NFR: Jesse Brown moves from football field to arena dirt

With the exception of missing out on additional mind-altering sound bites from coach Mike Leach, former Washington State quarterback Jesse Brown figures he made the right decision to quit football and embark on a pro rodeo career.

The soon-to-be steer wrestler was a preferred walk-on at WSU, where he spent two years trying to follow in the footsteps of noteworthy Cougars field generals such as Jack Thompson — aka “The Throwin’ Samoan” — Drew Bledsoe, Mark Rypien and Gardner Minshew, last year’s Raiders starting QB.

Brown failed to get into a game in his two seasons — mostly because he played behind Connor Halliday, who set an NCAA record by passing for 734 yards in a loss to California.

But Brown said listening to Leach’s streams of consciousness made his college football experience mor