It's been a busy offseason for Washington State football. The players were hard at work in the weight room and on the practice field. The coaches have been all over the recruiting map, already hauling in a dozen prospects before the first week of the season. This all while the entire athletic department worked to get the football operations building finished, prepped and opened.
We've head quite a bit on all that, but during it all, Tana Pritchard found time to take a trip to Brazil to teach a football camp. He talks about the trip and the camp in the video above. He ran a camp for kids and used many of the same drills the Cougars use.
No word on whether he passed along training regimes from strength coach Jason Loscalzo. I guess if we see a bunch of jacked up Brazilians running around in the 2022 World Cup, we'll know he did.
Football:
Washington State Cougars off season paid off | Sports | KLEW CBS 3 - News, Weather and Sports - Lewiston, ID
One of the keys to winning in sports is preparation, something the Cougars preach year-round.
Cougars end camp in Lewiston with a scrimmage - SportsLink - Spokesman.com - Aug. 13, 2014
Washington State ended its Lewiston fall camp with an 85-play scrimmage on Wednesday and both sides had plenty to crow about afterwards. Running backs Gerard Wicks and Jamal Morrow had big days, so did Connor Halliday.
Cougars linebacker Cyrus Coen improving in pass defense - Spokesman.com - Aug. 13, 2014
Cyrus Coen says he can’t wait to face opposing offenses. Washington State’s quarterbacks are probably ready for him to make someone else’s life harder, too. You wouldn’t believe it to watch WSU’s fall camp but pass coverage used to be a weakness for Coen.
Director of Athletics Bill Moos Podcast - Washington State University Official Athletic Site
As evidenced by the picture above, the WSU Ticket Office staff has been busy this week preparing football season ticket packages. The office has been updating its progress on its Twitter page:
Running backs Gerard Wicks, Jamal Morrow give Cougars’ Air Raid ground forces - Spokesman.com - Aug. 14, 2014
It didn’t take long for redshirting running backs Gerard Wicks and Jamal Morrow to show that they were ready to move beyond the lesser competition they faced in Washington State’s 2013 underclassmen scrimmages.
Gerard Wicks stands out in Washington State scrimmage | Cougar Football | The Seattle Times
Washington State broke its 12-day football camp here with an hourlong scrimmage Wednesday, and the star of the day was — of all things — a running back.
Cougar Offense Takes Off In Final Lewiston Scrimmage - Washington State University Official Athletic Site
Washington State football closed its fall camp in Lewiston with an 85-play scrimmage at Sacajawea Junior High School Wednesday afternoon.
Football recruiting:
Basketball:
DaVonté Lacy and Pac-12 All-Stars Win Opener - Washington State University Official Athletic Site
Washington State University men’s basketball rising-senior, DaVonté Lacy, scored 8 points, dished out 3 assists and had a team-high 8 rebounds as the Pac-12 All-Stars opened up their three-game tour of China with a 73-47 victory over the Chinese University All-Stars.
Cougars in the pros:
Cardinals defensive coordinator Bowles: Bucannon's a 'hitter,' but 'he has to be smart' ArizonaSports.com
When the Arizona Cardinals made the surprising draft selection of Washington State safety Deone Buccanon late in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft, they knew what they were getting: a physical, intimidating presence on defense.
Rutgers:
Rutgers training camp: CB Dre Boggs injury forces RB Justin Goodwin to move to defense | NJ.com
After receiving bad news on the injury front with the uncertain status of freshman cornerback Dre Boggs, it didn't take long for Kyle Flood to react. The Rutgers football coach on Wednesday responded by moving his team's second-leading rusher to cornerback.