Purple Reign. Social media taking in one of the more memorable Apple Cups as Washington prevails
We’ve been waiting for this Apple Cup for seemingly a month now. And while the action from Pullman was good, so was the social media interaction, as you would expect between rivals Washington and Washington Sate. Especially when the snow fell, oh and did it fall. Here’s some of the Apple Cup highlights from social media.
Gardner Minshew decided to go shirtless in warmups and it was, well...interesting.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No Shirt November for Uncle Rico & the <a href="https://twitter.com/WSUCougFB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WSUCougFB</a> crew. <a href="https://t.co/EtR46V913m">pic.twitter.com/EtR46V913m</a></p>— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/CFBONFOX/status/1066131476498894848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/MattLeinartQB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MattLeinartQB</a> has Minshew mustache mania <a href="https://t.co/NZq55OqCSp">pic.twitter.com/NZq55OqCSp</a></p>— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/CFBONFOX/status/1066134103865516032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Myles Gaskin was owning the Cougars early and often in the first quarter.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gaskin for 10. An old theme is building.</p>— Art Thiel (@Art_Thiel) <a href="https://twitter.com/Art_Thiel/status/1066148215467065344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Annnnnd then Jake Browning threw an interception.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UW ran it up Wazzu's gullet effectively and I was like "man, if they can do this all night the Cougs could be in trouble" and then Jake Browning went full Jake Browning</p>— Ok Cool Hook Em! (@ATVS_JakeNazar) <a href="https://twitter.com/ATVS_JakeNazar/status/1066148674441486336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">alskdfjalds;kfjldka;jfsd Jake Browning what is you doing baby?</p>— Michael Felder (@InTheBleachers) <a href="https://twitter.com/InTheBleachers/status/1066148600764350464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The enigma that is Jake Browning.</p>— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) <a href="https://twitter.com/slmandel/status/1066148629511958528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Rain, shine, tidal wave, you already know ‘Ol Crimson is gonna be in the house.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WaveTheFlag?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WaveTheFlag</a> <a href="https://t.co/QrC5cBHcvp">pic.twitter.com/QrC5cBHcvp</a></p>— Ol' Crimson (@olcrimson) <a href="https://twitter.com/olcrimson/status/1066150750206771201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The weather gets ahold of Washington State as Gardner Minshew turns the ball over in the red zone.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Apple Cup looking like a game being played in every kind of precipitation at once</p>— College Football by SB Nation (@SBNationCFB) <a href="https://twitter.com/SBNationCFB/status/1066152781080395776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Black Friday in Pullman, Red Zone turnovers for everybody!!!</p>— Andrew Hammond (@ahammsportsgeek) <a href="https://twitter.com/ahammsportsgeek/status/1066152770888060928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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It’s all so beautiful....
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Football weather. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AppleCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AppleCup</a> <a href="https://t.co/kC2x6MoV9E">pic.twitter.com/kC2x6MoV9E</a></p>— Keith Osso (@OssoKXLY) <a href="https://twitter.com/OssoKXLY/status/1066153697321771008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Myles Gaskin drawing first blood for the Huskies. (7-0 Washington)
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Huskies draw first blood. Myles Gaskin with the TD vs. Wazzu. <br><br>Myles Gaskin coming to collect rent.</p>— Andrew Hammond (@ahammsportsgeek) <a href="https://twitter.com/ahammsportsgeek/status/1066154655682486272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
As the first quarter ends, the snow started to come down in Pullman.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is how a native Texan and someone who’s lived in the Bay for 3 years feels about freezing rain that just turned into snow <a href="https://t.co/TATd7Rz5bl">pic.twitter.com/TATd7Rz5bl</a></p>— Joel D. Anderson (@byjoelanderson) <a href="https://twitter.com/byjoelanderson/status/1066137250147102722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Those are some gigantic snowflakes in Pullman, baby.</p>— optimistic bayley fan account (@ChrisMNovak) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMNovak/status/1066156162368897024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yeah this counts as snow <a href="https://t.co/kCoOMW0sdy">pic.twitter.com/kCoOMW0sdy</a></p>— Josh Kirshenbaum (@J_Kirshenbaum) <a href="https://twitter.com/J_Kirshenbaum/status/1066156284645232640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s snowing and it’s sticking! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AppleCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AppleCup</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WSU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WSU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoCougs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoCougs</a> <a href="https://t.co/JqIflqyoHV">pic.twitter.com/JqIflqyoHV</a></p>— Matt Haugen WSUNews (@MattWSUNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWSUNews/status/1066157744510533632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
After Myles Gaskin scored his second TD of the afternoon, many people had trouble seeing the extra point in the snow.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I lost that extra point immediately after it left the kicker’s foot. Snow games rule</p>— NDEddieMac (@NDEddieMac) <a href="https://twitter.com/NDEddieMac/status/1066160772806393857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Seriously ... send shovels <a href="https://t.co/wdRTpkDlZT">pic.twitter.com/wdRTpkDlZT</a></p>— Tim Booth (@ByTimBooth) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByTimBooth/status/1066160820399177728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
It’s SNOWING snowing out there.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">in the<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PurpleReign?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PurpleReign</a> <a href="https://t.co/P1oRFeXJhq">pic.twitter.com/P1oRFeXJhq</a></p>— Washington Football (@UW_Football) <a href="https://twitter.com/UW_Football/status/1066164610800046081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You know it's snowing hard when the helmet is accumulating snow. <a href="https://t.co/DT9seKYBBw">pic.twitter.com/DT9seKYBBw</a></p>— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) <a href="https://twitter.com/BryanDFischer/status/1066164877859860481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Cougs finally get on the board to make it 14-7, and it’s still snowing.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This Apple Cup is crazy!!<br><br>It looks like a blizzard out there...I love Rivalry Week!! <a href="https://t.co/4Q3LvK5NT8">pic.twitter.com/4Q3LvK5NT8</a></p>— Maria Taylor (@MariaTaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/MariaTaylor/status/1066165630901067776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Just when you think Washington is going to get the ball back, they fumble the kickoff return and Washington State had a chance to get in business before the end of the first half.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dare I say the Huskies just Coug’d that kick return?</p>— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) <a href="https://twitter.com/BryanDFischer/status/1066166043809181696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Your halftime entertainment? Snow plows....
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Halftime entertainment at the Apple Cup <a href="https://t.co/O1zO9wGZM2">pic.twitter.com/O1zO9wGZM2</a></p>— Tim Booth (@ByTimBooth) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByTimBooth/status/1066168511918071808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The game is on FOX, so of course Mr. Plow had to be discussed, right?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh, <a href="https://twitter.com/RobStoneONFOX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RobStoneONFOX</a> and Robert Smith with the Mr. Plow/Plow King discussion at the start of the halftime show. That’s good corporate synergy.</p>— Chris Dobbertean (@ChrisDobbertean) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisDobbertean/status/1066169509294366720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Washington scored on a trick play, which is cool but then the Cougars block the extra point and take it back for two points. Yep, it’s been that kind of game.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kick-2 for Washington State <a href="https://t.co/FoOoc3RjLd">https://t.co/FoOoc3RjLd</a></p>— Kevin McGuire (@KevinOnCFB) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinOnCFB/status/1066174128116457472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
FOX decided to put in field graphics so people weren’t confused by where players were at on the field. Some people, were not happy about it.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Whoever came up with the idea of superimposing black numbers/yard lines for snow games fundamentally does not get this sport. <a href="https://t.co/jsdwTOHaZP">pic.twitter.com/jsdwTOHaZP</a></p>— Matt Hinton (@MattRHinton) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattRHinton/status/1066175908443234304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
In a game like this, you almost prefer watching it at home.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The snow falling even harder in the 2nd half. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AppleCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AppleCup</a> <a href="https://t.co/5KgHokCmJZ">pic.twitter.com/5KgHokCmJZ</a></p>— Chris Egan King-5 TV (@ChrisEgan5) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisEgan5/status/1066176464456900608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Myles Gaskin. Again.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Myles Gaskin just scored his third touchdown of the night.<br><br>It was yards. <a href="https://t.co/IWJtt032gr">pic.twitter.com/IWJtt032gr</a></p>— Sporting News (@sportingnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/sportingnews/status/1066188222764601350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The Apple Cup and the Pac-12 North head back to Seattle.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">CHAMPS!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PurpleReign?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PurpleReign</a> <a href="https://t.co/7Om4r6oLl3">pic.twitter.com/7Om4r6oLl3</a></p>— Washington Football (@UW_Football) <a href="https://twitter.com/UW_Football/status/1066193949931401216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
This story was originally published November 23, 2018 at 9:09 PM with the headline "Purple Reign. Social media taking in one of the more memorable Apple Cups as Washington prevails."