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UW defensive line coach Jeff Choate: ‘A huge goal for this program is to make sure we keep the Apple Cup in Seattle’

UW defensive line coach Jeff Choate expects nose tackle Elijah Qualls (ankle) to play against the Cougars on Friday.

A promising development for the Washington defense: nose tackle Elijah Qualls (ankle), out for the past month, is expected to play against the Cougars on Friday, defensive line/special teams coach Jeff Choate said after practice Tuesday.

Choate, a Washington State assistant coach under Mike Leach in 2012, was asked about the Apple Cup matchup:

(Is this just another game, or is this different than a regular game?) “I think we feel the urgency, too.