PULLMAN — Washington State players and coaches may be idle this week, but that doesn’t mean their minds are. After consecutive losses to UCLA and Utah, the Cougars have assuredly spent much of the bye week contemplating everything that’s led to their sluggish start in Pac-12 play, which dropped them to 3-2 overall and forced a situation where now they’ll have to close the regular season 3-4 just to finish .500 and reach a fifth consecutive bowl game.
There’s plenty ailing WSU at the moment, but the Cougars can take some solace in knowing they still rank among the national leaders in total offense and have a quarterback on record-setting pace, even after the Air Raid hit a rare speed bump last weekend in Salt Lake City.