Jeshua Anderson News

For the second consecutive game we highlight a hookup between freshman quarterback Jeff Tuel and junior Johnny Forzani, the latter with less football experience than most freshmen.

Coming off a 2-10 season a year ago, expectations weren't high for the 2009 Washington State football team.

We talked with Paul Wulff this week concerning his feelings about the season's first half.

Paul Wulff has plenty of supporters, despite the 3-15 record he sports after 1 1/2 seasons as Washington State's football coach.

WSU football fans who watched the Oregon Ducks thrash the Cougs on Saturday night had flashbacks to an unpleasant time in Cougar football: last year Those who thought 40, 50 or even 60-point blowouts were a thing of the past suffered a startling reminder of the daunting challenges facing head coach Paul Wulff.

EUGENE, Ore. - Paul Wulff stood outside his Washington State locker room, out where the Oregon band was blaring and kids frolicked with foam footballs.

We're back in Seattle, waiting to catch the next flight. On the link is out notebook from last night.

Williams started his college career at Arkansas, but transferred to USC in 2007.

LOS ANGELES Las Vegas oddsmakers list Washington State as a 45-point underdog at the University of Southern California tonight, and Dwight Tardy sounds like he wishes the odds facing the Cougars were even higher.

Nebraska running back Collins Okafor has left the football program. Coach Bo Pelini announced the redshirt freshman`s departure Wednesday in a statement that offered no explanation.

Just can't think of anything this morning, so we almost left this short lead-in blank, knowing you folks would understand.

Comment: Expect Colt McCoy and Texas' offense to avoid any early doldrums. For you X's and O's guys, Mike Leach vs.

At stake: SMU has a chance to go 3-0 for the first time since 1984 in pre-"death penalty" times.

PULLMAN Junior wide receiver Jeshua Anderson has quit the Washington State football team to concentrate on his track career, the school announced Wednesday.

Southern Methodist last season was one of the few teams with fewer victories than Washington State, and their game this Saturday had appeared to be one of WSU's best chances for a win.

The Washington State Cougars, desperate for their first win, released an updated depth chart Thursday that included six starter changes from last week.

Each Wednesday, Washington State coach Paul Wulff gets the word after practice from his 16-member "Unity Council," a player panel that makes recommendations on, among other things, game captains.

With SMU on the docket for Saturday, can we put all the new quarterback stuff, the Jeshua Anderson resignation and the injuries behind us for a little while? We want to see how WSU is getting ready to play the Mustangs, a spitting image of Hawaii.

Washington State's search to continue its series of football games at Qwest Field - and to balance its budget - could lead the Cougars back to a Pac-10 Conference opponent.

Washington State wide receiver Jeshua Anderson is quitting football to focus on track, another blow to the struggling Cougars .