Michigan State is one of the power-conference programs that Washington State is working to schedule a future home-and-home football series with, according to Cougars athletic director Bill Moos.

"I have handshake agreements with five different BCS schools for home-and-home football competition, provided it fits into our schedules and everything," Moos said on his weekly call-in radio show. "Some of it may be out into the early (20)20s.

"I'm talking to friends of mine from TCU and Florida State and other schools like Michigan State that I'm working hard to try to get those arrangements put together to bring schools like that in early to Pullman (Wash.) so our students and fans can enjoy that kind of competition."

The Spartans would be adding a Pac-12 program to the schedule that hasn't found much recent success. The Cougars last notched a winning season and bowl game appearance in 2003.

Michigan State is currently scheduled to play another Pac-12 school, Oregon, in 2014 and 2015.

The Big Ten has announced it would move to nine-game conference schedules beginning in 2016.

Talk of Michigan State possibly scheduling Washington State comes one year after a scheduling agreement between the Big Ten and Pac-12 that had been scheduled to begin in 2017 fell apart.

"I think we really missed the boat there, and I'm still a little bit upset about that because Cougar fans would have been assured of seeing Michigan, Penn State, Nebraska in Martin Stadium because they would have had to," Moos said. "Now trying to get them there when they don't have to is not easy. So I think we really missed an opportunity there."

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