Morning links: Apple Cup returns to Pullman

The Apple Cup returns to Pullman on Saturday, where the Cougars could have a nearly unprecedented level of success in front of their home crowd. That’s the thrust of today’s story .

We’ve got more links after the jump.

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— The Huskies opened as 4-point favorites .

— Arizona rose to the challenge on Saturday.

— The Arizona schools have a lot on the line this Saturday.

— California learned a lot while taking some lumps from Stanford.

— Colorado is starting to gel .

— Oregon can cap its season and spoil a rival’s in the Civil War.

— The UW loss was just another bad one for OSU.

— Stanford is bowl eligible .

— UCLA is just one win away from winning the Pac-12 South.

— USC’s stranglehold on Los Angeles is slipping away .

— Utah’s strengths turned into weaknesses against the Wildcats.