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Colorado Daily – Washington State
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October 15th
… CU in a few minutes …
Washington State loses athletic director to Nebraska
From the Spokane Spokesman-Review … Bill Moos was responsible for turning around the football program at Washington State and making significant upgrades to the school’s athletic facilities. Now, he’ll try to do the same at the University of Nebraska.
In a surprising move, Moos was hired Sunday afternoon to become the athletic director at Nebraska. The school announced the hire in a news release. Moos leaves Pullman after more than seven years as the AD at WSU.
“Nebraska has secured a proven winner in Bill Moos to lead Husker Athletics into a new era of excellence,” Nebraska Chancellor Ronnie Green said in a news release. “It was clear that Bill stood out in a very competitive, tremendously gifted pool of candidates, not only because of his proven ability to lead programs to greatness, but because of his reputation for integrity in building and leading those programs.”
Washington State’s associate athletic director for communications, Bill Stevens, hadn’t heard from Moos as of 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.
According to the Lincoln Journal Star, Moos signed a five-year contract with a base annual salary of $1 million, and incentives. Moos takes over at Nebraska approximately three weeks after Nebraska fired Shawn Eichorst.
… Continue reading story here …
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Washington and Washington State fall out of the top ten in national rankings
There are no Pac-12 teams in the Associated Press top ten this week, with Washington and Washington State both tumbling out. The closest team to a College Football Playoff berth this week is USC, in at No. 11 (the Trojans play No. 13 Notre Dame next weekend).
Washington, which lost to Arizona State, fell to No. 12, while Washington State, which was blasted by Cal, fell to No. 15. Utah, which failed on a two-point conversion in the final minute which would have upset USC, dropped out of the poll after suffering its second consecutive defeat.
Stanford, a 49-7 winner over Oregon, moved up one spot in the poll, to No. 22.
Associated Press poll:
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Others Receiving Votes: San Diego State (6-1) 56; Texas A&M (5-2) 46; Iowa State (4-2) 16; Virginia (5-1) 10; Kentucky (5-1) 8; Utah (4-2) 4; Mississippi State (4-2) 3; Iowa (4-2) 2; South Carolina (5-2) 2; Texas Tech (4-2) 2; Navy (5-1) 2; Florida State (2-3) 1; Georgia Tech (3-2) 1; Marshall (5-1) 1
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The USA Today coaches poll:
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Others Receiving Votes: Kentucky (5-1) 64; Memphis (5-1) 50; Virginia (5-1) 42; San Diego State (6-1) 39; South Carolina (5-2) 19; Utah (4-2) 14; Navy (5-1) 9; Mississippi State (4-2) 6; Colorado State (5-2) 4; Boise State (4-2) 4; Marshall (5-1) 3; Georgia Tech (3-2) 2; Iowa State (4-2) 2; Florida (3-3) 2
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Mike Leach reaction to 37-3 defeat by Cal actually somewhat muted
From the Spokane Spokesman-Review … The most remarkable thing about Washington State’s not-ready-for-even-subprime-time play in getting beat 373-3, or something along those lines, on Friday night wasn’t the 17 turnovers or the 29 sacks or the 12 Cal students who stuck around to, uh, storm the field.
It was the muted reaction.
Wait, not muted, exactly. More like impishly conspiratorial. Like Flounder gushing, “Oh, boy, is this great!” before realizing he’s supposed to shoot the horse.
Because everyone knew what was coming.
“We were pathetic,” growled Mike Leach in the post-game media wrangle. “We were a bunch of pathetic front-runners.”
And Twitter America – even Cougar America – lit up.
Guy is always money … Never change, Mike Leach … Must-watch … Epic … Mike Leach is a national treasure …
And he didn’t even have to come up with a Woodstock reference, though “This was just like Altamont, only without the Hells Angels stabbing a guy” would have fit, given the locale.
There was no doubt disappointment and even despair about such a disaster on the field among the Wazzu fan base, but as noted it was hardly over the top — and that’s probably a healthy sign.
… Continue reading story here …
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Colorado Daily – Washington State
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October 15th
… CU in a few minutes …
Washington State loses athletic director to Nebraska
From the Spokane Spokesman-Review … Bill Moos was responsible for turning around the football program at Washington State and making significant upgrades to the school’s athletic facilities. Now, he’ll try to do the same at the University of Nebraska.
In a surprising move, Moos was hired Sunday afternoon to become the athletic director at Nebraska. The school announced the hire in a news release. Moos leaves Pullman after more than seven years as the AD at WSU.
“Nebraska has secured a proven winner in Bill Moos to lead Husker Athletics into a new era of excellence,” Nebraska Chancellor Ronnie Green said in a news release. “It was clear that Bill stood out in a very competitive, tremendously gifted pool of candidates, not only because of his proven ability to lead programs to greatness, but because of his reputation for integrity in building and leading those programs.”
Washington State’s associate athletic director for communications, Bill Stevens, hadn’t heard from Moos as of 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.
According to the Lincoln Journal Star, Moos signed a five-year contract with a base annual salary of $1 million, and incentives. Moos takes over at Nebraska approximately three weeks after Nebraska fired Shawn Eichorst.
… Continue reading story here …
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Washington and Washington State fall out of the top ten in national rankings
There are no Pac-12 teams in the Associated Press top ten this week, with Washington and Washington State both tumbling out. The closest team to a College Football Playoff berth this week is USC, in at No. 11 (the Trojans play No. 13 Notre Dame next weekend).
Washington, which lost to Arizona State, fell to No. 12, while Washington State, which was blasted by Cal, fell to No. 15. Utah, which failed on a two-point conversion in the final minute which would have upset USC, dropped out of the poll after suffering its second consecutive defeat.
Stanford, a 49-7 winner over Oregon, moved up one spot in the poll, to No. 22.
Associated Press poll:
1. Alabama |
2. Penn State |
3. Georgia |
4. TCU |
5. Wisconsin |
6. Ohio State |
7. Clemson |
8. Miami (Fla.) |
9. Oklahoma |
10. Oklahoma State |
11. Southern California … +2 |
12. Washington … -7 |
13. Notre Dame |
14. Virginia Tech |
15. Washington State … -7 |
16. NC State |
16. South Florida |
18. Michigan State |
19. Michigan |
20. UCF |
21. Auburn |
22. Stanford … +1 |
23. West Virginia |
24. LSU |
25. Memphis |
Others Receiving Votes: San Diego State (6-1) 56; Texas A&M (5-2) 46; Iowa State (4-2) 16; Virginia (5-1) 10; Kentucky (5-1) 8; Utah (4-2) 4; Mississippi State (4-2) 3; Iowa (4-2) 2; South Carolina (5-2) 2; Texas Tech (4-2) 2; Navy (5-1) 2; Florida State (2-3) 1; Georgia Tech (3-2) 1; Marshall (5-1) 1
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The USA Today coaches poll:
1. Alabama |
2. Penn State |
3. Georgia |
4. TCU |
5. Wisconsin |
6. Ohio State |
7. Miami (Fla.) |
8. Clemson |
9. Oklahoma |
10. Southern California |
11. Oklahoma State |
12. Washington |
13. South Florida |
14. Virginia Tech |
15. Michigan |
16. Notre Dame |
17. NC State |
18. Washington State |
19. Michigan State |
20. UCF |
21. Auburn |
22. Stanford |
23. West Virginia |
24. Texas A&M |
25. LSU |
Others Receiving Votes: Kentucky (5-1) 64; Memphis (5-1) 50; Virginia (5-1) 42; San Diego State (6-1) 39; South Carolina (5-2) 19; Utah (4-2) 14; Navy (5-1) 9; Mississippi State (4-2) 6; Colorado State (5-2) 4; Boise State (4-2) 4; Marshall (5-1) 3; Georgia Tech (3-2) 2; Iowa State (4-2) 2; Florida (3-3) 2
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Mike Leach reaction to 37-3 defeat by Cal actually somewhat muted
From the Spokane Spokesman-Review … The most remarkable thing about Washington State’s not-ready-for-even-subprime-time play in getting beat 373-3, or something along those lines, on Friday night wasn’t the 17 turnovers or the 29 sacks or the 12 Cal students who stuck around to, uh, storm the field.
It was the muted reaction.
Wait, not muted, exactly. More like impishly conspiratorial. Like Flounder gushing, “Oh, boy, is this great!” before realizing he’s supposed to shoot the horse.
Because everyone knew what was coming.
“We were pathetic,” growled Mike Leach in the post-game media wrangle. “We were a bunch of pathetic front-runners.”
And Twitter America – even Cougar America – lit up.
Guy is always money … Never change, Mike Leach … Must-watch … Epic … Mike Leach is a national treasure …
And he didn’t even have to come up with a Woodstock reference, though “This was just like Altamont, only without the Hells Angels stabbing a guy” would have fit, given the locale.
There was no doubt disappointment and even despair about such a disaster on the field among the Wazzu fan base, but as noted it was hardly over the top — and that’s probably a healthy sign.
… Continue reading story here …
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Stuart
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