The sport of football, from Pop Warner to the collegiate level, is all about discipline. For Washington State football players Dave Minnich and Wendell Smith, discipline comes from an altogether different source. Both players spent four years of their lives in the Marine Corps. Although their paths never really crossed in the service, they are forever linked as brothers. Now they are at Washington State University, and they are joined together as teammates. Smith, a …showed first 75 words of 1505 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1505 total…that, any of these other things are just gravy. I think just being a good team member and being part of the team is important, and they learned that in the Marines." Here are two players from two parts of the country with two completely different stories. There is just one glowing similarity...the Cougar football team and Washington State University are lucky to have a few good men like Dave Minnich and Wendell Smith.