On the surface, this was supposed to be a particularly dark week for our neighbors eight miles east.
The news of Mike Leach’s departure for warmer pastures at Mississippi State University was not altogether astonishing, but any separation with the swashbuckling Washington State University head football coach would be difficult to swallow. Add in Leach’s new home in the despised Southeastern conference (SEC) and there is plenty of sour taste to be found in and around Pullman.
However, the Cougars may have found a rather well-fitting successor in former Hawaii head coach and quarterback Nick Rolovich.
Hawaii’s football program is now as notorious for vicious cycles in and out of bowl contention, as it is for intimidating pregame rituals.