Who was more overrated for the Cougars: Mike Price or Ryan Leaf?
Chartrey: For the Cougars, I’m going to say that Ryan Leaf was more overrated. Mike Price was the best thing the Cougs had going in the late ’90s with all their 10-win seasons. When he left, he definitely left the program better than he found it. Leaf on the other hand was merely a product of Price’s system, and following college spent his career warming the bench and yelling at reporters. But a guy who gets fired from a coaching job before his first game? Now that’s someone I could get behind. Mayers: Those darn Cougars. I’m so tired of all their crap. My most overrated WSU loser is Jason Gesser. I remember when the Huskies knocked him out of the 2002 Apple Cup and beat an overrated WSU team that misguidedly had national championship aspirations. Gesser had a shorter NFL stint than Ryan Leaf and now coaches high school quarterbacks in Federal Way. Those Cougar greats are really something. Oh and how’s Drew Bledsoe doing? Ha! Caple: Well, Ryan Leaf actually had a good college career, s
