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4C lewiston tribune FriDAY, DeCeMber 25, 2015 FriDAY, DeCeMber 25, 2015 lewiston tribune 5C 8-4 overall, 6-3 Pac-12, irst bowl since 2013 8-4 overall, 5-3 ACC, irst bowl since 2014 Coach: Mike Leach, fourth year at WSU; also served as Interim coach: Larry Scott, tight ends coach took over as Washington St. Cougars head coach at Texas Tech for 10 seasons (2000-09) boss after was ired following the seventh game Season results below  WSU victories tinted crimson  WSU losses tinted gray Season results below  Miami victories tinted orange  Miami losses tinted green

GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 GAME 4 GAME 5 GAME 6 GAME 7 GAME 8 GAME 9 GAME 10 GAME 11 GAME 12 GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 GAME 4 GAME 5 GAME 6 GAME 7 GAME 8 GAME 9 GAME 10 GAME 11 GAME 12 Port. St. 24, WSU 37, WSU 31, California 34, WSU 45, WSU 52, WSU 45, Stanford 30, WSU 38, WSU 31, WSU 27, UW 45, Miami 45, Miami 44, Miami 36, Cincinnati 34, Florida St. Miami 30, Clemson 58, Miami 30, Miami 27, N. Carolina Miami 38, Miami 29, WSU 17 Rutgers 34 Wyoming 14 WSU 28 Oregon 38 Ore. St. 31 Arizona 42 WSU 28 Ariz. St. 24 UCLA 27 Colorado 3 WSU 10 Bethune- Florida Atl. 20 Neb. 33 (OT) Miami 23 29, Miami 24 Va. Tech 20 Miami 0 Duke 27 Virginia 21 59, Miami 21 Georgia Pittsburgh 24 An improb- About face: Dom Williams Gabe Marks (2OT) Falk ties a Marks breaks Cougs rely too Falk throws In a wild in- A near-shut- Peyton Bender Cookman 0 Mark Walton Corn Elder foils Badgley adds A brief In a stay of Coach-killer. Elder scores Kaaya Scott’s lone Tech 21 The irrepress- ably good In a striking catches makes 10 In Eugene school record a school heavily on Erik for 497 yards ish, Falk and out by vastly can’t rally Hints of storms runs for three the Cornhusk- three more second-half execution A 567-146 after the returns from loss is a puz- Defense to ible Badgley season starts performance, two scoring catches but stunner, Falk with six TD record with Powell, who and Cougs Marks hook improved Cougs in Falk’s to come. The TDs and ers with inter- FGs but misses lead disap- for Golden, gap in offen- eighth lateral a concus- zler as Miami the rescue. ties a school with an Luke Falk passes as Cougs blow inds Williams throws, all in four TD inally misses erase 14-0 up with three D is spoiled absence, com- Hurricanes Joe Yearby ception on irst from 51 and pears as No. sive yards vs. of a bizarre, sion as Scott momentum Walton scores record with improbably directs late Cougs sleep- 13-point half- catches, on his sixth seconds left, with third- mitting four of racks up 243 53 as Canes 12 Seminoles exploits a No. 6 Tigers disputed kick- becomes just quickly dis- to tie things the irst half, deicit and allow only possession of three TDs and ive FGs and bad loss as 90-yard drive ily notch their time lead in for a 45-17 including a FG, from 43 as pile up three offsetting quarter ield team’s seven 79 yards of total yards as sputter on the rally at Tal- Hokies off- keys a pro- off return as the fourth sipates at Kaaya throws on the inal OT, allowing Miami turns the Cougs capped by irst home Berkeley and play of regu- halftime lead key insurance time expires. fourth-quar- Josh Rosen’s goal, not long turnovers in offense in a Canes inally Bearcat side lahassee in a sides penalty gram-worst interim coach Miami coach Chapel Hill, four turn- for 261 yards Miami to win go lat in the 8-yard TD pass win over FBS fail to avenge lation and in Pullman. score with But Wazzu ter TDs in QB keeper for after Falk is a wind-blown game delayed get untracked of the ield. rivalry game with a “free” rout that Larry Scott ever to start leading to overs into 21 as Scott rain, losing at to River Cra- competition last year’s later hits Rob- Never mind two minutes made Chris- Pullman to the Bruins at carted off the dud of an and shortened in a game tied it with Michael The grumbling that puts Al 45-yard pass costs Golden wins debut 2-0. 31-0 deicit in points. improves to home to an craft with 13 since 2013. insane 60-59 ert Lewis for the second to play in tian McCaffrey become bowl- 1:09. ield after a in to 50 minutes 20-20 in the Badgley’s ifth in Miami get Golden on red to set up a his job. in wacky the irst half. 4-1. FCS team. seconds left. loss. the winner. half. Tucson. look mortal. eligible. concussion. . by lightning. third quarter. FG. louder. alert. go-ahead TD. fashion.

Former coach Future coach (Al Golden) ()

Mike Leach Return of the pirate Hurricanes MIKE LEACH, the fourth- in limbo year Washington State Miami heads into the Sun coach, spent the irst 10 Bowl in a hard-to-gauge years of this century intrigu- emotional state. Many of the ing, exasperating and/or Sun Bowl 2015 Hurricanes’ rabid fans are amusing Texan football fans, thrilled with the recent hir- depending on how they felt TV: CBS  Betting odds: Cougars by 2½ ing of coach MARK RICHT, about pass-obsessed of- El Paso, Texas but he’s not expected to fenses, Leach’s keen interest  even attend the game. The in pirates and the consistent  11 a.m. PST Saturday Canes will continue to be led success of his Texas Tech Washington State vs. Miami Current coach by LARRY SCOTT, who has teams. This Sun Bowl will (Larry Scott) gone 4-1 as interim coach mark his irst coaching ap- since the midseason iring pearance in the Lone Star WSU Cougs vs. Canes of AL GOLDEN. State since his bitter depar- ture from Tech in 2009. A lashback These irst-time opponents advanced certain number of crimson- Speaking of Price, to El Paso after overcoming adversity: leaning spectators will be his introduction to The program recovered from rooting more for Leach than the Sun Bowl came Where the twain meet they will the Cougars. when he led the an embarrassing season-opening loss to Washington State and Miami Cougars into the muster its best stretch in a dozen years. have never played each other 2001 edition of the Brad Kaaya in football, but they have at game. The team from South Florida turned LAMONT Luke Falk least one thing in common: a and Cougar emeritus THOMPSON things around following the mid- sense that, years ago, their

JASON DAVID programs were placed in good Perhaps nobody was more intercepted KYLE season iring of its head coach. hands with the hiring of DEN- pleased with the Cougars’ ORTON twice each NIS ERICKSON. His two years at bid from the Sun Bowl than as the Cougars WSU (1987-88) produced a schematic MIKE PRICE, the coach who led Wazzu to prevailed 33-27 blueprint the Cougars followed for more two Rose Bowls in a 14-year stay in Pull- over a Purdue Dennis Erickson than two decades, and meanwhile he led the man and later spent nine years at the helm team coached by at WSU at Miami Hurricanes to two of their ive national titles (1989, of Texas-El Paso. Now retired, Price splits Price’s former of- 1991). his time between El Paso and northern fensive coordina- Idaho, and makes no bones about his af- tor at WSU, JOE fection for the Cougs. TILLER. Three keys To vicTory for The hurricanes Three keys To vicTory for The couGars TDs, not ield goals The Canes boast the most productive kicker in the ACC Keep Falk upright in Michael Badgley (25-for-30 FG, 38-for-38 PAT). But to Wazzu offensive linemen have played well this year but are still feeling a keep up with the Cougars, they’ll probably need more 7s big onus. Luke Falk took blows to the head in back-to-game games before he and than 3s. sat out the Apple Cup with a concussion, and it’s incumbent on both him connections and his bodyguards to avoid a third incident. Among the several common traits of the Muddy up the pocket Confuse Kaaya two talented 6-foot-4 sophomore quar- Cougs QB Falk shows uncommon patience in the terbacks in this game — LUKE FALK of pocket, but this trait can be used against him. With Miami quarterback Brad Kaaya, like Falk, is one of the best WSU and BRAD KAAYA of Miami — are persistence and cunning, Miami’s speedy defenders could Michael soph QBs in the country. But he’s not quite as polished as his their close connections to show biz. Falk’s disrupt his rhythm, especially if go-to WR Gabe Marks is Badgley WSU counterpart, and it’s easy to imagine him struggling at sisters, Alexa and Natalee, form a coun- still out with injury. times with the deceptive schemes of WSU defensive coordi- try-music duo called Falk. And Kaaya’s nator Alex Grinch. mother, Angela Means, is an actress, best Win one for Scott Stay cool known for her role in the movie “Friday.” As much as the hiring of Mark Richt has invigorated the Miami fan More relevant to the game, Falk and base, he means precious little to UM players at the moment. The Canes The Hurricanes are the second-most penalized team in the Kaaya rank irst and 23rd in the nation in need to rally around interim coach Larry Scott, who has kept the Miami country, and they’re playing for a lame-duck coach. The passing yards per game. ship aloat amid rugged storms. Alex Grinch Cougars could win by being the more disciplined and more resolute team. Tribune graphic/ A few things you  Almost a granddaddy  Mexico  Red Raider regulars  On the tube? CBS, natch  Pressure’s on you, Cougs Dale Grummert, The Sun Bowl is tied for the next door The school that’s made the The contract between the Pac-12 teams have gone 8-2 in their Matt Baney, didn’t know about second-oldest existence among most appearances in the Sun Bowl Sun Bowl and CBS is the last 10 apperances in the Sun Bowl. Brian Beesley bowl games, well behind the A bowl oficial was exaggerating only slightly when (the game, not the stadium) is Texas longest-running of any Included in those victories was Oregon the Sun Bowl (or Rose Bowl that launched in 1902. he said the Sun Bowl stadium at UTEP was “a drive and Tech with nine. But none of them TV bowl arrangement. State’s 3-0 win over Pittsburgh in the Associated Press The Sun, Orange and Sugar bowls a 9-iron” from Mexico. Or maybe he’s a helluva golfer. came during Mike Leach’s decade at It began in 1968 and 2008 game. It was the lowest-scoring and Washington The actual distance is about 3 miles. were afraid to ask) all began in 1935. Old-school logo the school. stretches to at least 2019. in 49 years. State photos HELP WANTED! Follow the Cougs in Trib Sports Lewiston First Rewarding volunteer activity delivering MYERS AUTO United Methodist Church noontime meals. 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