To no one's surprise, only one question was asked about Washington's next opponent, the Arizona Wildcats. Chris Petersen's Monday press conference was all about UW's 23-13 loss at Stanford, and Petersen's reaction to what he saw on tape. He opened up by saying the special teams were a push. Any time a coach talks special teams first, that's a bad sign.
Eventually Petersen did come to the offense and defense, noted that they probably should have run the ball more, was asked again about playing younger receivers, and thought the offensive and defensive lines played 'to a stalemate' on both sides, although he was quick to heap praise on Stanford running back Cameron Scarlett, calling him 'underrated'.
He was also asked about specific things the staff did to help prepare the team for what they expected to see at Stanford, but Petersen said the atmosphere and environment were not the reasons they lost.
"We worked on it," he said on Monday. "We talked about it. But we got out-played. We got out-coached. That’s what it was. Sometimes you have those games. It’s a frustrating game for everybody involved. Like I said, credit to Stanford. That’s all you can say is those guys did a better job across the board."
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