If the Huskies beat the Beavers Saturday at Husky Stadium – and there’s a good chance they will since they’re favored by 33 1/2 points – the winner of next Friday’s Apple Cup will be the Pac-12 North champion.
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That’s regardless of what happens Saturday night in Pullman when the Cougars play the Arizona Wildcats. So is that a good thing or a bad thing? I wonder about that because I remember Washington State’s game at Colorado two years ago. The Cougs were in the same situation, not needing to beat the Buffaloes because the Apple Cup was going to settle the North either way.