Cougs double-digit favorites against Colorado

Washington State has lost three straight games, but that will end this week, at least if the oddsmakers are correct.

Oddshark’s consensus odds currently have the Cougars as a 13.5-point favorite.

That’s the good news. The bad news is the Cougars are 0-5 against the spread in their last five games. Hopefully if that trend continues it’s because the Cougars won by 11 points. Not because of a four-game losing streak.

The point total is the second-highest for any WSU game this season, trailing only the matchup against Houston. And if you’re looking for a very random and mostly meaningless stat, according to Oddshark the over has hit in nine of WSU’s last 11 Week 8 games. So if you were curious of how Week 8 of 2008 might impact this week, there you go.

A win and a cover would be a nice change of pace. Let’s do that.

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Soccer:

Drawing With The Devils - Washington State University Athletics
For the second-straight contest No. 15 Washington State (9-3-1, 2-2-1) dominated the stat sheet only to leave Lower Soccer Field frustrated, this time settling for a 0-0 draw with Arizona State (6-5-3, 0-3-2) Sunday afternoon in Pullman.

Football:

Washington State vs. Colorado: what to know | WSU Cougars | lmtribune.com
Washington State will host Colorado at 4 p.m. Saturday at Martin Stadium in Pullman.

The Cougars dropped to 3-3 overall and 0-3 in the Pac-12 with a 38-34 loss at No. 18 Arizona State. Twice Washington State had 10-point first-half leads before the Sun Devils took the lead in the second half.

Pac-12 parity? Oregon, Utah and Washington separate themselves at the top: Issues & Answers - oregonlive.com
For all the talk about Pac-12 parity and the way it tends to cannibalize itself, this weekend indicated a big divide between the top of the conference and the bottom.