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Gardner Minshew returns to Washington State amid much fanfare for UCLA clash

PULLMAN — Children peeked around nearby adults, or if that didn’t work, they hopped in the air, waiting for the first look at Gardner Minshew donning crimson once more.

When the Jacksonville Jaguars starting quarterback emerged two hours before kickoff, people of all ages held their phones high, capturing his advance across Cougville to take his seat — on a folding chair, next to the Coaches’ Trophy, which, like Minshew, paid Pullman a visit on Saturday.

By then the photo line had been building for two hours and was wrapped two full lengths across the practice field.