TEMPE, Ariz. — Back to the drawing board.
The Cougars showed renewed focus and energy coming out of the bye week, but in the wake of a 38-34 loss to Arizona State, the list of things to correct is still much longer than the list of things to celebrate.
In this edition of the rewind, we examine the team’s morale after Saturday’s game in Tempe (it might not be what you think), WSU’s tendency to give up explosive plays and the recent drought the Cougars have hit when it comes to causing turnovers.
Maintaining morale
If the Cougars lost in gut-wrenching fashion, for the second time in three games, while committing many of the same defensive mishaps that tortured them against UCLA and Utah, you wouldn’t have known it judging by the tones and facial expressions of WSU players and coaches in the visitors’ postgame news conference.