It’s been a rough week for Washington State, which saw its football team’s undefeated season come to an end last Friday night at Cal, then found out Sunday that athletic director Bill Moos was leaving for Nebraska.
But things are looking up for the Cougars, who, on Thursday night, received a $500,000 donation from Wade Hogg for the naming rights to football coach Mike Leach’s office.
Hogg’s big gift anchored a lucrative few days for the Cougar Athletic Fund, which has received a total of $814,000 in donations this week, and hopes to build on that over the next couple of days with more donors in town for the Cougars’ homecoming football game against Colorado Saturday night.