WSU Announces QB 1/ WSU Band NOT Going to Apple Cup/ Erik Coleman Joins Us

Washington State has a starting quarterback. Caden Pinnick, the UC Davis transfer who won Big Sky Freshman of the Year last season, got the job Monday afternoon over Julian Dugger and Owen Eshelman, and he'll make his first start September 6 at Husky Stadium. One year to the day before that, he walked into the same building wearing UC Davis blue and threw for 50 yards in a 70-10 loss. We break down where he came from, the four days in January that landed him in Pullman, and what fall camp actually decided. Then there's the part nobody at either school wants to talk about. The Cougar Marching Band isn't traveling to Seattle for the Apple Cup. The reported reason is where they'd be seated at Husky Stadium. Washington says the decision belongs to WSU. WSU's band director answered a student reporter with two words: "No comment." Band members were told not to discuss it. We get into what that silence says about a rivalry that has already lost five Apple Cups this year across other sports. Erik Coleman joins us on the Couch. Coleman was a first-team All-Pac-10 safety at Washington State, led the Pac-10 in interceptions in 2003, and forced the fumble that flipped the Holiday Bowl against No. 5 Texas. He played nine NFL seasons with the Jets, Falcons and Lions, and he's now USA Network's Pac-12 studio analyst for the conference's first season. That means he has to say what he actually thinks about this league on national television every week. We asked him to do it here first, including a prediction on the Apple Cup he can't take back. We've also got our sit-down with Ben the Cowboy Realtor, and we're proud to announce that Ben is the presenting sponsor of Cougs on the Couch for the 2026 season. Ben's a Real estate agent serving Washington & Oregon, and he's the kind of Coug-owned business this show was built to support. If you're buying or selling in the PNW, reach out to him at 503-201-1934 or find him at @BenCowboyRealtor . Tell him the Couch sent you. Cougs on the Couch is collab-posted with The Couch GM. Subscribing to Cougs on the Couch directly is what grows this show, so if you get anything out of this one, hit subscribe. THANK YOU to Bad Birdie Golf! https://badbirdiegolf.com/collections/washington-state-university?srsltid=AfmBOoo_YmieF1SRQ5ZB9EEgyqgLMlkgLr3OZhif0dWfvsdF4n_rOf8J Connect with Connor/ The Couch GM- https://lenderconnorwebb.com My Mortgage Lending website- https://www.envoymortgage.com/connor-... My equipment list- https://www.amazon.com/shop/thecouchgm Livestream across channels using StreamYard- https://streamyard.com/?fpr=connor-35 Connor Webb- Mortgage Loan Originator NMLS #1529504 Envoy Mortgage NMLS #6666 www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org 0:00 Intro/ Caden Pinnick QB 1/ WSU Band 24:02- Ben The Cowboy/ WAZZU Realtor 34:35- Erik Coleman