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WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS A QUICK LOOK AT THE COUGARS OFFENSE: The Cougars return seven starters from an offensive unit that led the Pac-12 and ranked ninth in the FBS with 330.4 passing yards per game in 2012. Redshirt junior QB Connor Halliday a fivegame starter in 2012, is coming off a season in which he threw for 1,874 yards (208.2 ypg) and 15 touchdowns. Halliday returns his top three receivers in Brett Bartolone, Gabe Marks and Isiah Myers, all of whom hauled in more than 40 passes each last year. He also has a deep threat in sophomore Dominique Williams, who averaged 16.1 yards per reception in 2012. Senior PK Andrew Furney, a second team All-Pac-12 performer in 2012, was perfect on field goal attempts from inside 30 yards (7-of-7), while converting six of ten attempts of at least 40 yards. He kicked a 60-yarder against Eastern Washington, the longest successful try in the Pac-12 last season. DEFENSE: The defense also returns eight starters from last season, including second team All-Pac-12 safety Deone Bucannon who racked up a team-high 106 tackles in 2012. He leads a secondary that should be significantly improved over last season, when it allowed 262.7 yards per game through the air. Redshirt seniors Casey Locker (60 tackles/ 1 INT) and Anthony Carpenter (48 tackles/2.5 TFL/1 INT) add veteran leadership to one of the team's more experienced units. Sophomore LB Darryl Monroe ranked second on the team with 80 tackles last season. Monroe, senior Justin Sagote (61 tackles) and junior Cyrus Coen (60 tackles) bring plenty of experience to a relatively young group of linebackers. THE SCHEDULE: The Cougs open up the season with a pair of challenging road contests at Auburn and at USC. The Seattle Game at CenturyLink Field, WSU's annual trek across the State for one game, will be against defending Pac-12 champ Stanford. 2012 RESUL TS (3-9, 1-8 in Pac-12 North, 6th) L............ 6-30................. at BYU W.......... 24-20............... Eastern Washington W.......... 35-27............... at UNLV L............ 34-35............... Colorado L............ 26-51............... No. 2 Oregon L............ 6-19................. at No. 10 Oregon State L............ 17-31............... California L............ 17-24............... at No. 19 Stanford L............ 6-49................. at Utah L............ 36-44............... No. 17 UCLA L............ 7-46................. at Arizona State W.......... 31-28 (OT)........ No. 25 Washington 2013 SCHEDULE (6 home, 6 away) Aug. 31 at Auburn Auburn leads, 1-0-0 Sept. 7 at USC USC leads, 58-8-4 Sept. 14 Southern Utah First meeting Sept. 21 Idaho WSU leads, 70-17-3 Sept. 28 vs. Stanford* Stanford leads, 37-25-1 Oct. 5 at California California leads, 44-25-5 Oct. 12 Oregon State Oregon State leads, 49-45-3 Oct. 19 at Oregon Oregon leads, 45-38-7 Oct. 31 Arizona State Arizona State leads, 24-13-2 Nov. 16 at Arizona Arizona leads, 25-13-0 Nov. 23 Utah Series tied, 6-6-0 Nov. 29 at Washington Washington leads, 67-32-6 * - CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Wash. 2013 TEAM INFORMATION Returning Starters: 17/Starters Lost: 7 Offensive Starters Returning (7) Offensive Starters Lost (4) LT Gunnar Eklund (So. • 6-7 • 305) QB Jeff Tuel LG John Fullington (Sr. • 6-5 • 297) RT Wade Jacobson C Elliot Bosch (Sr. • 6-4 • 274) WR Marquess Wilson RG Jake Rodgers (Sr. • 6-6 • 323) RB Carl Winston WR Gabe Marks (So. • 6-0 • 176) WR Brett Bartolone (So. • 5-10 • 187) WR Isiah Myers (Jr. • 6-0 •184) Defensive Starters Returning (8) NT Ioanne Gauta (Sr. • 6-3 • 286) DT Xavier Cooper (So. • 6-4 • 298) LB Cyrus Coen (Jr. • 6-0 • 213) LB Darryl Monroe (So. • 6-1 • 235) LB Justin Sagote (Sr. • 6-0 • 223) CB Damante Horton (Sr. • 5-10 • 178) FS Deone Bucannon (Sr. • 6-1 • 198) SS Casey Locker (Sr. • 5-11 • 195) Defensive Starters Lost (3) DT Steven Hoffart DE Travis Long CB Daniel Simmons Starting Kickers Returning (2) PK Andrew Furney (Jr. • 5-10 • 231) P Michael Bowlin (Sr. • 6-4 • 214) Starting Kickers Lost (0) positions listed as of last season 2012 WASHINGTON STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS (returnees in italics) RUSHING Att Yds AvgTD Carl Winston Teondray Caldwell Leon Brooks PASSING 85 280 3.3 5 56 269 4.8 0 12786.5 1 PC-PA-HIPct Jeff Tuel Connor Halliday 212-333-8 .637 151-290-13 .521 Yds TD 2091 8 1874 15 RECEIVING No. Yds AvgTD Brett Bartolone Marquess Wilson Gabe Marks Isiah Myers Dominique Williams Bobby Ratliff Scoring: Field Goals: Punting: Kickoff Returns: Punt Returns: Interceptions: Tackles: Tackles For Loss: Quarterback Sacks: 53 52 49 42 34 30 WR QB C LB DT SS 435 813 560 438 546 399 8.2 15.6 11.4 10.4 16.1 13.3 4 5 2 4 3 0 Andrew Furney (67) Andrew Furney (14-20) Michael Bowlin (41.9) Teondray Caldwell (25.0) Leon Brooks (10.6) Deone Bucannon (4) Deone Bucannon (106) Travis Long (13.0) Travis Long (9.5) SIX TO WATCH Gabe Marks Connor Halliday Elliot Bosch Darryl Monroe Xavier Cooper Deone Bucannon So. Jr. Sr. So. So. Sr. 6-0 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-4 6-1 176 183 274 235 298 198 TEAMS // 2013 PAC-12 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE // 33