Washington State Cougars 0-1 Overall (0-1 Conference)

This Week’s Score: Stanford 39 – Washington State 13

Next Week’s Opponent: Hawaii

Sam’s Take:

When you think about last year’s game with Stanford (58-0 loss) this was not a bad debut for Paul Wulff’s second team.

I thought there were some very positive things to take away from both sides of the ball. Offensively, the Cougs were able to run a pretty solid no-huddle offense, and at times, the sharp throwing of Kevin Lopina and the running of Tardy and Montgomery had Stanford on their heels. I also thought Jared Karstetter emerged as a solid receiving threat for WSU.

The defense succumbed to Gerhart, Luck, and Owusu, but they played more inspired football than most of last season. The D was competitive and even managed to hold Luck under 50% passing, which bodes well for the future.

WSU has a great chance to beat Hawaii if they correct a few things and play like they did against the Cardinal.

Dave’s Take:

What really sticks out to me more than anything in Washington State’s effort on Saturday was how they responded after their opening drive on offense.

Starting at their own 21 yard line, Kevin Lopina, Dwight Tardy, and James Montgomery led the Cougars down the field on an extremely impressive and methodical 19-play drive. Having the ball first and goal on the one, Tardy and Montgomery were both stuffed and an incomplete pass later, Nico Grasu lined up for a chip shot 21-yard field goal; and missed.

Right there, I found myself thinking “here we go again”. I was expecting the heartbroken Cougars to just rollover and give up.

Instead, they respond with a defensive stop. They get the ball back and put together a 54-yard drive, this one capped off by a successful field goal try.

The defense left plenty to be desired, and the Cougars just don’t have the talent to keep up with the rest of the conference at this point. But in a season geared towards looking for positives moving forward, the quarterback play and character this team showed were definitely positives.

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