The Washington State Cougars have, thus far, maneuvered their way pretty well through a pretty ridiculous 2017 football schedule. The 2018 schedule released by the Pac-12 today is a little less silly.
There’s a lot of home games that aren’t all during the month of September, there’s a mid-season bye and some decent balance throughout. They do play two Friday games, one of which is another Black Friday Apple Cup because Pullman isn’t in the middle of nowhere and that totally makes sense.
Mike Marlow, WSU’s Deputy Director of Athletics, is pretty excited about the number of games (7) that will be played in Martin Stadium next season, which you should be thrilled about, too, because WSU doesn’t lose football games at home and that’s a solid strategy every year if you can pull it off.