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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

2018 Apple Cup

The 2018 Apple Cup college football game between the No. 16 Washington Huskies and the No. 7 Washington State Cougars takes place on Friday, Nov. 19 at Martin Stadium in Pullman. You can watch the game on Fox.

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John Blanchette: Familiar territory as Huskies prove too much for ‘soft’ Cougars

In the Thanksgiving hubbub on the eve the Apple Cup, someone in the Washington Huskies traveling party managed to break the apple off the actual cup.And surely the last thing the Huskies wanted to do – beyond simply losing to Washington State – was hand over a damaged trophy, as it would be interpreted as sour ... apples. That left retaining it as the only out-clause.
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Huskies start quickly, thump Cougars in Apple Cup

Three times during the fourth quarter of Friday’s Apple Cup, officials stopped the game to chide Washington State fans for throwing debris onto the field to show their displeasure with their team’s performance.
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USC or Colorado? UW doesn’t care

After dispatching the Cougars, Washington coach Chris Petersen and multiple UW players were asked if they had a preference: USC or Colorado in the Pac-12 championship?
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Cougars provide varying reasons for Apple Cup loss

When asked what went wrong against No. 5 Washington during No. 23 Washington State’s 45-17 Apple Cup loss on Friday, Cougars coach Mike Leach said his team fell victim to a desire to do too much individually, and that overcompensation left the Cougars exposed to a team whose players did their jobs and nothing more.