Matt Calkins: If Apple Cup’s Demise Is Near, Blame Pac-12 Split and NIL Era

Matt Calkins: If Apple Cup’s demise is near, blame Pac-12 split and NIL era

SEATTLE — Checking the melodrama meter here … and it isn’t spiking. This column might sound hyperbolic, but it feels more hyper-accurate. There have been 116 meetings between the Washington and Washington State football teams. They have played with Rose…

“A Lot of Old Ideas aren’t the Same”: The Last of the Apple Cups?

Will the Huskies renew the deal, when they could gain more from a sexier non-conference game? If the financial disparity grows, will WSU, 20.5-point underdogs Saturday, want to be part of an inevitable mismatch?