Washington State welcomes Stanford to Pullman, and please oh please win this one (GAME THREAD)

Photo by Bruce Yeung/Getty ImagesAlmost a month ago, our Washington State Cougars were coming off a bye week where they gained three spots in the AP Top 25 Poll and were sitting pretty at no. 13 in the nation. Since then, it’s been all downhill.

The Cougs lost a tough one at UCLA against a great defense (fine), then laid an egg at home against Arizona (can’t happen), then got walloped in Eugene against the Ducks (not unexpected), and then forgot how to tackle in a loss last week at Arizona State (also can’t happen).

In the words of Jim Halpert:

That talk of how WSU had three nationally ranked fall sports teams was a notch on our belt back in late September. Now, only volleyball is holding up…