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For Cougars, Apple Cup was familiar finish to an unexpectedly great football season

PULLMAN — Fans were calling it the miracle season. A stretch of games that produced results nobody could have possibly foreshadowed.

Ten wins for a team picked to finish fifth in its side of the conference? A Heisman campaign from a fifth-year transfer nobody had heard of?

What the Washington State Cougars had done in 2018 defied every expectation and prognosis. Until Friday, that is — when they did something all too predictable.

The Cougs just can’t get it done. Not when it really matters. Not when something tangible is on the line.