Cougs look to win down the stretch

PULLMAN – Beginning the season 4-1, the Washington State Cougars have dropped their previous three games and now are forced to scratch and claw their way to a second-straight bowl-eligible season. “Everybody’s fighting for those last bowl eligibility spaces, and we’re one of them,” WSU Head Coach Jake Dickert said. “Stanford’s fighting their tail off, ASU, Arizona, that other school on the other side of the state – everyone wants those spots,” WSU head coach Jake Dickert said at a press conference Monday. The Cougs are 4-4 after last Thursday’s 21-17 home loss to No. 14 Utah, a game where backup quarterback Bryson Barnes led the Utes to a win in Pullman. Down by 14 in the fourth quarter, WSU was able to put 10 points on the board with a seven-yard touchdown run by quarterback Cameron Ward and a 42-yard field goal but was unable to take the lead...