The Official Newsletter for Washington State Athletics, presented by BECU
Good Morning, Wazzu Fam. 19 days until tipoff.
What all do we have in today’s Brew? Check it out below.
🏈 Primetime Players
👟 History Makers
🎙️ Talkin’ Ball
👏 And much more!
The 509 rivalry is back! The Cougs take on Eastern Washington on December 22 at Spokane Arena for the 2026 509 Classic. Bragging rights to the 509 are on the line, so come cheer on Washington State in Spokane!
📈 STOCK UP
🔼 Primetime Players. Once again, the Cougs put on quite a show in the NFL this past weekend, highlighted by a breakout game from New England Patriots wide receiver Kyle Williams.
The second-year receiver enjoyed his best NFL performance, hauling in three passes for 91 yards and a touchdown in the Patriots' 45-17 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders. Williams' biggest play came on a 40-yard touchdown reception.
Defensively, former Cougar Jaylen Watson made an immediate impact in his return to the Los Angeles Rams' lineup, playing all 64 defensive snaps and intercepting Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen.
Meanwhile, Washington Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu turned in one of his strongest performances of the season, recording nine tackles in a tie against the New York Giants, while Daiyan Henley continued his productive season with six tackles against the Broncos.
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🔼 History Makers. For the first time in program history, the WSU women’s cross country team earned the No. 1 ranking in the West Region in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association rankings released this week.
After a strong showing at last weekend’s Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, the women’s team moved up two spots from No. 3, climbing ahead of Oregon and Stanford, which are ranked second and third.
🔼 Movin’ On Up. On Tuesday at the Bryson Invitational, the WSU men’s golf team turned in a great second round to move up the leaderboard heading into today’s final round.
Every member of the WSU team turned in a score at 1-over par or better, which propelled the Cougs into a tie at second place out of 12 teams. Three Cougs ended the day under par, with the other two finishing even and 1-over par respectively.
Redshirt-senior Ben Borgida followed up his opening round 70 with a 72 on Tuesday. Borgida leads WSU with an overall score of 2-under par and moved up to sixth place after the second round.
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🔼 Talkin’ Ball. No better place to get ready for longtime rivalry game than with another edition of the Cougar Football Hour.
The weekly program will once again be hosted at Zeppoz in Pullman but now on Wednesday evenings from 6-7 p.m.
The radio broadcast will also stream live on the WSU Cougars Gameday app and at wsucougars.com/listen. Each episode will be available as a podcast the following day on all major podcast platforms through the Washington State Cougars Podcast channel.
🔼 One Week Away. We are less than 30 days away from the return of WSU men’s hoops and now there’s a chance to hear more of what’s to come in 2026-27 for the Cougs.
On Wednesday, October 21, players, Wazzu is hosting its men’s basketball Tip-Off Event from 6-7:45 p.m. at the Loft at Northern Quest Resort and Casino.
Enjoy and meet and greet with players, coaches and staff to get a bit of a sneak peek of what’s coming this season at WSU.
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Wednesday, October 14th
🎙️ Cougar Football Hour @ 6 pm (Zeppoz Restaurant) l Listen
⛳️ Men’s Golf at The Bryson Invitational (Miami, Fla.)
Thursday, October 15th
🏐 Volleyball at Boise State @ 5 pm
Friday, October 16th
🏊 Swimming at Air Force and Denver (Tri-Meet) @ 4 pm
Saturday, October 17th
🏊 Swimming at Colorado State @ 12 pm
🏐 Volleyball vs. Fresno State @ 12 pm l Tickets
🏈 Football at Oregon State @ 3 pm l The USA Network
⚽️ Soccer at Gonzaga @ 6 pm
🏊 Swimming at MPSF Open Water Championships @ 10:30 pm
🚣 Rowing at Head of the Spokane (Spokane, Wash.)
Sunday, October 18th
🏀 Men’s Basketball at New Mexico @ 1 p.m. (Exhibition)
👏 Have a great one, Cougs!
