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Washington State Coach Mike Leach saw his Cougars drop their third consecutive Apple Cup to Washington, 41-14, on Saturday in Seattle.

John Blanchette of the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., said the Huskies wanted to win the Apple Cup more than the Cougars and that Leach, the former coach at Texas Tech, believes the game is just another game on the schedule, instead of looking at it as a rivalry game.

“While we were all still chuckling at Mike Leach’s oh-sooriginal and comical thoughts on weddings and his incisive theories into the College Football Playoff over the past couple of weeks, his Washington State football team was losing another Apple Cup, 41-14.

“Just an estimate. Stopped paying attention at halftime, or shortly after the Cougars did, apparently.

“Do we see a trend here? “Man, what’s Leach using for the pregame speech? A collection of his tweets on sovereign immunity?

“We know what he’s using for the postgame explanation.

“‘We were trying to do too much,’ he said at one point.

“Where have we heard that before? Oh, pretty much after any Cougars loss, but particularly the previous four Apple Cups. Now after Saturday’s … 41-14 drubbing at the hands of the Washington Huskies, the Cougars have been outscored 16254 in the past five meetings.”