The Washington State Cougars begin their football season away from the friendly confines of Martin Stadium for the first time in three years when they venture south and east to Laramie. The Wyoming Cowboys jump-started their season a week early by handing New Mexico State an unexpected whipping last Saturday, which looked a whole lot more impressive before a decidedly mediocre Minnesota team hung 48 on NMSU Thursday night.
The Cougs waited five years to get their first season-opening win under head coach Mike Leach, and they will have to get through a very good Wyoming defense if they want to make that into a season-opener win streak.