A Grip on Sports: WSU’s Moore is learning tough lessons each week as the Cougars finish nonconference with a home loss to another former Pac-12 school, Arizona

A GRIP ON SPORTS • When athletic director Jon Haarlow put the Washington State football program into the hands of a novice last winter, the decision to hire Kirby Moore was universally hailed. Up and down the West Coast. Rightfully. But the thought it might come with growing pains? Those are finally being realized.