{"product_id":"too-good-to-be-through","title":"Too Good to Be Through","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe Apple Cup football rivalry matching University of Washington and Washington State surely isn't one of college football's most heated or hotly contested. But, as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eToo Good to Be Through\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e describes in colorful detail, it's the college game's most distinctive backyard traditional, matching two schools sharply disparate in population, geography, climate, curriculum offering and political persuasion.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWashington holds better than a two-thirds victory majority in the 125-year series, but that doesn't necessarily dull the appetite among fans on either side for a spicy rivalry marked even at its inception by disagreement and debate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow, with the greed-driven, drastic realignment of college conferences, the future of the Apple Cup is far from certain. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eToo Good to Be Through\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e examines each game in the long series, but more than that, it looks behind the curtain at the relationships involving supporters of the UW Huskies and WSU Cougars that have helped make this one of the nation's most underrated rivalries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRich in anecdote, the book explores how the losing quarterback in a fierce, high-stakes Apple Cup became a career mentor to the winner; how tragic circumstances brought together a WSU superfan and a former UW player; how two fraternity brothers at the rival schools, longtime friends, came to spar regularly in Seattle juvenile court, one a prosecutor, the other a public defender; and the priceless pranks each side visits upon the other in the dogged pursuit of oneupmanship. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBased on the relationships alone, the book makes a compelling case for the rivalry to continue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expandev\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lawrence (Bud) Withers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50319361999133,"sku":"9798218534646","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9798218534646.jpg?v=1757019394","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/too-good-to-be-through","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}