Preview of the Apple Cup

The Huskies and Cougars are playing

Saturday afternoon at Lumen Field

in Seattle. 

This will be new for us all as the Huskies

play this year now in the Big Ten. The

Cougars will play against the Mountain

West conference. 

Both teams have played two non conference foes and one fairly 

easily. The Apple Cup will show

how good these teams are and

how the season goes.

Last year the Huskies beat the

Cougars in the Apple Cup before

going onto playing Michigan

in the National Championship.

They lost the game and after

Coach DeBoer left for Alabama.

The Huskies not only have a new

coach and staff they have a  lot

of turnover in players too. The

offense starting lineup led by

transfer quarterback Will Rogers.

The defense looks improved with

a mixture of old and new. So far

they look improved against the

run. They have a talented group

of secondary players.

The Cougars though no longer

playing a Pac-12 schedule besides

Oregon State don't have a big turnover

of players. They are now led by

quarterback John Mateer.  So far

they look to be a good offensive

team and an OK defensive one.

The Huskies will be favored however

the Cougars will show what they have

like in most rival games. They will want

to prove that they still belong at the

high level of college football. Also

the motivation is for the future play

in a big conference possibly the Big 12.

The thing is conferences could change

again over the next five years. 

This game will be a centerpiece to show

for both teams. This should be exciting 

game to watch as most Apple Cups have.

Go teams.