Hey Huskers I am going to be polite because you are some of the best fans in college football, and you deserve it, but I really hate you guys right now (so forgive me).
But you are getting a hell of an AD with Bill Moos.
A little background on Moos. He was WSU Alumni and ended up at Oregon. He was the guy who courted Phil Knight to make Oregon a success. He really helped make Oregon great at fooball.
When he came back to WSU we were in trouble. We were basically trash at football. T R A S H. We were probably the WORST program in Power 5 easily, and maybe the worst in FBS at times.
Pete Caroll infamously kneeled when USC was beating us so bad... We had won a total of 9 games from 2008-2011.
9 games TOTAL.
2-11,1-11,2-10, 4-8 from 2008-2011.
Moos came in and he got us Leach. The first few years were kind of rocky as we transitions, but we made a bowl in 2013 for the first time a decade. (We had only been to 10 in our history).
That year we beat USC in the Coliseum. It was the first time that had happened I think in 16 years.
The last 2 years we have been bowling, and qualified this year at 6-0 and beat USC again at home.
We have beaten Oregon 3 years in a row.
And under Moos/Leach we have beaten every single Pac-12 team at least once in the six years.
Moos rebuilt our stadium to make it beautiful.
Here's what it looks like today.
Before it looked like this.
I know that doesn't seem like a big change to you all who have some giant 70k stadium, but to us its a big deal. It made a huge difference.
We went from having a sort of large hichschool style stadium, to actually having a professional football complex and Power 5 facility / game day experience.
Moos did that.
He made us relevant again in football with Leach. He made us feel like we belonged with great facilities, he helped us believe in ourselves again that we could win, that we could compete with anybody.
The man is nothing but a builder, and he honestly is one of the best ADs in the country. (Basketball isn't so hot, but we were kind of spoiled with Bennet). In the end Moos/Leach rebuilt WSU, and it wouldn't have been possible without Moos.
He was the one who got Leach, he was the one who organized the facility upgrades/remodel, he was the man with the vision and it worked. We became a threat to anyone in the Pac-12.
From doormat, to legitimate contender to win the Pac-12 North./ Conference. (We had a chance at the end of the season to do it last year).
Despite the stumbles and growing pains I wouldn't have it any other way. The man did it. He pulled it off with a school that only makes 24 million in revenue for football.
I'm sad, I'm angry, but I just wanted you all to know that you got one of the best we ever had, and honestly I hate you all for it today, but I understand, you all are a big time school, you can offer more than us, he always deserved that, but it still hurts.
Take care of him for us.
But you are getting a hell of an AD with Bill Moos.
A little background on Moos. He was WSU Alumni and ended up at Oregon. He was the guy who courted Phil Knight to make Oregon a success. He really helped make Oregon great at fooball.
When he came back to WSU we were in trouble. We were basically trash at football. T R A S H. We were probably the WORST program in Power 5 easily, and maybe the worst in FBS at times.
Pete Caroll infamously kneeled when USC was beating us so bad... We had won a total of 9 games from 2008-2011.
9 games TOTAL.
2-11,1-11,2-10, 4-8 from 2008-2011.
Moos came in and he got us Leach. The first few years were kind of rocky as we transitions, but we made a bowl in 2013 for the first time a decade. (We had only been to 10 in our history).
That year we beat USC in the Coliseum. It was the first time that had happened I think in 16 years.
The last 2 years we have been bowling, and qualified this year at 6-0 and beat USC again at home.
We have beaten Oregon 3 years in a row.
And under Moos/Leach we have beaten every single Pac-12 team at least once in the six years.
Moos rebuilt our stadium to make it beautiful.
Here's what it looks like today.
Before it looked like this.
I know that doesn't seem like a big change to you all who have some giant 70k stadium, but to us its a big deal. It made a huge difference.
We went from having a sort of large hichschool style stadium, to actually having a professional football complex and Power 5 facility / game day experience.
Moos did that.
He made us relevant again in football with Leach. He made us feel like we belonged with great facilities, he helped us believe in ourselves again that we could win, that we could compete with anybody.
The man is nothing but a builder, and he honestly is one of the best ADs in the country. (Basketball isn't so hot, but we were kind of spoiled with Bennet). In the end Moos/Leach rebuilt WSU, and it wouldn't have been possible without Moos.
He was the one who got Leach, he was the one who organized the facility upgrades/remodel, he was the man with the vision and it worked. We became a threat to anyone in the Pac-12.
From doormat, to legitimate contender to win the Pac-12 North./ Conference. (We had a chance at the end of the season to do it last year).
Despite the stumbles and growing pains I wouldn't have it any other way. The man did it. He pulled it off with a school that only makes 24 million in revenue for football.
I'm sad, I'm angry, but I just wanted you all to know that you got one of the best we ever had, and honestly I hate you all for it today, but I understand, you all are a big time school, you can offer more than us, he always deserved that, but it still hurts.
Take care of him for us.
