Okay, look, the Washington State Cougars need some help. They are clearly the best team in the Pac-12, as Friday night’s slap fight of a Championship Game showed. (Six offensive points. SIX!) There is no earthly reason why they shouldn’t be in a New Year’s Six bowl game, except ... well ... the College Football Playoff committee has deemed them not worthy (thus far) of a slot in the big time. For reasons only they understand.
But we are not here to rehash those arguments. No, despite the inconsistency of the CFP’s reasoning throughout the course of the latter half of the season, there is still a sliver of hope that, based on the results of Saturday’s conference championship games, the committee will pull its collective head out, see the light, and put WSU into a New Year’s Six bowl.