TEMPE, Ariz. — All week, they were confident they’d made the right moves.
At times, it looked better for Washington State, and Mike Leach said as much in his postgame news conference. But, far too often in their 38-34 defeat against No. 18 Arizona State on Saturday afternoon at Sun Devil Stadium, the Cougars mirrored the team they were two weeks ago against Utah, and a week before that against UCLA.
In case you haven’t been following, it hasn’t been a competitive defense and a team that isn’t producing quite enough on offense to overcome all the defensive shortcomings, which seem to multiply every time the Cougars take the field.