PULLMAN – Mike Leach will tolerate the pregame processions, waterworks and photo opportunities that’ll take place before Washington State’s home finale against Oregon State Saturday – same as he always has – but the Cougars’ eighth-year coach would bypass all “this Senior Day stuff” if he had any part in the decision-making process.
WSU will go through all the normal rituals for 14 members of the 2019 senior class before kickoff, but Leach hopes the emotions of “Senior Day” don’t detract from a football game with the highest of stakes.
The five-win Cougars take on the five-win Beavers in a Pac-12 North duel that will double as a postseason play-in game.