The tradition of flying the Washington State flag began as a College Gameday thing, a plea for ESPN to come to Pullman. It's been going on for over 100 shows now with no end in sight. And along the way, the tradition of waving a flag has gone from a Gameday tradition to a WSU marketing event to a "let's just take this flag everywhere and get on TV."

So yes, of course it's at the World Cup

And you can find it on TV too:

This is not a game for Wazzu fans, and when a well-done Photoshop of the flag flying as a new Pope was selected showed up, the overwhelming reaction was "You know, probably…"*

*It's going to happen. Someone is going to wave the flag at a state funeral or inauguration.