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Wazzu football rights the ship with a win over Northern Arizona
It was the kind of Saturday where you could feel the whole town exhale. Pullman needed this one. After a rough start to the season, Wazzu football finally looked like itself again, putting together a complete win over Northern Arizona. The scoreboard shows a win, but the real story is how the team played. The defense tackled with purpose. The offense moved with a rhythm we had not seen in weeks. It was not flashy, and it did not need to be. It was just solid, fundamental Cougar football, the kind that reminds you why you sit through the rain and the static on the radio. For the guys in the locker room, this was about more than a notch in the win column. It was about proving they could still close out a game. For those of us watching from wherever we landed after leaving Pullman, it was a quiet validation. The ship is not just floating again. It is pointed in the right direction. There is a long season ahead, and nobody is printing playoff tickets yet, but you can feel the air change after a win like this. It is the difference between dreading the film room and wanting to watch the tape again. Go Cougs.
