The Cougs have a proud tradition of Samoan players that includes a certain QB dubbed the “Throwin Samoan” who when he got drafted in 1979 handed off the QB duties to a guy whose real name was… Samoa Samoa. That tradition was revived this weekend as Mike Leach morphed from pirate into Captain Cook, raiding the tiny Polynesian island for what we Coug fans hope turns out to be recruiting gold (or perhaps more appropriately, recruiting bread fruit). Defensive end Destiny Vaeao and defensive tackle Robert Barber have committed to sign on with the Cougs this week.  Could these be the first couple drops from what many hope will become a Polynesian pipeline of amazing hair streaming into Pullman to play for the Cougs? Looks promising. Perhaps new defensive line coach Joe Salave may be the island connection he was advertised to be. Sutra has got to be pumped.

Vaeao comes with a glut of offers, though he hasn’t been rated by Scout yet, while Barber comes completely out of left field with very little to judge him by besides his size. Until we see him ourselves, we’ll just have to trust that Leach and staff have seen what they need to see offer him a nose tackle spot in our new 3-4 defense. Since all Samoans have what scientists call the football gene, I think we can rest assured these two will be making more than just the “All Hair Team”.

This is going to be a huge week for the Cougs and I expect Lucas and Huddy to chime in with their takes on how our class is shaping up as we approach signing day on Wednesday. For the sake of accuracy and in-depth analysis, they may even employ the Bridgeport Pumped-o-Meter ™ in their assessments. In the meantime enjoy the whirlwind of rumors, speculation, and tweetpocolypse that is going to take over our lives for a couple days.

Now I didn’t want to do it, but I’ve got to talk about hoops. Sorry, but it has to be done so do what’s right and…

Hello Followers.  Hope you had a great week.

As noted here on Thurdsay, the plan was for the Khan to grace these pages yesterday.  Unforunately, that little thing known as work got in the way once again.

So, if you want to check out a few (and I mean a few) Saturday thoughts, then click on the old JumpaVegas.

Hello Followers.  Hope you’re having a great week.

Well, tonight, our Cougies will try to build on last weekend’s sweep of the Bay Area schools as they take on the Arizona schools.

But, perhaps to your surprise, I’m not going to talk about that today.

In fact, I’m pretty much ready to bet the house that the best basketball coach west of the Mississippi River.....

...is going to take care of our boys with relative ease tonight.

Therefore, rather than talk about hoops, I’m going to talk some more about football.

So, if you want to check out why THE PAC-12 IS TRULY THE FOOTBALL CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS…..

(READ ON)

Good morning and Happy Hump Day, Cougs! We are now T-minus one week from Signing Day 2012, which means we are T-minus eight days away from once again becoming functional members of society. I know that recruiting is at the forefront of everyone's minds and being a man of the people that's exactly what I'll talk about today. The WSU Recruiting Class of 2012 is starting to look something like the finished product it will be so it's high time to take a good look at the group of commitments with the hard hitting analysis (read: none) that you can only find on This Here Blog (read: because I'm "special"). I am thrilled that today's post marks the debut of the Bridgeport Pumped-O-Meter to rate every one of our current verbal commitments. What is the Bridgeport Pumped-O-Meter, you ask? There's only one way to find out my friends. My saddle's waiting. Come on and jump on it...