Cougs Weekly with WSU Cougars coach Kirby Moore debuts

There's a whole lot of new going on with WSU Cougars football this season, and that comes with the new Cougs Weekly with head coach Kirby Moore on Seattle Sports.

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Aug 25, 2026, 2:58 PM

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There’s a whole lot of new going on with WSU Cougars football this season.

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They’re in a new-look Pac-12 Conference, which is back after a two-year hiatus with six new schools joining the Cougs and Oregon State Beavers.

They have a new starting quarterback in redshirt sophomore Caden Pinnick.

They even have a new coach in Kirby Moore, a Prosser native who starred alongside his brother (and current New Orleans Saints head coach) Kellen Moore at Boise State and is coming off a stint as Missouri offensive coordinator.

And now there’s a new show covering all things WSU football on Seattle Sports: Cougs Weekly, a weekly conversation between Kirby and Wazzu legend Michael Bumpus.

The show debuted in its regular 12:30 p.m. Tuesday timeslot on Seattle Sports’ Bump and Stacy, and it also comes in podcast and video form.

Here are the topics covered in the first episode, including timestamps:

0:20 – Establishing his culture at WSU
1:05 – Building a roster
2:18 – New conference and opening with the Apple Cup
2:50 – Rewarding walk-ons with scholarships
3:40 – Defense under Trent Bray
4:48 – What new locker room and better facilities mean to the program
5:25 – The new Pac-12
6:10 – Goals and expectations for this season
7:05 – Family settling in Pullman

The Cougars will open the 2026 season with the Apple Cup in Seattle against the rival UW Huskies on Sunday, Sept. 6. Radio coverage on Seattle Sports that day will begin with the pregame show at 11 a.m., two hours ahead of the 1 p.m. kickoff.

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