They Cougars played well enough to win, but they lost. Stop me if you've heard this before.
Seven points. That seemed to be the magic number in the second half Saturday. WSU, despite a litany of mistakes in every phase, especially special teams, needed just seven points to beat a ranked team on the road. From the opening play, it was clear that WSU was at least as good as the 24th-ranked team in the country, if not better. Still, there were those seven measly points.
Needing those seven points, Gabe Marks fumbled at the Cal 20, WSU went three-and-out despite great field position, WSU couldn't recover a fumble despite seemingly 100 tries to get it, the defense allowed a 3rd and 36 conversion (seriously, who could've seen a draw play coming there?