Come Together: Huskies, Cougars Fans Share the Moment

What rivalry? Fans from both schools tailgate together before Apple Cup kickoff.

The Apple Cup is competitive. The game is a battle of different sides of the state. Mostly, it's great fun.

Wandering through the tailgate parties at Husky Stadium, people in purple and crimson easily mixed together like a Cran-Grape drink.

They listened to the strains of the Beatles provided by an enthusiastic musician in the middle of this humanity. Listen to the video above and check out the photos below.

If you're not at the game today, we bring the game to you.

A Cougar fan showed up in red, already in the holiday spirit.

Dave Rost, at right, shares a traditional beverage with Chris LeCuyer, left and Bob Maloney.

Husky Stadium welcomed its biggest crowd of the year.

Published Nov 29, 2019

DAN RALEY

Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.

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