Twenty months ago, Washington went to Atlanta for its first College Football Playoff appearance. The opponent that day, Alabama, featured one of college football’s most dominant defenses in recent memory.
And Alabama lived up to the billing its 24-7 victory on New Year’s Eve 2016, holding the Huskies a net total of 44 yards rushing on 29 attempts (including five sacks of Jake Browning).
The No. 6 Huskies are heading back to Atlanta for their highly anticipated season opener against No. 9 Auburn on Saturday (12:30 p.m. PT, ABC), and UW coach Chris Petersen is expecting a similar type of test the Huskies had there 20 months ago.