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Gawd, this is a tough one. You have the top passing offense (WSU 526 ypg) going up against the second ranked passing defense (Stanford, 107.4 ypg). Nevada did hold them to 13 points and 427 yards, and WSU is very one-dimensional (the most yards they have rushed is 78). The key will be our ability to generate pressure against Halliday; we are averaging 2.6 sacks per game while WSU is giving up 2 per game (which means their sack percentage is very low given the number of passes Halliday throws). My best guess is that we will be able to hold WSU to 400 yards and 20 points (call it 350 yards in the air and 50 on the ground).
On the other side of the ball, we are 96th in total offense (371 ypg) going up against a defense that ranks 92nd (438 ypg). WSU's defense is marginally better than Army's, though of course WSU had to go up against Cal's offense. Then there is the fact that WSU's special teams units are just atrocious in coverage. I think we can score 31 points against them, IF we can establish any semblance of a running game. There's a wide confidence interval around that, though. I could see us failing badly, again, and I could see us completely having our way with them on offense (really, I think it is possible that we have 30+ point, 400+ yard game like against Army).
Final score: Stanford 31, WSU 20.
BC
