I don’t know about you all, but CougCenter Slack and my group friend text thread has been turned into a support group this week as we process through the hope/despair cycle that is Apple Cup. Two of my favorite in-person sporting moments are the 2005 and 2007 games vs Washington, but pretty much all of my lowest lows related to sports have come at the hands of the humans who think barking like dogs is OK (can we pause for a moment to reflect on how there is nothing weirder than adult human beings barking like dogs?).
This game takes me down rabbit holes looking for reasons to be excited, like every road win the Cougs have had in this god forsaken game since 1973 has been when UW is quarterbacked by someone from the state of Washington.