What
@VP
must do: Orient the campaign toward WORKING FAMILIES. Not Trump
-Detail cost reduction plan for basic living. Own the inflation problem.
-Protect SS & Medicare
⬆️support for elderly care
⬆️support for substance use/mental health treatment
⬆️ affordable housing..—>
It’s always personal when you quit on your team at halftime of a bowl game after having visited a new program instead of showing up for bowl practices on time.
It’s amazing that
@PatMcAfeeShow
would criticize the efforts of a fan base who showed enough pride for their school to show up for 300 consecutive weeks, including when we were the worst major college team in football. Make this right
@CollegeGameDay
. Be better.
Thank you
@CoachDickert
& staff for today. Not the outcome we wanted and potentially deserved, but you took a team that was 5 million short in NIL money & showed what can be done w/ coaching, commitment, & character. Tough to not be bowling, but proud we showed on the stage.
Yesterday we saw
@Puck2040
make a career decision based on principle. It was something.
Today, we see
@pat_chun
choose to accept a job from a school and president that stabbed his former boss in the back and destroyed his current employer.
It’s quite the character statement.
Sources: The University of Washington is finalizing a six-year deal to hire Pat Chun, the athletic director at rival Washington State, as the school’s new athletic director. He’s been the AD at Washington State since 2018 and also worked as FAU’s athletic director.
Proud of my team. Devastating to see the
@Pac12
die, but please join me in telling those
@Pac12
officials to rot in hell.
UW: congrats on 12-0 and good luck the rest of your way. and may your fate mirror those of the refs.
#GoCougs
#Wazzu
Statement Made—one that captures the pulse and spirit of all
@WSUCougars
nation.
Said it before, we need to use all available
@Pac12
resources to lock up our incredible coaches across all sports.
But like this football team,
@CoachDickert
was made for this moment.
#GoCougs
It’s not about you
@KirkHerbstreit
or anyone on
@CollegeGameDay
. It’s about the welfare of kids and entire communities where livelihoods are on the line.
How about doing what Mark Helfrich did yesterday on
@FOX
and call on Brett Yormark to get OSU/WSU in the Big12? Start today
Huh?
Is this a real tweet???
You must have been hacked Ryan.
Lee’s point OBVIOUSLY was-it is 2 teams that have been left out-that haven’t found a home yet-NOT the “no one watches Bowl”. Know you’re excited your boys won but DAMN!
The main thing is for
@CoachDickert
to stay home. He’s the most important person in College Football as far as I’m concerned. Whatever happens elsewhere is noise as long as we keep our guy.
#GoCougs
Jake Dickert was fired up about the lack of respect shown to WSU on ESPN this morning saying Lee Corso called today’s game the “No one watches Bowl” This is 1:32 well worth your time to hear Coach fight for his team
Congrats to
#USC
. Great team. Superior speed.
I also Hope they can take the entire
@Pac12
officiating crew to the
@B1Gfootball
with them. And I hope
@CoachDickert
takes the fine and undresses the crew during his presser. Inexcusable calls. Wow.
#GoCougs
If you have the ability to be there next Saturday you need to do so. This is a
@CollegeGameDay
type game and if we win, there’s a chance they show up for the game against
@BeaverFootball
. Beating
@UWBadgers
two years in a row would be an historic achievement. Be there!
#GoCougs
SELL OUT THIS GAME. What are we waiting for? A contending team and 3 more
@Pac12
home games left for the classic version of the conference. If you’re within driving distance, COME HOME!!
#GoCougs
Anyone want to put respect on
@pat_chun
‘s name? The man has hired some terrific coaches and created one heckuva culture in the Athletic Department despite multiple obstacles. PROPS!!
#Wazzu
#GoCougs
The Alamo Bowl is reserved for the 2nd best team in the
@Pac12
. Usually hosts a 9 or 10 win team (e.g., 10-3 Colorado in 2016). Best bowl we have been to since 2003.
How about we act as if we’re something other than spoiled children from the nouveau riche,
@DailyEvergreen
?
COLUMN: Despite Cougar football's best season in more than a decade, a 10-2 record and a Heisman hopeful quarterback, WSU missed out on a New Year's Six Bowl game and instead will play in the who cares Alamo Bowl on Dec. 28.
To provide some evidence about how charmed my
#GameDayPullman
weekend was: I got pulled over at 4:30am this morning in Colfax on my way to the Airport and the officer didn’t give me a ticket.
That’s all I have to say about that, other than to thank him for his mercy.
#GoCougs
Tough road win tonight. Congrats
@WSUCougarFB
on 31-24 victory over Houston. Earned the opportunity to celebrate in the locker room 👏👏👏👏. Plane ride back to Pullman will be a lot more enjoyable!
#GoCougs
#CVE
What an incredible win for
@WSUCougarFB
. Great game—and outside of one missed safety call in our favor—the refs were great tonight. Allowed us to play very physical in the back—which we did—and we needed that.
Also:
@BadgerFootball
is a darn good football team. I bet they win 9
Congrats to
@WSUCougarFB
players for playing so hard and for fighting so valiantly.
This was such a brutal job by the defensive coaching staff, especially on that last drive.
But what an effort by the Cougs.
#GoCougs
The day after irony remains shocking. Had the
@Apple
deal been signed,
@UW_Football
and
@oregonfootball
would be poised for repeating trips to the
@CFBPlayoff
. The Huskies would harbor legit aspirations for not only getting back to the title game, but winning it. And now? —>
I’m gonna say this all week:
There is no time for angst about
@WSUCougFB
this week. This team is too special. We are playing with house money with a NY6 ticket punched.
Enjoy this team while we can. If they do their thing, the results will follow.
10-1.
#GoCougs
As Cal and Stanford attempt to finalize a deal with the ACC, the Big 12 has surfaced as another potential landing spot. In that scenario the remaining Pac 12 schools (including Oregon State and Washington State) could also join the Big 12.
@sfchronicle
@SportingGreenSF
In addition to really seeming like he had a great time, Steph's graciousness yesterday was really moving. It shows not only what a great guy he is--and how impressed he was/is with
@WSUCougars
--it also shows the genuine love and respect that exists between him and
@KlayThompson
Three things: (1) everyone who got fired knew that this was going to be the result. So don’t be mad, respect THEIR choice (2) nothing is more important in the sports world than WSU. (3) join me in wishing
@CoachDickert
nothing but the best.
Take us to the title JD!!
#GoCougs
And just like we all predicted,
@WSUCougarMBB
is the last
@Pac12
mens team playing basketball in 2021-2022. That’s two out of three years if anyone is counting.
#GoCougs
@ReceDavis
needs to step in & make this right. This is wrong and unfitting of the show and the ethos created by
@leefitting
. Rece, you’re the leader of the show and can end this petty doubling down. You know
@CoachDickert
called Corso on Sunday. Make a statement, make this right
Earlier this week, Wazzu head coach Jake Dickert and former QB Ryan Leaf criticized College GameDay for turning Oregon State-Washington State into a joke.
Pat McAfee appeared to respond this morning. And then some.
We can all just say the truth right now: if Cam Ward plays his best game, we’re gonna win the Apple cup. If he doesn’t, we will not and it may not be very close.
#GoCougs
Washington State AD Pat Chun spoke to the D-I Council today to speak to the school’s current challenges and ask for “compassion, understanding and flexibility” regarding NCAA governance issues and waivers:
Getting a F-OFF from a media personality is pretty great. Can't buy this kind of Rent free publicity.
Keep it coming
@PatMcAfeeShow
We'll be there every week kicking butt, smoking stogies, and waving
@olcrimson
for you and the world to see.
ROLL DAMN COUGS!!!
#Wazzu
the thing i’ve learned from the gameday crew deciding to fight wazzu is that they’re soft. and the loudest one is the softest. they picked a fight and cried when they got punched back
Seeing
@WSUCougars
find a way to
#WaveTheFlag
on TV after
@CollegeGameDay
ditched the tent and moved inside ( to avoid a Thunderstorm) is so awesome and so us.
It goes to show that you can’t stop us, you can only hope to contain us.
#CVE
#GoCougs
Leach is making 4 mill a year to work at a place that fits him, allows him to be himself and walk to work, has limited booster responsibilities, and allows him to compete for championships. He’s got an awfully good life
@WSUCougarFB
. Maybe he actually likes it?
#GoCougs
Dear
@UW_Football
. You had three great dreams coming into today (
@pac12
title, Apple Cup win, 10 win season.) The first just died. The other two will be decided tomorrow night on a cold day in Pullman, Washington. We wish you nothing but the worst.
#goCougs
He’s about the players and the school. Values the development of the whole person as well as servant leadership. Family over flash, with three sides of toughness rolled in. Exactly what
@WSUCougarFB
needs and every parent truly wants for their kid.
@CougCollective
#ToThePalou23
I love what Mike Leach did for
@WSUCougarFB
and the university. But we haven’t had a coach that embodies the
#GoCougs
spirit like this since Mike Price. So excited to see what happens with this new era brings. Feels a lot like Tony Bennett.
You don’t have to look too far back to see what kind of program
@CoachDickert
is building and how significant that is for
@WSUCougars
. What an incredible find and hire. A dominant performance and his teams tackle.
#GoCougs
UW is really, really good. PI CALL was brutal and a game changer. Big thing is that—when we needed it—our pass rush was never elite; nor was our play at QB. We’re good there but to win 9-10 games, you have to be elite. Penix is.
#GoCougs
The
@WSUCougarMBB
team I watched last night is an NCAA tournament team. Barring a tourney title, they won’t make it there, but they are pretty damn good. Remarkable improvement from January. Smith has done an amazing job.
#GoCougs
I will take this man’s decency and positivity 8 days a week over the alternative. He never points fingers or makes excuses—he accepts responsibility and moves on.
Great coach. So happy we have him.
Just want to say how much our program appreciates everyone that came out and supported this football team last night. Not the result we wanted but I know the heart of this team. We have 4 opportunities left to prove who we can be.
🔥take. 1) Kids played great after coming out flat. 2) Coaches coached great. 3) Respect Rolo. 4) if
@NickRolovich
loved the players as much as they love him, he’d get the shot.
Another fantastic win to be proud of.
#GoCougs
WATCH: Buttigieg says the current WH "plan" is to poke China in the eye w/ tariffs & see what sticks
#MTP
#IfItsSunday
@PeteButtigieg
: "China needs to know that if they're going to perpetrate a repeat of Tiananmen, that they will be isolated from the democratic world"
This rivalry has become tired. It's miserable & getting worse. Husky fans are the sports equivalent of MAGA & there's no fun in that.
I also know that playing these games will save jobs. The athletes will revel in the challenge. In the end, they're what matters. Them and jobs.
This may be obvious to some. Still, I want to point out how highly unusual it is for a university president (and first couple) to be this engaged in athletics, let alone to have personal relationships with coaches. It’s special.
#GoCougs
I never thought that I would see a repeat of the 2013 New Mexico Bowl or the 2014 CAL game, but tonight I feel like
@WSUCougarFB
served up a mashup of both.
And it’s TERRIBLE.
#GoCougs
*We all want them to succeed in the house we are leaving. But if they decide to sell the house that we have willfully abandoned—and then keep the proceeds—that’s unfair.*
Crazy that they still refuse to admit that they all left on their own free will. What gaslighting jerks..
Pretty simple
@PatMcAfeeShow
. You can be a poor/lamer imitation of
@ClayTravis
, Rogen, etc. or you can jump on the bandwagon of the best story right now in college sports.
Why not use your Bravado to do a Tom Tuttle version of the
@WSUCougars
fight song this weekend??
Leach has creative and highly nuanced views on just about everything. But not politics. It’s straight Fox News. So quit asking him. It doesn’t serve anything or anybody, it’s not interesting, and it isnt reflective on how he treats kids, families, or the program.
#GoCougs
Mike Leach & Donald Trump have been friends for over a decade.
#WSU
's coach endorsed Trump at a rally in 2014 & keeps a signed photo of the president in his office.
Leach responded to Trump's impeachment Thursday: "I'm yet to hear what he did wrong."
GAME DAY!
#GoCougs
Let’s make history today
@WSUCougarFB
!
Can’t wait to see
@CoachDickert
and company represent our university with their characteristic traits of class, heart, conviction, and toughness.
More proud than ever to be a Coug.
LETS GO WASHINGTON STATE!
Oregon is one of the Top5 teams in the country. We hung around with no momentum coming in. That counts.
Also: go back and see what coach
@WSUCougarFB
has ever succeeded in his second year. I think you’ll find that
@CoachDickert
is doing a lot more than fine.
It’s ALL about
@ASU
This is the kind of culture that
@pat_chun
has tried to foster since his arrival
@WSUCougars
. Mike Leach was on board with that, but not to this extent.
@CoachDickert
is completely walking the walk and in so doing, setting a powerful example and tone.
#GoCougs
Funny thing is that if the
@Pac12
had stayed together—and based on the season they’re having—they would have probably gotten the 5 million scripts from
@AppleTV
needed to get 50 million per school. So chin up
@UUtah
The Pac-12's fateful $50M counteroffer to ESPN was shaped by input from one university president, we've been told.
Is that accurate? If so, who? And how did he/she arrive at $50M per school?
The answers:
Really sad that this is our last game against
@oregonfootball
, perhaps forever.
And I fear it’s going to be a tough one to watch as well. Lets stay supportive of our players and coaches today. This would be the biggest road upset since we bear
#1
UCLA in 1988!
#GoCougs
Another plea to
@pat_chun
. Nominate this man for the
@Pac12
advisory board. Gabe is so thoughtful—if not brilliant—and it says a lot about
@WSUCougarFB
, the university, and the conference that he has emerged from collegiate stardom as such a dynamic human being.
#Respect
We were a Sweet 16 team, just didn’t earn the seed needed to get there. So proud of
@WSUCougarsMBB
and so grateful for the players and coaches.
@CycloneMBB
is fantastic!
#GoCougs
Morning after: watched post-game videos of
@Coach_Leach
and
@WSUCougFB
players. What a classy group. Makes the loss even more difficult on one hand, but it’s hard not to be proud of, and taken by, all that they’ve accomplished and overcome.
Another shot at history awaits.
While I sympathize with WSU/OSU's claims of financial harm caused from their Pac-12 partners leaving (& right to some of the conf $), holding the CFP hostage & demanding "Power" $ & voting rights in perpetuity seems more than a little entitled
Schultz quickly losing any goodwill
New coach actually identified much earlier in the week. Shows the extent to which the search conducted by
@pat_chun
and the staff
@WSUCougars
was surgical. You cant get to yesterday without a clear vision, purpose, and above all, credibility. This is the best AD group we’ve had.
I can’t express how important it is to have someone who knows what SEC size and speed looks like on the daily. If we want to take a step, we have to get bigger and faster across the front 7..
#GoCougs
#Wazzu
Sources: Washington State is finalizing a deal to make Jeff Schmedding the school’s new defensive coordinator. He’s the former DC at Auburn and has coordinated at Boise State and Eastern Washington.
From Oregon's news release on the Ducks move to the Big Ten:
"In coming years, the UO will prioritize the long-held traditions, including competition across all sports with Oregon State University."
It’s a brilliant move. If the
#ACC
collapses and Calford and company come home, the
@pac12
keeps P5 money. It also incentivizes other P4 conferences to invite Beavs and Cougs to their party.
@WSU_Cougar_Pres
is shrewd as are his
#OregonState
partners.
WSU’s Kirk Schulz will formally present to CFP leaders next week a proposal for Pac-12 to be treated as P5 conference in revenue & voting rights in the future, he tells
@YahooSports
.
“We just don’t feel that we should be regulated by no fault of our own"
And now, in most years they will be fighting for one slot against USC, Penn State, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Michigan State—and each of those schools will get the same money as UW and Oregon combined.
Time will tell, but Cauce’s decision to bolt is equally terrible and tragic
It’s amazing that in our most fateful hour we have a group of coaches and a community that is the best we’ve ever had collectively. Let’s show our support to them and our school by giving what we can to the
@CougCollective
and the
@CougarAthFund
.
#GoCougs
The biggest fan of
@WSUCougarsMBB
? Might be
@WSUCougarFB
Head Coach
@CoachDickert
👀
"I just love what Jaylen Wells said after that game... there's a mentality to that, there's a chip on the shoulder to that."
Full interview with Coach (We DO talk football, promise) soon!
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that if Tony Bennett had stayed
@WSUCougars
we would have landed a
#1
seed and been the first to be eliminated by a 16— probably by one that had to win a play in.
So, he spared us. Let the bitterness end forever.
#ComeToTheWazzu
#GoCougs
Wow.
@UCLAFootball
was REALLY good. Defensively, amazing effort. Terrible day for the offense. Missed Victor and I thought we were unwise to not experiment more with Mateer. On to the next. We’re very good. Just not great.
#GoCougs
#Wazzu
Tremendous effort by our kids today. Defense played well enough to win. Everyone played hard. Tough day for special teams. Let’s regroup and get after it!
#GoCougs