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Ryan Leaf’s return to the Palouse: Q&A on Tyler Hilinski, first impressions of the Cougars and more

In the broadcast booth for the first time, former Cougars quarterback Ryan Leaf sits down and reviews his performance, that of the Cougars and says why he was disappointed by the way WSU honored Tyler Hilinski.

PULLMAN – Ryan Leaf may have gone unnoticed the last time he ventured to the Palouse to visit his alma mater. During the summer of 2017, he and fiancee Anna Kleinsorge – then pregnant with the couple’s first child – toured the Washington State campus and visited the Cougars’ football facilities, which had undergone renovations since Leaf’s last visit in 2011.

“I kind of came in in the cover of dark,” Leaf said, “because no one was around in the summer and just got a workout in, went and saw the field, new facilities and then we were headed on our little sojourn we were on.