It simultaneously feels like no time and a lifetime has passed since we watched Washington State play a football game. Roughly four months after the Holiday Bowl, we get to catch a glimpse of the team before the plodding off-season disappears them into the doldrums of summer and we don’t get reacquainted until August.
There’s been coaching changes, new recruits, departing players, and a wealth of stats from last season to digest.
Checking in on the defense
Defensive line coach Jeff Phelps, plucked from Minnesota, steps in to fill the shoes of Coach Joe, who Oregon made one of the highest paid defensive line coaches in all of college football with their money printing machine that looks like human Phil Knight.