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Washington State outgained San Diego State 367 to 306, picked up 25 first downs, went 9 of 14 on third down and never punted. They still lost 26-20. Three failed fourth downs, a missed 53-yard field goal and a missed extra point made the difference, and the Cougs go into the bye at 1-8.WSU legend Jack Thompson, the Throwin’ Samoan, joins us for The Recap. He threw for 7,818 yards in Pullman, an NCAA record when he left, and went third overall in the 1979 NFL Draft. He also played for four different head coaches in four years, so he knows what churn does to a program. We start with Jim Walden, his senior-year coach, who passed away in July.Your Coug of the Week plays on Sundays. Gardner Minshew came off the bench in Dallas and threw a touchdown pass on each of Arizona’s last three drives of regulation, and the Cardinals won 33-30 in overtime. Owen Eshelman is the runner-up after a career-high 299 yards.We go around the whole league in Traversing the Pac, where No. 20 Boise State survived Texas State 46-45. Then we get our first look at Colorado State, which has a top-25 scoring offense and the worst defense in the country.Colorado State at WSU, Saturday, Nov. 14, 7:30 PT on CBS Sports Network.Cougs on the Couch is presented by Ben Cowboy Realtor.PRESENTING PARTNER: BEN COWBOY REALTORBen Nikolas, Ben Cowboy Realtor📞 503-201-1934✉️ [email protected]📷 Instagram: @ben_cowboyrealtorLicensed in Washington and Oregon. MacDonald RE Group at Premiere Property Group, LLC.THE RECAP IS PRESENTED BY FORTRESS MEGA, LLCJon R. Erickson, CFP®, CEBS®✉️ [email protected]📞 (425) 646-6000🌐 https://FortressMega.comTHE COUG OF THE WEEK IS PRESENTED BY PADDOCK SPIRITS COAward-winning canned cocktails, made in Pullman, Washington, by Cougs.🌐 https://paddockspiritsco.com📷 Instagram: @paddockspiritsco21+. Please enjoy responsibly.TRAVERSING THE PAC IS PRESENTED BY CONNOR WEBB, ENVOY MORTGAGELicensed in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho and Arizona. Wherever this conference takes you, I can do your loan there. Buying, or wondering whether a refinance makes sense? Reach out and I’ll walk you through it.🌐 https://LenderConnorWebb.com✉️ [email protected]📞 360-713-2995Envoy Mortgage | NMLS #1529504 | Equal Housing Lender. Not a commitment to lend.FOLLOW THE SHOW📺 Subscribe on YouTube, collab-posted with The Couch GM📷 Instagram: @cougsonthecouch✉️ Coug-owned business and want to sponsor the show? [email protected] with The Couch GM- https://pillar.io/thecouchgmMy Mortgage Lending website- https://www.lenderconnorwebb.comMy equipment list- https://www.amazon.com/shop/thecouchgmLivestream across channels using StreamYard- https://streamyard.com/?fpr=connor-35Connor Webb- Mortgage Loan Originator NMLS #1529504 Envoy Mortgage NMLS #6666www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org

Dylan Haugh and Tate Frazier preview the inaugural season in the newly minted conference that’s headlined by the addition of Gonzaga. We dive into Pac-12 Player of the Year candidates, Tate’s First Team All Pac-12, sleepers in the conference and why Utah State finally landed coaching stability. Pac-12 teams keep 50 percent of their NCAA Tournament credits, Frazier thinks the Pac-12 should be able to get three postseason bids with Gonzaga and the Aggies headlining the conference. Last but not least, Tate gives his “best names” in college hoops. Connect with The Couch GM- https://pillar.io/thecouchgm My Mortgage Lending website- https://www.lenderconnorwebb.com

Baseballism started with free T-shirts at a summer youth camp in Eugene, Oregon. Four club baseball teammates from the University of Oregon handed them out to campers, and years later people were still asking where they got them. So they made more. I sat down with co-founder and CEO Travis Chock at Baseballism HQ in Portland to talk about how a camp giveaway turned into one of the most recognizable brands in baseball. We get into the Kickstarter that started it, running the business out of his garage while he kept his day job, why they put stores right next to big league ballparks, the Field of Dreams shop, designing the Flag Man logo, and what he'd tell anyone trying to build a brand on the side. I'm a Baseballism ambassador, and I'm a customer too. Use code COUCHGM-15 at baseballism.com.

Tied at 10 going into the fourth quarter at Homecoming, and then Boise State scored 21 unanswered in about seven minutes. Washington State is 1-7, 0-4 in the Pac-12, and out of bowl contention before November for the first time since 2010. We go through the whole thing: the drive chart, the two Dylan Riley touchdown runs that accounted for 105 of his 128 yards, and the number that actually explains the afternoon, which is that WSU's longest run went 10 yards and its longest pass went 26. One play over 20 all day. Keith Brown takes Coug of the Week after a nine-tackle afternoon, we go around all eight Pac-12 teams, and Bernie Wilson of Sports Illustrated joins us from the San Diego State beat to preview Saturday. The Aztecs have named Stone Saunders their starter again, so WSU gets a redshirt freshman making his second career start, and the Cougs are only getting 2.5 points on the road. Plus the news that broke Monday: the 2027 Apple Cup moves up three weeks to Saturday, August 28, the first August game in the 118-year history of the series. PRESENTED BY BEN COWBOY REALTOR Ben Nikolas, real estate broker licensed in Washington and Oregon with MacDonald RE Group at Premiere Property Group, LLC.

Owen Eshelman made his first career start at Oregon State and the Cougs finally looked alive on offense: 289 passing yards, 136 rushing yards, three total touchdowns, and 30 points, WSU's most against an FBS team all year. They still lost 48-30. Now No. 21 Boise State comes to Pullman for Homecoming. CouGreat defensive end Mkristo Bruce joins us in The Recap to grade his own keys from last week, talk through his excitement for WSU's newest QB, and throw on the tinfoil hat for a conspiracy or two. Then B.J. Rains of Bronco Nation News joins the Weekly Preview to tell us what Boise brings to the Palouse, and why this one is a reunion: Kirby Moore played at Boise, Matt Miller played and coached there, and the WSU GM spent 27 years in Boise. We also split the Coug of the Week between Eshelman and Branden Ganashamoorthy, go around the whole league in Traversing the Pac, and break down Boise State -13.5 (DraftKings) in Betting for the Week. No. 21 Boise State at WSU, Saturday, Oct. 24, 3:00 PT on USA Network. Cougs on the Couch is presented by Ben Cowboy Realtor.