Synopses & Reviews
Thrilling victories, crushing defeats, comical mishaps, and colorful coaches, players, and fansthese are the legendary moments and larger-than-life personalities that have made the Washington State Cougars a gridiron favorite.
In Stadium Stories: Washington State Cougars, veteran journalist Bud Withers shares his favorite memories of this beloved team. Together youll relive the highs and lows and become reacquainted with some of the teams all-time greatest heroes and legends, including:
William “Lone Star” Dietz, who in 1915 led the school to its only Rose Bowl victory
Rueben Mayes, who ran for a record 573 yards over two games in October 1984
WSUs glorious campaigns to get into the 1997 and 2002 Rose Bowls
The Cougars annual Apple Cup war with their cross-state archrivals, the Huskies
Synopsis
Veteran sportswriter Bud Withers takes Washington State fans through the highs and lows of Cougar football in this book of stories, photos, and anecdotes.
About the Author
Bud Withers is the college football reporter at-large for the
Seattle Times, one of three Pacific Northwest newspapers for which he has written on the sport since the early 1970s. He covered significant parts of the Dennis Erickson and Mike Price regimes at WSU and frequently writes columns on the Cougars.
Table of Contents
1. A Different Kind of Place
2. Leather Helmets, Legendary Figures
3. The Orphans
4. A Search for Stability
5. Return to the Wheatfields
6. The Rampaging Rueben
7. Pasadena Surprise
8. Whiteout Wipeout
9. From Rags to Roses
10. Deliverance in Seattle
11. Reprise of Roses
12. Stalking the Grandaddy
13. To Mess with Texas