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Quick takeaways from Fresno State’s 48-16 loss to No. 6 Washington

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Fresno State won’t play another team as good as Washington for the rest of the season. Which might be the only solace the Bulldogs can take from Saturday night’s 48-16 trouncing at Husky Stadium.

Here are my quick thoughts and takes, formed from the comfort of my own couch:

Beaten up by gauntlet, not toughened

After Fresno State didn’t get annihilated by Alabama, one of the narratives being pushed this week was that the Bulldogs were back, well ahead of schedule, and could hang with the Huskies.

It took about half the first quarter to dump that hopeful theory into the wastebin.