Let’s find a path to six wins for WSU

Over the decades, making a bowl game has generally been the goal for the Washington State Cougars. That changed the last couple of years following 2015’s nine-win outburst, but 2018 marks a return to what we’re all familiar with: Looking at the schedule and trying to figure out where six wins are going to come from.

Las Vegas has pegged the Cougs’ win total at right around six; the last Bovada odds I saw in July had the over/under at 6.5, but you were only getting -150 on the under. SB Nation’s Bill Connelly used his S&P+ to project the Cougs at 6.5 wins based on recent history, returning talent, and recruiting rankings. SB Nation’s Jason Kirk, who did his preseason bowl projections, had the…