Xavier Cooper wins an award

Xavier Cooper had himself quite a ballgame against the Ducks and it goes beyond the touchdown he scored. Cooper finished the game with eight tackles, 1.5 sacks, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a touchdown. That effort was good enough for Cooper to be named College Football Performance Awards Defensive Lineman of the Week.

It was also good enough to get him his own highlight reel.

Cooper's touchdown may not have done much to change the final outcome of the game, but it did result in one of my favorite tweets in history.

#FatGuyTouchdown #FatGuyTouchdown #FatGuyTouchdown Xavier Cooper scoop & score! Touchdown, Cougs! #GoCougs

— WSU Cougars (@WSUCougars) October 20, 2013

Well played official WSU athletics Twitter. Well played.

Football:

Pac-12 reprimands, fines Oregon's Aliotti for profanity-laced rant
Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott announced the conference reprimanded and fined Oregon defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti for his post-game public comments criticizing the league's officiating and the conduct of Washington State following Oregon's 62-38 victory.

WSU at Oregon: Unit Grades - SportsLink - Spokesman.com - Oct. 21, 2013
Things certainly could have gone worse against the Ducks. The Cougars put up more first-half points on Oregon than any other team this year, and the defense made quarterback Marcus Mariota look human, if only briefly. Still, only a pair of late-game touchdowns kept the Ducks from winning by nearly 40 and WSU's turnover problem isn't getting any better. Follow the jump for this week's unit grades.

Mike Leach's Halloween Movie Recommendations - Washington State University Official Athletic Site
Coach Mike Leach was the special guest at Monday's Cougar Athletic Fund Spokane Coaches Luncheon. Leach went over game film from last Saturday's game at Oregon and took questions from a capacity audience at the Red Lion Inn at the Park.

Cooper Named CFPA Defensive Lineman of the Week - Washington State University Official Athletic Site
Washington State defensive end Xavier Cooper was named the Defensive Lineman of the Week, the College Football Performance Awards announced Monday.

Basketball:

2013-14 College Basketball Preview - Washington State Cougars - ESPN
The halcyon days of the Tony Bennett era are rapidly becoming a distant memory in the Palouse, where the Washington State Cougars have slipped back to the bottom of the Pac-12 conference. Bennett left successor Ken Bone a talented young roster led by Klay Thompson, and the Cougars were a .500 team in conference play during Bone's second season and Thompson's last in Pullman. Since then, the team has regressed, and only an upset of UCLA during the final week of conference play kept Washington State from sole possession of the cellar in 2012-13.

Baseball:

Cougar Baseball Announces 2014 Schedule - Washington State University Official Athletic Site
The Washington State University baseball team is scheduled to play half of its 2014 games at home, including 27 of 28 in Pullman, Cougar Head Coach Donnie Marbut announced, Monday.