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Leach Joins Washington St. at Right Time

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Mike Leach is back in the game.

And so might be Washington State before you know it.

Really, Washington State, which hasn't been to a bowl game since its 2003 Holiday Bowl victory over the Texas Longhorns? Washington State, which won just nine games over the past four years and hasn't had a winning season since 2003?

That Washington State? Exactly.

And why would that be, considering the culture of losing there?

"They've also had a culture of winning," Leach said this week. "USC was dormant for about 15 years before Pete Carroll arrived, but nothing changed. They've always been in the middle of more athletes than anywhere in the world. Washington State's been to the Rose Bowl since Arizona State went the last time. And Arizona's never been to...

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