Greg Woods

PORTLAND — In his first season as Washington State's defensive coordinator, Trent Bray has gotten just about as much as he can out of his group. The Cougars rank among the conference's best defenses, and they've generated three interceptions, including two pick-sixes.

Washington State at Oregon State Saturday, 3 p.m. Line: Oregon State favored by 18½ TV: USA Network Radio: 920-AM

Redshirt freshman Owen Eshelman throws for 289 yards and runs for 136 in his first start, but Washington State falls to high-powered Oregon State 48-30.

CORVALLIS, Ore. — There wasn’t much else Kirby Moore could do, not with the fireworks exploding, not Your free access has ended.

CORVALLIS, Ore. — After each of his Washington State team's first six games of the season, Kirby Moore strode up to the postgame microphone and sounded neutral. He sounded the same after his group's loss to Utah State and after its win over FCS Duquesne. He talked like a coach whose team had just played to a tie.

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Branden Ganashamoorthy insisted the sunlight was no problem. When he strode open toward the Oregon State end zone, he said, all he saw was the ball. He tracked it in the air, on its ...Thank you for visiting Spokesman.com. To continue reading this story and enjoying our local journalism please subscribe or log in...