The game that started the streak

by Craig Powers on Mar 4, 2009 10:30 AM PST

The 7 game win streak may have come to an end over the Huskies, but the Cougs still have one intact over their rival. Three wins in a row at Hec Ed.

The game that started the streak was the most surprising win of all, an early season Coug victory over a highly ranked UW team led by Brandon Roy.

This highlight is awesome. Look at the terrible jerseys, take a look at some of the lineups we had out there! Chris Henry, Antonio Chavers, and freshman Caleb Forrest on the court at the same time! Remember, Derrick Low was injured for this one. How on earth did we win? Josh Akognon and his 27 points.

Watch closely as Cowgill begs Akognon not to shoot the game winner, followed by Kyle doing what Kyle does best. This was a great game.

Akognon drains the 3... (via cougarfan25)

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I remember that game for a funny reason

My wife and I were hosting an exchange teacher from Australia when that game was played, and we had gone out for the evening with him. I Tivo’d the game, and tried to kind of explain to him as I sat down to watch it why this game was kind of a big deal. As the game started to unfold, and I started to get more … um … animated, I tried to explain to him why I was getting so excited.

By the time I was full on dancing around the living room — to a game that wasn’t even happening live, mind you — I pretty much stopped trying to explain anything. He was an incredibly good sport about it.

Speaking of explaining and totally off topic, have you ever tried to explain American football to someone who has never seen it before? Seriously, think for a minute about how ridiculous the rules are. “OK, so you get four tries to try and advance the ball 10 yards. You can advance the ball by …” Yeah, it’s a lot harder than you think. So you know how I did it? We played Madden on my Xbox. It actually sort of worked!

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by Jeff Nusser on Mar 4, 2009 11:42 AM PST reply actions

That's hilarious

Nice idea with the Xbox

This is where per game statistics go to die.

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by Craig Powers on Mar 4, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions

I was watching the game, I just kept saying, "You don't understand! You don't understand!!!"

He really didn’t understand.

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by Jeff Nusser on Mar 4, 2009 1:18 PM PST up reply actions

Kind of sad what happened the rest of the season...

But they more than made up for it

This is where per game statistics go to die.

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by Craig Powers on Mar 4, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions

I wanted to Dance on the W

before the game I had the pleasure of running into Mkristo in the concourse at hec ed. He saw me and yelled Go Cougs, the fine usher asked Mr Bruce to quite down. He chated with mr usher and they had a good laugh. My seats happened to be a few rows behind MB, so I got to help him out with some go cougs later during the game.

Cowgil missed two jams and then drained a few 12footers, so the mutt behind me said we just need to keep him away from the hoop.

Post game I had the pleasure of having a brief discussion with another usher. I told my mutt friends a couple things during the game. The Dawgs are getting tight and Akognon can’t miss. We’ve got this. They were tighter than the team. I also said, when we win I am going onto the floor to stick my big toe out and ‘touch’ the W, I didn’t want anyone to get the impression I was ‘dancing’.

So on the way out I started heading for the floor, looked back at my friends and asked if they were with me. Well, mr usher smiled directrf me toward the exit and told me to have a nice night and enjoy the win. I got the impression he knew I was up to no good.

Hindsight. Don’t ask your friends to come with you, just act like you know what you are doing. Hell, Mkristo walked right past the guy onto the floor, I don’t know why I couldn’t

Enough boring stories Wooly.

PS: My mom was offered floor seats and turned them down, she told her Tyee friends that I would want them, but for some reason they didn’t think I would behave. Good news I still get Football AC tix from them every other year or so. I guess the hoops crowd is more like the opera crowd. See Mkristo and the usher above.

Stop tying already.

by woolybugger on Mar 4, 2009 5:27 PM PST reply actions

That was the best game I've ever attended...

I was sitting two rows behind the WSU bench and right in front of the “Dawgpack”. I could hear Dick yelling. Here is something I posted on Cougfan about the experience in case you missed it…

Add beating UW in Jan 2005 to start the seven game streak to the list (of best WSU wins over the past few seasons). That game was amazing because…

1. We did it in their house.
2. We beat them when they were #10 in the nation at the time (B. Roy’s senior year…and we were clearly outmanned).
3. It was D. Low’s first game out of the lineup after breaking a bone in his foot. Starting guard out. No way we win, right?
4. It showed that tough D and overall mental toughness can beat better teams.
5. I was among a handful of Cougar fans sitting directly behind the WSU bench and just in front of the “dogpack”.

Toward the very end of the game when it was clear we were going to win, I saw/heard D. Bennett yelling to his guys down the bench “act like you’ve been ‘there’”. Obviously, we hadn’t “been there”…but he wanted to win with class. Great moment.

Tony was interviewed by Larry Farmer after the game a few feet from me. I heard the interview later, and you could tell he was irritated at the condescending attitude that Bennett ball couldn’t possibly be successful in the Pac-10.

Just after the game, D. Bennett was quoted as saying “looks like we have a rivalry now”. Even he had no idea how right he was in making that statement…and went out and beat the doggies again a few weeks later in Pullman.

Just thought you guys would enjoy the story from my close vantage point.

by westsidecougar1 on Mar 4, 2009 8:01 PM PST reply actions