It has become a mind-numbingly familiar scenario.
Washington State comes into the Apple Cup with glittering offensive statistics and the firm belief that this is the year they will finally foil the game plan of Washington defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake.
If ever there was going to be a time, this was it, with the Huskies beset by inconsistency and untimely breakdowns all season. But there it played out again on Friday at Husky Stadium as if on a continuous six-year loop – the same old story, Lake and the Huskies completely out-smarting and out-playing the Air Raid-or-bust Cougars in another lopsided Apple Cup victory.