Washington State is a program not trending in the right direction.
The Cougars were projected to finish dead last in the league’s preseason media poll and nearly lived up to the hype before league play even began, by dropping contests to Seattle, New Mexico State (twice), Montana State, San Diego and Santa Clara. Overall, they’ve lost seven of their last eight games heading into Thursday’s meeting with Oregon State, outside of a league win over Pac-12 doormats, California.
And yet, head coach Ernie Kent remains on the bench (with thanks from a strange contract situation) and the Washington State program sits in an all-out free fall.