SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - You are a die-hard Cougar or a rabid Husky, and your annual schedule revolves around the Apple Cup. Until this year, when the two teams are so bad that watching the game might be hazardous to your health.

But how can you spend Saturday in a meaningful way that keeps you away from the television screen or out of Martin Stadium in Pullman?

Some suggestions:

1, Starting at noon, bake pumpkin, apple and pecan pies from scratch for Thanksgiving. Those who are particularly frustrated can wring the neck of a turkey, in honor of their football team.

2, Remember that it took 101 meetings for the Apple Cup to get this bad.

3, Take a closer look at your 401(k) statement, which is probably doing better than either team this year.

4, Replay tape of WSU's Sept. 20 win over Portland State, the only victory either team has had this season.

5, Search Internet for low-cost movers to help Washington coach Tyrone Willingham, who has been fired.

6, Search Cheney for the playbooks that WSU coach Paul Wulff must have left in his old office at Eastern Washington.

7, Replay tape of WSU's 41-35 win in 1997 that sent Cougars to the Rose Bowl.

8, Slip across the border to Moscow to attend the North Dakota State at Idaho basketball game.

9, Be grateful that Washington finishes the season at Cal and WSU at Hawaii, meaning no more home games.

10, Watch some real Western football with BCS implications, such as Brigham Young vs. Utah or Boise State vs. Nevada.