SPOKANE — Washington State’s $11 million investment in Mike Leach paid dividends on the field, at the turnstiles and inside Marquess Wilson’s head Saturday afternoon at Albi Stadium.
The Cougars, performing in front of most fans for the first time since Leach was hired as football coach in December, put on a dazzling performance before a school-record spring crowd of 10,713 in the Crimson and Gray Game.
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