Pac-12’s epic collapse picked as story of the year

Jan. 2—The last time Washington State wasn't a member of a full and functioning Pac-12 Conference, the school was known as Washington State College, Pullman's population was a paltry 2,500 and World War I was well into its brutal third year. Then known as the Pacific Coast Conference, the Cougars joined the University of California Berkeley, the University of Washington, the University of …