In the process of winning its fourth straight game and inching closer toward a spot in the AP Top 25 , Washington State proved it doesn't always need to score via the arm of quarterback Luke Falk.
Washington State's 27-21 win over UCLA on a dreary, wet night last Saturday was another validation of the Cougars' evolving offense under Mike Leach.
Washington State was on the verge of a fourth straight game of rushing for at least 100 yards as a team for the first time since 2005 until the final play of the game, when Falk took a knee to run out the clock, lost 6 yards and dropped the Cougars below the 100-yard mark.
[...] in the Cougars offense that is so heavily reliant on the passing game, getting some balance from the run is critical.
Since Leach's arrival in 2012, the Cougars are 11-4 when they have rushed for at least 90 yards as a team.
