The Washington State Cougars had lost their first five openers under Mike Leach, a fact that caused a lot of consternation for fans of the team. And most of the time, when you ask coaches and players if it bugs them, they usually just offer up some cliches about how that’s in the past, and how they’re only focused on this week, etc. etc.
Well, WSU linebackers coach Roy Manning is here to let you know that, yes, the team is pretty excited to have finally won an opener: “1-0 baby, feels good, get that monkey off your back, the curse is broken baby, 1-0 we gonna take it baby, every win is a good win!