Nakia Watson’s two touchdowns and 64 yards from scrimmage didn’t just prove to be the difference in Washington State’s epic 17-14 upset of No. 19 Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium, it also signaled that the highly touted transfer is ready to be what we thought he could be.
When WSU announced that the program had signed a transfer running back from Wisconsin, a bunch of us were excited based on merely on the fact that the running back was coming from Wisconsin. It didn’t much matter to us what Watson had actually done in Madison; if a running back was good enough for Wisconsin to recruit, that was a good enough endorsement of his ability, considering the Badgers’ track record at that particular position.