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The weather forecast for Seattle is exactly what you would expect for the final Saturday in November, with temperatures in the 40s, rain possible and clouds covering the skies from Puget Sound to the Cascades.

But that’s not the backdrop of interest in advance of the Oregon-Washington feud.

To a greater extent than any recent collision, the 118th installment will provide clarity on the competitive balance in the Pacific Northwest.

Were the Kalen DeBoer years an

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