Regular season ends for the jiMpossible-sarcasMike Trophy

Washington defeated cross-state rival Washington State in the Apple Cup 53-31 Saturday night to hold onto the jiMpossible-sarcasMike Trophy.

The Huskies are not going to the Pac-12 championship game, so they await their bowl fate. The majority of the "experts" project them facing the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl. This would require, at least, Michigan and USC winning their respective conference title games and making the playoffs, not too much of a stretch. A Michigan loss would put Purdue in the Rose Bowl, but shouldn't affect Washington.

Wherever the Huskies end up, their game with be the 1600th match-up in the history of the Trophy.

• The Huskies move to 30-23 all-time in Trophy games
• Trophy holders are 35-29-1 in Bowl games
  

Trophy Update - First time champ Oregon Ducks

 In their 19th try the Oregon Ducks finally won the jiMpossible-sarcasMike Trophy. 

• The Ducks are now 1-17-1 in Trophy games and they travel to Pullman to face Wazzoo this Saturday.
• The Cougars are 7-12-1 in Trophy games and have won the trophy on 2 occasions
• They rattled off 4 wins after defeating Oregon State for the Trophy in October of 1941 before losing to Texas A&M on the Saturday before Pearl Harbor was attacked
  
• And their most recent Trophy Holding was in 1983 with an Apple Cup victory followed by a win to open the 1983 season before losing to Michigan!
• They've only had 3 opportunities since that loss, falling UCLA in 1993 and USC during the Trojans long run in 2004-2005
• Of teams that have won the Trophy, only Rutgers has a poorer winning percentage than the Ducks
  
• The Scarlett Knights are 1-22 in Trophy games - having only won the very first Match-up!