the conference for 

the Big Ten. Next question  will Washington 

and Oregon leave as well. 

Since December 2, 2022 16 Cougar football 

players have gone into the transfer while 2

have transferred  in so far.

I am sure some players  want to go to a

bigger program while others has to to do

with playing  time or lack of it.

The Washington  Huskies  on the other hand 

have 9 players going through  the transfer 

portal. They are all with little playing time

or in one case was suspended this last

season. The Huskies right now  have  8

players transfer in so far. I  expect most of

these players will  have  more playing time

than the ones who transferred out.

We will  see how it continues down the road 

before next season  begins. Hopefully the

Cougars will still be able to  compete. 

Putting Sports In Perspective

I am sure you are a sports fan you

heard about Damar Hamlin  cardiac 

arrest in the first quarter of Monday 

Night  Football  between  the Buffalo 

Bills  and  the Cincinnati  Bengals.

The game was postponed  and  not 

sure when it will  resume. Hamlin's

health  is more important. 

Hamlin was taken to  a Cincinnati 

Hospital  where he could be taken 

care of. Hamlin was given CPR 

before taken to hospital. The crowd 

was silent and his teammates and

players of the Bengals to neat down

to pray.  There were tears and hugs 

among the players and coaches.

For the night sports didn't  matter 

any longer the life of this young man

was on everyone's mind. Sports will

resume but no one will be the same

again. We wish Damar Hamlin a speedy 

recovery. Be with his mother who was

there watching him play and his whole

family and the Buffalo  Bills  too.

❤️❤️❤️

Gonzaga and WSU Both Win

The Gonzaga  Bulldogs  men's basketball  team  

beat Pepperdine  on Saturday  111-88.

Drew Timme  is having  quite the  season. He

had 35 points to lead the  Bulldogs  while five

other of his teammates  scored in double figures

too. Timme  had 10 rebounds as well.  

Gonzaga will  play at San Francisco  this Thursday 

followed by Santa Clara on Saturday.  Let you know

how they do.

The Cougars beat USC at home on Sunday after

losing a one point game Thursday against UCLA. 

Cougars 81 USC 71

It was important  win since it was the first win

Pac-12 losing their first  three games. Now they 

go on the road  to play Arizona State on Thursday 

and Arizona on Sunday. Both games will be tough

though beating ASU on Thursday will be important. 

The Cougars were led by DJ Rodman and Jabe Mullins 

with 16 points each. Rodman has been  a starter all

year long while Mullins  has  been coming off the bench

after returning  from  injury.  Expect Mullins to be back

in the starting  lineup  at some point. 

The reason  the Cougars  won was they made 14 three point

shots to the Trojans  3. We wish the Cougars  the best this week.

Seattle. End Losing Streak

The Seattle Seahawks ended 

their three game losing streak

beating the New York Jets

23-6.

The Seahawks end the season

next Sunday. They play the

LA Rams at home. The Seahawks will make playoffs

if they beat the Rams and

the Green Bay Packers are

beaten or tied by the Detroit 

Lions.

The Seahawks won the game 

by 17 points and the Jets 

kicked two field goals in the

first half. The Seahawks scored

leading off the game with s

touchdown after running back 

Ken Walker ran 60 yards on

the first play of the game.

In all Walker had 133 yards

rushing. So almost half the

yards on one play. The Jets

scoring six points was the

Seahawks playing good defense or Jets have an inept

offense. I would say the Jets

had an inept offense though

the Seahawks defense played

OK. 

Geno Smith threw  the ball 29

times a little under half the 

time which is the kind of game

the Seahawks like to play.

Tyler Lockett did play in the

game though only had two

catches. Geno Smith threw

two touchdown passes both

to tight ends. Colby Parkinson 

caught one and Tyler Mabry

in for injured Will Dissly now

out for the season caught

the other his first career TD.

Now we hang on to see whether the Seahawks make

the playoffs or not. 

In basketball the Washington Huskies lost to the UCLA

Bruins Sunday afternoon 

74-49. The Bruins had four

players scoring in double

figures. They had all but

ten of UCLA's points.

The Huskies had only one

player in double figures in

center Braxton Meah with

20 points. Mesh has done better than expected this year.

Keion Brooks Jr the Huskies

leading scorer had only six points on the night. A major 

reason the Bruins won the 

game by a large margin.

Brooks is a transfer the Huskies got from Kentucky. 

Brooks is looking to go to

the NBA. Whether he does 

after this season or play 

another year we will have to

see. Other teams in Pac-12

will look to stop him every

game. Stopping Brooks will

make it hard for the Huskies

to win. The Huskies go

to Arizona this coming Thursday and Arizona State

next Sunday afternoon. The.

Huskies will need to find a

way to win at least one of those games or this won't be a kind 

season for them.