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Apple Cup Gets a Summer Sequel: Boeing Edition Set for August
The Apple Cup is coming in August. Not a typo. Not a rogue heatstroke hallucination. Washington State and Washington have agreed to move next year's rivalry game to the heart of Palouse summer, and the thing is called the "Boeing Edition." That is real, and it is happening.
Pullman in August is a specific kind of oven. The wheat is gold. The sun does not quit. The Kibbie Dome does not have air conditioning that works like you think it does. This is not a polite September evening with a slight chill. This is sweat-through-your-crimson-polo heat. And now the Huskies get to feel it too.
The move makes a certain kind of sense. Boeing gets its name on the rivalry. The game gets a standalone date away from the November cold and the conference clutter. But make no mistake: this is a trade. You swap the drama of a season-ending grudge match for the chaos of a preseason-feeling kickoff when the Palouse is at its most intense.
We have covered this shift before. Our piece "August Apple Cup: Pullman Gets the Rivalry in Prime Palouse Heat" laid out what the schedule change means for the town and the tailgates. Worth a read if you want the full picture.
For now, the take is simple: The Apple Cup is getting a sequel, and the setting is all Pullman. The Cougs get the heat. The Huskies get the bus ride. Go Cougs.
