The Seattle Times is planning an expose on problems in the Wazzu football program, according to a pre-emptive email from Cougar AD Jim Sterk that was obtained by the blog Stadium Way.
From Sterk’s letter: “From our understanding the story is an in-depth look at the WSU football program, perhaps focusing on negative issues that have occurred over the past few years. My belief is they may combine the off-field incidents of some of our players with the recent APR news as the focus of the story.”
Stadium Way speculates that this may be an attempt by the Times to get back in the good graces of Husky fans after the Victory and Ruins series in January that tore the UW a new one.
Well, maybe, but the Cougs have also had a player charged with putting rubbing alcohol in his roommate’s contact lens case (the player later violated his work release), another player charged with six counts of assualt, dropped a recruit who was facing “legal issues”, and lost eight scholarships because of a poor graduation rate. Their fifth in EDSBS’ Fulmer Cup standings for football malfeasance.
In fact, a piece about the Cougs’ troubles will only dig up the Victory and Ruins series news again, if only as a comparison (and it’s clear that what the Cougs have done pales in comparison to the alleged raping, wife-beating and attempted murders by the ‘00 Dawgs).
Unless…as Stadium Way asks: “The big question is, can the Seattle Times reveal anything we don’t already know?”
Stay tuned.
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