Washington coach Chris Petersen tried to temper the hype surrounding his season-opening game against No. 9 Auburn -- a game that highlights five straight days of college football, features two preseason top-10 teams, has the potential to boost the Pac-12's image nationally and, oh, will continue to resonate with the College Football Playoff selection committee into December.
"We're talking about one game," Petersen said. " ... It's going to be the whole body of work. It's going to be the league, how they do in the bowls. I mean, I know everybody wants to put it all about this one thing, the Pac-12 is either good or not on one game.