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Five Takeaways from WSU’s Narrow Loss to No. 18 Virginia

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If you would have told me yesterday morning that we were going to lose 22–20 — and that we’d be in the game until the very end — I would’ve taken that every time. That being said, this was a really tough loss. Coach Jimmy Rodgers had the defense absolutely on fire through 3 quarters. When it was 20–10 in the fourth quarter and Virginia got the ball back, their vaunted No. 8-ranked offense had sputtered to just six first downs. Little did we know that from that point on, our Cougs would fall apart in just about every phase of the game.