Washington State’s road has been different. Not this again. Not another slog to three or four wins. That will not be how we’re going to be remembered the rest of the season. While Miami is sixth in the nation with a +1.2 turnover margin (+1.3 in its last three games), Washington State is 74th with a -0.1 turnover margin (-1.3 in its last three games).
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Defensively there are more questions, even though Schoettmer and fellow linebacker Shakeel Rashad are the only departing seniors. This is fine against Appalachian State and UNC Greensboro, but this might not be enough against Miami, Duke and Virginia.
Both teams are looking to end long bowl droughts.
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“I have no idea about the future and what that may hold”, he said softly. It was, simply, unbelievable to watch it all unfold. Dumb, I say, stupid, I say, insane to think we were going to win that game as the Huskies proved, winning 45-10.
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Story of the game: The weather was the story of the Sun Bowl, as a snowstorm raged for the majority of the contest. Washington State ran out the final 2:58 for the win. Washington State is playing in its second bowl game in 12 years, so I’m thinking we’re still at the point of being excited to play a bonus game in December no matter where it is. The Sun Bowl was Alex Grinch’s masterpiece.
The offense began to click as Kaaya seemed to find his rhythm and Scott began making plays.
Still, Miami had one more chance.
As a freshman, Yearby was a good change of pace back and ran for more than 500 yards off the bench. When the Cougs needed a play in El Paso, the defense rose to the task.
Washington State outgained Miami 382 to 333 and finished with 23 first downs to Miami’s 13. Big time. It’s creating havoc on Washington State and Miami.
Had the Canes taken full advantage of their opportunities and won the game, it would have been hard to not give consideration to Scott for some sort of Coach of the Year honors. The Hurricanes reportedly had expected to be a part of the Pinstripe Bowl and with all of the uncertainty around this current state of this program it wouldn’t be a surprise to see this team be a no-show, in terms of performance level. Sophomore receiver Braxton Barrios took a handoff from tailback Joe Yearby in a wildcat formation and went around right end for 60 yards to the Washington State 5. “But I am proud of the way this team fought and came back in the second half”. Despite injuries, a couple bad losses, and plenty of on-field adversity, they kept their heads down, continued to improve, and started actually punishing opponents. On Saturday, they gained 375. It was a remarkable feat considering where the program was when he took over.
The Cougars (9-4) finish the season with their best record since 2003 and won their first bowl game since defeating Texas in the Holiday Bowl, also in 2003. “We worked on it for two weeks”.
“(Miami) will be aggressive, they blitz more than most teams we played”, Leach said in a press conference after practice Tuesday. This time, though, everyone has bought in and is on the same page. The Canes thought they evened the score with a touchdown to Coley, but it was waived off for an illegal block in the back on senior receiver Herb Waters.
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Washington State coach Mike Leach said “we had two guys” covering the pass. “You’re hoping people bite up and some stuff happens”. “When your back’s up against the wall, you can be submissive or you can come out fighting”.
