At the close of practice, the Washington Huskies run to midfield, take a knee and clap as instructed by coach Chris Petersen. After one particular practice in April, however, 100-plus players did not pull it off in perfect unison.
So Petersen made them run off, come back and do it again.
It’s a seemingly tiny detail, but Petersen’s attention to said details helped turn Boise State into an unlikely national power and the long-dormant Huskies into a College Football Playoff participant last season.
I sat down with Washington’s fourth-year coach primarily intending to revisit the Huskies’ playoff run and look ahead to the 2017 season.