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For the parents of Washington State football players, it’s not always easy to find their way to Pullman and attend their sons’ final home games.

But it’s especially challenging for those who live on an island in Polynesia.

“I’m pretty stoked – my parents are coming out for the first time to watch me play college football,” rush linebacker Frankie Luvu said this week.

It’s not only his parents making the trip from American Samoa, but also seven of his eight siblings, as well as aunts and uncles.

The No. 25 Cougars (7-2, 4-2) wrap up their home schedule Saturday (12:30 p.