A Cougs fan clocking a Husky? There's historic precedent for that

Last week's Apple Cup was all kinds of unruly. But, it turns out, nothing new for the rivalry.
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WSU football player celebrates the end of their team's 16-game losing streak in PAC-10 Conference play.

Last week's Apple Cup was all kinds of unruly. But, it turns out, nothing new for the rivalry.

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Dumbfounding as the Apple Cup outcome was Friday, the parallels to the game 30 years earlier at Martin Stadium in Pullman were equally jawdropping: Heavily-favored Huskies sleepwalk through a second half rally by the lowly Cougars, who take advantage of a late-game miss on a field goal to pull the upset of the conference season.

But that isn't nearly the most palm-to-forehead part:Crosscut archive image.

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