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© Cougfan.com PULLMAN -- With every sack and every celebration the two engage in, Linus Zunk and Matyus McLain look more and more like Washington State's version of the Bash Brothers. Whether you're talking about Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire from the Oakland Athletics or Fulton Reed and Dean Portman from the Mighty Ducks franchise, Zunk and McLain have been disruptive off the edge all spring ball, and were again Saturday during the second scrimmage of spring football. "Those guys are great," Kirby Moore said after practice. "We have to set edges from a defensive standpoint. We have to put pressure on the quarterback. They've shown up consistently every day. A ton of communication at that edge position with the front, in terms of getting set. And Coach (Andrew) Browning is a very elite edge coach, and it's shown up." They're not allowed to hit the quarterback, but Zunk had a sack on Saturday and McLain had both a sack and a pressure. And watching the duo celebrate together is always entertaining, with a lot of yelling and helmet pounding. [See video above for Moore on the QB battle] THE FINAL STRETCH of practice featured what WSU calls a lockdown drill, a red zone drill with each drive starting at the 25-yard line. The offense gets six points for a score, three points for a field goal, and zero points if they don't score. The defense gets six points for a stop, four points for forcing a field goal, and zero points if they get scored on. The offense won 18-8 on Saturday. "A couple different coaches implemented it," Moore said.  "And it really puts some pressure on the quarterbacks to make throws. Sometimes it's a thud drill, and you're not going live. So your opportunities or ability to run the ball in can have some limitations, because you're blowing that. "And it puts pressure on the quarterbacks, because we have to be able to play well under pressure on those third and goals, fourth down, some of those situations that can come up." Related: 3 things we're watching in WSU's second spring football scrimmage MOORE ON THE PLAN FOR THE SPRING GAME NEXT WEEK: "Probably similar in terms of live. Today, we did 43 plays. Last week was 32, so somewhere in that range. Probably trending towards offense vs. defense. We still have to have a couple conversations as a staff from a numbers standpoint, but we're looking forward to getting out here for our fans." MOORE ON WHAT THEY WANT TO SHOW THE FANS: "Just let the players compete. Keep it simple on both sides of the ball, let them play fast. Some situational football will naturally come up with fans in the stands. And that's awesome for our guys to get a feel for that in the game day environment here at Gesa Field." MOORE ON WR JAY PORTER, WHO HAD ANOTHER STRONG PRACTICE: "Jay has been thrown in the fire in terms of coming in in the winter. And we have a few receivers with some limitations right now in spring ball. So he's been playing inside, playing outside. Coach (Derek) Sage and him are doing a great job working together. And he showed up today in the seam. He had might have had two outlet routes there on the movements. And he did a really nice job." MOORE ON WHAT SAFETIES COACH GREG BURNS BRINGS TO THE TABLE: "I think there's a great blend there in the secondary. Coach Burns and his experience at a number of different places, obviously playing here, Palouse Posse defense. It was awesome. He talked to our whole team about when the third down Jaws started and why. And he was a part of that defense." Matyus McLain raises his hands to signify a sack (Photo: Cougfan.com/Whittney Thornton)