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"The kid that's the
Cougar Quarterback, is often somebody that wanted to be
a Cougar
at 6, and got his first jersey at 4" - From
"Legends of the Palouse"
For most of us, our serious WSU football
memories begin when we first check into our rooms as Freshmen (Freshpeople?
Freshpersons?). We remember our years on campus and the teams
that played while we were there vividly, and think fondly of the
good teams we've seen since we graduated. The years
before we arrived? When our attention can be garnered at all we
listen to stories of "days gone by", "Those great teams of
yesteryear!" with a yawn, glazed eyes, and "anyone seen my
beer?". Not any more. (Oh, and you left it in the kitchen
by the chips).
I just received a preview clip the new video by
Jeff McQuarrie called "Legends of the
Palouse". If you visited their website last
summer when they posted some initial footage you probably were
impressed and have been waiting to see the finished product.
Well, they are in the final stages of production and they have
added something special that they didn't have in the initial
clips - old footage and complete stories of some of our greatest
seasons. For instance: The Cardiac Kids.
It's a team you heard a lot about this year, but since
they played in the 60's you probably still know little about
them unless you are 60 yourself. Getting to hear the story of
how they earned that name, told by the players themselves, as
well as seeing some great footage of the games was almost as
impressive as hearing the crisp voice of the excited announcer -
a young Bob Robertson. When it was finished I understood
how great that team was for the first time, and my Cougar Pride
grew a little greater. Its a definite should buy. I
say should, because I ended up with 4 copies of the 1995 Mariner
video after that Christmas. Hint: Buy yours early.
I guess my only question is "When will it be ready?"
We've been talking about it for a year, and yeah, it covers the
whole history of Cougar Football, but lets go! Hopefully
it will be ready to purchase this spring some time, and we will
let you know immediately once it is. Thanks again Jeff!
If you have ever been a fan of Washington
State University Football you have GOT to see this! Jeff
McQuarrie (no offense, but... who?) is creating an incredibly
cool movie, the kind WSU cougar fans have always wanted to add
to the shelf right next to their old VHS copy of the snow bowl
(has that come out on DVD yet?). It's a fun documentary
called "Legends of the Palouse" that's got every great cougar
you could think of in it. According to Jeff:
"I've interviewed about 65 former WSU players,
and 30 prominent sports celebs who weren't Cougar players (Keith
Jackson of ABC, Sonny Sixkiller, John Bohler of Bohler Gym
fame...)"
I noticed he also interviewed some cougar
opponents, I particularly liked the Brian Griese clip concerning
the final excruciating seconds of the 98 Rose bowl. If you
don't do anything else, watch that.
Here it
is. I was there like many of you, and am still waiting for our other second.
The clips on the site are really well done and
are about things that Washington State University football fans
care about and remember, as well as anecdotes from and about
many of your favorite players and coaches. By the way, the
picture above is from the website. The video is set to be
complete in August, hopefully just in time for the football
season. If you click on the picture above it will take you
to the Vertigo Bliss website. I would rather Vertigo
Bliss had sung the song "Can't beat the Cougars" that
PerfecTragedy sings - she doesn't sound that excited (sounds
like a song from the alumni center). On the other hand,
Vertigo Bliss Rocked both of their songs, they sound much
more "Football".
And playing in the hay outside of Pullman? We've all done that
at some point, haven't we?
Go to
Jeff
McQuarries upcoming Documentary for more information
I was thinking there should be something called
a "funumentary" For informative movies that are about
something more upbeat than basket weaving. This movie
would fall into that category. There was a third possible
conjugation of fun documentary which didn't fit. Idle
minds.
Check my updated lyrics for
"Be True to Wazzu" From the Beach Boys -
They could be better, but if you call it a parody of the
song it would get around the copywrite restrictions.
If this movie is as good as it looks, soon Jeff
McQuarrie's name is one all cougars will know well.
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