The Daily Evergreen

COLUMN: Seahawks are ahead of schedule

LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen sports co-editor • December 11, 2024

Four weeks ago, the Seahawks were 4-5 and looked like they were trending down. A 3-0 start had turned into a stretch of 1-5, and fans had begun to call for Mike MacDonald to be a one-year head coach. Fast...

COLUMN: Mariners need to make a move soon

LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen sports co-editor • December 11, 2024

The Seattle Mariners offseason has been uncharacteristically quiet so far in 2024, leading to much speculation over what the team's plans might be to improve for 2025. President of Baseball Operations...

COLUMN: Should teams cancel their tough noncon games?

LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen sports co-editor • December 9, 2024

After the final College Football Playoff rankings had SMU and Indiana making the CFP over SEC teams like Alabama and Ole Miss, who had tougher schedules, a new idea is being promulgated by SEC fans that...

COLUMN: Tune out the noise; 2024 was a win for the Cougs

LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen sports co-editor • December 9, 2024

As the 2024 college football season comes to a close, Cougar fans may be feeling mixed emotions. The Cougars finished the season with losses to New Mexico, Oregon State and Wyoming in a trio of heartbreaking...

COLUMN: The Cougs won by losing

LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen sports co-editor • December 9, 2024

The Cougars "Coug'd" it at the end of the year, losing to Wyoming and Oregon State, blowing a shot at the College Football Playoff and embarrassing themselves as frauds in the Mountain West. Right? Or...

COLUMN l The Committee got it right and wrong

LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen sports co-editor • December 9, 2024

When the College Football Playoff committee released its final rankings and playoff bracket on Sunday, there was a massive controversy among fans of college football over who should get the final spot...

JETT HATCH: Conference Title Game Preview

JETT HATCH, Sports Collumnist • December 4, 2024

The winner of each game will make the College Football Playoffs. Four teams are trying to win their conference in the first year they are a member. Oregon vs Penn State Oregon could win the Big Ten...

Unsung Coug of the Week: Cooper Mathers; red zone threat

LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen sports co-editor • November 14, 2024

Cooper Mathers has not caught many passes for the Cougars in 2024, but when he has, they've been big time plays. The senior tight end from Seattle has an insane 60% touchdown rate when he does catch...

Post Week 11 Top 25 Rankings: JETT HATCH

JETT HATCH, Sports Collumnist • November 13, 2024

Oregon Ohio State Texas Penn State Indiana Tennessee BYU Alabama Ole Miss Georgia Notre Dame Miami Boise State SMU Texas A&M Clemson Army Washington...

Post-Week 11 College Football Playoff Projection: JETT HATCH

JETT HATCH, Sports Collumnist • November 13, 2024

*Seeds: 1 Oregon 2 Texas 3 BYU 4 SMU 5 Ohio State 6 Indiana 7 Penn State 8 Tennessee 9 Alabama 10 Georgia 11 Ole Miss 12 Boise State *Seeds are not what the teams...

COLUMN: World Series is proving Dodgers dominance, and it is boring

LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen sports co-editor • October 31, 2024

The World Series is the pinnacle of baseball. The time when the stars of the game shine the brightest. This year's World Series promised us a spectacle; it was Shohei Ohtani against Aaron Judge, a pair...

Post-Week 9 College Football Playoff Projection: JETT HATCH

JETT HATCH, Sports Collumnist • October 29, 2024

*Seeds: 1 Oregon 2 Georgia 3 Miami 4 BYU 5 Penn State 6 Texas 7 Ohio State 8 Indiana 9 Texas A&M 10 Tennessee 11 Clemson 12 Boise State *Seeds are not what the...

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