APPLE CUP MEMORIES: The 1992 Snow Bowl

by Jeff Nusser on Nov 30, 2010 10:41 AM PST

Given the date of this game and the forecast for this weekend, I figured this was only appropriate.

Here's another link of just the throw with the commentary. Sounds like Bud on the call.

The funny thing about this game for me is that I VIVIDLY remember watching this ... as a Husky fan. I thought my team was invincible, and I was crushed, as teenagers who are crazy fans of a team are when their team loses. Alas, my family went to the Rose Bowl to watch the Huskies play against Michigan anyway, and, well ... that didn't go much better thanks to Tyrone Wheatley.

Of course, this was also the beginning of the end of UW's Pac-10 dominance, as all the Billy Joe Hobert stuff was just starting to come out, and Probation Nation was just around the corner.

But hey! I realized the error of my ways a couple of years later, and the rest is history. I own this sucker now as if I was a fan all along. Is that legal? I don't know, and I DON'T CARE!

Go Bledsoe! Go Bobo! Go Cougs!

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swapping sides

Jeff, it had better be legal, because I have similar memories.

by Aaron Whiteman on Nov 30, 2010 11:10 AM PST reply actions

waking up to that snow

It just completely got everyone thoroughly jacked up to drink ourselves numb and then go to the game.

One of the Seattle news stations did a “boozing on campus” hour long show a week or two later, and footage from that weekend was prominent.

by Blackie1829 on Nov 30, 2010 11:36 AM PST via mobile reply actions

Do you think the snow will hinder people showing up?

That will make for a nasty drive for a lot of people. Most people will be driving at least 80 miles or longer. I think the roads were clear for the snow bowl then it started snowing again at game time, although I could be remembering wrong. The snow didn’t help the Hardwood Classic. I wish I could be there. I hope to see a packed stadium.

"The rent is too damn high!" Jimmy McMillan

by SoCalCoug on Nov 30, 2010 12:33 PM PST reply actions

Snow in Seattle is a little different than snow in Eastern Washington

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by Jeff Nusser on Nov 30, 2010 1:19 PM PST up reply actions

Drivers in Seattle are a little different than drivers in Eastern Washington.

Also

by newportcoug on Nov 30, 2010 1:31 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs

So true...

I grew up on the Palouse and moved to Seattle for a few years after college. I loved the rare days when it snowed because I was literally the only one on the roads. The forecast shows that it’s supposed to slow down by the end of the week, so I don’t think it will be too bad for drivers. The worst of it is supposed to come tonight and tomorrow. So… NO EXCUSES PEOPLE!!! GET TO PULLMAN!!!

by X-Capitan on Nov 30, 2010 1:44 PM PST up reply actions

Psh.

I got studded tires just for this trip! Making the trek from Seattle to watch the Apple Cup, K-State, and Zags games!

by 206Coug on Nov 30, 2010 1:55 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

You sir...

…deserve a helmet sticker! Good on ya.

by X-Capitan on Nov 30, 2010 1:59 PM PST up reply actions

That's the way to go.

When I decided to go to WAZZU my parents were nice enough to buy 4 of those new stud-less snow-tires for my 87 4-wheel drive Subaru. Best tires I ever had in the snow, that Suby was a champ driving in snow from Pullman all the way to Tacoma. I almost didn’t even notice the snow.

"The rent is too damn high!" Jimmy McMillan

by SoCalCoug on Nov 30, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions

This is what Seattle drivers look like in the snow

by wazzustudent2 on Nov 30, 2010 1:53 PM PST up reply actions

link didnt work the first time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhZCyQ3emQg

by wazzustudent2 on Nov 30, 2010 1:54 PM PST up reply actions

Going down the hill is the easy part.

It’s funny how people can do that.

by newportcoug on Nov 30, 2010 2:19 PM PST up reply actions

That is why I always drove a stick in WA,

so I could down shift and control my car better in the snow.

Those Seattle Buses got nothing on Pullman transit.

"The rent is too damn high!" Jimmy McMillan

by SoCalCoug on Nov 30, 2010 2:26 PM PST up reply actions

I vividly remember watching that game as well

only as a Coug fan, though I had never been to Pullman at that time. It was fantastic as I was a senior in High school and a total Coug fan already. Not sure I had my acceptance letter yet, but I knew I would be at WSU and would get to witness some of those in person in the coming years. I remember some cold games there as a student, but I really don’t remember much snow. I will be there as of Thursday, so hopefully it will be just as good a game, and by good, I mean 42-23 Cougs again.

by selahcoug on Nov 30, 2010 3:04 PM PST reply actions

Senior year at Wazzzu

Thank God for the 5-year plan!

I was able to get tickets from a buddy and his brother and sat in the stadium way side endzone. Coincidentally, I was in the same endzone during the ’82 game as a kid when Nelson missed (Yes Chuck, you missed it!) and WSU held on to win the game.

My feet were so cold in the 1st half I went up to the Cub at half. The 2nd half was amazing and one of my best Cougar memories. The only Dawg that wanted to be there was Brunnell. It was a beautifule thing.

Went on the field, celebrated, went through the tunnell with the players, into Bohler, and walked up toward Bryan Hall, snow had stopped and it suddenly seemed to start to warm up. Anyone remember the weather seeming to change after the game or were we just dreamiing?

by BornCoug on Nov 30, 2010 3:22 PM PST reply actions

I have the Snow Bowl on VHS in it's entirety

I recorded it when I was 12 years old the day after when it was replayed on Prime Sports Northwest. It opens with Butch riding a dog sled being pulled by Huskies.

Now if only I had a VCR.

I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. Ugh

by HitKing69 on Nov 30, 2010 8:41 PM PST reply actions