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Women’s
Basketball: WSU squanders lead but nips Huskers in double OT
Cougars
come up with a series of clutch plays to down Nebraska 87-84
By
Colton Clark, Lewiston Tribune Nov 17, 2018
PULLMAN - It probably
shouldn't have come down to this. The Washington State women's basketball team
held a 13-point edge at one later point, and outwardly, every drop of momentum.
That is, until the final
frame's minutes began to wane - the less time the Cougars had to preserve their
lead, the closer Nebraska got.
But hey, it made for an
entertaining and unforgettable conclusion for WSU on Friday night in Beasley
Coliseum.
A Wazzu lapse and a
last-ditch (and successful) Cornhusker flurry down regulation's stretch didn't
only induce two extra periods, but incidentally fashioned an extraordinary end
in the Cougs' double-overtime thriller of a win, 87-84, their first under coach
Kamie Ethridge.
"(I'm) better
now," said a relieved Ethridge. "I never really feel great about a
lead against a quality opponent we made some mistakes on the offensive end and
they capitalized in transition on our defense and got some quick 3s."
Three WSU (1-2) players, in
particular, buckled down and used some OT improvisation to stay in it, then
eventually outdid Nebraska (1-2), an NCAA tournament team a year ago.
Down two with about 15
ticks left in the first OT, the Cougars' inbound was tipped, and the ball
ricocheted counterproductively. However, preseason All-Pac-12 forward Borislava
Hristova - in the thick of two Huskers - scurried backward, hit the hardwood,
snared it, then pitched it to Chanelle Molina.
"I love the fact that
Bobby (Hristova) dove on the floor and got a chance at the ball," Ethridge
said, "and obviously Nelle (Molina) creating and making that play to get
us to overtime or second overtime. I'm not sure which is which."
No problem, coach.
Ostensibly momentous plays were scattered about this one, and this was no
exception.
Molina sailed down the lane
and flipped it to center Maria Kostourkova, who finger-rolled one in with just
under two seconds on the clock.
"I just love the fact
that it broke, and so much of basketball does break," Ethridge said on the
ad-libbed play. "Your kids need to play through that chaos and learn to
react to something and be a basketball player out on the court, and not be a
robot."
The second extra frame was
combative, to say the least - there was hardly an upper hand. But with 24
seconds left and the bout again tied, Hristova drove the baseline, pulled up in
traffic, and hit the go-ahead, which was good enough to ice it after Nebraska's
standout on the night, Sam Haiby (20 points), was stuffed in the lane and
Hannah Whitish missed the equalizer at the buzzer, sending the Cougs and the
535 in attendance into a frenzy.
Hristova logged 31 points
on 57 percent, and she wasn't the lone luminary.
"We played with such
passion," Hristova said. "If we do that every game, we'll have a
bright future."
Molina, who chipped in 26
points, concurred.
"The game wasn't
perfect, obviously we had some slip-ups," she said. "But like
(Hristova) said, we played with passion, and if you play with that kind of
energy, good things will happen. Each and every one of us brought it to the
table."
Kostourkova might've been
the difference maker - she scored 13, but snagged an astounding 19 rebounds, a
career-best and third-highest WSU number that Ethridge loved because
"(Kostourkova) can help us with things that people don't really see."
"For her to do the
obvious and get 19 rebounds that everybody notices, that sheds light on not
just her as a rebounder - which is amazing; we wouldn't have won without that
presence - but she's way more than a rebounder," Ethridge noted.
Kostourkova, whose
compadres tabbed as the "key to the game," kept WSU alive in pivotal
instances down the stretch.
Yet throughout the tilt's
bulk, it appeared WSU wouldn't need that late-game clutch. The Cougs played
well-rounded, distribution-heavy and sharpshooting ball, which led to an 8-0
run and a 10-point lead to close the first half.
When Hristova caught fire
in the second, the offense was focused on her. When Molina was on one, she'd
get looks, and when neither could produce much, in stepped WSU's all-time
leading 3-point shooter, Alexys Swedlund, to can three in five possessions.
"That's the good thing
about the system we're running," Molina said. "Everyone's going to
play to their strengths and it's kind of a free-flowing offense; it allows you
to be a basketball player and make basketball plays."
Wazzu was shooting over 50
percent through three quarters, but that figure tumbled as the Cornhuskers took
advantage of "sloppy" play, as Hristova called it. Nebraska went on a
15-3 run, beginning early in the fourth, to knot it and send it to OT.
"This is a process
we're building," Kostourkova said. "We've been working since the
coaches got here and it'll get better every game, just because it's all new to
us and we're not perfect in it."
NEBRASKA (1-2)
Simon 6-12 2-2 15, Cain 5-9
0-0 10, Eliely 2-5 3-3 8, Kissinger 2-5 2-2 7, Whitish 3-10 2-2 11, Brown 1-3
0-0 2, Mershon 0-3 2-4 2, Veerbeek 4-8 1-3 9, Haiby 8-15 3-3 20, Hudson 0-2 0-0
0, Mitchell 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 31-73 15-19 84.
WASHINGTON ST. (1-2)
Hristova 12-21 6-8 31, Levy
0-1 0-0 0, Kostourkova 4-11 5-6 13, Molina 10-18 1-2 26, Swedlund 4-9 1-2 12,
Motuga 0-2 2-4 2, Subasic 1-1 0-0 2, Molina 0-5 1-2 1, Totals 31-68 16-24 87.
Nebraska 18 11 20 21 8 6-84
Washington St. 19 20 21 10
8 9-87
3-Point Goals-Nebraska 7-17
(Simon 1-3, Eliely 1-3, Kissinger 1-1, Whitish 3-6, Brown 0-1, Mershon 0-1,
Haiby 1-2), Washington St. 9-22 (Hristova 1-5, Molina 5-8, Swedlund 3-5, Motuga
0-1, Molina 0-3). Assists-Nebraska 14 (Whitish 4), Washington St. 13
(Kostourkova 3). Fouled Out-Nebraska Cain, Rebounds-Nebraska 44 (Cain 10),
Washington St. 40 (Kostourkova 19). Total Fouls-Nebraska 23, Washington St. 17.
Technical Fouls-None.A-535.
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WASHINGTON STATE (1-2) vs
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OPENING FIVE
> Washington State
picked up its first win of the season with an 87-84 (2ot) win over Nebraska
Friday at Beasley Coliseum.
> Sunday's matchup with
UC Davis marks the third-straight season the two sides have met. All-time the
series is even at 2-2 with both teams holding serve on their home court.
> Borislava Hristova, a
Cheryl Miller Watch List nominee, sits
third in the Pac-12 in scoring at 23.7 ppg after posting a 31-point effort
against the Huskers.
> Maria Kostourkova is
second in the Pac-12 in rebounding at 13.3 rpg after posting a career-best 19
rebounds against Nebraska. The 19 rebounds tied for the third most in program
history.
> Coming into the season
the Cougars return their top three scorers in Borislava Hristova, Alexys
Swedlund, and Chanelle Molina. All three are averaging double-figures early in
the year. Along with Maria Kostourkova, the veterans scored 82 of the 87 points
against Nebraska Friday.
GAME INFORMATION - VS UC
DAVIS
Washington State hosts the
Aggies Sunday to close out their season-opening homestand having played the
first four of the year at Beasley Coliseum. The game against UC Davis marks the
fifth game all-time between the two sides and the third-straight year the teams
will face off. The series is evenly split at 2-2 with both teams going 2-0 on
their home court. Last season, the Aggies could not miss from deep hitting a
program-record 17 three-pointers, opening the 2017-18 season with a 91-76 win
over the Cougars in Davis. The year prior, the Cougars took down the Aggies,
71-62, at Beasley in the third-round of the WNIT tournament.
LAST TIME OUT
For the first time in the
Kamie Ethridge era WSU handed its new head coach a victory as the Cougars
persevered through two overtimes to down Nebraska, 87-84, at home at Beasley
Coliseum. The win came from the old guard at WSU as the Cougar vets dominated
the night scoring 82 of the 87 points, including 31 from star forward Borislava
Hristova, to hold off a game Husker squad that pushed WSU to the brink late.
Maria Kostourkova dominated the paint scoring 13 points, grabbing 19 rebounds,
and blocking five shots. Kostourkova scored the game-tying jumper with :01 to
play in overtime while Hristova scored six points in the second overtime to win
it for WSU.
KOSTOURKOVA TO PLAY IN HER
100TH GAME
Having played in every game
possible throughout her career, senior Maria Kostourkova is on the verge of
playing in her 100th career game. The big center will hit the century mark
Sunday, Nov. 18 at home against UC Davis. Moving past 100, Kostourkova is well
on her way to reaching the Cougars' top-10 which begins at 120 games played. If
she plays in every scheduled game plus at least one Pac-12 tournament game she
will play in 127 career games, tying for fourth most all-time. The program
record is 129 games played, held by Sage Romberg (2010-14)
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Volleyball WSU: Upset
eludes Cougs
Plummer sparkles as
Stanford takes care of business against WSU
By StephanWiebe, Moscow
Pullman Daily News 11/17/2018
PULLMAN - There's never an
off day in Pac-12 Conference volleyball, which features six ranked teams, but
the conference is still Stanford's playground.
All-American outside hitter
Kathryn Plummer propelled the No. 2 Cardinal past No. 18 Washington State in
four sets Friday night at Bohler Gym. The set scores were 25-16, 25-16, 22-25,
25-20.
The loss was only
Washington State's second at home this season, and it came at the hands of the
back-to-back conference champs in front of a home crowd of just over 1,000.
"They're No. 2 for a
reason," Washington State coach Jen Greeny said. "You really have to
play almost a perfect match to be able to beat them. That's why only one school
(No. 1 BYU) has."
Plummer tallied a
match-high 24 kills for the Cardinal (25-1, 17-0 Pac-12)- 10 more than the next
best hitter. Occasionally, one of her rockets bounced off a WSU player before
she could set up a dig.
But after Stanford closed
the first two sets on 10-1 and 6-1 runs, respectively, priming for a sweep, the
Cougars came out in the third set with some newfound fire.
The difference was
blocking.
The Cougars (19-8, 10-7)
went into the third set without a single team block, but a team block by Claire
Martin and Ella Lajos gave WSU the first point of the set. From there, the Cougars
flew out to leads of 4-0, 7-2 and 15-6. The Cougars ended the match with 10
team blocks to 16 for Stanford.
"Before that third one
I think we had zero blocks until that third set - then we got it going,"
said WSU senior Taylor Mims, who led the Cougars with 14 kills. "I think
the blocks just kinda get our team going."
Stanford eventually battled
back to get within two at 22-20, but Washington State closed out the set on a
pair of Lajos kills to force a fourth set.
The Cougars again enjoyed
an early lead in the fourth set and led 10-4 on a Jocelyn Urias and Ashley
Brown block, but again the Cardinal battled back, and this time they closed it
out. Stanford tied the game at 13-13 and the teams went back and forth before
the Cardinal ended on a 6-2 run to take the set and win the match.
"I think it takes our
team a little while to get in a rhythm," Mims said. "Especially
against these guys. They have so many options - so many offensive weapons - so
it's hard to contain one of them, but once we get going, I think we have a good
(team)."
For Stanford, Jenna Gray
tallied 59 of the team's 61 assists and Audrianna Fitzmorris joined Plummer in
double-digit kills with 11.
Mims, Urias (9 kills) and
Lajos (8) powered the Cougars.
"I thought Taylor Mims
did a nice job," Greeny said. "She'd been injured and hadn't really
been in the back row or serving for us. She did a good job of coming in and
doing that as well.
"I thought Jocelyn
Urias did a nice job and then Ella Lajos - those three hitters were probably
the best we had today."
The Cougars will try to
rebound Sunday against Cal at Bohler Gym. Washington State is 8-2 at Bohler
this season and will close out the regular season at home. The Cougars play
host to Oregon State on Wednesday and No. 20 Washington on Saturday for Senior
Night.
"Being at home is
great," Greeny said. We've been on the road it seems like a lot of this
season. So it's nice to finish out the Pac-12 regular season at home for four
matches in a row."
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Women’s Soccer WSU: Cougars
bow out of Big Dance
Nov 17, 2018 Lewiston Trib
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
Washington State women's soccer team opened this year with 10 straight wins,
and was the last unbeaten and untied team in the country at that juncture
before coming back down from the stratosphere.
In the second round of the
NCAA tournament, the Cougars faced one of two unbeatens left, and weren't able
to change that in their 1-0 loss to Georgetown on Friday.
"It's always tough to
end your season, especially when you have a special group of seniors," WSU
coach Todd Shulenberger said of his squad, which wrapped up its year 13-6-1
despite an inspired effort by goalkeeper Rachel Thompson.
Thompson notched the same
number of saves as the Hoyas' keeper (4) but Georgetown outshot WSU 13-5 and
scored on a 10th-minute header by Meaghan Nally.
"I am super lucky to
been able to coach these ladies," Schulenberger said of his squad.
"It's been another great season for Coug soccer.
"I am very proud of
this team to accomplish another NCAA run. The season itself experienced a ton
of highs while fighting through a ton of adversity."
About that adversity: WSU's
starting keeper was lost to a season-ending injury earlier this year.
But even so, WSU finished
its season by making history. This year was tied for the fifth-most wins in
program history, as WSU advanced to the second round in back-to-back years for
just the second time.
Last season, WSU fell in the
same round to Florida - but while the score this year was identical to WSU's
season-ending loss last fall, the Cougars spent much of Friday's contest on
their heels, as the Hoyas nearly scored a number of other times throughout the
game.
In the 36th minute,
Georgetown's Kyra Carusa fired a shot from the 6-yard box, but the ball
deflected off Thompson's fingers and just missed the net.
In the 62nd minute, the
Hoyas' Amanda Carolan had an opportunity to put the Hoyas up 2-0 while Thompson
was on the ground r
ecovering from a previous
shot, but another Cougar filled in for Thompson and blocked Carolan's shot.
With 11 minutes left,
Carusa fired a shot from the left side of the box toward Thompson, but hit the
crossbar, just missing paydirt.
Washington State 0 0-0
Georgetown 1 0-1
Georgetown - Nally
(Nguyen), 9th
Shots - Georgetown 13, WSU
5
Saves - WSU: Thompson 4.
Georgetown: Schechtman 4.
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BASEBALL COUGS
WSU presents plans for new
baseball clubhouse
Proposal for project will
next be considered at Board of Regents meeting in January
By Stephan Wiebe, Moscow
Pullman Daily News staff
Washington State's baseball
program could receive a major boost to its facilities in 2019.
A proposal to construct a
$10 million clubhouse was presented to a WSU Board of Regents committee
Thursday afternoon at a meeting at WSU's campus.
The project will be
financed by donations, although it will require $3.5 million of bridge
financing from the university to cover construction costs until the remaining
pledges are received over a five-year period, according to the proposal.
The proposal calls for the
facility to be built on the third-base side of Bailey-Brayton Field, and
includes locker rooms, meeting space, a training area and Hall of Fame area.
The project will be considered at the Board of Regents meeting in January.
"We're proud of the
fact that it's the first project, to our knowledge in athletics, where 100
percent of it is through philanthropic donations," athletic director
Patrick Chun said. "It's a $10 million project. We actually have $10.2
million in cash and pledges."
Chun said the project is a
long time coming.
"Our program is the
only school in the Pac-12 with an outdated baseball facility," he said.
"So with the history and tradition we have with our baseball program - I
think it's four College World Series, 16 NCAA appearances - we gotta get our
program to where it once was."
Here is the project
timeline presented in the proposal:
Nov. 15: Project presented
to Institutional Infrastructure Committee
January 2019: Proposal to
be approved, denied or altered at Board of Regents meeting
January to September, 2019:
Design phase
August 2019 to August 2020:
Construction phase
And here is a breakdown of
the project's $10 million financing plan:
Donated cash on hand (as of
September): $4 million
Pledges receivable by August
deadline: $2.5 million
Debt financing: $3.5
million
Total: $10 million
If the proposal is
approved, the debt financing will be paid by the general revenues of the
university, but will be paid off with donations over five years, according to
the proposal.
The bridge funds could come
from one or a variety of facets, including fixed or variable loans or bonds,
based on market conditions during fiscal year 2020, according to the proposal.
Chun said 73 people,
institutions and companies have either already donated or signed pledges for
$10.2 million and WSU will continue fundraising throughout the project.
"Every dollar is
accounted for in terms of what's been mapped out and in terms of the bridged
dollars we will need," Chun said. "And that's what makes it easy to
ask the university for a loan because the vast majority, if not all of (the
pledgers), are people that have historically made gifts to the institution and
understand what we're trying to do."
Chun said some of WSU's
other varsity programs - including football, soccer and volleyball - have
benefited from facility improvements in recent years.
Meanwhile, the baseball
team still uses locker rooms and training areas at Bohler Gym - more than a
quarter-mile away from Bailey-Brayton Field, where the team practices and
plays.
"In today's market
place, today's day and age in terms of recruiting facilities are
critical," Chun said. "As we keep building our athletic program, the
goal is this is the first of multiple building projects in which philanthropy is
going to push us forward."
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WSU football
Blowout loss to Arizona in
2017 was a sour memory for Washington State. Saturday, the Cougars and Tracy
Claeys will try to crack the Wildcats’ code
UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 16,
2018, 10:40 p.m.
PAC-12 FOOTBALL
At Martin Stadium, Pullman
➤Saturday, Nov. 17: Arizona Wildcats at
Washington State Cougars, 7:30 p.m. PST TV: ESPN
PULLMAN – When he was hired
by Washington State this offseason, Tracy Claeys didn’t go game-by-game
reviewing film of the Cougars’ 2017 football season.
There were, though, a
select few tapes Mike Leach wanted his new defensive coordinator to skim
through.
The Oct. 28 catastrophe in
Tucson, Arizona?
“That was one of the games
that was sent to me to look at,” Claeys said Wednesday. “So yeah, I did.”
One year after Washington
State’s defense gave up 58 points to Arizona on the road, the first-year
coordinator will try to crack the Wildcats’ code when the Pac-12 foes link up
at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Martin Stadium.
The eighth-ranked Cougars
(9-1, 6-1) can only win a Pac-12 North title Saturday if Oregon State stages an
afternoon upset of Washington. But the Huskies are a 33 1/2-point favorite in
Seattle, so the division will presumably come down to the final week of the
regular season, when WSU hosts UW in another highly anticipated Apple Cup.
It’d be easy to fast-forward
to that matchup, except …
“It’s critical we just
focus on Arizona,” Leach said during Monday’s news conference. “It’s about as
simple as that, really.”
As for pulling off that
feat, Leach had a response.
“Well, if we don’t, we
won’t play well against Arizona,” Leach said. “I think we will and it’s
necessary and we need to try to impart that message the best we can. But this
week, the only game we play is Arizona and there’s nothing more important than
Arizona. And anybody that does anything other than that is wrong and you’re
just looking for a lack of preparation and not putting yourself in the best
position to be successful.”
WSU players probably don’t
need anyone jogging their memories, but they’re still only about 400 days
removed from the 2017 debacle in Tucson, when the Wildcats rushed for 328
yards, passed for 275 and scored more points on the Cougars than any opponent
had since 2014, when another one of Rich Rodriguez’s Arizona teams dropped 59.
Good news for the Cougars:
Rodriguez is no longer at the helm of the UA program. But junior quarterback
Khalil Tate is still the one commanding the Wildcats’ huddles and J.J. Taylor
is still getting the bulk of his handoffs.
Those two had a hand in
five of the six Arizona touchdowns scored last year in the desert and 674
yards.
Two minute drill: Keys to
victory for Washington State against Arizona
Keys to a potential victory
for Washington State against Arizona Saturday at Martin Stadium. | Read more »
Tate, hobbled by a right
ankle injury most of the season, hasn’t been quite as spry, although he’s
passed for eight touchdowns in his last two games. Taylor totaled 558 rushing
yards in the last three games, against Colorado, Oregon and UCLA.
“We’ll just line up in ways
that, obviously, you’ve got to contain the quarterback and if you don’t he can
have big days running it and throwing it,” Claeys said. “So we’re going to try
to make sure we get everyone in the spots to where they can make the plays that
we’re asking them to play.”
The Cougars should be
successful – or at least more successful – if they can limit Arizona from
ripping off explosive plays. There were eight of them last year and they went
for yardage totals of 43, 48, 41, 82, 62, 79, 49 and 68.
Leach said earlier in the
week the Cougars didn’t leave themselves much of a safety net if one player
couldn’t make a tackle. It would then lead to a big chunk play or, the more
likely scenario, a long touchdown.
“Obviously, I think one of
the biggest things about defense is if you’re going to miss, knowing where to
miss,” Claeys said.
The Cougars aren’t missing
much at all these days. Claeys has led a defense that ranks fourth in the
conference in points allowed (22.1), yards per game allowed (324.1) and,
perhaps most important in this matchup, third in rushing yards allowed (125.4).
Now it’s time to see what
adjustments they’ve made for an Arizona team that left them with plenty of
horrific memories a year ago.
“The biggest thing, I feel
like, is we need to do our jobs,” junior safety Jalen Thompson said. “That’s
the biggest thing.”
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Two minute drill: Keys to
victory for Washington State against Arizona
UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 16,
2018, 7:03 p.m.
Spokane S-R by Theo Lawson
PAC-12 FOOTBALL at Martin
Stadium, Pullman
There were two Pac-12 teams
that offered J.J. Taylor out of Centennial High School in the Los Angeles area:
the one he’s playing for and the one he’s playing against Saturday at Martin
Stadium. Arizona and Washington State were also the only Power Five schools
interested in the redshirt sophomore running back, who’s rushed for 1,221 yards
this season and was named one of 10 semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award
earlier this week.
“We just felt like he was a
good, explosive player,” Mike Leach said of Taylor. “There’s some difference
between being some super measurable guy and making a ton of plays, and we
thought he was one of those guys.” Taylor averages 5.9 yards per carry and has
scored six touchdowns this season.
When Arizona has the ball …
Kevin Sumlin hasn’t shied
away from feeding the workhorse in his backfield the last few games. Taylor
recorded a season-high 30 carries when Arizona played Oregon three weeks ago,
then shattered that mark six days later against Colorado, when the running back
carried the ball 40 times. Expect lots of designed run plays set up for Taylor
and not quite as many for quarterback Khalil Tate, who had 10 or more rushing
attempts in eight separate games last year but has done it just once this
season. Tate’s going to the air significantly more under Sumlin than he did
with Rich Rodriguez and has fired at least 20 passes in seven of the nine games
he’s played this season. That happened only three times in 11 games last year.
When WSU has the ball …
The running backs may not
be getting their due from a national standpoint, but in many respects, WSU’s
backfield has been the most productive in the Pac-12 this season. Don’t solely
focus on the 720 rushing yards for James Williams and Max Borghi, but the 1,464
yards of total production for WSU’s redshirt junior and true freshman. The
Williams-Borghi duo has accounted for 15 touchdowns on the ground and seven
through the air. Add in the 31 rushing yards and 50 receiving yards for Keith
Harrington and the Cougars need 249 more rushing yards and 206 more receiving
yards for a third consecutive season of 1,000 rushing and 1,000 receiving
yards.
Did you know?
The Cougars are still being
outdone in the third quarter – opponents have scored 56 points and they’ve
scored 41 – but they’re outscoring opponents 130-32 in the fourth quarter.
Minshew’s numbers are equally impressive in crunch time. The quarterback has
thrown 11 touchdowns compared to no interceptions in the fourth quarter of
games and he’s completed 83 of 116 passes (73.5 percent) for 1,076 yards. That
equates to 107.6 yards per quarter for the fifth-year graduate transfer. He’s
already led the Cougars on three game-winning drives in the fourth quarter,
against Utah, Stanford and Cal.
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WSU’s COMFORTABLE
MUSTACHIOED QUARTERBACK!
During the Nov 14, 2018,
Spokane Spokesman-Review WSU football chat, Theo Lawson, S-R WSU sports beat
writer, was asked about QB Gardner Minshew pranking Coach Mike Leach on live TV
after the Colorado game.
(The prank was the QB
putting a fake mustache on the coach’s face.)
Part of Theo Lawson’s reply
was a question: “... has any player ever felt comfortable enough to prank
Leach?”
...
Think about that. Gardner
Minshew is so comfortable/confident that he did something (pranking Coach
Leach) which other players this or any season would never think of doing.
They’d be scared to do it. Gardner was not.
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