Once Bill Moos was able to hire Mike Leach to coach football, within a few years, Wazzu was the site of top-class facilities and top-notch recruits. The result has been three bowl appearances and a climb back into the Top 25.
Security was irrelevant on that Friday last month. Students leaped over the rails, stormed onto the turf and celebrated the biggest Washington State victory in more than a decade. The 16th-ranked Cougars had just beaten fifth-ranked USC on national television, and you knew it was going to end with fans rushing the field.
It started, however, with Bill Moos.