UW coach Chris Petersen has tackled the attention and pressure head-on with his players in hopes of keeping them insulated.
The first half of the season could not have gone any better for the Washington Huskies.
Off to their best start in 24 years, the fifth-ranked Huskies (6-0, 3-0 Pac-12) kick off the second half of the season as a 36.5-point favorite against Oregon State (2-4, 1-2) entering Saturday’s 3:30 p.m. kickoff at Husky Stadium. It’s Washington’s largest spread against a conference opponent since it hosted the Beavers in 1985 — a game OSU won in one of the biggest upsets in college football history.