Notes and quotes from Washington coach Chris Petersen from his weekly press conference Monday, five days before the Huskies’ Pac-12 opener against California (2 p.m. Saturday, Pac-12 Networks):
(Opening) “Not significantly different from watching the tape. I thought our defense played really hard, did some good things. On offense I thought our pass protection was pretty darn solid and gave Jake a chance to set his feet and throw some decent balls downfield. Thought he saw the field pretty well. Overall we made some progress there. If we can continue to practice hard and improve that’s going to be so critical with this crew that we have, and if we can do that we can feel okay about ourselves.