Washington State Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:23:52 PDT

First-year Washington State coach Paul Wulff is setting high goals for the long term.

But next year?

He says he's mostly concerned with first becoming a team.

"When I say that, I'm not talking about wins and losses," he told the Spokesman-Review. "I'm just talking about being a great team to each other and forming a tight bond."

Wulff wasn't sure at first that he'd have enough of a team to hold a spring game, and he initially canceled the scrimmage in favor of another practice. But come game day, Wulff changed his mind and the Cougars held a scrimmage.

Still, the quandary indicted some of the personnel issues the Cougars are facing, reasons WSU is likely to be picked near the bottom of the Pac-10—if not at the bottom—heading into the...