Monday morning trivia — Post Stanford

The Cougars head back to the Palouse this week to welcome California on Saturday. With that, comes an opportunity for Mike Leach. Mike Leach has defeated 16 different Pac-12 head coaches during his time in Pullman. California head coach Justin Wilcox is not one of those 16, so Leach has an opportunity to add another name to the list.

That leads us right into the trivia of the week.

Q1: Name the 16 Pac-12 head coaches Mike Leach has defeated as the head coach at WSU.

The Cougars moved up to No. 10 in the AP Poll, their highest ranking of the season. The Cougars still have plenty of climbing to do in order to match their highest AP Poll ranking ever.

Q2: Which five seasons have the Cougars reached No. 9 or better in the AP Poll?

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Football:

Washington State in driver’s seat atop Pac-12 North after Stanford win | The Spokesman-Review
Mike Leach and his Washington State football team may be the top target for Pac-12 referees who’ve been peeved by the aggressive text messages the Cougars’ coach sent off to various conference executives decrying the league’s replay review process – and those who’ve been accused of tampering with it.

Eight takeaways from the Huskies' and Cougars' week nine games - seattlepi.com

Vegas opens with California as 11.5-point underdogs to Washington State - California Golden Blogs
Cal’s got some naysayers for when we meet Wazzu.

Pac-12 Roundup: Week 9 - Arizona Desert Swarm
In arguably the game of the day in terms of excitement—and definitely the game with the highest stakes—the Washington State Cougars (7-1, 4-1) got another crucial win and now controls their Pac-12 North destiny.

College football scores, winners & losers in Week 9: Oklahoma back in control of Big 12 - CBSSports.com
Washington State quarterback Gardner Minshew