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Victory-starved Washington State visits OSU for Sept. 4 opener
Published: 7/19/2010 3:04 PM
Last Modified: 7/19/2010 3:15 PM

Washington State's football team is rated not only as the worst in the Pac-10, but among the worst in all of Division I-A. For the Sept. 4 opener, the Cougars visit Oklahoma State. Washington State has lost in 22 of its last 25 games.

In the 2008 opener at Seattle's Qwest Field, OSU smacked Washington State 39-13. Cowboy running back Kendall Hunter rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns. Zac Robinson was 20-of-27 passing for 193 yards. Dez Bryant totaled seven catches for 90 yards.

ESPN's Bruce Feldman blogs on the 2010 Cougars. The link: http://es.pn/cQgIB7

-- Bill Haisten





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Reader Comments 6 Total

TheOldRanger (3 years ago)
I remember watching that game on tv, both defenses gave up chunks of yardage on every play.

If OSU ever wants legitimacy and contention in the BCS they're got to stop scheduling non-conferences patsies in order to improve their strength of schedule. Yes, they did play an underwhelming Georgia team but they need to schedule top 10's.
Jimm (3 years ago)
Don't they play OU and Texas?
TheOldRanger (3 years ago)
Jimm, those are conference games, not non-conference. In '07 OSU played Georgia yes, but also Florida Atlantic, Troy, and Sam Houston State. In '08, Houston, Wash.St, Troy, and Missouri State. '09 was a little better with Georgia, Houston, Rice, and Grambling. But in '10 they're back to Wash.St., Troy, and Lousiana-Lafayette.
OU has certainly scheduled some cake, but over the seasons I mentioned, played Miami-FL (twice), BYU, TCU, Washington and Cincinnati. Three of four non-conf. in '10 went to bowls and include Cincinnati again and Florida St. In the future they have Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Tennessee. The Cowboys don't schedule like that but they should if they want a claim among the top BCS teams.
Graybeard (3 years ago)
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
anm1135 (3 years ago)
I'm guessing when they originally scheduled WSU they weren't this bad. They might have known they weren't necessarily scheduling a powerhouse, but did go against another BCS conference.

I remember WSU played UO in the Rose Bowl in like 2003 or something.
G-Block (3 years ago)
Do try to remember that most schedules are created several years in advance and they most games have home/ away contract clauses. Furthermore, it can be difficult to forecast how good a team will be when scheduling three and four years in the future. As a further rebuttal, when comparing schedules, look at preseaon #2 Texas' non-conference games: Rice, Wyoming, UCLA. Not exactly top-25 material, either.
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