In a remarkably efficient “achievement” unparalleled in perhaps the entire history of Washington State football, it’s taken Nick Rolovich all of seven games to completely burn to the ground everything Mike Leach built in his eight successful years.
The tear down almost certainly was complete sometime before Saturday, but when the Cougars collapsed (again) by fecklessly surrendering 45 unanswered points to USC, it was the final manifestation of a reality that is undeniable at this point.
The Nick Rolovich era already is over.
However many more games Rolovich coaches is just a mere side note to this reality — before his second season even hits the halfway point, he’s already a dead man walking.