Washington State is two wins away from becoming bowl-eligible and many media outlets are predicting the Cougars to either go to a bowl in Texas or the Las Vegas Bowl.
Entering the 2018 season, Washington State fans were cautiously optimistic, but never bullish about the Cougars’ chances of claiming a postseason berth for the fourth time in four years.
The constant cycling of college football players and coaches generally leaves programs in rebuild mode once every four to five years and most presumed it’s the position the Cougars would find themselves in when the solution at quarterback wasn’t so obvious, when the change at defensive coordinator still felt like a looming issue and when the blend of first-year assistant coaches seemed too new to succeed right off the bat.