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Archive for November, 2010
Well, that was truly disheartening. Dominated 42-24 by a mediocre Kansas City team, the Seahawks sure didn’t look anything like the team we just said looked like a lock to win the NFC Worst. The defense played its worst game of a horrible season, and the offense often shot itself in the foot the few [...]
Ever since he became coach of the Seahawks, Pete Carroll has not wavered from the declaration that Matt Hasselbeck is his quarterback. “Matt’s our guy,” Carroll has said on more than one occasion. Of course, the big question has always been: How long will Matt be your guy, Pete? The way things are going, it [...]
Are Hawks locks to win NFC Worst?
26 Nov 2010It’s no wonder the Seahawks were in a rather jovial mood last Sunday despite a 34-19 loss in New Orleans. With the rest of the NFC Worst also losing, the Hawks were still in first place. And, despite being blown out in three of their last four games, the Seahawks know they are the odds-on [...]
OTPB NFL Picks: Week 12
In: NFL
24 Nov 2010My generation is well-known (and ridiculed) for an over-reliance on nostalgia, turning nearly every situation into a navel-gazing look back at their childhood or a rumination on how things were better “back in the day,” a phenomenon that covers sports, pop culture and politics. I have been guilty of this on several occasions, and I’m [...]
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- Tags: madden, nfl picks, summerall, thanksgiving
Just like the blowout loss against the Giants, that was about what we expected. The Seahawks’ horrible pass defense couldn’t slow down Drew Brees and the potent Saints offense, and the Seahawks once again showed just how far they are from becoming a contender. On top of that, a couple more injuries reinforced our previously [...]
OTPB NFL Picks: Week 11
In: NFL
21 Nov 2010In my opinion, there’s no such thing as running up the score in the NFL. Todd Haley might disagree, but then again, Todd Haley is a prick. We’re talking about professional athletes that get paid to play and play well. If you get crushed, then you deserve it. But then again, you can never tell [...]
As the Seahawks come off their best offensive performance of the season and prepare to take on the reigning Super Bowl champs, people are trying to figure out which team is the real Seattle Seahawks – the club that was blown out 74-10 by Oakland and the Giants or the one that bookended those blowouts [...]
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- Tags: Drew Brees, pete carroll, saints
Felix joins Tez in an elite club
19 Nov 2010Felix Hernandez, welcome to the Cortez Kennedy Club. It’s an elite group. Just the two of you. Qualifications: Dominate your league while the league is dominating your team. Felix won the Cy Young award despite playing for a Mariner team that lost 101 games, set franchise records for offensive futility and scored the fewest [...]
Schizo Seahawks show up again
15 Nov 2010The Seahawks have shown more sides than Sybil this season, and Sunday, they somehow took control of the NFC West despite all empirical evidence suggesting they are a strictly mediocre team. Seattle’s 36-18 victory over Arizona – its second over the Cardinals this season – was impressive considering the Hawks were coming off that embarrassing [...]
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- Tags: nfc west, pete carroll, seahawks, sybil
You know it’s a strange week in the Pac-10 when downtrodden Washington State is actually the best-looking team in the conference. But that was indeed the case as the Cougars snapped a 16-game league losing streak with an impressive 31-14 win at Oregon State. It was easily the best game the Cougars have played in [...]
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- Tags: jeff tuel, Paul Wulff
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- Chris: I would have been fine with Kuechly. Would have been interesting to see if the Hawks would have been [...]
- Brian Barney: What are your thoughts about Luke Kuechly or is drafting a linebacker early a mistake after the Curr [...]
- AgentJ: College tuition is already high enough. Giving the NCAA a blank check to up the price of a degree is [...]
- Chris: Nice work, EZ. Here's the one I was writing at the same time: http://www.examiner.com/washington- [...]
- Chris: You were right. (I just wanted to test our comments) [...]
- Seahawks Examiner: Is Chris Michael the next Shaun Alexander?
- Seahawks draft notes: Which positions in which rounds?
- Hard to argue with Carroll’s choice of Russell Wilson at this point
- Why would Pete Carroll start Russell Wilson now?
- Will Peyton Manning talk to Pete Carroll this time? (And more)
- Seahawks got second round started Thursday with Bruce Irvin
- Seahawks’ draft trade scenarios
- Mariners still don’t have an offense
- Catch up on a week’s worth of Seahawk content at Examiner.com
- It’s time for NCAA to contract and pay football and basketball players
