Washington State's football team appears to have found its footing in Coach Mike Leach's fourth season.
The Cougars won 19 of 88 Pac-12 Conference games from 2004-14, and they are early 9 1/2-point underdogs in Saturday night's game against UCLA at the Rose Bowl, but they will bring along a new and improved attitude.
"People probably don't expect much from us," senior linebacker Kache Palacio said. "We could be 20-point underdogs; it wouldn't matter. We treat the game the same."
The Cougars are 6-3 overall and 4-2 in Pac-12 play.