No. 16 Washington regrouping after 2nd straight road loss
Chris Petersen
SEATTLE (AP)  â Chris Petersen  acknowledges  he 's awful when it comes to handling losses.
"I'm a bad loser. That's a flaw that I have and even when we win can't wait to put on the tape to figure out what went wrong  " Petersen  said after having the weekend to think about Washington's 30-22 loss Friday to Stanford. "When you lose you always think we didn't play hard enough  our energy wasn't right  whatever. Those kids played hard and my hats off to them."
Washington should know shortly after kicking off against Utah on Saturday night what its title chances are since Stanford and California play earlier in the evening.  Petersen  said  he  won't be seeking updates on what is happening in the Bay Area.
"There's still so much football to be played in these two games  so much crazy stuff happens. And it doesn't matter what happens (elsewhere) "  he  said. "We have no say over that. All we can control is playing as hard as we can. Let's play this week  let's get to the following week. These will be two really tough games and I know this: We'll feel really good about ourselves if we can get that done. Because these are going to be tough challenges."
"They held the ball  converted third downs  ate up the clock  ran the ball well â that's what they do "  Petersen  said. "And they did it better than us. I tell our guys  if we're playing with all we've got and our mind's right  our energy is right and we're physical and someone beats us  we don't like it. It's tough to stomach  but you tip your hat and move on. That night  those guys played better than us."
"That's a little frustrating that you start fast and disappear at certain times during the game that you'd like to be a little bit more consistent "  Petersen  said. "At the end of the day it's about scoring points  so you'd like to score more points than 20 points."
SEATTLE (AP)   [TGT] acknowledges   [TGT]  's awful when it comes to handling losses.
"I'm a bad loser. That's a flaw that I have and even when we win can't wait to put on the tape to figure out what went wrong  " Petersen  said after having the weekend to think about Washington's 30-22 loss Friday to Stanford. "When you lose you always think we didn't play hard enough  our energy wasn't right  whatever. Those kids played hard and my hats off to them."
Washington should know shortly after kicking off against Utah on Saturday night what its title chances are since Stanford and California play earlier in the evening.  Petersen  said  he  won't be seeking updates on what is happening in the Bay Area.
"There's still so much football to be played in these two games  so much crazy stuff happens. And it doesn't matter what happens (elsewhere) "  he  said. "We have no say over that. All we can control is playing as hard as we can. Let's play this week  let's get to the following week. These will be two really tough games and I know this: We'll feel really good about ourselves if we can get that done. Because these are going to be tough challenges."
"They held the ball  converted third downs  ate up the clock  ran the ball well â that's what they do "  Petersen  said. "And they did it better than us. I tell our guys  if we're playing with all we've got and our mind's right  our energy is right and we're physical and someone beats us  we don't like it. It's tough to stomach  but you tip your hat and move on. That night  those guys played better than us."
"That's a little frustrating that you start fast and disappear at certain times during the game that you'd like to be a little bit more consistent "  Petersen  said. "At the end of the day it's about scoring points  so you'd like to score more points than 20 points."