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| Apple Cup overflows with memorable stories
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| Cougfan.com Staff Cougfan.com | Nov 23, 2009 | |
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IN THE 11-PLUS years Cougfan.com has been covering the crimson landscape, the Apple Cup has offered up a mountain of fertile journalistic ground to plow. Colorful characters, epic tales, great performances and so much more. There's nothing quite like a cross-state rivalry. As Cougar All-American Dan Lynch famously said in 1984: "There are four important stages in your life. You're born, you play the Huskies, you get married and you die." We would add, "And you write about some of it, too!" A search of the CF.C archives yielded a variety of Apple Cup-related stories that are as interesting, entertaining and compelling now as they were when we first published them. We hope you’ll enjoy this walk down memory lane as much as we did. There’s also some outstanding photography sprinkled throughout.
Hank Grenda, who came from deep on the bench to have a hand (or foot) in every point on the scoreboard in 1968, died of a massive heart attack five months after our November 2005 story appeared. Trandon Harvey, who was hoping to land an NFL audition at the time of our March 2006 story, found a home in the Arena Football League and became a big star with the Arizona Rattlers In just two AFL seasons, Harvey racked up 211 receptions for 2,858 yards and 58 touchdowns. After a one-year hiatus, the Rattlers return to the field in 2010 and it was announced just this past week that Harvey has re-signed with the club. Rich Howard, the devout Cougar fan and WSU grad who last year shared a variety of reflections from attending 30-straight Apple Cups, will be in the stands for No. 31 this Saturday. We also expect him back in action manning the CF.C barbeque in Tailgate Heaven when the Cougs return to Qwest Field in September. Without further ado, here are eight Apple Cup stories to remember: Apple Cup lore: Grenda’s dominating day Forgotten QB thrust into starting lineup and proceeds to make history The Greatest Apple Cup of the last 30 years Unless you were there, the answer may surprise Epic battle sidelined by tragedy Cougar legend Torgy Torgeson relives the heartbreak 50 years later The War of Words Why Cougars and Huskies just don’t get along So why did the Husky cross the road? A little bit of Dawg humor for every occasion Eyewitness to 30 straight Apple Cups reflects WSU grad hasn’t missed a Cup in three decades, talks about highs and lows Trandon Harvey’s permanent place in history Apple Cup hero still not sure of place in Cougar lore Cody Boyd and ‘The Big Yard’ Six-foot-8 tight end’s clutch heroics earn a new nickname Now that was an Apple Cup to remember Just when it looked over, Cougar offense goes into overdrive to set up double-OT thriller Copyright © Scout.com and Cougfan.com | ||
HANK GRENDA