RENO, Nev. — Washington State kicker Graham Siderius, who grew up in Reno, had a personal rooting section of about 30 friends and family last night.

It didn't include his brother.

"My brother is refusing to sit in the WSU section," Siderius said at the team hotel yesterday afternoon. "He played guard for Nevada."

Andrew Siderius was a letter-winner at guard for the Wolf Pack in 1998.

Graham Siderius had good memories of Mackay Stadium, site of last night's WSU-Nevada game.

Siderius played on the McQueen High School team of 2000 that won the Nevada state-championship game in Mackay Stadium.

Dangerous halftime

Dangerous, swirling winds moved over the city and the stadium near game time, and one of three members of the Army Green Beret Parachute Team suffered a broken hip and compound fracture of his left arm when he landed hard at midfield and was dragged 15 yards by his parachute. Dave Larson, a recently retired chief warrant officer from Hurst, Texas, was taken from the field on a stretcher after trainers from both teams and Army personnel administered first aid. Hurst, who has made more than 2,000 jumps and recently returned from Iraq, waved to the crowd. He is expected to be hospitalized for two days.

Swogger surfaces

It was a pleasant evening for Josh Swogger, who lost his job as WSU's starting quarterback in fall camp. He got action in the first half and had four completions in nine tries for 85 yards, throwing a 44-yard touchdown pass to Puyallup freshman Brandon Gibson.

Flowers wilts

Nichiren Flowers, a veteran 6-foot-3 Nevada receiver, came into the game with 1,942 career yards and had 91 receptions last year. He's being touted for postseason honors.

But he didn't get into the game until the third quarter, in a disciplinary move by Nevada coach Chris Ault.

"Nichiren has to learn," Ault said. "He has no sense of urgency and he doesn't play hard in practice."

Flowers finished with two catches for 20 yards, both well after the game was decided.

Notes

• Washington State is teaming up with former Cougars star Steve Gleason to help schoolchildren whose education was disrupted by Hurricane Katrina, The Associated Press reported.

Gleason, a safety with the New Orleans Saints, and the WSU College of Education have launched a program to collect backpacks filled with school supplies for children.

The filled backpacks can be donated at Qwest Field in Seattle on Sept. 17, when the Cougars host Grambling State in a nonconference game.

• Shawn Deeds, 32-year-old WSU coordinator of football operations, will undergo further tests early next week on a mysterious condition that left him weakened in several parts of his body over the past week.

Deeds said he spent several hours in a hospital emergency room Wednesday after feeling the weakness early in the week. There has yet been no determination on what caused the problem.

Deeds, a North Kitsap High product, was a reserve quarterback for the Cougars in the early 1990s.

• This was the second game of a home-and-home series between the schools. The Cougars beat the Wolf Pack 31-7 at Qwest Field in 2002.

• Ticket sales are just below 35,000 for next Saturday's game at Qwest Field between the Cougars and Grambling State.

• ESPN's analyst last night was former Seahawks quarterback Kelly Stouffer, who got into the TV business three years ago.

Times staff reporter Bud Withers contributed to this report.