A Grip on Sports: Despite another close road loss to a ranked team, WSU football still has a chance to reach a lot of goals this season
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A GRIP ON SPORTS • Ya, I got pulled back in by the Cougars yesterday. Watched just about every minute of their 24-20 loss at 21st-ranked James Madison. And realized this might be one of the school’s gutsiest teams. ••••••• • This has been a challenging year for the Cougars. In ways that that show in each week’s box score, sure, but also in ways that can’t be measured by numbers. Though the number of miles – 16,578 by one estimate – they have had to fly to play 11 games is pretty impressive. That is just part of the story, though. Saturday’s loss at James Madison is just the most-recent example of the stress Jimmy Rogers’ first Washington State football has been put through. And, after a slow...