Washington State University Athletics

WSU has won the last 13 meetings with Idaho.

September 14, 1998

FOOTBALL: 2-0 WSU Renews Idaho Vandal Rivalry
WHO: WSU Cougars (2-0-0, 0-0-0) vs. Idaho Vandals (2-0-0, 0-0-0)
WHAT: Non-conference football game, WSU from the Pacific-10 and Idaho from the Big West
WHEN: Saturday, September 19; Kickoff 2:00 p.m. PT
WHERE: Martin Stadium (37,600, Omni-Turf), Pullman, Wash.
TV: No live TV; Fox Sports Northwest replays the game Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

1998 WSU RESULTS

Record: 2-0-0, 0-0-0            [OPP REC]
9/5 Illinois (20-13)            [1-1-0]
9/12    @ Boise State (33-21)   [1-1-0]
9/19    Idaho                   [2-0-0]
9/26    @ California            [1-1-0]
10/3    @ UCLA                  [1-0-0]
10/10   Oregon                  [2-0-0]
10/17   USC                     [2-0-0]
10/24   Bye 
10/31   Arizona State           [0-2-0]
11/7    @ Arizona               [2-0-0]
11/14   @ Stanford              [0-2-0]
11/21   Washington              [1-0-0]

WSU THIS WEEK: IDAHO

Record: 2-0-0, 0-0-0
9/5     Eastern Washington (31-14)
9/12    @ San Jose State (17-12)
9/19    @ Washington State
9/26    @ Louisiana State
10/3    Idaho State
10/10   @ Arkansas State
10/17   @ Utah State
10/24   Nevada
10/31   @ North Texas State
11/7    Open
11/14   New Mexico State
11/21   @ Boise State

WSU NEXT WEEK: CAL

Record: 1-1-0, 0-0-0
9/5     Houston (14-10)
9/12    Nebraska (3-24)
9/19    @ Oklahoma
9/26    Washington State
10/3    Bye
10/10   @ USC
10/17   @ Washington
10/24   UCLA
10/31   @ Oregon State
11/7    @ Arizona State
11/14   Arizona
11/21   Stanford

PRICE PICKS UP 100TH WIN: Washington State's Mike Price picked up his 100th win in WSU's 20-13 victory over Illinois Sept. 5.

WSU VS. IDAHO: The Cougars and Vandals are meeting for the 80th time, dating back to 1894...WSU holds a 62-14-3 advantage and has won the last 13 games...Idaho's last win was 17-13 in 1965...the long-standing rivalry ended annual play after the 1978 season...since then the teams met in 1982 and 1989. Mike Price is 1-0 against the Vandals as WSU's head coach and 5-3 overall.

COUGAR-VANDAL CROSS OVER: WSU running back coach Kasey Dunn is a 1992 Idaho graduate...he joined the WSU staff last spring...Cougar secondary coach Craig Bray was an Idaho assistant, 1984-85 and 1989-93...Vandal offensive coordinator Phil Early was WSU's recruiting coordinator, 1992-93.

WSU ON TV: Washington State's upcoming game with Idaho will not be shown live on television Saturday, but the Cougars are slated for two upcoming appearances on ABC Sports...WSU's game at California and the following week at UCLA will both be shown live by ABC as part of their regional coverage.

FOX SPORTS NORTHWEST TV: WSU's matchup with Idaho will be replayed at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, by Fox Sports Northwest.

WSU RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS:
WSU boasts biggest offensive line ever
Gilmore busts 79-yard TD run
Lindell equals WSU record with four field goals
SI says WSU best quarterback school
Cougars very young and inexperienced
Thompson already seventh in career interceptions
Moronkola goes 88 with Bronco kickoff
WSU scoring streak at 157 games
Cougars 31-17 at home under Mike Price
Mike Price third among Pac-10 coaches with 101 wins
WSU's defense among Pac-10's elite
Cougars 42-29-0 in last six years
Cougar "D" tough to run against

CAPTAINS: WSU - OT Rob Rainville (79), DT Gary Holmes (95) and LB Steve Gleason (34). IDAHO -The Vandal captains are RB Joel Thomas (1), FS Bryson Gardner (10) , LB Ryan Skinner (44) and DE Nick Alexakos (37).

COUG LINE GETS BIGGER: WSU's starting offensive line is the biggest in school history, although it will be a little lighter this week without Mike Sage...the starters against Illinois weighed a collective 1,538 pounds, an average of 307.6 pounds...Sage (absent this week) is the largest at 323 pounds...Ryan Tujague, at 294, is the only regular under 300...WSU never before has started an offensive line averaging over 300 pounds...with Joe Criscione at 293 replacing Sage, the Cougs will average 301.8 pounds against Idaho...here's the regular Coug starters:

    LT Rob Rainville, 315, senior
    LG Ryan Tujague, 294, junior
    C Mickey Long, 305, senior
    RG Mike Sage, 323, senior (sub Criscione, 293, junior)
    RT Reed Raymond, 302, sophomore

SENIORS TOTAL 17: WSU's Pac-10 championship team of 1997 played 23 scholarship seniors...this year just 11 members of the 16-player senior class are on scholarship.

TRAVELING A NEW EXPERIENCE: For nearly half of WSU's 60-player travel squad last week at Boise State, making a road trip was a new experience...28 of the players on the WSU travel roster were making their first trip, not counting last year's Rose Bowl (when every player made the trip)...in addition, 22 players are in their first year of competition for the Cougars.

GILMORE BUSTS 79 YARDS: Junior DeJuan Gilmore had his finest day as a Cougar running back last week at Boise State...his 123-yard rushing performance included a key 79-yard TD run late in the game when WSU was struggling on offense...it was WSU's first TD run of longer than 75 yards since 1995 when Frank Madu went 87 yards at Nebraska.

MORONKOLA GETS LONG RETURN: Senior cornerback Dee Moronkola nearly broke a long kickoff return against Illinois (42 yards) in WSU's season opener...at Boise State last week he finally got the long one, a critical 88-yard return that instantly answered a Bronco score...it was the first KO return by a Cougar 50 yards or longer since Bryant Thomas went 50 yards with an on-side kick in 1996...the 88 yard return equals the 14th longest in WSU history (tying Jerry Williams' 88-yard return against Montana in 1948).

QB SUCCESSION: In 1978 when Jack Thompson was a senior, the young freshman sitting in the wings was Clete Casper, who quarterbacked WSU to the 1981 Holiday Bowl...waiting to replace Mark Rypien in 1985 was Timm Rosenbach, who guided WSU to the 1988 Aloha Bowl...waiting then was sophomore Brad Gossen...when Drew Bledsoe left in 1992 Mike Pattinson was waiting his turn...and after Chad Davis quarterbacked WSU to the Alamo Bowl, there was Ryan Leaf.

PRICE'S COUGS START FAST: Washington State, since Mike Price took over in 1989, has won eight of 10 home openers, including each of the last seven...during Price's 10 years, WSU is 32-14 through the first five games of each season...his squads are 6-4 in season openers (not home openers), 8-2 in the second game of the year, 7-2 in the third game, 6-3 in the fourth game and 6-3 in the fifth game.

WSU INJURIES: Here is WSU's injury report for Monday, Sept. 14, from Mark Smaha, director of athletic medicine: CB LeJuan Gibbons (arthroscopic surgery Aug. 26; possible); LB Tupo Tuupo (broken shoulder blade Aug. 24; out until mid-Oct.), OG Mike Sage (right knee strain suffered against Illinois, will not play), LB Raonall Smith (bruised shoulder, probable), OL Ryan Raymond (right fibula fracture, questionable), RB Jason Clayton (knee bruise, probable).

ROOKIE ROSTER ADDITIONS: WSU has added two scholarship players to the roster of rookies who reported this fall...they are freshman WR Curtis Nettles (Culver City, Calif.) and junior college transfer DB Dante Minners (Bloomington, Calif., Citrus CC).

MARTIN PICKS TWO PASSES: Transfer Chris Martin, who earned a starting cornerback position the week of the opener against Illinois, came up with two interceptions against Boise State and also led the Cougars with 14 tackles, including 11 primary stops.

LINDELL EQUALS RECORD: Junior Rian Lindell booted four field goals at Boise State to tie the WSU one-game record...his four covered 32 yards twice, 38 and 24 yards...Jason Hanson (twice in 1989), Paul Watosn (1977) and Chuck Diedrick (1975) also had four in a game.

SI TABS COUGAR QUARTERBACKS: A recent issue of Sports Illustrated tabs Washington State as the best college in the nation for quarterbacks...the weekly magazine rated every position for the past 10 years and concluded, on the strength of Cougars Timm Rosenbach, Drew Bledsoe and Ryan Leaf, WSU had done the best job of turning out top-notch quarterbacks.

MOST STARTS: Seniors Gary Holmes and Dee Moronkola each have 17 starts to their credit, tops among the Cougar players...here's a list of WSU's leading starters:

    Dee Moronkola - 17 (16 consecutive)
    Gary Holmes - 17 (1 consecutive)
    Rob Rainville - 16 (14 consecutive)
    Rian Lindell - 14 (14 consecutive)
    Love Jefferson - 14 (14 consecutive)
    Steve Gleason - 14 (14 consecutive)
    Lamont Thompson - 6 (6 consecutive)

SCORING STREAK ALIVE AT 157: The Washington State Cougars have scored in a record 157 straight games. The current streak started with a 16-14 win over Ball State in the fourth game of the 1984 season and came on the heels of a 44-0 blanking at the hands of Ohio State. The following is a breakdown of WSU scoring by game since 1980:

YR      RECORD  0   1-9 10-19   20-29   30-39   40-49   50> PT/PPG
1980    4-7-0           1       6       4                   287/26.1
1981    8-3-1           5       2       5                   297/24.8
1982    3-7-1   1   1   6       2       1                   170/15.5
1983    7-4-0       1   5       3       1       1           237/21.5
1984    6-5-0   1       1       5       2       1       1   317/28.8
1985    4-7-0       1   2       2       5               1   313/28.5
1986    3-7-1       1   4       4       2                   221/20.1
1987    3-7-1       3   5                       3           238/21.6
1988    9-3-0                   5       3       3       1   415/34.6
1989    6-5-0       1   1       3       2       3       1   351/31.9
1990    3-8-0           4       3       2       1       1   266/26.0
1991*   4-7-0       1   4       2       1       2       1   280/25.4
1992    9-3-0       1   1       4       4       1       1   337/28.1
1993    5-6-0       3   2       2       1       1       2   271/24.6
1994    8-4-0       3   3       6                           192/16.0
1995    3-8-0       1   4       3       2       1           236/21.5
1996    5-6-0           2       6       1               2   314/28.5
1997    10-2-0          1       2       5       1       3   483/40.3
1998    2-0-0                   1       1                   53/26.5
      102-99-4  2   17  51      62      42      18      14  5407/26.4

* = TD RECORD: WSU scored at least one touchdown in 82 consecutive games between 1984 and 1991...the streak ended with a 44-3 loss to UCLA in 1991.

PAC-10 SCORING STREAK AT 173: In addition to having scored in 157 consecutive games, WSU also has scored in 173 straight Pac-10 Conference games, by far the longest active scoring streak in the league...the last time WSU was shut out in a Pac-10 game was Oregon State's 7-0 win in 1975 at Corvallis.

COUGS STINGY IN FIRST QUARTER: WSU's defense has allowed 213 first quarter points in the last 59 games (3.61/quarter) over the past six years...WSU allowed 41 first-quarter points in 1993, 29 in 1994, 45 in 1995, 43 in 1996, 48 first quarter points in 1997, and seven this year.

RED ZONE: Washington State last year scored 49 times (89.1%, 39 touchdowns, 10 field goals) in 55 trips inside the opponent's 20...this year WSU has scored seven times in eight trips into the red zone, missing one field goal...but WSU has had to settle for five field goals...opponents last year, scored 23 times (71.9%, 20 touchdowns) in 32 trips inside WSU's 20 yard line...this year opponents scored four times (three TDs) in six trips into the red zone.

MIKE PRICE AMONG WSU'S BEST: Only one Washington State football coach with tenure of five years or longer at WSU put together a better record than Mike Price...Price, in his 10 seasons at WSU, is 55-49-0 (.529), while his career mark is now 101-93-0...Babe Hollingbery was 93-53-14 (.625) during his 1926-42 (17 years) tenure...Price's record is the best at WSU in the last 50 years for coaches with a tenure of three or more years...Price's 54 wins at WSU ranks second to Hollingbery's 93...Jim Walden is third on the victory list at 44.

NOTHING LIKE HOME: The Washington State Cougars love to play at home and after looking at the team's home and away records during Mike Price's 10-year tenure, it's easy to see why teams don't enjoy their trips to Pullman...Price at home has a 31-17 record, including a 24-8 mark the past six years...on the road, WSU is 24-32...WSU's 6-0 home record in 1997 is the best ever for the Cougars, who previously had never won six home games in one year:

    YEAR    HOME    AWAY    OVERALL
    1989    3-2     3-3     6-5
    1990    1-4     2-4     3-8
    1991    2-3     2-4     4-7
    1992    5-1     4-2     9-3
    1993    4-1     1-5     5-6
    1994    3-2     5-2     8-4
    1995    3-2     0-6     3-8
    1996    3-2     2-4     5-6
    1997    6-0     4-2     10-2
    1998    1-0     1-0     1-0
    TOTALS: 31-17   24-32   54-49

PRICE THIRD IN WINS: WSU coach Mike Price is third among the current Pacific-10 coaches with 101 wins...Arizona's Dick Tomey has 137, followed by ASU's Bruce Snyder, 109...Price, in 10 years at WSU, is second in consecutive years at the same school...Tomey is in his 12th at Arizona.

RUSHING TOTALS UNDER 100: In the last six years WSU has held 28 of 59 opponents to less than 100 yards rushing...the lows include Montana State's -35 and Pacific's -6 in 1993 and Montana's -6 in 1995...in those 59 games, WSU has held opponents to 50 or less yards 12 times:

1993 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 3/11
    Michigan 179, USC 104, Washington 302.
1994 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 3/12
    Tennessee 149, Oregon State 178, Washington 102.
1995 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 5/11
    UCLA 137, Nebraska 428, California 134, Stanford 131,
    Washington 222.
1996 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 10/11
    Colorado 192, Temple 125, Oregon 118, SJSU 100, 
    Arizona 145, OSU 141, California 44, Illinois 148,
    UCLA 164, Stanford 102, Washington 213.
1997 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 8/12
    UCLA 209, USC 31, Illinois 173, Boise State 46,
    Oregon 154, Cal 109, Arizona 73, ASU 150, USL 75,
    Stanford 160, Washington 101, Michigan 128.
1998 - Games WSU Allowed 100 Yards Rushing - 1/1
    Illinois 123, Boise State 120.

1993 Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer - 8
1994 Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer - 7
1995 Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer - 12
1996 Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer - 6
1997 Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer - 7
1998 Plays Allowed 20 Yards or Longer - 0
    None.
1994 Plays Allowed 10-19 Yards - 15
1995 Plays Allowed 10-19 Yards - 24
1996 Plays Allowed 10-19 Yards - 33
1997 Plays Allowed 10-19 Yards - 29
1998 Plays Allowed 10-19 Yards - 10

WSU AMONG WIN LEADERS SINCE '92: The Washington State Cougars have won 42 games since the start of the 1992 season, equalling the fifth best overall mark among league teams......the Cougars' 25 conference wins ranks tied for sixth when totaling league victories...here's a look at the records for Pac-10 teams, 1992-98:

                        OVERALL     PACIFIC-10
    1992-98             W   L   T   W   L   T   
    Washington          48  22  1   34  14  1
    USC                 45  26  3   30  17  1
    Arizona             44  27  1   28  20  1
    Oregon              44  29  0   25  23  0
    Washington State    42  29  0   25  23  0
    UCLA                42  28  0   27  21  0
    Arizona State       41  29  0   28  21  0
    Stanford            36  34  2   23  26  0
    California          30  41  0   15  33  0
    Oregon State        17  50  1   5   42  1

1993 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 2
    Tyrone Wheatley, Michigan, 117
    Napoleon Kaufman, Washington, 181
1994 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 1
    J.J. Young, Oregon State, 100
1995 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 5
    Karim Abdul-Jabar, UCLA, 125
    Ahman Green, Nebraska, 176
    Reynard Rutherford, California, 124
    Anthony Bookman, Stanford, 123,
    Rashaan Shehee, Washington, 212
1996 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 2
    Skip Hicks, UCLA, 116
    Corey Dillon, Washington, 155
1997 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 4
    Skip Hicks, UCLA, 190; Robert Holcombe, Illinois 163;
    Michael Martin, ASU, 111; Anthony Bookman, 
    Stanford, 115
1998 - Players Gaining 100+ Yards vs. WSU - 1
    Steve Havard, Illinois, 103.

SCHEDULING: Coaches often talk about whom an upcoming opponent faces the week before or the week after the two teams collide...here's a look at WSU opponents and whom they play before and after meeting the Cougars:

    DATE    BEFORE WSU      WSU OPP         AFTER WSU
    9/5     ---             ILLINOIS        Middle Tenn.
    9/12    CS-Northridge   @ BSU           Portland State
    9/19    @ San Jose St.  IDAHO           @ LSU
    9/26    @ Oklahoma      @ CAL           @ USC
    10/3    @ Arizona       @ UCLA          @ Arizona
    10/10   Stanford        OREGON          @UCLA
    10/17   California      USC             @ Oregon
    10/31   Stanford        ASU             Cal
    11/7    Oregon          ARIZONA         @ Cal
    11/14   USC             STANFORD        @ Cal
    11/21   UCLA            @ WASHINGTON    ---

ACADEMIC HONORS ACCORDED COUGS: Linebacker Steve Gleason, offensive tackle Rob Rainville and offensive guard Mike Sage all received All-Pac-10 academic honorable mention recognition in 1997.

USA TODAY POLL LIKES WSU: Seven Pac-10 schools, including Washington State, received votes from the 62 head coaches voting in the 1998 pre-season USA Today poll...WSU was ranked 36th in the opening and 38th this week...other Pac-10 schools receiving votes this week were: 5. UCLA, 9. Washington, 33. ASU, 17. Arizona, 16. USC and 23. Oregon...Ohio State topped this week's poll with 52 first-place votes...they were followed by Florida (1 first place vote), Nebraska (7), Kansas State (1) and UCLA (1).

TURNOVERS: The Cougs are even in turnovers after two games...WSU was -1 in turnovers in 1997, +9 in 1994, even in 1995 and -9 in 1996.

        ------ W S U -----  -- OPPONENTS --
    OPP +/- F   FL  PI  TOT F   FL  PI  TOT
    ILL -2  3   2   1   3   1   1   0   1   
    BSU +2  5   4   0   4   4   3   3   6   
    IDAHO                                       
    UCLA                                        
    TOTAL   +0  8   6   1   7   5   4   3   7

The Cougars came from behind to beat Boise State 33-21 at Boise...28 Cougars were making their first road trip and 22 of the 60 are in their first competitive season with WSU...Dee Moronkola had an 88-yard kickoff return for one score, DeJuan Gilmore broke a 79-yard TD run and Chris Martin made 14 tackles and intercepted two passes.

1998 RANKINGS FOR THE COUGARS

PLAYER  CATEGORY    AVG PAC-10



Kareem Anderson
    Punting         44.7    2



Steve Birnbaum
    Passing         107.5   7
    Total Offense   171.0   8



Kevin Brown-
    Rushing         55.5    10
    Total Offense   55.0    *23



DeJuan Gilmore-
    Rushing         91.5    4
    Total Offense   91.5    15
    All-purpose     128.0   7



Leaford Hackett
    Pass Receptions 5.5     *8
    Receiving Yards 62.0    15



Rian Lindell-
    Scoring Offense 10.5    7
    Field Goals     3.00    *1



Chris Martin
    Interceptions   1.0     1



Lamont Thompson
    Interceptions   .50     *2



Nian Taylor-
    Punt Return     15.67   1
    Kickoff Return  7.0     8
    Pass Receptions 5.0     *10
    Receiving Yards 42.0    24



* = Tie

1998 TEAM STATISTICAL RANKINGS

                        WSU     WSU     WSU
TEAM CATEGORY           AVG     PAC-10  NCAA
Rushing Offense         133.0   6       72
Passing Offense         187.5   10      62
Total Offense           320.5   9       72
Scoring Offense         26.5    7       47
Rushing Defense         121.5   3       43
Pass Efficiency Defense 74.6    1       8
Total Defense           287.5   2       29
Scoring Defense         17.0    *4      *36
Net Punting             38.6    3       30
Punt Returns            9.2     5       53
KO Returns              28.3    4       13
Turnover Margin-        0.00    6       *49
    
                        UI      UI      UI
TEAM CATEGORY           AVG     BIG W   NCAA
Rushing Offense         173.5   2       45
Passing Offense         214.5   4       48
Total Offense           388.0   2       42
Scoring Offense         24.0    *1      *53
Rushing Defense         86.0    1       *25
Pass Efficiency Defense 90.4    1       25
Total Defense           254.0   1       20
Scoring Defense         13.0    1       *25
Net Punting             42.4    1       9
Punt Returns            6.3     4       78
KO Returns              18.5    4       *73
Turnover Margin         -1.00   *3      *83
* = Tie

NATIONAL LEADERS

Kareem Anderson Punting         44.4    20
DeJuan Gilmore  Rushing Offense 91.5    40
Rian Lindell    Scoring Offense 10.5    *34
    Field Goals                 3.0     *1
Chris Martin    Interceptions   1.0     *5
Nian Taylor     Punt Return     15.67   12

Pac-10 Offense:  DeJuan Gilmore  (Gardena, CA)
Pac-10 Defense:  Chris Martin (Brooklyn, NY)
Pac-10 Special Teams:  Dee Moronkola (Richmond, CA)
Offensive Lineman:  Rob Rainville  (Lewiston, ID)
Offensive Back:  Leaford Hackett (Sylmar, CA)
Offensive Scout Team:  Nick Easter (Northport, WA)
Defensive Back:  Chris Martin (Brooklyn, NY)
Defensive Lineman:  Rob Meier (West Vancouver, BC)
Defensive Scout Team:  D.J. Dobbins (Spanaway, WA)
Defensive Pursuit Player:  Steve Gleason (Spokane, WA)
Cougar Claw::  Jeremy Thielbahr (Sandpoint, ID), Rob Meier 
(West Vancouver, BC), Jonathan Nance (Miami, FL), Earl Riley 
(Dos Palos, CA), Lamont Thompson (Richmond, CA)
Big Hit:  Brad Philley (Puyallup, WA), James Price (Anchorage, AK)
Cougar Tackler: Steve Gleason (Spokane, WA)
Specialist of the Week:  Rian Lindell (Vancouver, WA)
Most Disciplined Offense:  DeJuan Gilmore (Gardena, CA)
Most Disciplined Defense:  Rob Meier (West Vancouver, BC)
Most Disciplined Special Teams: Grady Emmerson (Kennewick, WA)
Special Teams Big Play: Dee Moronkola (Richmond, CA)

1998 WSU FOOTBALL STARTERS

POS ILL         BSU         IDA     CAL     UCLA    ORE     USC     ASU ARIZ    STAN    WASH
SE  Hackett     Davis   
LT  Rainville   Rainville   
LG  Tujague     Tujague 
C   Long        Long    
RG  Sage        Criscione   
RT  Raymond     Raymond 
TE  Jefferson   Jefferson   
SB              Hackett 
QB  Birnbuam    Birnbaum    
RB  Gilmore     
RB  Brown       
FL  Taylor      Taylor  
SE              White   
PK  Lindell     Lindell 

NOTE: WSU's starting offensive lineup usually includes three wide receivers and one running back, but can include four wide receivers and no running backs, or two wide receivers and two running backs.

DE  Nance       Nance   
DT  Ratcliff    Holmes  
DT  Meier       Meier   
DE  Marong      Ratcliff    
SLB Gleason     Gleason 
MLB Smith       Price   
WLB Price       Philley 
CB  Moronkola   Moronkola   
FS  Thompson    Thompson    
SS  Riley       Riley   
CB  Martin      Martin  
P   Anderson    Anderson    

RICK DICKSON RADIO SHOW: "Cougar Chat with Rick Dickson" is aired each Sunday 60 minutes before the Seattle Seahawk pre-game show on Spokane's KXLY Radio (920)... veteran Cougar broadcaster Paul Sorensen hosts the weekly show with the WSU athletic director.

WEEKLY WSU PRESS CONFERENCES: WSU hosts a weekly press conference each Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. in the Media Information Conference Room, Bohler Addition 195. All in-season head coaches and selected players (when available) will be available for the phone conference and in-person interviews. Contact the WSU Media Information Office for more information. Members of the media may attend in person or participate by use of the telephone.

LISTEN TO COUGAR GAMES ANYWHERE: Cougar football fans can listen to the Voice of the Cougars Bob Robertson's broadcasts, even if a network station is not in your locale. TRZ Sports Service Inc.'s "Teamline" provides the hookup directly into the Cougar Sports Network. Call 1-800-846-4700 and punch in the Cougar access code 5938. The cost is charged to your VISA or Mastercard.

LIVE TELEVISION: Sept. 19 the Pac-10 Conference television package includes: ABC Sports will telecast the BYU at Washington game regionally at 12:30 p.m. PT, while FOX Sports Net will show the North Carolina at Stanford game nationally at 3:30 p.m. and the Iowa at Arizona game nationally at 7:15 PT. Cable channel FX will show the UCLA at Houston game at 12:30 PT.

FSNW-TV: Fox Sports Northwest will replay Washington State's game against Idaho Sept. 20 at 1:30 p.m..

TICKETS: Tickets for all Cougar home and away games are available through the WSU Ticket Office, North 225 Grand, Pullman, Wash. 99164-1910, or by calling 800-GO-COUGS (available toll free from all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands).

WSU RADIO: Bob Robertson, Paul Sorensen, Jeff Aaron, and Bud Nameck will combine talents on the 24-station Crimson and Gray Sports Network. Robertson is in his 32nd year of broadcasting Cougar sports and Sorensen is in his 13th season with WSU. Broadcast time is 60 minutes prior to kickoff. The "Mike Price Show," produced and distributed by Broadcast Ink, airs weekly throughout the network, with Robertson as the show's host.

SATELLITE: WSU uplinks football video twice each week...each Sunday at 6:15 p.m. PDT WSU uplinks a 30-minute package (C-Band, Telstar 4, Transponder 1) of highlights from the previous game and an interview with head coach Mike Price...each Tuesday a 15-minute pack (C-Band, Telestar 5, Transponder 7) is uplinked at 4:15 p.m. with coach and player interviews recorded at practice that afternoon...the service is provided by Northwest Public Television on the WSU campus (if trouble, call 509-335-5177). A test program is sent out for 15 minutes prior to each uplink time. The Pacific-10 office transmits a weekly highlight package each Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. PDT on Telstar 4, Transponder 20, C-Band (if trouble, call 310-543-1835 or the Pac-10 office).

AUDIO ON INTERNET: WSU's football broadcasts are now available on the Internet through Broadcast.com...the address is: http://www.broadcast.com/schools/wsu