Read it and weep Cougs
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Tequilla
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Selfishly I wish the Oregon game wasn't Thanksgiving weekend going forward ...
Besides that, the Cougs are going to let their pride get the best of them
The best path forward for Oregon St and Washington St is to play as many top programs as possible, stay as relevant as possible, and maximize football revenue to cover as many sports as possible
Instead, they are going to allow their pride to get the best of them, have massive cuts to their athletic department, and become an absolute doormat
Just hate to see it
Besides that, the Cougs are going to let their pride get the best of them
The best path forward for Oregon St and Washington St is to play as many top programs as possible, stay as relevant as possible, and maximize football revenue to cover as many sports as possible
Instead, they are going to allow their pride to get the best of them, have massive cuts to their athletic department, and become an absolute doormat
Just hate to see it
AtomicDawg
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Do you though? If they're dumb enough to choose pride over finances can you really be sad?
Cuogs are being fucking retarded here.They've lived in a neighborhood way above their income level for decades. Now they are pissed when all the neighbors are packing up to moving to the next stop in the income ladder.
Sorry, you belong in White Center, not Madison Park.
Get over it and start DIY'ing your place with cash, not somebody else's credit card.
Sorry, you belong in White Center, not Madison Park.
Get over it and start DIY'ing your place with cash, not somebody else's credit card.
AtomicDawg
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I am fine with a neutral site game. Going to Pullman is dumb though and does not benefit the team or the fanbase.
AtomicDawg
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This would be like Colorado going to Fort Collins. Or Texas going to Lubbock to face Texas Tech. You have to draw the line at some point.
Good comp
TheHB
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Nah, it’s not like the path to relevance isn’t obvious. If you’re too stupid to take it, you’re too stupid to give a fuck about.
No way in hell should UW EVER play in Pullman again. It’s a dealbreaker. If the Apple Cup continues, the worst setup UW should agree to is every other year Husky Stadium/Lumen Field. Let Cuog claim Lumen as their home field in even years. If Seattle is full of cuog as they claim, it should be more than fair as an arrangement.
Oh, and UW picks the dates for the game every year.
AOG
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The whole thing is sad, from pissing away the PAC to who-cares games against boring midwest teams. Oregon is a bigger rival, but the Apple Cup is another tradition getting lost in the money grabs, and it still is a rivalry. The tradition now is 4 hour night games, fireworks, and rock arena lighting.
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If I'm UW with the current financial shortfall, I'm insisting on Lumen Field every year or nothing.
Perfect summary. Even in years when cuog is favored it’s still humiliating to lose. Win feels slightly better than beating Oregon St or Cal.
Cuog can posture all they want but at the end of the day the Crapple Cup is going to happen on 9/14/2024 because both schools need the money and both schools have an open date. They need it to stay alive, we need it to get our AD back on some better financial footing.
Next year's home slate with Michigan, USC and UCLA has WAY better headliners than this year's Oregon, Utah & Cuog, but this year at least had Boise St as one of the dreck games which gets replaced by the abysmal Weber St & Eastern Michigan combo.
Cuog getting paid to play in Husky Stadium on 9/14 benefits everyone. I assume total revenue for that game would be higher at Husky Stadium than Lumen, so why would you not do that? Oh right, Cuogar Pride.
Next year's home slate with Michigan, USC and UCLA has WAY better headliners than this year's Oregon, Utah & Cuog, but this year at least had Boise St as one of the dreck games which gets replaced by the abysmal Weber St & Eastern Michigan combo.
Cuog getting paid to play in Husky Stadium on 9/14 benefits everyone. I assume total revenue for that game would be higher at Husky Stadium than Lumen, so why would you not do that? Oh right, Cuogar Pride.
It's just so fucking Cuog to try hard negotiating in a position where they have zero leverage.
The Apple Cup is a small time tradition that nobody outside of the PNW has ever heard of. Who was watching when John Anderson, Tank Johnson and Nate broke the WSU dynasty? UW fans remember and WSU fans will hate UW forever over it, but no casual football fans or even fans of the other NW schools remember.
Id want to keep an annual game with them in Seattle if they weren't such cunts about it. Since they are I'd rather UW never acknowledge them again.
The Apple Cup is a small time tradition that nobody outside of the PNW has ever heard of. Who was watching when John Anderson, Tank Johnson and Nate broke the WSU dynasty? UW fans remember and WSU fans will hate UW forever over it, but no casual football fans or even fans of the other NW schools remember.
Id want to keep an annual game with them in Seattle if they weren't such cunts about it. Since they are I'd rather UW never acknowledge them again.
AOG
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I guess that would be the Bay Area teams. I've only been to Pullman, and they care. Husky Stadium really needs to lose the fireworks. It looks so tacky, white trash, just out of place. Shoot off fireworks for football. And also the stupid purple smoke. It's turning into a rock concert. If I want arena rock I go see the Kiss Farewell Tour.
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