The Seattle Times · Nov 20, 2018
Analysis: Why have the Huskies been so dominant in the Apple Cup?
Defensive coach Jimmy Lake gathers his unit around him to cheer their 41-14 win over Washington State in the Apple Cup. The Washington State Cougars played the Washington Huskies in the 2017 Apple Cup game at Husky Stadium Saturday, November 25, 2017. 204346 (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)The Apple Cup has been the Huskies’ favorite game of the year, every year, for the past five years.
That, at least, is what co-defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake labeled it in 2016 as he excitedly walked off the Martin Stadium field following Washington’s 45-17 beatdown of the Cougars in Pullman.