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The Morning After Leon Rice

If you went to bed early last night and thought Leon Rice would be the next WSU Men's Basketball Coach, you thought wrong. Sources confirmed Rice will be staying at Boise State.

By Andrew Crookston
USA TODAY Sports

Much like the late, and great, George Carlin, I consider myself to be a "Modern Man." I moments of speculation and uncertainty, there is only one place to go, the Twitterverse. I have created a special list just for WSU Basketball on Twitter and have been adding and subtracting people from it in a completely nonrandom way.

So amid all the "noise" that comes on such a timeline during the NCAA Basketball tournament, I was investigating claims that WSU had made an official offer to Boise State's Leon Rice.

Ah, yes, of course. They guy that kept me laughing throughout the last two years of the Ken Bone era, our own Kyle Sherwood:

Jacob Thorpe confirming Rice was interviewed:

Just learned that you actually gain eight minutes by flying from Boise to Pullman:

Hall of Fame manager Neil Stover thinking Rice might be the one:

It's your job to educate, bro:

Nice dark humor with the follow up:

/Wading through a long stream of Tony laments./

Well, the Internet is nothing if not ambiguous:

Where the hell does this type of cynicism come from?

And the cynicism just keeps rolling:

Uh oh:

Neil heard too:

Sounds like resignation:

And Neil retweets:

Well, we're all on this together, folks. Most of us have several years invested in this place and one letdown doesn't spell doom. Some things just aren't meant to be.

George, you left us way too soon. I have the feeling I might need you here in the next week or so. It's up to you now, Sherwood. Whatever happens, make it funny.

And now for some links:

MEN'S BASKETBALL

In case the above wasn't enough for you:

Leon Rice interviews for WSU job - Spokesman.com - March 28, 2014
Boise State men’s basketball coach Leon Rice has interviewed for the vacant coaching position at Washington State University, The Spokesman-Review has learned.

Leon Rice reportedly interviewed for WSU men's basketball vacancy earlier this week - CougCenter
The current Boise State head coach might already be in Pullman interviewing for the head coaching job.

FOOTBALL

Mike Leach doesn't want his players to form a union. Jacob Thorpe interviewed Tyler Bruggman. Wait. He interviewed the backup? Is there a quarterback controversy? Please don't go there. Especially not today.

Mike Leach's Ideas for Unionization Could Kill College Football as We Know It - All Coug'd Up - A Washington State Cougars Site

Notes, quotes and five questions from spring practice - SportsLink - Spokesman.com - March 28, 2014
From Pullman --The Washington State football team practices on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in the spring. So on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays we'll hold a live chat at noon to talk about the practice. We'll also have a followup post, which you're reading right now, with some notes and quotes.

BASEBALL

The baseball team played just over four innings Friday against San Jose State, when play was suspended to be resumed Saturday at 2 pm followed by the third game of the series. Nothing was decided as both teams are tied at 4-4. But San Jose State will have the bases loaded with one out. Nothing like being in a jam to start off the day.

TENNIS

Cougars Fall to Second-Ranked Bruins, 4-0 - Washington State University Official Athletic Site
The second-ranked UCLA Bruins swept the first three singles matches off the court en route to a 4-0 victory over No. 53 Washington State Friday afternoon.

GOLF

Snyder in Top 15 Through 18 - Washington State University Official Athletic Site
Senior Blake Snyder led the Cougars in the opening round of The Goodwin, shooting 2-under par (68).

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