Heading into Saturday’s game, I wondered if the game wasn’t something of a crossroads for both the Washington State Cougars and the California Golden Bears. Each team sat at 1-3, and each team was at risk of watching their season circle the drain before it was even half over — the loser would have to finish on quite a run just to secure bowl eligibility, which is an important annual benchmark for programs of the caliber of Cal and WSU.
Surprisingly — at least for this guy — it wasn’t the Cougars who departed Memorial Stadium with their season aspirations on life support.