WEEKLY RELEASE - GAME 3 2014 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-2, 0-0 Pac-12) PORTLAND STATE (1-1) vs. WASHINGTON STATE (0-2) 5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 13 • Martin Stadium (32,952) • Pullman, Wash. DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT TV Aug. 28 Rutgers % L, 38-41 FOX Sports 1 Sept. 5 at Nevada L, 13-24 ESPN BROADCAST INFO SERIES HISTORY Sept. 13 Portland State 5 p.m. Pac-12 Sept. 20 Oregon* 7:30 p.m. ESPN TV: Pac-12 Networks ALL-TIME RECORD: WSU 1-0 Sept. 27 at Utah* TBA TBA PLAY-BY-PLAY: JB Long STREAK: WSU +1 Oct. 4 California* TBA TBA ANALYST: Mike Pawlawski LAST MEETING: WSU 48-9 (2008 in Pullman) Oct. 10 at Stanford* 6 p.m. ESPN LAST PORTLAND STATE WIN: NA Oct. 25 Arizona* TBA TBA RADIO: Washington State IMG Sports Network IN PULLMAN: WSU 48-9 (9/20/08) Nov. 1 USC* TBA TBA PLAY-BY-PLAY: Bud Nameck STREAK: WSU +1 Nov. 8 at Oregon State* TBA TBA ANALYST: Bob Robertson LAST MEETING: WSU 48-9 (9/20/08) Nov. 22 at Arizona State* TBA TBA ANALYST: Jason Gesser LAST PORTLAND STATE WIN: NA Nov. 29 Washington* TBA TBA SIDELINE: Jessamyn McIntyre IN PORTLAND: NA * Pac-12 Conference Game STREAK: NA ** All times and dates are subject to change LIVESTATS: wsucougars.com LAST MEETING: NA & The Seattle Game (CenturyLink Field) TWITTER: @WSUCougfb LAST PORTLAND STATE WIN: NA Home games in BOLD All times Pacific WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS HOST PORTLAND STATE SATURDAY IN HOME-OPENER ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Washington State University welcomes Portland State University into new-look Martin Stadium for the home-opener Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks. OFFICE ADDRESS: Bohler Addition 195 Pullman, WA 99164-1602 NEXT WEEK OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-COUG Washington State opens Pac-12 play hosting No. 2 Oregon next Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. OFFICE FAX: 509-335-0267 MARTIN STADIUM PRESS BOX: 509-335-COUG MIKE LEACH RADIO SHOW ASSOC. A.D. / ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: Washington State Head Coach Mike Leach holds a weekly radio show on WSU’s flagship station 920 Bill Stevens KXLY every Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. live from Zeppoz in Pullman. OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-4294 CELL: 916-761-7005 BOB ROBERTSON, NATION’S LONGEST TENURED RADIO ANNOUNCER [email protected] EMAIL: Hall of fame announcer Bob Robertson is in his 48th season calling Cougar football games, and SPORTS: Football, Women’s Tennis ASST. DIRECTOR: Bobby Alworth according to a nation-wide survey of sports information directors, is the longest tenured radio an- OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-5785 nouncer in the country with the next closest being Bill Hillgrove who has announced 44 straight CELL: 951-452-6129 seasons at Pitt. Robertson began calling WSU games in 1964 and with the exception of a three-year EMAIL: [email protected] period in 1969-71, has been calling Cougar games ever since. Last season, Robertson slid over from SPORTS: Football, Women’s Basketball his familiar play-by-play role and passed the microphone to Bud Nameck. Robertson now hosts the ASST. DIRECTOR: Linda Chalich Cougars pre, halftime and postgame shows, while also providing analysis during the games. OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0268 EMAIL: [email protected] COLLEGE GAMEDAY RECORD Volleyball, Cross Country, Track & Field SPORTS: In addition to Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso, ESPN’s College GameDay has had another ASST. DIRECTOR: Jessica Holmes OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0255 constant – the WSU flag, which this weekend will be making its 150th consecutive appearance EMAIL: [email protected] on the weekly show, dating back to the beginning of the 2004 season. Two flags – Ol’ Crimson and SPORTS: Men’s Basketball, Rowing Gray – have been flown in the background of the GameDay set by dozens of friends and alumni. ASST. DIRECTOR: Craig Lawson The Gray flag was added this year after Whitey was retired in honor of Steve Gleason’s “No White OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0265 Flags.” WSU recognized the GameDay flag wavers in a pregame ceremony prior to the Montana EMAIL: [email protected] State game in 2010. In addition to the flags that fly, there is a traveling flag signed by the holders after SPORTS: Women’s Soccer, Baseball, each episode. The traveling flag is retired after each season, the first of which is hanging in WSU’s Men’s & Women’s Golf, Swimming Alumni Center. YOUNG COUGS MAKE THEIR DEBUTS Washington State saw 17 players make their collegiate debut in the season-opener against Rutgers and four made their first career start in week two at Nevada. Twelve freshmen have played in the first two games including two true freshmen in punter Jordan Dascalo and wide receiver Calvin Green. Redshirt-freshman quarterback Luke Falk officially 2012 2013 2014 made his debut last week at Nevada, appearing in one play Total Freshmen Played 17 10 12 for an injured Connor Halliday. Falk handed the ball off. True Freshmen Played 9 5 2 Sophomores Played 13 17 8 WSUCOUGARS.COM 2014 COUGAR FOOTBALL PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEDIA INFORMATION 2014 STANDINGS AUDIO ON INTERNET THE WASHINGTON STATE IMG COLLEGE NETWORK NORTH DIVISON WSU’s football broadcasts are available on the Inter- Pac-12 Overall net through WSU’s web provider NeuLion. The ad- California 0-0 2-0 dress is: www.wsucougars.com, then use the Connect Cougar football games are broadcast live on the Oregon 0-0 2-0 link near the top of the page. radio throughout the Pacific Northwest via the Wash- Oregon State 0-0 2-0 ington State IMG College Sports Network. The 25-sta- Washington 0-0 2-0 WSU TICKETS tion football network - one of the largest in the Pac-12 Washington State 0-0 0-2 WSU football tickets are available online at www.wsu- - reaches from British Columbia to Oregon and can be Stanford 0-1 1-1 cougars.com, by clicking on the “Tickets” link on the heard worldwide via the internet and XM Satellite ra- front page. Tickets are available online 24 hours a day, SOUTH DIVISON dio. Cougar football broadcasts begin an hour before up until the day before the game. All orders processed kickoff, carry through the game and conclude with Pac-12 Overall online can be mailed up to 10 days prior to the game. USC 1-0 2-0 After that all online orders will be held for pickup at post-game interviews with players and coaches. Arizona 0-0 2-0 Will Call. For any questions about WSU tickets, please 710 ESPN will air a weekly season-long segment Arizona State 0-0 2-0 call 1-800-Go-Cougs, Option 1, during business hours featuring WSU head coach Mike Leach along with UCLA 0-0 2-0 (Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.). special Cougar Athletics programming on both 710 Utah 0-0 2-0 ESPN Seattle and KTTH 770 AM. In addition, a WSU Colorado 0-0 1-1 WSUCOUGARS.COM section and archived game podcasts will be high- WSU releases, statistics, notes and depth chart infor- lighted on the 710 Sports page of MyNorthwest.com. mation are loaded weekly on the WSU Athletics Home The 18-station football network - one of the largest in THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE Page. The address is: http://www.wsucougars.com. the Pac-12 - reaches from British Columbia to Oregon SATURDAY, SEPT. 13 COUGAR ATHLETICS ON THE WEB and can be heard worldwide via the internet and XM Wyoming at Oregon, 11 a.m. (P12N) Connect with Washington State University Athletics Satellite radio. Illinois at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX) on the web at WSUCougars.com, the official website IMG College produces the Washington State Army at Stanford, 2 p.m. (P12N) of Cougar Athletics, and on Twitter (twitter.com/WSU- IMG College Sports Network, which also features Portland State at Washington State, 5 p.m. (P12N) Cougars_com) and Facebook (facebook.com/WSU- radio coverage of WSU men’s basketball, baseball, USC at Boston College, 5 p.m. (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) CougarAthletics) during the 2013 season. UCLA vs. Texas, 5 p.m. (FOX) women’s basketball and women’s volleyball, and the Cougar Coaches Show in the fall and winter seasons. Arizona State at Colorado, 7 p.m. (ESPNU) PAC-12 TELECONFERENCE Nevada at Arizona, 8 p.m. (P12N) The Pac-12 Conference hosts a weekly teleconference IMG College, founded in 1992 in its corporate home call each Tuesday during the football season. The tele- of Winston-Salem, NC, manages corporate marketing conference call begins at 9:55 a.m., PT, while Mike opportunities and on-site promotions at WSU football Leach participates at 10:55 a.m. Contact the Pac-12 and basketball games as well as oversees sales for media relations office at 925-932-4411 for details and all signage at Martin Stadium, Friel Court at Beasley LAST WEEK’S RESULTS call-in information. Coliseum and all Cougar competition sites. THURSDAY, SEPT. 4 LEACH AND STUDENT-ATHLETE AVAILABILITY Location Station Frequency Arizona def. UTSA, 26-23 WSU head football coach Mike Leach is available for individual media interviews following practices Sun- Spokane (Flagship) KXLY 920 AM FRIDAY, SEPT. 5 day, Tuesday and Wednesday, along with after each Seattle KIRO 710 AM NEVADA def. Washington State, 24-13 Cougar game. Arrangements for interviews with coach Bellingham KPUG/KBAI 1170/930 AM Leach other than those times must be made through Centralia KMNT 104.3 FM SATURDAY, SEPT. 6 the WSU Athletic Communications office. WSU play- Colfax KCLX 1450 AM CALIFORNIA def.