So the Pac-10 media blitz is finally over, and one of the most "visable" few days in Pac-10 football memory is now complete. What did you get out of it? Did you learn anything new? There is SO MUCH to digest after the last few days, but let's at least try to round up some of the best things to take from yesterday, shall we? Read on....
So, Pac-10 media day is today, and it's time for even more interviews and such amongst the head coaches of this here conference. While these things can be a little tedious at times, you generally can get a few nuggets unearthed here and there, such as player injuries/suspensions/whatever. But for the most part, it should be a lot of talking points-style interviews and answers you have probably heard at some point or another along the way. Who knows though, maybe we'll get a surprise this year? Maybe a few shots from Neuheisel at USC? And who knows what Lane Kiffin is going to say, or who he'll piss off next?
For those of you wondering, coach Wulff and senior d-end Kevin Kooyman are representing Wazzu, and they should do quite well answering the barrage of "how can you possibly expect to win a conference game this year?" type questions.
Anyway, since it's media day and the writers will turn in their picks for the upcoming year, and since our own Sutra weighed in on Tuesday, I thought the rest of us should lend our two cents on how, exactly, we think the conference will shake out this year. All I can say is that I picked Cal to win it a year ago, and resisted the temptation to pick Oregon (and yes, Sutra did pick Oregon last year.....but IN A TIE WITH USC for the title! BURN! Check out the post from a year ago here.).
Now excuse me while we get our thinking caps on and try to hash this out, all to the soothing tunes of Lisa Simpson rocking the little brown jug:
Read on for all our picks for 2010 - Sean, LucasCoug and Longball - and with a link to each team's spring Fish Wrap to boot:
Hello Followers. Hope you all have been having a great summer.
As for me, I’ve been busy. In the past four weeks, I’ve not only moved cross country, I’ve also assembled a new Pu ram in the Southern Tier of New York State. And, with that, I am proud to say that after only three weeks of Rolls Royce “explorations” through said area, we now have a total of 32,761 followers and settlers!
And, I want you all to be the first to know that, in the months to come, we plan on extending our Broome-Tioga County presence westward. In fact, we should conquer the entire metropolis of Corning-Elmira by the fifth of December!
While my conquest of the Empire State has taken up most of my time, the spirit of the Cougar faithful is still strong in my transom. One way in which that spirit has been manifest is through my Pac-10 football media ballot, which I have pondered daily while getting my daily massage from twenty, very fine Vestal Virgins. You see, this ballot is a particularly fine gem, because it represents the only BLOG ballot that I know of that is summoned annually by the Conference.
(We’ve enjoyed that status now for the past three years. And that is a testament to YOU, the faithful!!!)
So, without further ado, please ponder my takes on the upcoming conference pecking order in silence (e.g. Read On).
Hey, they're putting us on the TV again! That's right folks, FSN has picked up the WSU games vs the LA schools, 9/25 in Pullman vs. SC and 10/2 at UCLA. If you are scoring at home, that's now FOUR of the first FIVE that will be on TV, at least somewhere (Oklahoma State will be on FSN on 9/4, while SMU will be on something called CBS College Sports). Cool. But that's not all - remember that as the season goes on, FSN, ABC and Versus will select Pac-10 games about a week-10 days in advance for broadcast. So, it's possible we could see a lot of Cougar football on the TV in '10!
Other stuff today:
Howie Stalwick chatted up Bill Moos on Cougfan, live from Pullman yesterday. Moos weighs in on a lot of things, including the athletic budget for the new year, improvements needed to Beasley, and of course, prioritizing Phase III vs. facilitites:
Bill Moos, who as alluded to this thinking before, expressed doubt that the Martin Stadium luxury seats expansion project should be the No. 1 priority among athletic facility improvements.
“In my opinion, at first brush, I would say no,” Moos said. The AD cited his concern that the Cougars haven’t been able to fill the current stadium during the football program’s extended tailspin. “There’s no supply and demand in terms of not being able to have a seat to watch Cougar football.”
New or improved projects on Moos’ wish list -- besides, in time, the Martin Stadium luxury seats -- include a basketball scoreboard, football locker room, baseball clubhouse, soccer stadium lights, auxiliary weight room, indoor golf facility, meeting rooms and a Hall of Fame. “If we’re not paying attention to our facilities in comparison to our rivals, we’re going to lose recruits,” Moos said.
The summer football previews are all on the newsstands, and most of you have picked one (or more) up by now. Here's a link to what Phil Steele, Sporting News and Athlon's all say about the Pac-10. Most encouraging thing from all of this, above and beyond the last-place predictions? From the Sporting News: "Washington State will win a conference game." Hooray. Not included in this are magazines like Lindy's, as well as Blue Ribbon's College Preview (remember we're having a contest and giving away a free copy of Blue Ribbon! A $22.99 value, yours absolutely free! Simply send in your best Coug game-day story to
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