Chris Petersen received multiple explanations.
He isn’t satisfied with any of them.
After Oregon mounted a 12-play, 75-yard touchdown drive to begin Saturday’s 35-31 win, the Ducks kicked off inside Husky Stadium. Senior wide receiver Aaron Fuller caught the kick, then turned to his left and whipped the football all the way across the field — in a distracting drizzle, no less — to wide open Washington wide receiver Chico McClatcher.
Turns out, McClatcher was wide open for a reason.
At some point before or during the kickoff, the 5-foot-8, 183-pound McClatcher — who was wearing UW’s standard purple jersey — lay down in the also-purple end zone, perhaps camouflaging himself from Oregon’s kickoff coverage.