Miller, Grippi have you covered heading into spring practices

Some of these things have been sprinkled into a FanShot to the right, and some of it's new, so I figured I'd pull it all together here for you.

If you're looking forward to spring practices for football, ESPN.com's Ted Miller actually made his way through Pullman to check in with the Cougs. He's put together some pretty cool stuff to get you primed for the most optimistic time of year, where everyone -- including WSU -- dreams of bowl games.

• Washington State wants bowl game ... really
  

• Washington State notes: Who's in, out, up and down

• Video: Washington State QB Jeff Tuel
  

• Video: Washington State's Travis Long

As an aside, who picks where those videos freeze for the screen shot before you click play? I'd have to believe it's not Miller ... maybe someone who's mad at him?

Moving on.

Vince Grippi comes at us with some info and the spring practice schedule, which is as follows in case you want to try and get out to catch some of the workouts and scrimmages:

We'll leave you with one final piece of good news:

Looking over the Cougar spring depth chart, we noticed a few interesting items. We’ll share one now and save the rest for later. James Montgomery won’t be practicing this spring (knee and lower leg injuries) but there is a strong belief Montgomery will be able to play this fall, something that was not even a hope right after his compartment injury and subsequent surgery. He’s able to do exercises with his leg no one ever expected him to do and, before his knee surgery, was running and cutting better than even he hoped.

None of us really wants to count on Montgomery being back, but ... how awesome would that be if he was even, like, 90 percent of his former self?

Also, the WSU Football Blog and The Coug have had some position previews while we've been enjoying basketball, so check them out.