PULLMAN – Raam Stevenson’s face crept into a wry grin. He was sitting atop a podium, not far from the field where his Washington State team reached bowl eligibility with a 32-8 dismantling of Oregon State, and as a key cog in the Cougars’ defense, he could see where this question was going.

In Saturday night’s regular-season finale, WSU totaled seven tackles for loss and six sacks, burying OSU players behind the line of scrimmage with regularity. Here’s the interesting part about those numbers, though: Junior defensive end Isaac Terrell led the pack with 1.5 sacks, but the other 5.5 came on half-sacks from his teammates.

To Stevenson, that seemed to underscore the larger theme, the part that might help the Cougars’ defense turn in nights like these more often in the years to come: WSU de

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