Hello Coug fans,

My good buddy Hurricane passed this little article on to me from the amazing Bill Simmons, which I am sure most of us can relate to. How did WSU not make that list??

With that in mind its officially Freak Out Friday for yours truly.  I am checking in today to make sure you are all properly prepared for what could be a week of unbearable heartache and pain on planet Coug. Tomorrow we have the first installment of the round-ball Apple Cup and on Wednesday its the much anticipated National Letter of Intent Signing Day in football. Now, I'm not necessarily pessimistic about the outcomes of either situation....but I am an experienced enough Coug fan to know that we would be wise to brace ourselves for some disappointment... just in case.

Of course, by "brace ourselves" I mean stock up on your favorite booze.


This just happens to be one of the weeks where there are about 50 things I have my heart set on for the Crimson and Gray and logic dictates that it would be a miracle if even half of them came to fruition. Think I'm being too gloomy? Well let's just take a quick tour of all the things I am hoping for this week that have the potential to break my heart and I'll leave it to you, loyal readers, to convince me its all in the bag and I've got nothing to worry about.

Since we are the WSU Football Blog, let's start with the upcoming signing day. There are a few unresolved courtships that are keeping me up at night:

With signing day next week, it's down-the-stretch-they-come time, isn't it?  And there's a lot of news and stuff to get to, so, here...we...go.

Did ya SEE the Youtube video of the latest commit, defensive end/tight end Kalifatoni Pole??  Holy TOLEDO what a highlight reel!  Words can't fully explain it, so, check it out here....you'll be glad you watched it.



The kid is a highlight machine, both on the d-line and with real athleticism at tight end.  He looks like a super athlete, with the ever-popular "high-motor" description you see pretty much everywhere right now.  Seriously, that has to be one of the most overused quotes these days in describing recruits.  NO WAY that all these kids bring it every down!  Don't many of them, at some point, take a "few plays off"?  Just saying.

Now, obviously you have to wonder about the level of the competition he was going against in that tape.  Let's face it, some of those offensive linemen he was dominating, well, they don't look like D-I prospects to my eyes, you know what I mean?  Anyway, whatever the case the kid jumps off the highlight reel with big play, after big play, after big play. 

Pole was/is a bit of an under-the-radar type, where he really hadn't been evaluated by the major recruiting services (Scout.com with just the proverbial 1-star rating, meaning he wasn't evaluated, while Rivals.com didn't have anything on him as well).  Pole was heavily in the mix with Utah, and as Rivals reported in their story of his commitment, ASU wanted him to come for a visit late in the process.  But in the end, coach Wulff and the rest were able to get his commitment.

Read on for other stuff out there.....