Also, in case you have not heard, game time for the Oct. 9 Oregon game has been set for 2 p.m.

Thompson continues to rack up preseason honors as he enters his third season with the Cougars as the team's 29th career scorer with 1,023 career points. If Thompson scores what he scored last season (19.6 points per game), he can become the school's third-best all-time leading scorer by the end of the season (1632 points).

The luncheons, at the Spokane Club, take place every Monday through Dec. 6. For registration information call the Athletic Foundation's Lori Olson at 509-358-7541 or click HERE

What was previously known as the "Cougar Pride Walk," will now forever be known as "Cougar Prowl." Congratulations to Dave Teitzel, who was among 24 fans who submitted "Cougar Prowl" in the Name the Team Walk contest.

Teitzel was randomly selected by Butch T. Cougar as the winner of a football autographed by the WSU Football team. More than 100 people submitted ideas, and a committee consisting of athletic department staff and football representatives chose "Cougar Prowl" as the name for the team walk.

"Cougar Prowl" will begin Saturday at 9:45 a.m. at the Cougar Pride statue, located next to the WSU Athletics Ticket Office on Stadium Way. The Cougar football players and coaches, the WSU marching band and spirit squad, and Butch walk from the Cougar Pride Statue to the Hollingbery Fieldhouse. Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest. Go Cougs!

Congratulations to Emma Stolz (Soccer) and Trent Sanders (Men's Golf), who were named Palouse Mall Student-Athletes of the Week for Sept. 13-19.

Are you traveling to Pullman for Saturday's USC game? Find gameday traffic and parking information at www.parking.wsu.edu/Gameday

Finally, with Cougar Football only two days away, find out what's happening around Pullman and WSU during 2010 home football weekends by visiting the footballweekends.wsu.edu website.

Go Cougs!

Four members of the Washington State soccer team were named all-tournament at the Outriggers Hotels and Resorts Soccer Classic hosted by the University of Hawai'i, Sept. 17-19.

In addition, Emma Stolz was named Most Valuable Player in the tournament. A senior forward, Stolz scored three goals in two matches, including two game-winners, as Washington State captured the tournament title with victories over Hawai'i and Pepperdine.

Selected to the all-tournament team were senior goalkeeper Meghan Berlingo, junior defender Ali Fenter, redshirt-senior midfielder Mallory Fox and sophomore defender Shannon McFadden.

This weekend is Young Alumni Football Weekend. Young WSU alumni can check out all that is happening around Pullman and WSU HERE.

Also, don't forget the "Name the Team Walk" Contest. Here is your chance to become a part of Cougar history by helping WSU Athletics name its new home football game day tradition. Click for details at our Facebook page HERE.

If you haven't made it to Pullman for a Cougar Football Saturday, you are missing out. Check out all that is happening on Gameday at the WSU campus with this photo gallery from the Sept. 11 Montana State game.

For tickets to this Saturday's game call 1-800-GO-COUGS or click HERE.

Go Cougs!

First, Vince Grippi of the Spokesman Review has THIS STORY, stemming from Sunday's press conference with Coach Wulff, looking back at the SMU game.

Also, Howie Stalwick had THIS FEATURE on Chima Nwachukwu in the Columbian last week. I missed it when it hit the wire, but it is a must-read.

Have a wonderful Monday.

More after the jump:

Click HERE for details at our Facebook page and learn how you can become a part of WSU history!

We had video of the press conference HERE yesterday.

Bud Withers had his PAC-10 NOTEBOOK in the Seattle Times.

Howie Stalwick had a COUGAR NOTEBOOK in the Kitsap Sun.

The WSU Football Blog recapped Coach Wulf's weekly coaches' show HERE.

Lew Wright of The Examiner had THIS LOOK at SMU, and THIS LOOK BACK at Montana State.

That's it for this morning. Enjoy your Wednesday...

A pair of Washington State University soccer student-athletes were named to the all-tournament team for their play at the Gonzaga Tournament in Spokane, Sept. 10/12.

Freshman forward Micaela Castain and sophomore defender Mariah Cameron were each honored. Castain scored a goal in each of Washington State's two matches and has five goals in her last three matches.

On to the links after the jump:

Let's get to this morning's links:

Hopefully, this will help you experience what it's like to be at a Cougar Football game.

Here is a photo of the first Cougar Pride Walk. The WSU Football team arrived at Martin Stadium about two hours before kickoff and were greeted by Cougar fans, who formed a tunnel for the team as they made their walk to the Fieldhouse. A big thank you to all of the fans who came out and helped establish this tradition. The walk will take place every Cougar Football Saturday so don't miss out on this great new tradition at WSU.

The above photo is one of many in this Photo Gallery that highlights all that is happening pregame and at Martin Stadium on a Cougar Football Saturday.

Watch this video of the ESPN GameDay Flag Wavers being recognized in pregame ceremonies.

Also, check out this video of the Cougar Football team entering Martin Stadium:

Go Cougs!

I have a few things to pass along for you after the jump:

Less than 27 hours until the home opener for WSU, so let's pass the time until then with some Cougar Football reading. Links for today are after the jump:

Be sure to visit the WSUCougars.com Podcast Network and listen to interviews with Athletics Director Bill Moos, Volleyball Head Coach Andrew Palileo, and Soccer Head Coach Matt Potter from this week.

The first Palouse Mall Student-Athletes of the Week have been recognized. Congratulations to Micaela Castain (Soccer), Megan Ganzer (Volleyball) and Jono Lafler (Men's Cross Country), who earned the honor for the week of Aug. 30 to Sept. 5.

Have you checked out the My Color is Crimson video that is currently posted as the WSUCougars.com landing page? If not, check it out HERE

WSU Athletics, in partnership with CBSSports.com College Network, launched the WSU Cougars browser themes this week. Check it out and take WSUCougars.com wherever you go on the web.

Finally, with Cougar Football only two days away, find out what's happening around Pullman and WSU during 2010 home football weekends by visiting the footballweekends.wsu.edu website.

Go Cougs!

In my weekly visit with Washington State Head Soccer Coach Matt Potter, the Cougar mentor had these thoughts about the program.

(on last week)

"We were disappointed with the outcome at BYU. To go a goal down against a very good team on the road in a challenging environment is tough for anybody. I was pleased that we found our way back into the game. To give up a goal later made it very difficult. (At Weber State), We disappointed to go a goal down. To come back and respond with four goals is a positive."

(on Micaela Castain's hat trick at Weber State)

"I am sure it was a relief for her. She has been in opportunties to score and it is the hardest thing to do in the game. She has been disappointed with herself and frustrated with herself. Hopefully, this leads to better days and more goals."

More from Matt Potter after the jump.

By Casey Johnson (Swimming SID)

Hey Coug Fans,

While most people think of the Labor Day weekend as a chance to grill their favorite meal, reunite with family and relax, the Washington State women's swim team uses the long weekend to prepare for the upcoming season.

Each Labor Day the Coug swimmers head to the Granite Point for the start of the Snake River Challenge. The student-athletes start at Granite Point, swim 2.2 miles to Wawawai Landing, then make the 2.2 mile run back to Granite Point.

More on the story and video after the jump.

Here is your chance to make history and establish a new tradition at Washington State University.

Before this Saturday's game vs. Montana State, WSU Athletics invites Cougar alumni, students, fans, faculty, and staff to join the Cougar football players and coaches for the first "Cougar Pride Walk" at 1:30 p.m.

Wear your crimson and bring your friends and family to help form a tunnel for the team to walk through from the Cougar Pride Statue to Hollingbery Fieldhouse.

The Cougar Pride Statue is located next to the WSU Athletics Ticket Office (720 NE Stadium Way, Pullman WA 99164).

Tickets are still available for Saturday's game by calling 1-800-GO-COUGS or clicking HERE

Kickoff is at 4 p.m.

Go Cougs!

As Washington State soccer prepares for its match at No. 12 BYU (tonight at 6 Pacific), here a couple of quick notes about the program.

Cougar senior goalkeeper Meghan Berlingo is listed this week among TopDrawerSoccer's top 100 upperclass collegiate women players. Berlingo is the 10th-highest ranked goalkeeper nationally and the top-ranked at her position in the Pacific-10 Conference.

Tonight's match against BYU will be televised live on BYUtv which is avaiable on DirecTV and on Time Warner Cable in Pullman/Moscow.

The team is about two hours away from leaving for Stillwater. We're boarding buses in front of Bohler, and heading to Lewiston for the charter (the only way to fly). Once we arrive, we're headed straight to Boone Pickens Stadium for the walk-thru. Then its dinner, position meetings and time for bed.

A few links to pass the time after the jump:

Washington State freshman goalkeeper Gurveen Clair is training with the Canadian National Team. You can follow her journey here on the wsucougars.com blog.

By Gurveen Clair

So I thought taking a little break between write up would give me a little more time to do things worth writing about, and it worked.  I've been here for a week now and it actually feels like it has been a month. The food is still the same, just new ways of cooking it. The heats cooled off...for now. The weather is actually so perfect for soccer so I can't complain. We had to do a lot of different kinds of tests over the week. Today our feet and posture were checked and the other day we had to send in urine tests for analysis. I hadn't done something like that since I was a little kid.

Read more from Gurveen after the jump.

In my weekly visit with Matt Potter, the Cougar head soccer coach has this to say about the state of his program and college soccer across the country.

(on visiting Texas A&M last weekend)

"We found out a lot of things that can help us going forward. We had the challenge of the environment and that is life on the road. That is not an excuse. That being said, we saw again what we can potentially do, but it wasn't consistent enough so we ended up on the losing end of two very close matches."

 (on Ariana Byrd's play)

"Ariana Byrd had a fantastic game and should be applauded for her effort considering the circumstances."

More from coach Potter after the jump.