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SEATTLE -- Chris Petersen is at the front of the pack thats wondering whether Washington is really the No. 8 team in the country.Talk to me (after) Game 6, and then maybe well have another conversation, Petersen said this week. I didnt even know that until you told me. Thats how important it is to me. Our fans are really important so however we can play good football to inspire them is awesome. But its way too early to be talking about that (rankings) stuff.While Petersen would rather the rankings -- and the expectations that come with them -- would disappear, Washington is again a Top 10 program headed into Saturdays matchup with Idaho.The No. 8 ranking for the Huskies (1-0) is their highest since 2001 when they also reached No. 8 in the polls before losing at Oregon State. And this week marks the first of what is expected to be two glorified scrimmages for the Huskies prior to the start of Pac-12 play. After hosting Idaho, the Huskies play Portland State before opening the conference season at Arizona.That means the ranking isnt likely to change over the next couple of weeks and the hype surrounding the Huskies is only going to grow.Idaho (1-0) is beginning a two-week stretch of playing schools from its neighboring state. The Vandals will make the eight-mile trip to Pullman next week to face Washington State.They have all the ingredients you need to have a good football team, Idaho coach Paul Petrino said. Theyve got fast receivers, good quarterback, good running back, they do a good job up front on the offensive line ... and then defensively theyre good at all three levels.Here are other things to watch as the Vandals and Huskies meet for the first time since 2009:GASKIN GOING: If there was anything disappointing about the Huskies opener, it was the problems Washington had getting the run going. It became a moot point because of how well the rest of the offense played, but the Huskies managed just 91 yards rushing. Myles Gaskin, coming off a 1,302-yard season last year, was limited to 57 yards on 15 carries.Most frustrating for Washington was the inability to get the run going in the third quarter when the Huskies had a 34-3 lead.The 91 yards rushing were the fewest in the previous 10 games and just the fourth time under Petersen that Washington was held under 100 yards.If people are going to load up and bring those safeties downhill and try and stop the run, then hopefully we can throw the ball a little bit over their heads, Petersen said. Its a cat-and-mouse game. But I think we can run the ball better.PICK UP THE PASSING: Idahos Matt Linehan was the most accurate passer in the Sun Belt Conference last season, completing 63 percent of his attempts.You wouldnt know that from the Vandals opener. Linehan was just 8 of 22 passing for 128 yards and an interception against Montana State, well off his average of more than 270 yards per game last season.EXCITING PUNTING: Fans will be watching one of the best punters in the country when Idahos Austin Rehkow is on the field. And given how good Washingtons defense is, Rehkow should have more than a few opportunities to show off his leg. Rehkow is on preseason watch lists for the Ray Guy and Lou Groza awards. He made 23 of 27 field goal attempts last season and averaged 45.7 yards per punt. Rehkow made both of his field goal attempts in the opener against Montana State.He needs to have a great day. Ideally we would like them to have no returns, Petrino said.Last week, Washingtons John Ross returned a kickoff for a touchdown and Dante Pettis returned a punt for a score.VANDAL REUNION: Petersen knows the Idaho program quite well. He was unbeaten in six games against Idaho while coaching at Boise State. 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Major League Baseballs video streaming and technology services company BAMTech is set to pay a minimum of $300 million to Riot Games through 2023 for the streaming rights for its esport, League of Legends.The deal, which was first reported Friday by the Wall Street Journal and was?confirmed by Riot Games, will give BAMTech the exclusive rights to stream and monetize League of Legends competitions.BAMTech will launch a streaming application in 2017 for League of Legends which will run on both PCs and smartphones and intends to monetize via advertising sales and sponsorship deals, which is what the exclusivity referenced above entails. Additionally, BAMTech will handle the distribution of the content it streams to other streaming platforms like Twitch and YouTube.Riots announcement positions the deal as a first-of-its-kind long-term commercialization partnership intended to assist in bringing more revenue into the scene. When concerns croopped up about platform exclusivity and a change in services to the free models the community is used to, both Riots director of esports Whalen Magus Rozelle and co-founder Marc Tryndamere Merrill weighed in on reddit.ddddddddddddThe current experience we have today is and will continue to be free, said Rozelle in one thread.Its also not platform exclusive -- pretty important distinction, wrote?Merrill in another discussion.This deal initially came to light when Turner esports contributing editor Richard Lewis reported on a leaked document in November about the BAMTech and Riot Games deal. The document outlined a possible subscription service and distribution outlets including the internet, Chromecast, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and more.Disclosure: Disney, the parent company of ESPN, owns 33 percent of BAMTech. ' ' '