At some point around halftime of the Washington-Utah game Saturday night, Jake Browning looked up and saw the other result flash on the Husky Stadium scoreboard:
Final score: Stanford 17, California 14.
At that moment, Browning knew the Huskies’ hopes of winning the Pac-12 North had been wiped away. And so, no matter what happens in the Apple Cup this Saturday at Husky Stadium, the Huskies can’t repeat as the Pac-12 Conference champion.
But they can spoil Washington State’s chances at a conference crown, and that’s no small consolation.
If the Cougars (9-2, 6-2 Pac-12) win the Apple Cup, they will advance to the Dec.