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Wazzu Welcomes John Olerud to Bronze Immortality
John Olerud is going to bronze. The Washington State legend, the two-time All-American who caught everything that moved in the Palouse, will have his number 2 immortalized in bronze outside the stadium. That is the kind of honor that sticks. It is not a banner. It is not a video board tribute. It is metal. It is permanence. It is exactly what a guy who set the NCAA record for receptions and then helped build a program deserves.
Wazzu has always been about the people who made the place matter. Olerud is one of them. The Cougs have been grinding through a tough season, and if you have been following along, you know the frustration. We just wrote about how the team fell short in San Diego, another fourth-quarter push that did not quite get there. That is the reality of this year. But this is the other side of being a Coug. The wins are not always on the scoreboard. Sometimes they are in the dirt and the concrete and the bronze that says a kid from nowhere special became something permanent.
Go Cougs.
