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Jake Locker’s Pyrrhic victory
In: NCAA football
31 Dec 2010So this is what Jake Locker came back to school for? To lead a 6-6 Washington team to a win over a disinterested Nebraska squad in a snoozer of a Holiday Bowl? Well, good for you, I guess, Jake. You threw away $30 million to say that you led the Huskies back to prominence (?) by [...]
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- Tags: holiday bowl, jake locker, NFL draft, uw
End the Seahawks’ misery now
26 Dec 2010Can we just shoot the Seahawks and put them out of our misery before they embarrass themselves (and their fans) again next week? If you thought Jim Mora’s 2009 Seahawks were as bad as it could get, you have to be pretty stunned and demoralized by what you’ve seen from Pete Carroll’s Seahawks. Mora’s squad [...]
Hawks fans should cheer for Rams
25 Dec 2010As odd as it is to contemplate, the Seahawks’ game against Tampa Bay this weekend might not even matter. And, even weirder, the Hawks should actually be rooting for the Rams this week. Here’s why: The San Francisco 49ers (5-9) are still alive in the division hunt, needing to beat St. Louis (6-8) this weekend [...]
It’s time to see Charlie Whitehurst
20 Dec 2010Yep, it’s time to make Charlie Whitehurst the starting quarterback for the Seahawks for the rest of the season. While it doesn’t look like Pete Carroll is going to do it, there are a lot of reasons to make this move now. Matt Hasselbeck has shown what he can – and can’t – do with [...]
OTPB NFL Picks: Week 15
In: NFL
19 Dec 2010And people wonder why the NFL is king. What a week! From Brett Favre’s streak coming to an end to TripGate to Tebow to the abrupt benching of Donovan McNabb, it’s been an action-packed seven days around the league and we’ve only played one game thus far. And Week 15 promises to be a huge Sunday, [...]
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- Tags: metrodome, nfl picks, rex grossman, sal alosi
What is it about the Seahawks getting blown out on the road? The 40-21 loss in San Francisco dropped them to 5-18 on the road over the last three years, and most of them have not even been close. After Jim Mora’s squad dropped seven of eight road games last season by an average score [...]
OTPB NFL Picks: Week 14
In: NFL
9 Dec 2010Last week was the first time since 2000 that no team clinched a playoff berth in Week 13, more proof of the league’s parity, and yet a small victory in the fight against the kind of shenanigans that the Colts pulled last year, ruining their shot at a perfect season. This week, a host of [...]
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- Tags: flex schedule, nfl picks, playoffs, tom brady
Now that’s the Klay Thompson – and the Cougars — we want to see. After a horrendous game against No. 5 Kansas State last Friday, Thompson redeemed himself with stellar defense and solid second-half shooting as the Cougars pulled away from Gonzaga for an 81-59 win tonight. It was a redemptive victory for the Cougars, [...]
Send the Hornets back to OKC, Durant & Co. home to Seattle
In: NBA
8 Dec 2010As expected, and maybe a little sooner than expected, Seattle is in line to get back into the NBA. Word is the Hornets are available and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer might be poised to bid on the team, which looks like it’s not long for New Orleans now that the league is taking control of [...]
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- Tags: Hornets, kevin durant, steve ballmer
I wrote up this reaction to the Seahawk game Monday but, befitting my lack of enthusiasm for that game and the team in general at this point, didn’t get around to posting it. Do you think the Seahawks can bottle whatever turned them on in the second half Sunday and use it the rest of [...]
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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
