For the seventh year in a row, and the seventh time in head coach Mike Leach’s eight-year tenure in Pullman, Washington State has fallen in the Apple Cup.
The Cougars lost 31-13 against rival Washington, the seventh time in a row the team has lost by double digits and without Leach’s vaunted Air Raid attack breaking 20 points. Wazzu quarterback Anthony Gordon posted only 302 passing yards with two interceptions on 48-of-62 passing, and the team’s running backs managed only 64 yards rushing.
Even as the players change, the rivalry game is beginning to become repetitive in the worst way for the Cougars.