First, my apologies to any that were hoping for or expecting a recap from me of the Cal game. I was on vacation and away from internet, not (as it would have been fair to assume) crying into many beers at what was one of the most soul-crushing Cougar losses I can remember.

Also, I’m trying something a little bit different today. There are two separate sections of views that break up the text. The first will look at explosive plays and total yardage amounts; scroll down beyond that to keep reading and find the rest of the comparisons.

As Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding would say, it’s time for the Cougs' bowl hopes to get busy living or get busy dying. Let’s look at how they can survive.

Connor Halliday and the Cougar offense are 12th in the nation in plays of 20 yards or more, the Kevin Hogan-led Cardinal, 109th. The Peter Kalambayi led Stanford defense is 1st in the nation in not giving up plays of 20+ yards or more, WSU stands at 116th.

The Stanford passing attack (where WSU has given up most of its big plays this year) has luckily been trending down every week since putting up big numbers vs UC Davis. With Hogan potentially hobbled with an injury, the Cougs could cut down many of the big plays they've been hit with so far this season.

You can select the yardage amount to cycle through the different options( 10+, 20+, etc); the first tab looks at offense, the second tab looks at defense.