Behind the bond between WSU’s specialists — and other notes from practice No. 13

Aug. 18—PULLMAN — Dean Janikowski's phone buzzed, and ever so carefully during this Washington State team meeting last week, he pulled it out of his pocket. The Cougars' place kicker looked down to see a notification from eBay. Oh, I got it! Janikowski thought. He could hardly believe his luck. A few minutes before walking in to the meeting, Janikowski had submitted a low bid on a remote …