[TriangleTree]

By any statistical measure, Washington State ought to have won. They outgained us 442 to 312, had 27 first downs to our 17, and at one point had scored on six consecutive possessions.

True , but they really struggled at converting their deep drives into touchdowns, where Stanford managed to the few times we did. Sounds obvious enough, but the shrinking field seems to favor a run team over one that lives and dies by the pass. Looking at the drive charts, they ate much of the field without much interference at all, but then seemed to hit a brick wall within the red zone. The epitome of bend and not break for us.

[TriangleTree]

By any statistical measure, Washington State ought to have won. They outgained us 442 to 312, had 27 first downs to our 17, and at one point had scored on six consecutive possessions.

True , but they really struggled at converting their deep drives into touchdowns, where Stanford managed to the few times we did. Sounds obvious enough, but the shrinking field seems to favor a run team over one that lives and dies by the pass. Looking at the drive charts, they ate much of the field without much interference at all, but then seemed to hit a brick wall within the red zone. The epitome of bend and not break for us.