Even at the age of 60, I still get excited about the Apple Cup. I know it’s just a football game, but it’s more than that. It’s the week leading up to the game, filled with barbs back and forth between Husky and Cougar fans.
Players have been involved too, Washington wide receiver Andre Desaussure once saying of Washington State: “I wouldn’t have taken a recruiting trip there even if they strangled me. I’d die first. It’s a place where you can go and have a good time, as far as there being a lot of drunk people.