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Sports >  Idaho football

After taking leap in year one, Jason Eck and Idaho are ‘ready for more challenges’

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 25, 2022

When he was hired to revive a University of Idaho football program that had not enjoyed a winning season in five years, Jason Eck predicted the Vandals were a sleeping giant. Once stirred to consciousness, he insisted, they could reclaim their winning ways as a Football Championship Subdivision power that saw them win or share six Big Sky Conference championships between 1982-92 and go to the FCS playoffs 11 times between 1982-95.
News >  Washington

Husky helpers: Football players wrap Christmas presents for WA families

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 23, 2022

Dec. 23—The secret, she said, isn't money. It's time. That's what Jacquie Vaughn has learned in 10-plus years volunteering for The Forgotten Children's Fund, an organization that delivers Christmas presents to underprivileged children and families across Western Washington. Each December, she drives nightly from her home in Monroe to a donated warehouse — appropriately labeled "Santa's Workshop" ...
Sports >  WSU football

Tattoos, JFK and Rosetta Stone. Washington State’s record-setting QBs had unique, impactful experience with ‘deeply loved’ Mike Leach

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 22, 2022

Mike Leach always despised the star system used to evaluate high school football players. Maybe that’s why he had such admiration for quarterbacks like Luke Falk, Gardner Minshew and Anthony Gordon. It wouldn’t be a surprise if the coach’s decision to recruit those three – five recruiting “stars” between them – was actually a subtle way of rebelling against the modern college football industry.
Sports >  UW football

Commentary: Unfinished business a big reason many UW football stars decided to return

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 23, 2022

SEATTLE – One by one, Husky football stalwarts have announced their decision to return for 2023, rather than avail themselves of the enticement of an immediate pro career. At this time of year, when defections via either an early pro exit or a berth in the transfer portal are wreaking havoc on many programs, it’s another early signal that 2023 could be a special year on Montlake.

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