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What we learned from the UW Huskies’ 47-14 win over Eastern Washington

Washington is 1-0.

But what does that really mean?

What can a convincing win over an overmatched FCS opponent really tell us? What can be gleaned from Goliath stealing David’s slingshot and breaking it into bits? And, with Cal coming into town next weekend, how prepared are these Huskies to handle Pac-12 competition?

Some — OK, more than some — of those answers still elude us. But here are three things — excluding Jacob Eason, who everyone has written about enough — that we learned from UW’s 47-14 win over Eastern Washington.

The running back rotation is not what we expected

On fourth-and-2 during UW’s opening offensive drive, Chris Petersen and Co.