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Multiple sources are reporting that Fresno State football coach Pat Hill interviewed with University of Washington officials on Saturday -- one day after the Bulldogs were bucked by Boise State, 61-10, in their Western Athletic Conference season finale.

The Huskies effectively fired coach Tyrone Willingham in October, but allowed Willingham to play out the string.

Here's a Seattle Times story from Saturday night:

"The candidacy of Fresno State's Pat Hill for the Washington coaching job may have taken a more serious turn Saturday. A Washington football source told The Times that Hill interviewed with UW officials on Saturday. The Fresno Bee reported on its Fresno State football blog that Hill boarded a flight to Seattle early Saturday morning, and his car was parked in the airport parking lot. The Bee cited two unidentified airport employees. ... Fresno State athletic director Thomas Boeh would neither confirm nor deny that UW had contacted him about talking with Hill. However, he told the Bee that Hill had "earned the right to look at other opportunities" because of his 12 years as coach of the Bulldogs."