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QB John Mateer celebrates a rushing touchdown during the Cougars 42-10 victory over Hawaii on Oct. 19, 2024 at Gesa field in Pullman, WA.

Smooth surfing; Cougs roll to blowout win over Hawaii

LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen sports co-editor • October 20, 2024

Between two road games and a bye week, it had been nearly a full month since the Cougars beat San Jose State in their dramatic overtime win in Pullman. Wazzu returned to a packed stadium full of loyal...

Midseason Heisman Watch: JETT HATCH

JETT HATCH, Sports Columnist • October 16, 2024

Ashton Jeanty: Boise State is third in rushing in the country. They are 5.8 yards shy of Navy, a run-heavy team, but Navy runs using all positions on the field. That tells you how impressive Jeanty’s...

Post-Week 7 College Football Playoff Projection: JETT HATCH

JETT HATCH, Sports Columnist • October 16, 2024

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

Post Week 7 Top 25 Rankings: JETT HATCH

JETT HATCH, Sports Columnist • October 16, 2024

Texas Oregon Penn State Ohio State Georgia Alabama LSU Tennessee Miami  Clemson Iowa State Notre Dame BYU Texas A&M Ole Miss Missouri Kansas State ...

Mike Macdonald is the Seahawks' innovative new head coach.

Relax, Seahawks fans; Mike Macdonald era is off to a fine start

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

The Seahawks are off to a 3-2 start in Mike Macdonald's first season as head coach. Before the season, I wrote about my expectations for the season and cautioned Seahawks fans to temper their expectations...

Post Week 5 Top 25 Rankings

JETT HATCH, Sports Contributor • October 3, 2024

Alabama Texas Ohio State Tennessee Georgia Oregon Penn State Missouri Michigan Ole Miss USC LSU Miami Notre Dame  Clemson Iowa State Oklahoma Utah ...

Post-Week 5 Heisman Watch

JETT HATCH, Sports Contributor • October 3, 2024

  Jalen Milroe, Alabama: Every game he has played, he has at least two rushing touchdowns and two passing touchdowns. Milroe has the fifth-best QBR at 87.6. He also has a 10-to-1 TD-to-INT ratio....

Week 6 College Football Preview

JETT HATCH, Sports Contributor • October 3, 2024

This is a weak lineup of games this weekend. There is one ranked matchup and it involves the team ranked 25th, so this week we will have a new spin on the preview. Since it is a bye week for Washington...

Post-week 5 College Football Playoff projection

JETT HATCH, Sports Contributor • October 1, 2024

Alabama takes over the top spot; The Big 12 carousel continues to spin around. *Seeds: Alabama Ohio State  Miami  BYU Texas  Tennessee Georgia  Oregon Penn State Michigan ...

Dean Janikowski lines up for a field goal attempt, Nov. 4, in Pullman, Wash.

Unsung Coug of the Week: Janikowski kicks the Cougs to OT win

LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen sports co-editor • September 25, 2024

Dean Janikowski's season was off to a shaky start. He missed two of his first five field goal opportunities and had also missed a pair of extra points in the first four games of the season. So when coach...

WSU offensive and defensive linemen face off in a scrimmage during football practice, April 22, in Martin Stadium.

“You play as a team” Cougars O-Line making strong impression early in season

LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen sports co-editor • September 18, 2024

Winning is always a team effort. In football, everyone plays a part in the team’s success on the field. The offense is like a puzzle, with the quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight ends and...

Linebacker Kyle Thornton tackles a Husky receiver to prevent a touchdown in the redzone.

COLUMN l Why this Apple Cup win means more

LEVI COOVERT, Evergreen sports co-editor • September 18, 2024

Rivalries are supposed to feel big. Yankees-Red Sox. 49ers-Seahawks. Michigan-Ohio State. These games matter. Even if they do not matter in the standings, rivalries matter to the players, coaches and...

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