WSU coach inherits a mess off the field

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Northwest Sports: In the Morning
Published 6/23/2008 by Seth (noreply@blogger.com) at Enjoy the Enjoyment
That Times piece on Wazzu's troubles came out, and contained what I believe is new information about Cougar defensive stalwart Andy Mattingly, who was charged with two felonies last year after hitting a guy with a frying pan. ...

Pullman Is a Really Fun Town
Published 6/23/2008 by Brian Cook at FanHouse
Filed under: Washington Football, Washington State Football, NCAA FB Police Blotter, Featured StoriesBill Doba... not so much. The Seattle Times has decided to leave no instate Division I-A program unbashed, following up their epic series on Washington's wacky ways under Rick Neuheisel with an expose on the disaster train that is the Washington State Cougars program. Most of the article is the usual blah blah blah about very large men getting into very minor legal trouble. Since WSU was terrible ...

WSU's Paul Wulff Responds to Seattle Times
Published 6/24/2008 by Sean Hawkins at FanHouse
... The Seattle Times put the Washington State University football program in the cross-hairs on Sunday, reporting on an array of mistakes by players over the last 18 months. 25 arrests in 18 months is a troubling sign, no matter the coach or the program. ...

FULMER CUPDATE: ROOOOOOOOOOOOLL TAAAAAHDE.
Published 6/25/2008 by Orson Swindle at EDSBS
... In what would be big news any other week, Washington State picks up a three point adjustment for this unreported (or totally missed, perhaps) incident from February, which eventually resulted in a series of misdemeanor pleas: ...

A lesson in handling negative press, courtesy of Paul Wulff
Published 6/25/2008 by colinokeefe@gmail.com (Colin) at The Grizzoulian
... negative exposure. Throughout most of it the administration, and especially Bobby Hauck, have been relatively silent. We'll get a blurb in the newspaper story on how the actions of a few should not reflect poorly on the rest of the team but not much more. Never do we see the openness and level of accountability current Washington State head coach and former Eastern Washington head coach Paul Wulff displayed after the Seattle Times published a scathing article on the Cougars' past transgressions. ...

REVENGE ASSAULT COMPLETES ROAD TRIP
Published 6/26/2008 at With Leather - Sports news and gossip to brighten this short, dark life
... Last Sunday's Seattle Times had a doozy of a write-up on the terrific state of Washington State's football program.  Over the last year and a half, no fewer than 25 players "have been arrested or charged with offenses that carry possible jail time."  And none of those incidents is as eyeball-searingly awesome as the following story, which must be read in its entirety, because every detail RULES: ...