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WEEKLY RELEASE - SEPT. 24, 2012 2012 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 5 (2-2, 0-1 PAC-12) NO. 2 OREGON DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT TV vs. Aug. 30 Brigham Young L, 6-30 ESPN SEPT. 8 EASTERN WASHINGTON W, 24-20 P12W WASHINGTON STATE Sept. 14 UNLV W, 35-27 ESPN Saturday, Sept. 29 SEPT. 22 COLORADO * L, 34-35 FX 7:30 p.m. 2012 RECORD CenturyLink Field (67,000) 2012 RECORD Sept. 29 vs. No. 2 Oregon *& 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 4-0 (1-0 Pac-12) 2-2 (0-1 Pac-12) Oct. 6 Oregon State * 3 p.m. P12N Seattle OCT. 13 CALIFORNIA * TBA TBA TV ESPN2 Oct. 27 Stanford * TBA TBA Nov. 3 Utah * TBA TBA WASHINGTON STATE IMG COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK RADIO NOV. 10 UCLA * TBA TBA Nov. 17 Arizona State * TBA TBA COUGARS MATCHUP AGAINST NO. 2 OREGON IN THE SEATTLE GAME: Washington State Univer- NOV. 23 WASHINGTON * 12:30 p.m. FOX/FX sity continues Pac-12 Conference play Saturday, facing second-ranked University of Oregon in The * Pac-12 Conference Game Seattle Game at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and will be nationally ** All times and dates are subject to change televised on ESPN2. *** P12W - Pac-12 Networks (Washington) & The Seattle Game (CenturyLink Field) Home games in BOLD WSU, OREGON COACHING STAFFS “COACH TO CURE MD” The Washington State and Oregon All times Pacific coaching staffs will be wearing Coach to Cure MD patches this week to raise awareness and fund- ing for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy research. Fans are encouraged to donate online at www. WASHINGTON STATE CoachtoCureMD.org or donate $5 by texting CURE to 90999 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS WSU TO PLAY OREGON STATE ON PAC-12 NETWORKS: Next Saturday, Washington State will take OFFICE ADDRESS: on No. 18 Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore. Kickoff is slated for 3 p.m. on the Pac-12 Net- Bohler Addition 195 works. Pullman, WA 99164-1602 OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-COUG OREGON-WSU SERIES HISTORY: In the 89 games played against the Ducks since the first meeting OFFICE FAX: 509-335-0267 in 1901, WSU trails Oregon 44-38-7 in the all-time series with the Ducks posting wins in the past five MARTIN STADIUM PRESS BOX: 509-335-COUG meetings and seven of the last eight. Last season, the Cougars kept it close, trailing 15-10 at half ASSOC. A.D./ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: Bill Stevens before Oregon used two long touchdowns from De’Anthony Thomas in the second half to post a OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-4294 43-28 victory in Eugene. CELL: 916-761-7005 EMAIL: [email protected] COUGARS IN THE SEATTLE GAME: Once known at the Cougar Gridiron Classic, The Seattle Game, SPORTS: Football, Women’s Tennis presented by Washington’s Beef Producers, features the Cougars facing a conference opponent for ASST. DIRECTOR: Bobby Alworth just the second time when they host University of Oregon Saturday. WSU will be making its tenth ap- OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-5785 pearance at the home field of the Seattle Seahawks, a series that started in 2002 with WSU hosting CELL: 951-452-6129 Nevada in the first football game played in the new stadium. WSU beat the Wolf Pack and have also EMAIL: [email protected] defeated Idaho (2003), Grambling (2005), Baylor (2006) and San Diego State (2007) in Seattle. Since SPORTS: Football, Women’s Basketball 2002 the Cougars are 5-4 when playing at CenturyLink Field (formerly Qwest Field). In last season’s ASST. DIRECTOR: Linda Chalich The Seattle Game, Oregon State posted a 44-21 victory over the Cougars in front of 49,219 fans. OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0268 EMAIL: [email protected] MIKE LEACH RADIO SHOW: Washington State Head Coach Mike Leach holds a weekly radio show SPORTS: Volleyball, Cross Country, Track & Field on WSU’s flagship station 920 KXLY live from Zeppos in Pullman. This week’s show will be Thursday ASST. DIRECTOR: Craig Lawson from 6-7 p.m. OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0265 EMAIL: [email protected] COLLEGE GAMEDAY RECORD: In addition to Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso, ESPN’s SPORTS: Women’s Soccer, Baseball, College Gameday has had another constant – the WSU flag, which this weekend will be making its Men’s & Women’s Golf 122nd consecutive appearance on the weekly show, dating back to the beginning of the 2004 season. ASST. DIRECTOR: Jessica Schmick Two flags – Ol’ Crimson and Whitey – have been flown in the background of the Gameday set by OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0255 dozens of friends and alumni. WSU recognized the Gameday flag wavers in a pregame ceremony EMAIL: [email protected] prior to the Montana State game in 2010. In addition to the flags that fly, there is a traveling flag SPORTS: Men’s Basketball, Rowing signed by the holders after each episode. The traveling flag is retired after each season, the first of which is hanging in WSU’s Alumni Center. WSU QUICK HITS: • Head coach Mike Leach has never faced the University of Oregon during his coaching career. • The Cougars have seen 13 players make their first career start in 2012. • WSU has had 14 freshmen (8 true freshmen) appear in a game this season. • Connor Halliday’s 17 touchdown passes in the first seven games of his career is the most by any WSU quarterback in school history • Marquess Wilson needs 46 receiving yards to break Brandon Gibson’s school-record for receiving yards of 2,756. • WSU’s last win over a ranked opponent came in 2006 against No. 16 Oregon in Pullman, 34-23. WSUCOUGARS.COM 2012 COUGAR FOOTBALL PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEDIA INFORMATION STANDINGS AUDIO ON INTERNET: WSU’s football broad- PAC-12 TELECONFERENCE: The Pac-12 Confer- NORTH DIVISON Pac-12 Overall casts are available on the Internet through ence hosts a weekly teleconference call each Oregon 1-0 4-0 WSU’s web provider CBS College Sports. The Tuesday during the football season. The telecon- Stanford 1-0 3-0 address is: www.wsucougars.com, then use the ference call begins at 9:55 a.m., PT, while Mike Oregon State 1-0 2-0 Connect link near the top of the page and go to Leach participates at 10:55 a.m. Contact the Washington 0-0 2-1 Cougars all Access. Pac-12 media relations office at 925-932-4411 for Washington State 0-1 2-2 California 0-1 1-3 details and call-in information. WSU TICKETS: WSU football tickets are avail- SOUTH DIVISON able online at www.wsucougars.com, by click- LEACH AND STUDENT-ATHLETE AVAILABILITY: Pac-12 Overall ing on the “Tickets” link on the front page. Tick- WSU head football coach Mike Leach is avail- Arizona State 1-0 3-1 Colorado 1-0 1-3 ets are available online 24 hours a day, up until able for individual media interviews following USC 1-1 3-1 the day before the game. All orders processed practices Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Arizona 0-1 3-1 online can be mailed up to 10 days prior to the along with after each Cougar game. Arrange- UCLA 0-1 3-1 game. After that all online orders will be held ments for interviews with coach Leach other Utah 0-1 2-2 for pickup at Will Call. For any questions about than those times must be made through the WSU LAST WEEK’S RESULTS WSU tickets, please call 1-800-Go-Cougs, Option Athletic Communications office. WSU players SATURDAY, SEPT. 22 1, during business hours (Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.- are available for interviews after each game Oregon State def. UCLA, 27-20 4:30 p.m.). and then during Monday’s weekly press confer- Colorado def. WASHINGTON STATE, 35-34 ence. Three student-athletes will be brought to USC def. California, 27-9 ARIZONA STATE def. Utah, 37-7 WSUCOUGARS.COM: WSU releases, statistics, the press conference at 12:30 p.m. and will be OREGON def. Arizona, 49-0 notes and depth chart information are loaded available at that time. There will be no student- weekly on the WSU Athletics Home Page. The athlete availability following practices during THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE address is: http://www.wsucougars.com. game week. Contact Bill Stevens (wsstevens@ THURSDAY, SEPT. 27 wsu.edu) or Bobby Alworth (bobby.alworth@ Stanford at Washington, 6 p.m. (ESPN) COUGAR ATHLETICS ON THE WEB: Connect wsu.edu) in the WSU Athletic Communications SATURDAY, SEPT. 29 with Washington State University Athletics on Office. Media are reminded that they should not Arizona State at CALIFORNIA, 1 p.m. (FX) the web at WSUCougars.com, the official web- contact student-athletes via their cell phones or UCLA at COLORADO, 3 p.m. (P12N) site of Cougar Athletics, and on Twitter (twitter. social media accounts. All interviews need to be Oregon state at ARIZONA, 7 p.m. (P12N) Oregon vs. WASHINGTON STATE, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) com/WSUCougars_com), Facebook (facebook. scheduled through the Athletic Communications com/WSUCougarAthletics) and YouTube (you- Office. NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE tube.com/WSUCougarAthletics) during the THURSDAY, OCT. 4 2011-12 season. MIKE LEACH RADIO SHOW: Head coach Mike USC at UTAH, 6 p.m. (ESPN) Leach holds a weekly radio show on WSU’s flag- ship station 920 KXLY live from Zeppos in Pull- PAC-12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK (Week 4) man. This week’s show will be Thursday’s from Quarterback Jordan Webb of Colorado, linebacker Mi- 6-7 p.m. chael Clay of Oregon and punter Keith Kostol of Oregon State have been named Pac-12 football players of the THE WASHINGTON STATE IMG COLLEGE NETWORK LOCATION STATION FREQUENCY week.