SEATTLE -- For just a few minutes on Sunday, Washington coach Chris Petersen let his guard down.
He joked about the TV selection special taking too long to announce his Huskies as the No. 4 seed in the College Football Playoff, saying the graphics department needed to hurry up already. He jokingly sniped that he has not been one of those fans with the “We Want Bama” signs. And he considered a local football team as a potentially apt practice opponent as the Huskies prepare for No. 1 Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.