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Welcome to CougCenter!

Well, here we are – the newest (and we hope most comprehensive) addition to the WSU Cougars' blogosphere: CougCenter, a collaborative effort between myself, Grady Clapp and Sports Blog Nation.

This will be (if I may borrow a phrase) an all Cougars, all the time site. We'll focus mostly on football and men's basketball, but there will be content on the other sports as well. Ultimately, we hope that if you're a Coug fan, this becomes your first and most regular destination on the Web.

If you're here today, you probably found your way as a reader of one or both of our former blogs, either Stadium Way or WSU HOOPS. We plan to continue and expand on that coverage, and we hope that once you make your way around the site and see all that it has to offer, you'll be as unbelievably excited about this move as we are.

If you're not familiar with SB Nation, the biggest thing that makes this network so awesome is that it's all built around fan participation. Grady and I don't pretend that our opinions are the only ones that matter, and SB Nation gives you the chance to contribute substantially to the site. Once you create your SB Nation account and join CougCenter, all kinds of opportunities open up for you.

  • Commenting: Of course, this is the most basic of contributions to any blog, but we think SB Nation does it better than anyone. You'll like the nested display of the comments, and we think you'll love the live updating feature that is especially awesome in game threads. (You can see a great one in action at Lookout Landing, the awesome SB Nation Mariners blog.)
  • FanPosts: Not satisfied with commenting on something we wrote? Think we're full of crap and that you know better than we do, but need some space write it? Think there's something we missed that you saw? FanPosts is your place. And when I say "your place," it's exactly that – the place where everyone other than the authors can write what's on their mind in their very own blog post. Our desire is that the FanPosts really become the lifeblood of the site.
  • FanShots: Found something cool, like a link, photo or video, but don't need a full FanPost for it? You can drop it in the FanShots.
  • Recommendations: If you see a blog post, FanPost or FanShot that you like and you think other people should read, give it a recommendation – that's how the best ones get some staying power and don't get lost on the site.
  • Blog Browsing: We're just one of over 130 blogs here at SB Nation, including 37 college blogs, six of which represent Pac-10 schools. We hope you'll take the time to visit and join some of the other sites on the network. And if you're wondering which of the schools the Cougs play have sites, you can look at the schedule on the right-hand side of the main page. The opponents with stars next to them have SB Nation blogs.

For more details on how to make the most of SB Nation, you can check out the Welcome Guide. We really hope you'll take the time to create an account and surf around the site to see what's available. And if you have any questions or suggestions, you know where to find us.

Welcome aboard!

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Welcome Guys!

Really stoked to have you aboard!

Good Luck!!

by Paragon SC on Aug 21, 2008 2:15 AM PDT   0 recs

Welcome Guys!

It’s great to have another Pac-10 blog in SBNation. I look forward to seeing your insights into the coming season. Good luck!

--www.AddictedToQuack.com

by jtlight on Aug 21, 2008 5:38 AM PDT   0 recs

Excelent!

Always good to see another Pac-10 blog on SBNation!
Welcome aboard!

Go Duckies!

by JShufelt on Aug 21, 2008 6:56 AM PDT   0 recs

Thanks

I think I speak for Grady when I say we are just stupidly giddy about this. We are really looking forward to it.

by Nuss on Aug 21, 2008 4:19 PM PDT   0 recs

Ditto

With the added bonus of beating out the Huskies in joining the network (I know they had a SBN blog once but since it’s gone it doesn’t count).

by Grady. on Aug 21, 2008 6:54 PM PDT   0 recs

You know ...

… I thought about throwing in a shot at the Huskies in my comment, but … well … let’s just say I was waiting for someone else to pop that cherry. Game on!

by Nuss on Aug 21, 2008 7:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hello!

Good to see WSU getting repped.. Can’t wait to see the team roll into Tempe this fall!

Arizona State Sun Devils blog: House of Sparky.
www.houseofsparky.com

by C.W. on Aug 21, 2008 10:53 PM PDT   0 recs

If it'll get you guys post more...

it’ll be worth it.

The withdrawal season’s over. Football in 7 days….

by TiltingRight on Aug 22, 2008 4:52 PM PDT   0 recs

You got that right

Yeah, I understand. This thing has been in the works for about a month, and I can’t speak for Grady, but you can understand my reluctance to put a ton of time into my other site when we knew I knew we were going to be coming over here.

Plus, my crazy summer (from a personal perspective) is finally coming to an end. It’s time to ramp it up.

by Nuss on Aug 23, 2008 2:35 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

From us at the Cal blog, welcome aboard!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Aug 22, 2008 5:14 PM PDT   0 recs

This is great!

Glad to have a WSU blog on SBN!!

Nice shout out to Lookout Landing… Hopefully we can bring over a little of the loving dysfunction that makes that blog such a great place to belong to.

GO COUGS!

Alternatively known as thejew4u; hopping on the "why the hell not" bandwagon

by seattlecougar on Aug 25, 2008 1:57 PM PDT   0 recs

Sweet action jackson.

I will definately be frequenting this place.

by Omerta on Aug 25, 2008 2:47 PM PDT   0 recs

Welcome

Good to see another Pac-10 blog on SBN.

www.californiagoldenblogs.com

by HydroTech on Aug 25, 2008 9:34 PM PDT   0 recs

As a former Coug, thanks for your work.

As I’ve grown older and moved to the Seattle area, info on the Coug’s football team is often slanted and always lacking. Nice to have a resource that puts a lot of references and perspectives in one place, I’ve notified all my old classmates. I’m hoping they join in the game threads (I’ll warn them of your PG-13 guideline).

"You make him miss by getting him to swing in the wrong plane. A neat trick is getting him to swing at the wrong time." Warren Spahn.

by dpseadv on Sep 10, 2008 12:02 AM PDT   0 recs

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