WEEKLY RELEASE - GAME 2 2014 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-1, 0-0 Pac-12) WASHINGTON STATE (0-1) vs. NEVADA (1-0) 7:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 5 • Mackay Stadium (30,000) • Reno, Nev. DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT TV Aug. 28 Rutgers % L, 38-41 FOX Sports 1 Sept. 5 at Nevada 7:30 p.m. ESPN Sept. 13 Portland State 5 p.m. Pac-12 BROADCAST INFO SERIES HISTORY Sept. 20 Oregon* TBA TBA TV: ESPN ALL-TIME RECORD: 2-0 Sept. 27 at Utah* TBA TBA PLAY-BY-PLAY: Mark Neely STREAK: WSU +2 Oct. 4 California* TBA TBA ANALYST: Mike Belotti LAST MEETING: WSU 55-21 (2005 in Reno) Oct. 10 at Stanford* 6 p.m. ESPN SIDELINE: Shelley Smith LAST NEVADA WIN: NA Oct. 25 Arizona* TBA TBA IN PULLMAN: NA Nov. 1 USC* TBA TBA RADIO: Washington State IMG Sports Network STREAK: NA Nov. 8 at Oregon State* TBA TBA PLAY-BY-PLAY: Bud Nameck LAST MEETING: NA Nov. 22 at Arizona State* TBA TBA ANALYST: Bob Robertson LAST NEVADA WIN: NA Nov. 29 Washington* TBA TBA ANALYST: Jason Gesser IN RENO: WSU 1-0 * Pac-12 Conference Game SIDELINE: Jessamyn McIntyre STREAK: WSU +1 ** All times and dates are subject to change LAST MEETING: WSU 55-21 (2005) & The Seattle Game (CenturyLink Field) LIVESTATS: wsucougars.com Home games in BOLD LAST NEVADA WIN: NA All times Pacific TWITTER: @WSUCougfb IN SEATTLE: WSU 1-0 LAST MEETING: WSU 31-7 (2002) WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS HIT THE ROAD TO FACE NEVADA FRIDAY ON ESPN: Washington State University makes ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS its first road trip of the season with a Friday night match up against the University of Nevada. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. OFFICE ADDRESS: Bohler Addition 195 Pullman, WA 99164-1602 NEXT WEEK: Washington State returns to Pullman for its home-opener against Portland State Uni- OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-COUG versity next Saturday. Kickoff is slated for 5 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks. OFFICE FAX: 509-335-0267 MARTIN STADIUM PRESS BOX: 509-335-COUG MIKE LEACH RADIO SHOW: Washington State Head Coach Mike Leach holds a weekly radio show ASSOC. A.D. / ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: on WSU’s flagship station 920 KXLY. This week’s show will be Wednesday, Sept. 3 from 6-7 p.m. live Bill Stevens from Zeppoz in Pullman. OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-4294 CELL: 916-761-7005 COUGARS AGAINST THE MOUNTAIN WEST: WSU owns a 6-3 record against Mountain West Con- EMAIL: [email protected] SPORTS: Football, Women’s Tennis ference opponents, having previously faced Nevada when they were in the Western Athletic Con- ASST. DIRECTOR: Bobby Alworth ference (WAC). The Wolfpack joined the MWC in 2012. The Cougars last played a MWC opponent OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-5785 in last year’s New Mexico Bowl defeat to Colorado State. WSU’s last regular season meeting with CELL: 951-452-6129 a Mountain West opponent came in 2012, Mike Leach’s first season, a 35-27 victory at UNLV behind EMAIL: [email protected] Connor Halliday’s 4-TD performance. SPORTS: Football, Women’s Basketball ASST. DIRECTOR: Linda Chalich MIKE LEACH AGAINST NEVADA, THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE: Mike Leach owns a 7-2 OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0268 career record against current Mountain West Conference members including a 1-0 mark against EMAIL: [email protected] Nevada. Leach guided Texas Tech to a 35-19 victory in Reno in 2008. Former Red Raider quarterback SPORTS: Volleyball, Cross Country, Track & Field ASST. DIRECTOR: Jessica Holmes and current WSU offensive analyst Graham Harrell threw for 297 yards and a touchdown in the win. OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0255 EMAIL: [email protected] BOB ROBERTSON, NATION’S LONGEST TENURED RADIO ANNOUNCER: Hall of fame announcer SPORTS: Men’s Basketball, Rowing Bob Robertson is in his 48th season calling Cougar football games, and according to a nation-wide ASST. DIRECTOR: Craig Lawson survey of sports information directors, is the longest tenured radio announcer in the country with OFFICE PHONE: 509-335-0265 the next closest being Bill Hillgrove who has announced 44 straight seasons at Pitt. Robertson began EMAIL: [email protected] calling WSU games in 1964 and with the exception of a three-year period in 1969-71, has been call- SPORTS: Women’s Soccer, Baseball, ing Cougar games ever since. Last season, Robertson slid over from his familiar play-by-play role Men’s & Women’s Golf, Swimming and passed the microphone to Bud Nameck. Robertson now hosts the Cougars pre, halftime and postgame shows, while also providing analysis during the games. COLLEGE GAMEDAY RECORD: In addition to Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso, ESPN’s College GameDay has had another constant – the WSU flag, which this weekend will be making its 149th consecutive appearance on the weekly show, dating back to the beginning of the 2004 season. Two flags – Ol’ Crimson and Gray – have been flown in the background of the GameDay set by dozens of friends and alumni. The Gray flag was added this year after Whitey was retired in honor of Steve Gleason’s “No White Flags.” WSU recognized the GameDay flag wavers in a pregame ceremony prior to the Montana State game in 2010. In addition to the flags that fly, there is a traveling flag 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. WSUCOUGARS.COM 2014 COUGAR FOOTBALL PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEDIA INFORMATION 2014 STANDINGS AUDIO ON INTERNET: WSU’s football broadcasts are THE WASHINGTON STATE IMG COLLEGE NETWORK NORTH DIVISON available on the Internet through WSU’s web provider Pac-12 Overall NeuLion. The address is: www.wsucougars.com, then California 0-0 1-0 use the Connect link near the top of the page. Cougar football games are broadcast live on the Oregon 0-0 1-0 radio throughout the Pacific Northwest via the Wash- Oregon State 0-0 1-0 WSU TICKETS: WSU football tickets are available ington State IMG College Sports Network. The 25-sta- Stanford 0-0 1-0 online at www.wsucougars.com, by clicking on the tion football network - one of the largest in the Pac-12 Washington 0-0 1-0 “Tickets” link on the front page. Tickets are avail- - reaches from British Columbia to Oregon and can be Washington State 0-0 0-1 able online 24 hours a day, up until the day before the heard worldwide via the internet and XM Satellite ra- game. All orders processed online can be mailed up to SOUTH DIVISON dio. Cougar football broadcasts begin an hour before 10 days prior to the game. After that all online orders kickoff, carry through the game and conclude with Pac-12 Overall will be held for pickup at Will Call. For any questions Arizona 0-0 1-0 about WSU tickets, please call 1-800-Go-Cougs, Option post-game interviews with players and coaches. Arizona State * 0-0 1-0 1, during business hours (Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 710 ESPN will air a weekly season-long segment UCLA 0-0 1-0 p.m.). featuring WSU head coach Mike Leach along with USC 0-0 1-0 special Cougar Athletics programming on both 710 Utah 0-0 1-0 WSUCOUGARS.COM: WSU releases, statistics, notes ESPN Seattle and KTTH 770 AM. In addition, a WSU Colorado 0-0 0-1 and depth chart information are loaded weekly on section and archived game podcasts will be high- the WSU Athletics Home Page. The address is: http:// lighted on the 710 Sports page of MyNorthwest.com. THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE www.wsucougars.com. The 18-station football network - one of the largest in COUGAR ATHLETICS ON THE WEB: Connect with the Pac-12 - reaches from British Columbia to Oregon THURSDAY, SEPT. 4 Washington State University Athletics on the web at and can be heard worldwide via the internet and XM Arizona at UTSA, 5 p.m. (FOX Sports 1) WSUCougars.com, the official website of Cougar Ath- Satellite radio. letics, and on Twitter (twitter.com/WSUCougars_com) IMG College produces the Washington State FRIDAY, SEPT. 5 and Facebook (facebook.com/WSUCougarAthletics) IMG College Sports Network, which also features Washington State at NEVADA, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) during the 2013 season. radio coverage of WSU men’s basketball, baseball, SATURDAY, SEPT. 6 women’s basketball and women’s volleyball, and the PAC-12 TELECONFERENCE: The Pac-12 Conference Cougar Coaches Show in the fall and winter seasons. Sacramento State at CALIFORNIA, Noon (P12N) hosts a weekly teleconference call each Tuesday dur- Eastern Washington at WASHINGTON, Noon (P12N) ing the football season. The teleconference call begins IMG College, founded in 1992 in its corporate home Fresno State at UTAH, Noon (P12N) at 9:55 a.m., PT, while Mike Leach participates at 10:55 of Winston-Salem, NC, manages corporate marketing Colorado at UMASS, Noon (ESPN3) a.m. Contact the Pac-12 media relations office at 925- opportunities and on-site promotions at WSU football USC at STANFORD, 12:30 p.m. (ABC/ESPN) 932-4411 for details and call-in information. and basketball games as well as oversees sales for Michigan State at OREGON, 3:30 p.m. (FOX) all signage at Martin Stadium, Friel Court at Beasley Arizona State at NEW MEXICO, 4 p.m. (CBSSports) LEACH AND STUDENT-ATHLETE AVAILABILITY: WSU Coliseum and all Cougar competition sites. Memphis at UCLA, 7 p.m. (P12N) head football coach Mike Leach is available for indi- Oregon State at HAWAII, 7:30 p.m.