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don’t sweat the technique

[Rivals @Rivals]

🚨BREAKING🚨 4-star OT Rashaun Lavata'i has committed to Washington State, @BrandonHuffman reports🐾

Read: https://t.co/y9xkfwHO2V

[Tom Fornelli @TomFornelli]

Sometimes you just wanna watch a condensed version of the 2006 Rose Bowl.

[Dante 🇺🇸 @DanteTheDon]

Was not ready for Eric Church to deliver the best commencement speech I’ve ever heard.

Six guitar strings. Six pillars of a life.

Faith. Family. Spouse. Ambition. Community. You.

Tune them when you’re whole, not just when you’re broken.

Watch the whole thing.

[Scott Hanson @ScottHanson]

This is 1 of the best interviews I’ve watched in years.
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If anyone knows @BenSasse or knows how to get in touch with him, please tell him THANK YOU for giving this time amidst his circumstance.
What a gift.
(& Scott Pelley & @60Minutes - 🫡)

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Idaho now is known for producing potatoes and first round tight ends. The first tight ends to go in the past two drafts - Kenyon Saddiq this year, Colston Loveland last year - both are from Idaho.

[claire @rosiekennedyxx]

Nobody fell off harder than the hammerhead shark. Was a top shark for me as a kid and now completely obsolete in media and conversation.

[Shea Serrano @SheaSerrano]

i’ve seen this video at least 20 times these past two decades and it has never failed to get me teary-eyed 😭😭😭

[Luke Falk @coachlukefalk]

"Leach Time" 🏴‍☠️

Before games, Coach Leach had our teams go to the movie theater and watch the newest releases. Why?

Sure, he was a huge movie buff, religiously staying all the way through the credits and holding up our buses from leaving.

He also loved his movie snacks and was very particular about his popcorn. Early on we used to stay at the Red Lion in Lewiston, Idaho the night before games and go to the theater there. Then we switched it up and started staying in Pullman the night before home games my junior year. But Leach loved the Lewiston theater popcorn so much that he had them prepare a bag and had a younger staff member drive over to pick it up. Haha.

But the real reason was to get our minds off the game, relax, and be at ease.
He wanted us to enjoy ourselves, have fun, and be loose. Not wound up and uptight about the game.

Then we’d come back to the team hotel for our nightly meetings and he’d say:
“Alright, it’s football time.”
That was our trigger to lock in and focus. The horsing around was over.

This back and forth was a constant for our team, ebbing and flowing between “relax time” and “football time.” I believe it was a big reason for our success, helping us recharge and come back more focused and fresh during football time. In fact, I think this same ebb and flow was a big reason for Leach’s long term success as well.

While most coaches were grinding in the office 365 days a year, burning themselves out with paranoia, Leach spent his off-seasons in Key West enjoying life outside of football. But when he got back to Pullman, Lubbock, or Starkville, he was back in the saddle during “football time.”

I think we could all use a little more “Leach time” in our lives. Stepping away from the grind and truly allowing our minds to relax, be present, and enjoy life outside our work, business, or whatever it is we do so we can recharge for our “football time.”

#MindStrength #LeachTime

[Coug-A-Sutra, The White @CougSutra]

Just a reminder: @WSUCougarFB was in contention to win the @Pac12 north on the last game of the season in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2021. And if McCaffrey’s fumble had been appropriately called, we would add 2015 to that list along with a North title. And we were relegated? #GoCougs

[RedditCFB @RedditCFB]

Calling your shot 15 years out is magnificent work.

[Tom Fornelli @TomFornelli]

It just now dawned on me that both Los Angeles football teams are named after Dodge vehicles.

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

Pablo Picasso: 14 seconds
https://t.co/xSSJx90i0F

[Sarahh @Sarahhuniverse]

This is how a Stonemason cuts a perfect circle by hand 🔨

© addythebaddy34

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

It took 9 years and 3 billion miles to get this shot.

Pluto’s icy Mountains.

[Jon Wilner @wilnerhotline]

When it comes to postseason eligibility, Washington State is like the mailman: Thru coaching changes and conference realignment and departed QBs, the Cougars keep bowling --->

[Brandon Herring @BrandonHerring0]

Relentless effort by #38

[Seattle Mariners @Mariners]

2011 National Pitch, Hit & Run Champion, Emeka Egbuka, threw out today's 1st pitch. Sign your kids up today. http://t.co/HM4HYX3f

[Greg Woods @GregWWoods]

WSU coach Jimmy Rogers goes long on how he identifies selfless players on the recruiting trail.

"I came here to win -- and win a lot of football games because I believed in what Washington State football and the whole community could do together."

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

NEW POST. All my thoughts from the weird and wild world of toddler fatherhood.
https://t.co/EzMoYhF910