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We won’t insist on it, but the Hotline would appreciate greatly if Washington State could reveal its true identity this weekend.

Not the defense, necessarily. We’ve seen enough from that unit to conclude it’s reasonably stout.

But is WSU’s offense more comparable to the anemic version on display in the season opener against Idaho or to the productive, efficient version that took the field last weekend against San Diego State?

Because a unit that produces one t

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