With just over eight minutes left in the 2021 Apple Cup, Washington State defensive back Armani Marsh intercepted a tipped pass from Washington quarterback Sam Huard and took it all the way back for a touchdown. The score and ensuing point after put WSU up 40-13, assuring its Apple Cup drought, nearing a decade, was going to end.
This sent the strong contingent of Cougar fans into a frenzy. I stood—I don’t say sat because we didn’t sit the entire game—in one of the larger groups behind the WSU bench. I didn’t pay much attention to the game after Marsh’s score, instead, I was floating from crimson-clad person to crimson-clad person handing out hugs and high fives, and making sure everyone knew the plan was to meet at midfield when the clock hit triple-zeros.