For the 75% of students that left at halftime, Washington State football looked to be the superior team in the matchup against USC on a rainy Saturday afternoon. But alas, football is played for 60 minutes, a fact that seemed to elude some of the players as well. Forty-five unanswered points by the Trojans in the final 30:32 dealt the Cougars their first conference loss of 2021 and lit another match under the ever-warming hot seat of head coach Nick Rolovich.
Cornerback Jaylen Watson matched up against future first rounder Drake London all afternoon and it went.