Spotlight on Seattle: No. 7 Stanford faces No. 10 Washington
[...] in his third season in charge at Washington, is Petersen ready to have the Huskies enter the national conversation the same way his Boise State teams did when they were at their peak?
Because if the Huskies knock off Stanford (3-0, 2-0) and take command of the Pac-12 North race, they won't just be in contention for a conference crown.
No player is likely to shine brighter than Stanford's Christian McCaffrey, who was "held" to only 109 yards rushing by Washington last year, but made up for the lack of running production by catching five passes for 112 yards and a touchdown, and having 79 yards in kick returns to finish with exactly 300 all-purpose yards in the 31-14 win.
McCaffrey is coming off a relatively quiet performance in last week's comeback win over UCLA, rushing for 138 yards but only catching two passes for 13 yards.
The Cardinal will be without starting cornerbacks Quenton Meeks and Alijah Holder, starting wide receiver Francis Owusu and starting fullback Daniel Marx.
The quarterback who was 5 of 8 for 66 yards passing on Stanford's final offensive drive as the Cardinal took the lead over UCLA, or the one who was 8 of 17 for 71 yards and an interception for the first 3 ½ quarters?
In 12 career road games, McCaffrey has not scored a touchdown running or receiving.