Colorado State rallies to beat WSU, 48-45 – Sat, 21 Dec 2013 PST

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. With just more than 2 minutes left in the New Mexico Bowl, Washington State held an eight-point lead against an opponent which had been outmanned and outclassed throughout the game and had no timeouts left. Fans eyed the exits, reporters across the social media landscape wrote the game off as over and just about everyone in the stadium were certain that WSU had already won. Everyone, including the Cougars. We got too complacent, kind of thought we won the game early, senior Justin Sagote said after the Cougars 48-45 loss to Colorado State. CSU linebacker Shaquil Barrett

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Washington Staterunning back Theron West (24) celebrates his touchdown with teammate Marcus Mason during the first half of the New Mexico Bowl NCAA college football game against ColoradoState (Full-size photo)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. With just more than 2 minutes left in the New Mexico Bowl, Washington State held an eight-point lead against an opponent which had been outmanned and outclassed throughout the game and had no timeouts left.

Fans eyed the exits, reporters across the social media landscape wrote the game off as over and just about everyone in the stadium were certain that WSU had already won.

Everyone, including the Cougars.

We got too complacent, kind of thought we won the game early, senior Justin Sagote said after the Cougars 48-45 loss to Colorado State.

CSU linebacker Shaquil Barrett forced a fumble, recovered it himself, and the Rams promptly scored, tying the game on the two-point conversion by running a delayed handoff to Donnell Alexander known as the Statue of Liberty play.

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Colorado State rallies to beat WSU, 48-45 - Sat, 21 Dec 2013 PST