HOT COUGAR ACTION: Previewing WSU Vs ASU

As I read Jeff's post on Brock Motum's POY candidacy, I started to think about how Motum is so effective. While he is skilled, it's not as if he breaks out a new move every game. He typically either spots up and shoots or drives left, yet no one can stop him. Basically, Motum is the Madden online player who know one likes to play.

From my limited experience, there are two types of online Madden players. Player A mixes up runs and passes, calling a variety of plays similar to an actual football game. Player B finds one or two successful plays and calls them every down, everyone knows what's coming yet they can't stop it. When a player A type plays a player B type, it almost always ends in a frustrated player A yelling something like, "play real football" into his headset.

Brock Motum is player B, except instead of frustrating some random guy in his living room, he embarrasses people on national TV, regional TV, online webcasts. If WSU installed a webcam that showed only the opposing coach's reaction every time Motum scores, I would probably pay for a subscription.

Men's Basketball

Cougars Host Sun Devils in 'Gray Out' Saturday - The Washington State University Official Athletic Site
COUGARS LOOK TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER CLOSE LOSS: The Washington State University men's basketball team (13-13, 5-9) welcomes the Arizona State Sun Devils (8-18, 4-10) to Pullman, Saturday, Feb. 18 at 5 p.m. in a televised event on ROOT Sports NW.

Cougars see improvement, want wins to follow - Spokesman.com - Feb. 17, 2012
PULLMAN – The second time hasn’t exactly been a charm for Washington State. But it’s certainly been better.

WSU's Bone hopes to replace Aden's scoring
Washington State is still looking for someone to fill Faisal Aden's role as the No. 2 scorer on the team. Junior post Brock Motum ranks among the Pac-12 leaders at 17.8 points per game after scoring 28 in a 76-72 loss at home against Arizona on Thursday.

Football

Mike Leach Appeal Denied by Texas Supreme Court - News/Talk 790 KFYO
Texas’ highest civil court has denied an appeal from Texas Tech’s former head football coach.

Baseball

Cougar Baseball Loses Season Opener - The Washington State University Official Athletic Site
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State scored three runs in the bottom of the second and the No. 34 Bulldogs defeated visiting Washington State 6-2 in nonconference baseball, Friday night.

Post-game at Dudy Noble Field: MSU 6, Washington State 2 - Bulldogs win eighth straight season opener - The Dispatch
STARKVILLE - Mississippi State opened the season with its ninth consecutive opening day victory by defeating Washington State University 6-2 Friday night thanks to everybody in the newly revamped Bulldogs order getting a hit or walk in the victory.

Women's Basketball

WSU Wraps Up Road Trip Saturday At Arizona State - The Washington State University Official Athletic Site
WSU FACES ARIZONA STATE SATURDAY IN TEMPE: Washington State University wraps up its desert road swing against Arizona State University, 1 p.m. (PT) Saturday in Tempe. Fox Sports Arizona will be webstreaming the game for free at http://www.foxsportsarizona.com/pages/sundevils_stream

ASU women’s basketball in must-win situation as Washington State comes to Tempe - Sports News from The Arizona Republic
Until last season, the Arizona State women’s basketball team had never lost consecutive home game to Washington State.