About 11 months ago, Gabe Marks decided to forgo entry into the NFL Draft and come back to Washington State for one more year — his fifth. He didn’t need to, and likely would’ve gotten paid handsomely to fulfill a dream to play in the NFL. But he felt like there was some unfinished business to attend to in Pullman.
At the time, he said he felt like the Cougars were on the cusp of something special, and that he had a goal, set four years before, that was within reach: A Pac-12 championship and Rose Bowl.