The media met with Washington Head Coach Chris Petersen Sunday afternoon after it was revealed that Washington would play Boise State in the Las Vegas Bowl in less than two weeks. Some may see it as a fitting end that outgoing UW Head Coach Chris Petersen would play the program he left to come to Montlake, but he's not seeing the poetry.

"Love going to Las Vegas," Petersen said. "Been there a few times and they do a great job and it's an awesome location for fans. The other thing is, being an early bowl game, sometimes these things can drag on for a long time, but since it's an earlier we'll go prepare. Personally speaking, there's other teams I would prefer to be playing for this last time, but it is what it is and it's interesting how these things work out sometimes."

Petersen did have some other news to share. He wouldn't explain why senior left tackle Trey Adams and junior tight end Hunter Bryant will not play in the game, but typically in the past it's so they can concentrate on getting ready for the NFL Combine.

"Trey Adams and Hunter Bryant will not play in the game," Petersen said. "They gotta do, what they gotta do. That's all I'm going to say to that. Jacob Eason is going to play."

Petersen also would not say who would step in for Adams, who is also presumably bypassing the bowl game to make sure he doesn't suffer a setback with his knee or back.

"We've got some guys for sure," he said. "I think that's one thing that coach (Scott) Huff has done a great job of is recruiting some guys in here and developing some depth and moving guys around and all that stuff. We've been doing that all year in practice so we'll figure out what that looks like here over the next 13 days."

Jared Hilbers was the player that filled in for Adams in 2018 when he originally got hurt at Arizona State in 2017. The senior started 11 of 12 games at left tackle last season, but then Adams came back in to start when Hilbers was injured during the Apple Cup. He then moved to right tackle this past season to take the spot left by the departing Kaleb McGary.

It's doubtful Hilbers goes back just for that one game, but it is possible. If he does, look for Henry Roberts or Henry Bainivalu to step in. Another option is to have Matteo Mele play left tackle for the bowl game.

At tight end, Washington has a couple of options with Bryant not available. He led their room in catches and yards this season with 52 for 825, respectively, but Cade Otton has been the team's most consistent pass-catcher all season long, and walk-on redshirt freshman Jack Westover has been coming on as a pass-catcher and Devin Culp is full of potential. Junior Jacob Kizer appears to be back to full health, and while his value has always been as a blocker first, he does have three catches to his credit. Could he surprise in Vegas with a grab or two? No reason he can't.

The Huskies have already had a couple of practices since coming back after the Apple Cup win, and they'll have time to figure out how to replace both Adams and Bryant in the short term.

"There's nothing like football to put things back in perspective and create order back in everybody's lives," Petersen said. "I think it's good to get back out there and get back to the drills and all those kinds of things. Sometimes, it's a fine line for these bowl games when they are, you're getting good work in with some young guys and sometimes that can drag, but that won't happen this time. It's going to go quickly."