The CougCenter Hour: Recent Episodes
Michael Preston
Hosted by Michael Preston, The CougCenter Hour, the flagship podcast for CougCenter.com, explores everything Washington State athletics and, on occasion, college sports and beyond.
We preview the big bowl match up between the Cyclones and Cougars, plus a look at the business of players skipping bowl games.
We talk early signing day recruiting with Braulio Perez of Cougfan.com, including his thoughts on the biggest gets of this class.
We complain AGAIN about WSU being left out of New Years Six contention while also reconciling our feelings on preseason expectations. Plus, volleyball coach Jen Greeny is here ahead of her team's match-up with Stanford.
We preview the big game this Friday with Christian Caple of The Athletic. Then, voice of the Seattle Mariners and creator of the "Mississippi Mustache" song Tom Hutyler stops by to talk about what went into his incredible creation.
We take a look back at what was an easier win than we initially thought and preview the Arizona Wildcats with Theo Lawson of the Spokesman Review. Then, a look at the "opinion" of Mike Gundy on his and other players transferring in college.
We review a stomach turning (kinda) win over the Cal Golden Bears before previewing a reeling Colorado Buffaloes squad with Brian Howell of Buffzone and the Boulder Daily Camera.
We look back at a big, come from behind win over the Stanford Cardinal and then preview a dangerous Cal Golden Bears team with Rob Hwang of California Golden Blogs. Then, again, we complain about Larry Scott. What else is new?
What an incredible weekend that was. We will relive it ourselves and with our managing editor Jeff Nusser, as well as look ahead to a challenging match-up with the Stanford Cardinal.
This is a biggie, folks. Obviously.
Chris Fallica of College GameDay joins the podcast to talk about their long-awaited trip to Pullman and the weird betting patterns that have gone on in this one. Plus Vince Grippi stops by to give his perspective on their arrival. Then ... we suppose we should talk about the game!
We are half way home through the 2018 season and ... things are going way better than expected! Jeff Nusser joins us to review the season so far and I eat a little crow.
We visit with Yogi Roth of the Pac-12 Networks for his thoughts on WSU v. Utah and the Cougs overall. Then, a preview of the upcoming game against the Beavs with Joe Londergan of Building The Dam.
We look ahead to a big homecoming match-up with the Utah Utes plus, coach of the top-10 WSU soccer team Todd Shulenberger stops by for a visit.
A nice win for Washington State over an FCS team that gave them trouble in the past. We review the win with Vince Grippi of the Spokesman-Review and The Athletic, plus a preview of a big game Friday night against USC.
We look back at what was an underwhelming win against the San Jose State Spartans and ahead to a pretty good FCS team in the EWU Eagles. Ryan Collinwood of the Spokesman-Review helps us preview the Eags, plus, an unexpected rant against "why cancel the game for a hurricane" taeks!
We take a look back at a very good win over the Wyoming Cowboys and preview the San Jose State Spartans with Kyle Russo of Mountain West Wire. Plus, overreactions to week one of the college football season.
It's finally game week! We take a look at the first WSU opponent, the Wyoming Cowboys, with Robert Gagliardi of wyosports.net. We also re-air our great interview with Jen Greeny after volleyball's 2-0 start to the season in Raleigh.
We are in the dog days of camp but the defensive line needs some serious help. Plus, volleyball coach Jen Greeny stops by to preview her eighth season on campus in Pullman following back-to-back postseason appearances.
We check in with Theo Lawson from the Spokesman Review on a progress report from fall camp so far. Plus, our thoughts on what to expect from the Cougars this coming season.
Tons to get to in a month without a show. Who knew? We preview the upcoming Holiday Bowl with Kyle Thele of The Only Colors and go over a very good early signing day for the Cougs with our own recruiting guru Britton Ransford.
Happy Apple Cup week Cougs! WSU has a chance to go to the Pac-12 title game with a win over the Washington Huskies in this week's Apple Cup. To assess their chances, we talk to Theo Lawson from the Spokesman Review and Gabey Lucas at UW Dawg Pound.
We take a look back at a big win and preview the trip to Salt Lake City to take on the Utah Utes. Plus, a very special guest that you may have only ever seen without his pants on.
We look back at the game in Tucson, focusing mostly on the quarterback situation at WSU. Is this game Luke Falk's final chance to hold on to the starting job? We sit down with Jeff Nusser, our managing editor, to parse it all out.
Yes, we will go over the Cal game. Yes, we need to do it. We'll also give our more extended thoughts on the WSU athletic director situation after Moos' departure Sunday and preview the Buffs with Brian Howell of Buffzone.com.
We relive a pretty thorough victory over the Oregon Ducks with Vince Grippi of the Spokesman Review and then preview the Cal Golden Bears with Rob Hwang of California Golden Blogs. Plus, a treat for the "one game at a time"-ers.
We relive the win over the Trojans under the lights in Pullman and then move on to a preview of the Oregon Ducks with Theo Lawson of the Spokesman-Review and Ryan Thorburn of the Eugene Register Guard.
We take a brief look back on the game against Nevada before looking ahead to the biggest September match up in Pullman in three decades. Scott Wolf from the LA Daily News joins us to talk about the Trojans, plus our thoughts on the scandal that broke in the college basketball Tuesday.
The old Luke Falk is back. Hooray! We look back at his latest annihilation of the Oregon State Beavers and then take a look ahead at the Nevada Wolf Pack. Plus, more people are finally realizing college football is more fun than the pros. Took 'em long enough.
We look back a crazy, insane, whatever you want to call it comeback win over Boise State plus a look ahead to a struggling Oregon State team with Danny Moran of the Oregonian. Plus, why rushing the field is no biggie ... but you shouldn't help pay a fine (if it's ever levied).
We put a bow on FINALLY going 1-0 under Mike Leach with our thoughts on the 31-0 win over Montana State. Plus, a look ahead to the Boise State Broncos with Dave Southorn of the Idaho Statesman.
It's our exclusive short Friday wrap-up thoughts podcast for our subscribers and Soundcloud/Twitter followers! Enjoy after listening to the big show from earlier this week!
We preview the opener of the WSU season with Greg Rachac of 406mtsports.com, plus our thoughts on the college football opening weekend. As usual, our Dunderhead of the Week and Ask Michael Anything!
We get an update on football camp/practice from new beat writer Theo Lawson of the Spokesman Review. Plus, our annual preseason visit with volleyball coach Jen Greeny following the program's first postseason appearance in 7 years.
Fall camp is underway and friend of the show Vince Grippi of the Spokesman Review is here to talk Cougs. Plus, new Sound of the Week and Ask Michael Anything.
In Jacob Thorpe's exit interview, we discuss a wide range of topics, from the 2017 team to his time covering the Cougs and even dive deep into other topics near the end. It's a fantastic, wide ranging, 75 minute interview I know you'll enjoy!
Our first show in a few months is back because, well, football is back! We preview the WSU spring game coming up this Saturday with Jacob Thorpe of the Spokesman-Review, plus some brief thoughts on the basketball season that was.
We review the Cougs first loss in more than two months at the hands of the Colorado Buffaloes. Jacob Thorpe stops by with a look at the loss and ahead to UW. Plus, Christian Caple from the Tacoma News Tribune is here to discuss a resurgent UW team.
We review a thorough win over the Cal Golden Bears and preview the Colorado Buffaloes with Brian Howell of Buffzone.com. Our own Brian Anderson also stops by to talk about what has improved the most with this team, including one staggering stat you've got to hear.
We break down the #BEATEMDOWN of Arizona, plus a preview of the California Golden Bears. Plus, our rallying cry against a scourge of the internet: "take it one game at a time"-ers.
We review a comeback win in Corvallis and the latest developments in the Robert Barber case. Plus, a preview of Arizona with Jason Bartel of AZ Desert Swarm.
The Cougs hold on for their first win in Tempe since 2001! But why break that down when we can launch a full COUGCENTER HOUR INVESTIGATION into Handshake-gate. Plus, we'll preview the Oregon State Beavers and WSU's chance to get bowl eligible this Saturday.
WSU didn't have their best game against the Bruins but it was enough to get by in a rain storm. We discuss that plus preview the ASU Sun Devils with Brad Denny from the Speak of the Devil podcast. Then, we tackle the reduction of punishment against tackle Robert Barber by the university.
Fresh off a big win over the #15 Stanford Cardinal, we sit down with the Spokesman Review's Jacob Thorpe to talk about the 3-2 WSU Cougars. Plus, our own Jeff Nusser stops by to give his perspective on the Cougs' start and what kind of guy Jim Mora really is.
Washington State won the day (stop stealing from our fight song, Oregon) again, beating the Ducks in a game that wasn't even as close as the final score. We revisit a great Saturday on the Palouse plus Jacob Rayburn from Stanford's Rivals site stops by to talk about a hobbled Cardinal team ahead of their clash with the Cougs.
Yogi Roth from the Pac-12 Networks stops by to preview a big matchup between WSU and Oregon. Plus, we sit down with volleyball coach Jen Greeny again to discuss her now No. 17 ranked Cougs after their big upset weekend.
A ... busy week to say the least for Washington State football. We digest it all with the Spokesman-Review's Jacob Thorpe and then preview this week's upcoming opponent, the Idaho Vandals, with Theo Lawson of the Lewiston Tribune.
Another year, another loss to an FCS team. But this week doesn't give the Cougars any respite as they travel to Boise to face a ferocious Broncos offense. We preview the game in an abbreviated show with Dave Southorn from the Idaho Statesman.
It's finally time for game week as the Cougs get ready for the Eastern Washington Eagles. We chat with the man calling the game for the Pac-12 Networks, to get a national perspective on the Cougs and what they face. Then we sit down with our own Jeff Nusser to talk about the teams's expectations for this year and where they can go from 2015.
We discuss Shalom Luani's arrest and WSU's preseason ranking in the AP poll with Vince Grippi. Then, we go in depth on Luke Falk's continued improvements at the quarterback position with out own guru Brian Anderson. As always, we close with our Dunderhead of the Week and Ask Michael Anything.
Football camp is back in Pullman and we discuss our confidence in the 2016 edition of the Cougar team. Plus, volleyball coach Jen Greeny and Todd Shulenberger stop by for their yearly preseason check in as we preview both teams.
We go over the latest 'crootin hot streak the Cougs are on with our own Britton Ransford. We also try to manage our own expectations for fall camp and reflect on a trying time for one of our student-athletes.
In our first of five preseason podcasts leading up to the Cougars 2016 kickoff, we take a look at what to expect in camp with Spokesman Review beat writer Jacob Thorpe. We also check in with former WSU wide receiver Dom Williams as he competes for a spot on the San Diego Chargers.
We chat about the return (for a month) of football with the Spokesman-Review's Jacob Thorpe. Then, we'll bring the mood down a bit and talk basketball with our own Jeff Nusser and close things out chatting about the overall health of the athletic department.
We wrap up a relatively quiet signing day for Washington State with our own Britton Ransford.
We got over what to expect on National Signing Day with our recruiting guru, Britton Ransford.
We discuss the win in El Paso with Jacob Thorpe of the Spokesman Review and talk about how important the return of Gabe Marks could be to this team.
We chat Sun Bowl with the Spokesman Review's Vince Grippi and Jerry Steinberg from our sister site, State of the U!
Jacob Thorpe from the Spokesman-Review stops by to talk about Luke Falk, Gabe Marks, Joe Dahl and the lead up to the Sun Bowl. Plus, we chat with Britton Ransford about WSU's recruiting class thus far.
We look ahead to a big Apple Cup show down with or without Luke Falk. Christian Caple of the Tacoma News Tribune joins us to chat about the Huskies then Yogi Roth of the Pac-12 Networks stops by to talk about Peyton Bender and Jake Browning.
We look ahead to the Cougs penultimate game against the Colorado Buffaloes and revisit the week that was in the Rose Bowl.
The head coaches of both WSU basketball teams stop by to discuss the upcoming season with the CougCenter Hour.
Show one of two this week after WSU's bowl eligible win over the Arizona State Sun Devils. Yogi Roth of the Pac-12 Networks joins us to talk about Luke Falk, Washington State and what's in store for the rest of the year. Joey Kaufman of the Orange County Register stops by to chat about UCLA then Jacob Thorpe will talk about what's going on in the WSU locker room heading into this weekend's game.
We talk about the devastating loss to Stanford and look ahead to Arizona State in Pullman with Brad Denny of the Speak of the Devils and Brian Anderson of CougCenter!
With the Cougs sitting at 5-2, they're playing the biggest game in over a decade in Pullman on Halloween against No. 8 Stanford. We preview the game and look back at the win in Tucson.
WSU finally did what they've need to do for a long time: follow up a big win with another convincing one. WSU's beat down of Oregon State was just that. We'll look back and then ahead to the Arizona Wildcats, plus a special segment on why Washington fans need to simmer down.
Hey, that went pretty darn well! We'll go over the incredible week that was and then review the game and where this team is at with the Spokesman-Review's Jacob Thorpe and our own Brian Anderson.
We chat with Eugene Register Guard beat writer Ryan Thorburn about what to expect when the Cougs head to Eugene this weekend.
We chat about where WSU stands at the quarter poll of the 2015 season and the Cougs upcoming game against the Cal Golden Bears.
We go backwards and forwards with the season to come in this week's shortened edition of the CougCenter Hour.
Season 3, Episode 3: JB Long of the Pac-12 Networks and our own Brian Anderson are guests in opening week!
We talk a mess of football with Spokesman Review beat writer Jacob Thorpe and we preview the volleyball team with head coach Jen Greeny.
We're talking WSU football with SB Nation's Bill Connelly and futbol with head soccer coach Todd Shulenberger.
We wrap up the last Fiscal Year of Cougar athletics on the first day of the new one. It makes sense. Trust us.
Britton Ransford from WazzuWatch.com stops by to wrap up national signing day for Washington State University.
We tackle the upcoming WSU football schedule and tell you why the Atlanta radio hosts who made fun of Steve Gleason should be forgiven.
Long's stops in overtime against USC in 2002 helped WSU to one of the biggest wins in program history.
Michael Preston, Kyle Rancourt, Jeff Nusser and Kyle Sherwood narrow the list of the 10 nominees for the greatest moment in WSU history down to the finalists in this edition of the CougCenter podcast.