Sports seasons have ebbs and flows, and this has certainly been a time of ebbing for the Washington State Cougars, owners of a three-game losing streak that has seen their record plummet from its high-water mark of 4-1 a month ago.
The Cougs achieved that fourth win with a comfortable victory over California — the sort of game they are supposed to win if they are who we hope they are. It was disappointing that they followed that up by losing on the road to USC (No. 9 in the first CFP rankings) and Oregon State (No.