UW Football---APPLE CUP
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 5:40 pm
Apple Cup week has arrived.
Lot's of great articles on the Huskies:
Apple Cup articles
Articles on whether they should play Sam
Articles on who their coach should be
Articles on Jimmy Lake
Interesting write up on ESPN "most interesting things in rivalry games". You should check it out:
Washington State @ Washington
Better known as: Apple Cup
This year's game: Friday, 5 p.m., FS1
All-time record: Washington, 66-30-4
Current streak: Washington, 7
Wildest on-field moment: When an individual game within a rivalry is branded with its own name, it's a good indicator that something unique took place. For the Apple Cup, the Snow Bowl is that game. After climbing to No. 13 in the AP poll a few weeks earlier, Washington State had lost three of four and entered the 1992 Apple Cup at home against No. 5 Washington. The Huskies had been ranked No. 1 until a loss to No. 12 Arizona two weeks prior but had still already locked up a trip to the Rose Bowl.
It began to snow the morning of the game and really started to come down after kickoff. At halftime, Washington, which was led by quarterback Mark Brunell, led 7-6 at halftime as neither team could find any sort of an offensive rhythm. In blizzard-like conditions in the second half, everything changed. WSU quarterback Drew Bledsoe caught fire and led the Cougars to 29 third-quarter points, including one of the most iconic plays in WSU and Apple Cup history: a 44-yard touchdown pass to Phillip Bobo, who slid into a snowbank underneath the goalpost after making the catch.
Playing in the elements is just one of the many things that can make the Apple Cup great. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Strangest off-field moment: A lot of what made the 2002 game strange -- for all the wrong reasons -- technically took place on the field, but not until the game was over. Unranked Washington beat No. 3 Washington State 29-26 in triple overtime in a game that ended when the officials ruled a WSU bubble screen was a backward pass and recovered by Washington. The response from the crowd at Pullman's Martin Stadium was ugly, as fans rained down bottles and whatever else they had at their disposal toward the field. Washington star wide receiver Reggie Williams was pelted with a bottle, and UW athletic director Barbara Hedges stated she "feared for her life," marring the end of one of the best WSU regular seasons in history. -- Kyle Bonagura
Quote that defines the rivalry: "One game doesn't make a season, but the people who say that haven't participated in the Apple Cup." -- former WSU coach Mike Price
I hope they play Huard the entire game.....win or lose. He is guaranteed his redshirt year and with this entire game and the times he has previously played, it will be valuable experience for the young man.
I have to go with my Dawgs by 7....late score.
I've had a yearly bed with my sister-in-law for 8 years now (she is a WSU grad). It's for a half-gallon of quality booze (usually whiskey). I have benefitted with 7 in a row, but I have a healthy supply for her to choose from if the Cougs do win.....and I think they will.
Lot's of great articles on the Huskies:
Apple Cup articles
Articles on whether they should play Sam
Articles on who their coach should be
Articles on Jimmy Lake
Interesting write up on ESPN "most interesting things in rivalry games". You should check it out:
Washington State @ Washington
Better known as: Apple Cup
This year's game: Friday, 5 p.m., FS1
All-time record: Washington, 66-30-4
Current streak: Washington, 7
Wildest on-field moment: When an individual game within a rivalry is branded with its own name, it's a good indicator that something unique took place. For the Apple Cup, the Snow Bowl is that game. After climbing to No. 13 in the AP poll a few weeks earlier, Washington State had lost three of four and entered the 1992 Apple Cup at home against No. 5 Washington. The Huskies had been ranked No. 1 until a loss to No. 12 Arizona two weeks prior but had still already locked up a trip to the Rose Bowl.
It began to snow the morning of the game and really started to come down after kickoff. At halftime, Washington, which was led by quarterback Mark Brunell, led 7-6 at halftime as neither team could find any sort of an offensive rhythm. In blizzard-like conditions in the second half, everything changed. WSU quarterback Drew Bledsoe caught fire and led the Cougars to 29 third-quarter points, including one of the most iconic plays in WSU and Apple Cup history: a 44-yard touchdown pass to Phillip Bobo, who slid into a snowbank underneath the goalpost after making the catch.
Playing in the elements is just one of the many things that can make the Apple Cup great. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Strangest off-field moment: A lot of what made the 2002 game strange -- for all the wrong reasons -- technically took place on the field, but not until the game was over. Unranked Washington beat No. 3 Washington State 29-26 in triple overtime in a game that ended when the officials ruled a WSU bubble screen was a backward pass and recovered by Washington. The response from the crowd at Pullman's Martin Stadium was ugly, as fans rained down bottles and whatever else they had at their disposal toward the field. Washington star wide receiver Reggie Williams was pelted with a bottle, and UW athletic director Barbara Hedges stated she "feared for her life," marring the end of one of the best WSU regular seasons in history. -- Kyle Bonagura
Quote that defines the rivalry: "One game doesn't make a season, but the people who say that haven't participated in the Apple Cup." -- former WSU coach Mike Price
I hope they play Huard the entire game.....win or lose. He is guaranteed his redshirt year and with this entire game and the times he has previously played, it will be valuable experience for the young man.
I have to go with my Dawgs by 7....late score.
I've had a yearly bed with my sister-in-law for 8 years now (she is a WSU grad). It's for a half-gallon of quality booze (usually whiskey). I have benefitted with 7 in a row, but I have a healthy supply for her to choose from if the Cougs do win.....and I think they will.
lol