"They said that after their meeting with the athletic director [Bill Moos] at the end of the season, that the program is going to be headed into a different direction," Sean Lancona said. "I'm going to try to stay classy here, but there were a lot of things said that left the impression that the program was headed in a direction that wasn't going to fit Tanner's needs anymore. … It had to do with a coach on a hot seat, a coach that needed to go in a different direction immediately."

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I don't know why they call it Black Friday, maybe we should wear black uniforms?

As we head into a new chapter of Cougar Football, I want to thank each and every one of you for helping us get here. I think of that day I travelled to Key West to meet with Coach Leach. During our discussion, it became clear that this man was about more than just football - a lot more as many of you have learned. I told him about the uncommon passion and pride of Washington State, about our desire to rise up to relevancy, to show off our amazing university and to elevate our mentality to what's possible rather than what is not possible. To prove that WE CAN. You have exceeded both of our expectations in so many ways.

"My No. 1 feeling all along, up until about a month and a half ago, was doing everything I can to make contacts and call coaches for all of our assistants," Wulff said Thursday in a telephone interview with The Spokesman-Review. "I felt them and their families got a raw deal, and I was in better shape than them, so I did everything I could to help all the coaches move on to jobs. That was very important to me, and it was the least I could do."

Countdown To BYU: 110 Days Until Kickoff

Which is also the number of career touches Kevin McCall had in his WSU career before he became a rapper.

RP reporting a squirrel hanging by its front arms from a tree branch. Animal control responded and transported one injured squirrel to the WSU vet teaching hospital. Computer report.

Countdown To BYU: 111 Days Until Kickoff

111-111 is actually the aggregate score of the five games between WSU and Minnesota. Seriously!

Countdown To BYU: 113 Days Until Kickoff

Which is also the number of games WSU has won since 1991.

No matter what happens tonight in Pittsburgh and on Friday night if the game is needed, for anyone who has followed Cougar basketball the past five years, there is no greater revelation and no greater joy than watching Abe Lodwick finish his basketball career with a special stretch. It's as if the clichés about nice guys and their finish has been inverted. And that is why, year after year, we come back to college sports.