Cougars: May 2009
2:01 PM Mon, May 25, 2009 | Permalink |
The Washington State baseball team opens play in the NCAA tournament on Friday against Arkansas. It's an 11 a.m. (PT) start in Norman, Oklahoma. The Cougs (31-23) finished second in the Pac-10. Arkansas (34-22) is seeded second in the four-team, double elimination tournament.
These two teams played a three-game series in Arkansas to open the season back in February. The Razorbacks swept the series by a combined five runs.
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2:48 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
I'm torn, as a Cougar, whether to bash on this or feel some sympathy for the Dawgs. The Tyee Club has started two new programs to help their fellow Husky fans who are down on their luck in these tough economic times.
The first one is called "Support a Dawg". For a $500 donation, you would provide 2 Husky fans season tickets for 2009. The second one is called "Support a Dawg Family". As it implies, it gives a family of 4 season tickets for the 2009 season.
The tickets are supposedly to go to the approximately 100 season ticket holders who did not renew for 2009. I guess the sympathetic part of me says it's a nice idea. They can help a family keep their interest in sports and watch it live. Going to a college game is a great experience. Before seeing the light and becoming a Cougar, I went to a couple of Husky games. I watched the Huskies beat Nebraska in 1992. The group I went with sailed into Husky Stadium, docked, and watched a heckuva game. It definitely was an experience I'll never forget. Plus, I think everyone should support their team, some how or some way. I believe, under Steve Sarkisian, the Dawgs can return to being a respectable participant in the PAC-10.
Ok, here's the Cougar side of me, aka common sense side. It's like the girl your dating who thinks you should be friends. The girl doesn't feel that spark. Well the Huskies haven't had a winning record since 2002. Add on top of that, former A.D. Todd Turner raised the ticket prices 31% in 2005, during their current losing streak. It's so bad that, either by mistake or on purpose, the UW didn't put in the past season schedules & records in the 2008 media guide. Trust me, it was a shock to me. Usually college media guides put them in so you can find out a team's record from 1977 with who did they beat and who did the lose to. I guess to make my "girlfriend" point, the Dawgs have gone from 55,000 season ticket holders to 40,000 because they've started a new tradition of losing and uninteresting football (Sorry Jake Locker). By the way, that number 55-grand came from 2002, their last winning season. So please, don't blame it on tough economic times. It's the fans nice way of saying "let's be friends" because the ticket price isn't worth it anymore.
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4:26 PM Wed, May 13, 2009 | Permalink |
The Associated Press reports new Cougar hoops coach Ken Bone has signed his 7-year contract. He'll make about $650,000 plus incentives in his first year, $750, 000 in his second, and $850,000 in his third season. According to the report, the final four years, any additional raises will be negotiated.
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7:11 PM Mon, May 11, 2009 | Permalink |
Yes, the Cougars are breaking out a new look June 12th in Pasco. The school's going to unveil its Nike uni's at Broadmoor RV/Towne Crier Tri-Cities Tailgate. It'll happen around 6:30pm. At 7:30pm, those uniforms go live on WSUCougars.com. You can attend the live event in Pasco. For that info and the official news release, click on the jump.
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3:45 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
The Cougars just sent out a news release about defensive end Cory Mackey's condition.
Mackey was in car crash near Washtucna. He was first at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland, now he's at Harborview. He's at Harborview atKadlec Medical Center in Richland some hospital in the state of Washington. He's in stable serious condition. No other details about the crash or his injuries were given. Mackey had finished school for the year and was heading home. The Cougs official news release is after the jump.
UPDATE: According to the Washington State Patrol report, Mackey fell asleep at the wheel, went off the road, hit an embankment and rolled his car. His car was totalled, according to the report.
2nd UPDATE: Mackey's father called the investigating trooper and told him Cory broke his back, but no spinal cord injury, according to a WSP spokesman.
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