Morning links: the day after devastation

So much was written about WSU’s 44-17 loss to USC yesterday, and so little about the game itself.

The game itself consequential only in that it was Washington State’s seventh loss and officially knocked the Cougars out of the postseason. But Connor Halliday’s first quarter injury will go down as the salient moment in a season that hasn’t gone seen for more disappointments than achievements.

There’s a lot to dissect from yesterday. Hopefully we hit it all with the following links.

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— Here at the S-R we have our story on what went wrong for the Cougars on Saturday.

— But it wasn’t all bad for the Cougars. They received some impressive contributions from unexpected players.

— John Blanchette has the story of the unfair ending to Connor Halliday’s career.

— I try to make some sense of what we saw yesterday in my final thoughts from the game.

— We have postgame video of Mike Leach , as well as Luke Falk and Sam Flor .

— If you really want to parse through what happened we’ve got a game book , statistics and a summary of how the teams scored .

— Howie Stalwick says that if Halliday’s career is over the team should acknowledge it .

— Nothing about what happened to Halliday on Saturday was fair .

— At least it was a good win for the Trojans.

— A linebacker playing running back and a true freshman sparked Washington’s win in Colorado.

— Marcus Mariota knocked Stanford out and cleared Oregon’s path to the playoffs.

— California turned to its running game and came up with a big win over Oregon State.

— UCLA’s defense shut down the Wildcats.

— Arizona State is the only one-loss team in the Pac-12 South after an overtime win over Utah .