Washington State Versus UCLA

The Washington State Cougars on

Saturday at noon are taking on the

UCLA Bruins. This might be there

last meeting for some time. 

The Huskies have Saturday off and 

the Seahawks have a bye week as 

well so major college football the

Cougars are it for a local team.

Next week the Huskies will be home

against the Oregon Ducks.

The Huskies and Ducks will continue

playing against each other for the next

several years anyway. On Thursday

the Big Ten announced the schedules

for each team who they are playing

at home and on the road the next five 

years. Each team will have a rival team

where each will play each other the next

five years. The Huskies and Ducks will

play one another alternating between

home and away. In all they will play nine

games in the Big Ten. This means room

to play three non-conference games.

So the Apple Cup may still be played.

Hard to know whether it will take place

at the same it has always or move

forward near the beginning of the season.

At this point we still don't know whether

the Cougars and the Oregon State Beavers

will find a conference to join. Both certainly

are giving their points that they are good

enough on the field anyway. Of course it

will come down to money. 

The Cougars are undefeated heading to UCLA while the Beavers loss was to the

Cougars. It isn't easy to play on the road

or in the Rose Bowl so the Cougars will

have to hold their stand. The Bruins on

the other hand have one loss and no

wins on the Pac12 schedule so for them

to stay in the race they need to win this

one. They want to look good heading into

the Big Ten next year. The Cougars want to

continue on hoping the Apple Cup will

be for them to get into the championship

game. It would be interesting if both the

Cougars and Huskies end up in the Conference championship game. It may

depend whether there is two losses by

other teams in the Pac12. One thing

we want is a memorable end to the

conference.

Michael Penix Jr is getting a lot of print

on the west side of the state and across 

the nation however the Cougars quarterback Cameron Ward is having a very fine season as well. He hopes to add more in this game as well. The Cougars are still

a passing machine though adding in the 

run on occasion as well. Something they

have with their cousins the Huskies. We

look forward to a Cougar win in the

Rose Bowl. Go Cougs!