The Washington State Cougars blew a three-touchdown halftime lead to suffer a stunning second-half collapse to end this bizarre roller coaster of a 2020 season with a bizarre 45-28 loss to the Utah Utes in Salt Lake City.
The Cougs gave up 38 unanswered points in the second half to end the season 1-3, while Utah finishes 3-2. Neither team is heading to a bowl game.
It’s hard to fully comprehend how it happened, but it happened as these sorts of things usually do: Slowly, then suddenly.
WSU held a 28-7 halftime lead behind their best two quarters of football of this weird season; the defense was generating turnovers and stifling the Utes ground game, and the offense was moving with purpose, both on the ground and in the air.