Washington State University flag

As usual, there's a WSU flag flying on ESPN's College Gameday this morning, even though the broadcast location is 2,260 miles away from WSU's campus in Pullman, Wash.

The flag, also known as Ol' Crimson, now has its own booster club to ensure that the flag continues to be displayed in the GameDay audience each week. This guy and many others intend to keep displaying the flag until GameDay visits Pullman. I am convinced, though I haven't done any research on the matter, that there are GameDay virgin campuses that are more worthy for a visit than WSU, but here's some insight for unconvinced Cougar fans: You haven't hosted a game that was a candidate for the best matchup of the day since Drew Bledsoe was your quarterback, and you're not very good right now, either. The "Cougs," as they are called among the faithful, have posted back-to-back losing seasons (5-6 and 4-7). WSU is 17-16 since the flag was first raised at a GameDay location.

Here's another good reason, from last week's scoreboard, why GameDay is not coming to Pullman anytime soon: WSU 17, Baylor 15.

Ol' Crimson has also spawned copycats: I definitely saw an Auburn flag in the background today, and I think I saw LSU, too. Here's my theory for their presence: Those teams are ranked.

I'm being hard on the "Cougs," but I do think the tradition is creative and cool. My issue is with the insistence the GameDay come to their stadium when their team hasn't earned it. Resume--and continue--winning, and maybe you'll get your wish the next time you're in the top 25 and USC comes to town. Maybe.