'Ballad of the Palouse" and WSU Cougars men's basketball
COACH KYLE SMITH of WSU men’s basketball ….
“That’s kinda what Pullman’s about, anyway,” Smith said of the town of roughly 30,000. “You can hear it in our Ballad of the Palouse we’re singing. It’s already kinda built into the DNA.”
…. said after WSU upset Arizona 77-74 in Tucson on Feb. 22, 2024.
Thanks to Jim Crawford of WSU Athletic Communications, here are the ballad lyrics:
“Been around the wheat fields twice
“Winter on the Palouse cold as ice
“Learned a lot of lessons in PEB 142, like closing out and yelling loose!
Never missed a line on my conditioning time. Ain’t nothing I can’t do. I’m on my hustle stat!
“People like to call us nerds and that’s ok by me. Cause coach always says pull that 3!
“Anything in life worth doing is worth over doing. Moderation is for huskies and bruins and …. opponent
When the game gets tough. No one will ever forget...
“We're from Pullman, freakin Pullman, freakin Pullman, we don't care.
“I would rather be from Pullman than a chump from anywhere. Go Cougs!”
… And, thanks to Jim Crawford, too, here are audio links so you can hear the ballad.
Here is a piece from 2020 of the ballad:
https://x.com/wsucougarsmbb/status/1326226736476925952?s=46&t=txywlbC2PDGL8wzw1V4RVA
And, the ballad is at the end of the video from the locker room celebration after the Arizona game on the WSU team’s Instagram account.
https://www.instagram.com/wsucougarmbb/reel/C3rlU-Yupai/
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COACH KYLE SMITH of WSU men’s basketball ….
“That’s kinda what Pullman’s about, anyway,” Smith said of the town of roughly 30,000. “You can hear it in our Ballad of the Palouse we’re singing. It’s already kinda built into the DNA.”
…. said after WSU upset Arizona 77-74 in Tucson on Feb. 22, 2024.
Thanks to Jim Crawford of WSU Athletic Communications, here are the ballad lyrics:
“Been around the wheat fields twice
“Winter on the Palouse cold as ice
“Learned a lot of lessons in PEB 142, like closing out and yelling loose!
Never missed a line on my conditioning time. Ain’t nothing I can’t do. I’m on my hustle stat!
“People like to call us nerds and that’s ok by me. Cause coach always says pull that 3!
“Anything in life worth doing is worth over doing. Moderation is for huskies and bruins and …. opponent
When the game gets tough. No one will ever forget...
“We're from Pullman, freakin Pullman, freakin Pullman, we don't care.
“I would rather be from Pullman than a chump from anywhere. Go Cougs!”
… And, thanks to Jim Crawford, too, here are audio links so you can hear the ballad.
Here is a piece from 2020 of the ballad:
https://x.com/wsucougarsmbb/status/1326226736476925952?s=46&t=txywlbC2PDGL8wzw1V4RVA
And, the ballad is at the end of the video from the locker room celebration after the Arizona game on the WSU team’s Instagram account.
https://www.instagram.com/wsucougarmbb/reel/C3rlU-Yupai/
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