Two years after memorably losing at home to Eastern Washington, the Washington State football team gets another shot at the Eagles.
PULLMAN – Before they see anything else, visitors to Mike Leach’s office inside the Cougar Football Complex often notice a life-sized pirate wielding a metal sword when they enter the coach’s fifth-floor workspace.
The motion-sensor figure comes to life when you stand in front of it, spewing out one of two or three different pirate-y catchphrases before returning to its statue form.
Leach had to feel like that pirate at times this week. Washington State’s coach often repeated himself as regional reporters from the Palouse and Spokane encouraged him to reflect on the Cougars’ previous encounter with Eastern Washington on Sept.