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Archive for November, 2011
Leach the right fit for WSU
In: NCAA football|wsu
30 Nov 2011Let’s all agree that the Paul Wulff experiment was an unmitigated disaster for Washington State. Was it all Wulff’s fault? No, but when you win nine games in four seasons, it’s time to cut the cord. The Washington State job is not exactly a prime gig, given the Cougars’ obscurity in the college football landscape, [...]
So much for that playoff idea. If the Seahawks had harbored any such hopes, they torpedoed them Sunday by blowing a 10-point lead over Washington in the fourth quarter in what was easily their most disappointing home game of the season. The Seahawks still could make the playoffs if they win their final five, but [...]
Win or lose, it’s time to fire Wulff
In: NCAA football|wsu
26 Nov 2011At one point this season, probably in early October just before the Cougars blew a game at UCLA, it looked like the Apple Cup might carry some added intrigue for once. Heck, it still might have if the Cougars had been able to beat Utah in a Pullman snowstorm last Saturday. That would have made [...]
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- Tags: apple cup, Paul Wulff
Playoffs?? Hey, it’s worth asking
21 Nov 2011It might seem ridiculous to ask, especially considering their ongoing offensive struggles, but can the Seahawks make the playoffs? Or is every win just pushing them farther away from drafting one of the top quarterbacks? After their 24-7 win in St. Louis on Sunday, they are riding a two-game winning streak as they head into [...]
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- Tags: chicago bears, playoffs
The Curse of Hutch is the affliction that just keeps on giving, and that is taking away from the Seahawks’ chances of improving. The loss of both rookie offensive linemen in the span of four days is an unbelievable setback to a unit whose progress was the major focus of this low-expectations season. The season-ending [...]
Why do people idolize these guys?
17 Nov 2011Well, now that Mike Krzyzewski has set the NCAA record for victories, it’s only a matter of time before some skeleton comes out of the closet and ruins it for the man. If you wanted to watch any of ESPN’s marathon college basketball coverage Monday and Tuesday, you had to suffer through the network’s insufferable [...]
At least the Cougars can score
In: NCAA hoops|wsu
15 Nov 2011While Klay Thompson waits for his rookie NBA season to begin (we couldn’t care less if his new league ever begins), his former team got off to an interesting start without him last night, and a few things were immediately clear from WSU’s 89-81 loss to Gonzaga. **If the Cougs could make a free throw [...]
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- Tags: davonte lacy, faisal aden, mike ladd
The Seahawks’ offense didn’t appear to know what to do with the unexpected gifts the Ravens kept giving them Sunday and the Seahawks won almost despite themselves. They were lucky to escape with a win in a game in which they scored only one touchdown in six red-zone trips, averaged 3.0 yards per carry, committed [...]
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- Tags: marshawn lynch, penalties
Desperate Wulff puts his future in hands of a freshman quarterback
In: NCAA football|wsu
14 Nov 2011The excuses were getting old, so it was nice to see Paul Wulff’s Washington State Cougars pull off what was probably their best win of the paltry nine victories they have since Wulff arrived in 2008. It would be nice to say it was a stroke of coaching genius on Wulff’s part to insert freshman [...]
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- Tags: connor halliday, Paul Wulff
A season and a half into his tenure, the honeymoon is over for Pete Carroll. He has started to absorb a lot of heat for every misstep he and the Seahawks take, and most people are saying his fate in Seattle will be determined by whether he adds a franchise quarterback next offseason and that [...]
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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
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