Morning links: WSU wins the Sun Bowl

The Washington State flourished as the Cougars held off Miami for a 20-14 win.

Jim Allen, Tyler Tjomsland and I were in El Paso to witness WSU’s first bowl win since 2003. Our coverage of the event includes my game story , Jim’s story about WSU’s departing seniors , our notebook and Tyler’s photo gallery .

We’ve also got postgame video interviews with Mike Leach , Luke Falk , Darryl Paulo and Jamal Morrow .

Stefanie Loh has a story from the game and CougCenter’s Brian Floyd reflected on the Cougars’ season in this story . And here is the Hurricanes perspective , courtesy of the Miami Herald.

The UCLA Bruins became the first Pac-12 team to lose its bowl game this offseason. … Washington rode its freshman running back to a win.