Washington State coach Mike Leach, left, and Washington coach Chris Petersen will both lead programs facing increased expectations in 2016.
It is officially game week for 14th-ranked University of Washington and should-be-ranked Washington State, which means college football season previews are hitting newsstands -- err websites and blogs -- at an alarming rate.
For fans, it's a chance to tune up on relevant literature a final time before the Cougars and Huskies begin regular seasons they enter with expectations not felt since around the start of the 21st century.
UW finished last season 7-6, capped with a win over Southern Miss in the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl.