Team preview: Washington State

Originally Published: July 28, 2004

Blue Ribbon Illustrated previews the 2004-05 college football season, exclusively on Insider.

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COACH AND PROGRAM

Bill Doba is a glass half-full guy.

In the summer of 2003, the lifetime assistant coach attended his first Pac-10 media day as a head coach and witnessed his Washington State team picked to finish seventh in the conference. The 62-year-old didn't fret. He saw it as a challenge for his team rather than a lack of respect for a program coming off a Pac-10 championship and its second Rose Bowl appearance in six seasons.

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