While you are doing soul searching maybe face some reality. UW has 9 players invited to the NFL combine this year. That is nearly a fourth of what the entire Pac12 has going. And for perspective, 9 invitees is only slightly behind the 11 player numbers for Clemson and Alabama. Basically almost half of UW's starting players last season are going to the NFL combine .
Sure you want to beat UW, but the only way that will happen is for that talent difference to be tightened up. Nobody can look at that talent difference and apart from the rivalry aspect think that there would be a different result.
While this accounts for some of WSU's losses to UW, this doesnt account for ALL of WSU's losses.
Sometimes it was UW wanting it more then WSU.
Also WSU would have either won or at least had a closer, more competitive games if it wasnt for:
1. Injuries: If Bender hadnt had to play, Falk may have beat the huskies.
2. If Falk has not regressed, he may have beat the huskies.
3. If the weather hadnt been what it was Minshew would have probably beat the Huskies.
UW having the more NFL players team, a partial reason why UW win, but UW was still GETTING LUCKY, seemed to always take advantage of WSU BAD LUCK.
Take away that, and WSU probably beat the Huskies, at least 1 time.
Also the problem about saying the UW has more NFL players thing, is it can CREATE EXCUSES.
I mean going by that thinking, WSU shouldnt even play UW, should just Forfeit, give UW the AUTOMATIC win, WHY? BECAUSE UW HAS MORE NFL PLAYERS
F THAT
Doesnt matter how many more NFL players UW has, WSU can beat them, if they show up to play, and stop having the BS BAD LUCK BOUNCES, ETC.
I mean if go by number of NFL players, then WSU should be losing to almost everybody in the conference, because almost everybody in the conference has more NFL players then WSU.
So while there is some truth to what your saying as to the reason why UW beat WSU, its not the whole truth.
If WSU loses to UW, you usually get the following responses as to why.
In no particular order:
1. UW has more NFL players etc. Already showed why this is partially true, partially false
2. WSU not show up: partially true, partially false
3. WSU coaching is to blame: Mostly false
4. WSU just UNLUCKY, mostly true.
But the real truth is that the reason why WSU lose to UW, is because of a combination of the above reasons.
WSU, Leach, will beat the Huskies, the bad luck things like the weather, Bender, back up QB's having to play, bad bounces, etc, will stop, and when that happens WSU will beat UW no matter if UW have 25 invited to NFL combine or not