"I wish every single one of these cards was a Bridgeport IPA."

Good morning and Happy Hump Day, Cougs! It seems like just a week ago that I was pointing out that there were 10 weeks until the Crimson and Gray Game in Spokane. Now, a mere 7 days later, there are only 9 weeks to go! Crazy how that works, but time flies when the space-time continuum is functioning properly, I guess. If you're a fan of "Friday Night Lights", Mike Leach, Grantland, or things that are just awesome, you likely caught the news last week that the script for the FNL movie is likely to use elements of Coach Leach's story as at least some part of its plot. You're probably also aware by now that Peter Berg, one of the driving forces behind the glory that is "Friday Night Lights" is also moving full speed ahead with his documentary project about Leach. With the bright lights of Hollywood finally coming down on Pullman, Washington, or at the very least its most famous new resident, I got to thinking. As is usually the case, the net result of my thinking was something completely and utterly ridiculous: If there was a fictional movie about our Cougs, (which doesn't seem all that unlikely; I mean the 2008 football team was basically the pre-Gordon Bombay District 5 hockey team and the 2012 team will metaphotically beat Iceland in the Sun Bowl) what actors would be hired to play them? Running with the Advent Calendar theme, I'll give you 8 actors who could have career-making moves by playing members of the 2012 Washington State football team in a totally hypothetical movie. I'll also have a follow up to last week's post, as my main man Connor (AKA cpsands023) answered the call my nickname challenge in a big way. Wow, some wacky things happen during the offseason with a basketball season going nowhere. Aaaaaanyhew, that's a lot to get to so let's do this...

The author contemplates stealing Barry Morrow's Best Screenplay Oscar for Rain Man.

If you are a regular reader of our little blog here, and I know that at least a dozen of you are, then you have probably noticed that we love to give out awards. Seriously, we love it. This week just happens to be the biggest week in all of awardom, Oscar Week! So, of course, we didn’t want to be left out. With that I present to you the WSU Football Bloscars. Since we are nothing if not self aware here at the WSU Football Blog, I must admit that yes, with this latest award we have indeed jumped the proverbial shark.

So with that I invite you all to make like Fonzie and...

Hello Followers.  Hope you’ve had a great week.

As for me, well, I’ve been sick as all holy heck. But, that didn’t stop me from closely following news about the forthcoming arena deal.  For my thoughts on whether professional basketball will soon arrive in the Emerald City, then read on..

Good morning and Happy Hump Day, Cougs! It's good to be back in the saddle after being sick somehow prevented me from typing last week (this blogging stuff is tough, you know). By my count, we are now a mere 10 weeks away from the Spring Game at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane. How excited am I about this? Let's go with "opening the mail and finding a package from Bridgeport" excited, nay "watching Lucas and Longball shotgun beer" excited, nay "Sutra adding a new wife to the harem" excited. I'm so excited, in fact, that I will be busting out one of my favorite methods of counting down to a big event: the advent calendar. Instead of opening a little door and getting mediocre chocolate, though, you get open This Here Blog every Wednesday and read mediocre posts that loosely use some sort of countdown theme. Let's be honest, I just like gimmicks and using a countdown gives me a finite number of things to have to think about, which is for the best. For this week, in honor of there being 10 weeks left until the Big Game, I offer to you the 10 players I am most looking forward to seeing at Joe Albi on April 21. After that scintillating intro, you must be on pins and needles, so just click that "Read More" button already, would ya?

Happy Tuesday morning Cougar fans. First of all, I cannot wait to finally watch our hoops team on the tube this week. How about you? Secondly, what about RG5? I think he is going to do wonders out of the backfield in our Air Raid Offense next fall!

So, I must admit I haven't been keeping up with the current events of the last week since I returned home from Arizona. I was sick all last week, attending work feeling like bunk and then volunteering all weekend at a leadership event. Needless to say, my web browsing activity was at an all-time decline (seriously, some adult websites may have gone out of business with my absence).

Eye kiiiiiiiidddd..

Anyways, browsing last night, I came across an article on a site that I quite frankly despise.  You see, at some point in 2011, my favorite writer in the history of writers, Bill Simmons, launched his own website called Grantland. Simmons made his mark in Boston, before joining ESPN and has an incredibly loyal following. He was great at mixing pop culture references and sports into an ESPN Page 2 spot, as well as writing two of my all-time favorite sports books; The Book of Basketball and Now I Can Die in Piece. There was an apparent falling out of sorts with the World Wide Leader, and now fans are stuck with his pile of manure Grantland.

Anyways, over the weekend, a pair of his writers posted an article with the premise that high school, college and eventually the NFL as we know it may not be around in the next fifteen or twenty years. I was ROLMFAO at the idea of this article before actually reading it.

Click the jump to get some of their incredibly logical takes.....