Waving the WSU flag

October 19, 2018 1:30 am
Kirsten Frichette, formerly of Elma, submitted this photo of her kids, Carter, 14, and Keira, 10, posing with ESPN’s College GameDay bus in Pullman before heading to school the morning before the game.
Kirsten Frichette, formerly of Elma, submitted this photo of her kids, Carter, 14, and Keira, 10, posing with ESPN’s College GameDay bus in Pullman before heading to school the morning before the game.

For the past 15 years, WSU fans from across the nation have waved Ol’ Crimson, the WSU flag, during ESPN’s College GameDay, hoping one day the TV show would come to Pullman. Finally, that day arrived. Hundreds of Cougar flags were on display when GameDay went on the air Saturday at 6 a.m.

We asked our readers to submit photos from their weekend in Pullman and the game between the Washington State Cougars and the Oregon Ducks. Three came through: Tyler Barkstrom, David Bielski and Kirsten Frichette.

From left, WSU alumni Adam Benson, Alisha Benson, Tyler Barkstrom and Ben Schuetz pose outside the stadium in Pullman before the game.

From left, WSU alumni Adam Benson, Alisha Benson, Tyler Barkstrom and Ben Schuetz pose outside the stadium in Pullman before the game.

Cougars running back James Williams poses with WSU alumnus David Bielski on Thursday before the WSU-Oregon game.

Cougars running back James Williams poses with WSU alumnus David Bielski on Thursday before the WSU-Oregon game.

As WSU alumni Tyler Barkstrom, left, and Adam Benson stood on an overpass in Spokane waiting for the ESPN College GameDay bus to pass through on its way to Pullman, a Washington state trooper approached them. They were worried that he was going to tell them to move along — but instead, he joined them in waving the Cougar flag.

As WSU alumni Tyler Barkstrom, left, and Adam Benson stood on an overpass in Spokane waiting for the ESPN College GameDay bus to pass through on its way to Pullman, a Washington state trooper approached them. They were worried that he was going to tell them to move along — but instead, he joined them in waving the Cougar flag.

Cougar fans on the WSU campus before the Oregon-WSU football game, celebrating the 215th time the WSU flag “Ol’ Crimson” has been seen on ESPN’s College GameDay.

Cougar fans on the WSU campus before the Oregon-WSU football game, celebrating the 215th time the WSU flag “Ol’ Crimson” has been seen on ESPN’s College GameDay.