Monday, December 20, 2004
HALF-HEARTED
Basically, Sunday was a great day to be a college basketball fan in the state thanks to wins by the Huskies and the afterglow of the late-night upset of Georgia Tech at the hands of Gonzaga on Saturday night. If you're following Marvin Williams, it was a fairly good day there too. However, it was not a good day to be a Seahawk fan. Again.
MARINERS
After the big signings of last week, we've got a reminder of the dumb moves of the front office's past. Ron Villone has accepted arbitration. Yuck. Also, the nontender deadline is tonight at midnight. Here's to hoping for an outside chance of a Willie Bloomquist nontender. Hey, I need something to soften the blow from the Seahawk loss, and the Sonics don't play until Wednesday. Come on, nontender!
SEAHAWKS
For my thoughts on the game, scroll down four posts or scroll toward the bottom of this post.
Looking through the Farnsworth article here. I'd known and posted about the defense's ineptitude on third downs, but I failed to mention that the Jets converted on one of their three fourth downs. Farnsworth gives the statistic that the defense gave up 133 of the Jets' 482 total yards on third down. Yet this team still leads the NFC West. What an abomination.
Says Alexander about the Seahawks' perilous playoff hopes: "We lay eggs consistently. As sickening as it is, we'll still be in first place. It's like throwing salt in a wound. It's like a rock in a shoe. You know what I mean? It's terrible the way we do it."
Says Les Carpenter: "Hawks don't look like playoff team." No s%*#. It's a good read. That was just my reaction to the headline, that's all.
It appears for now that Matt Hasselbeck is okay after the hit on his elbow, which went numb. Also, Mike Holmgren's challenge on the Curtis Martin touchdown was thwarted because "Martin's right elbow had cracked the plane of the goal line." Sound familiar? Substitute "Testaverde's helmet" for "Martin's right elbow" and you should see where I'm going with this. It's the freakin' BALL that has to cross the damn goal line. I won't make excuses for the Seattle defense, they were pathetic. But when you consider it could have been a three-touchdown swing if the Martin "touchdown" went the other way, if the Alexander touchdown was accurately called, and if the ball isn't ruled down before Ken Hamlin runs it all the way back, the whole dynamic of the game could have changed. We'd all be reacting a lot differently to this loss if it were a 30-28 loss, which it well could have been. As for not challenging the Alexander play, Holmgren didn't even try because he basically knew he was just going to get screwed anyway, and that's what the head ref says in the article. Aw man, the reason Hasselbeck was late getting out of the locker room for the second half is because he was on the john. Too much information. I'm okay with them making up something in this case.
Right now the team is crappy to the point where Koren Robinson's return can't possibly mess up the on-field chemistry the way Joey Galloway's did after his long holdout.
Great line by Thiel: "The field here still is 101 yards long for the Seahawks and 99 for the home team." BRILLIANT!
Kudos to the few articles that openly wished for answers from Ray Rhodes today, which of course nobody's going to get.
BASKETBALL
The Marvin Williams Watch
In the North Carolina Tar Heels' 85-51 beatdown of the Hokies at Virginia Tech, Bremerton High grad Marvin Williams scored 12 points (5 of 6 shooting), grabbed 6 rebounds, and threw in a steal and a block in 20 minutes of play off the bench. Unfortunately, he did also turn the ball over four times (he's a freshman, remember). By comparison, Raymond Felton turned the ball over 7 times.
North Carolina put the game away with a big run at the end of the first half. There seemed to be an unusual amount of blown layups and blown dunks at this game. I did see Marvin throw a couple down, though.
Huskies
What a great win that was last night by the Huskies, a 68-64 verdict over NC State. NC State didn't think they were going to see Brandon Roy, but he came back in his first action since having his knee scoped. Also astounding was seeing the Huskies operate despite Nate Robinson being a complete nonfactor. Nate should bounce back, but hey, his team still beat an 8-0 team from the ACC. That's cause for some mild celebration at least.
Sonics
If I was a betting man or an oddsmaker, I'd totally have action on the next dates in which Ibo Kutluay or Robert Swift are playing.
Upcoming...
Wednesday vs. Denver
Monday (27th) at Utah
HOCKEY
Oh, how I miss it so. More so the NHL than the younger stuff, but now everything's off for the holidays.
Upcoming...
no WHL or AHL games from the 19th to the 26th, NorPac is off the weekend of the 24th and 25th as well
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Combine the Water Cooler Challenge with the Bacon Number More Than Two Challenge. The WCC? Get someone else to collaborate with you on a chant which celebrates the Seahawks' horrible play yesterday. C-R-A-P, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP!!!!
MARINERS
After the big signings of last week, we've got a reminder of the dumb moves of the front office's past. Ron Villone has accepted arbitration. Yuck. Also, the nontender deadline is tonight at midnight. Here's to hoping for an outside chance of a Willie Bloomquist nontender. Hey, I need something to soften the blow from the Seahawk loss, and the Sonics don't play until Wednesday. Come on, nontender!
SEAHAWKS
For my thoughts on the game, scroll down four posts or scroll toward the bottom of this post.
Looking through the Farnsworth article here. I'd known and posted about the defense's ineptitude on third downs, but I failed to mention that the Jets converted on one of their three fourth downs. Farnsworth gives the statistic that the defense gave up 133 of the Jets' 482 total yards on third down. Yet this team still leads the NFC West. What an abomination.
Says Alexander about the Seahawks' perilous playoff hopes: "We lay eggs consistently. As sickening as it is, we'll still be in first place. It's like throwing salt in a wound. It's like a rock in a shoe. You know what I mean? It's terrible the way we do it."
Says Les Carpenter: "Hawks don't look like playoff team." No s%*#. It's a good read. That was just my reaction to the headline, that's all.
It appears for now that Matt Hasselbeck is okay after the hit on his elbow, which went numb. Also, Mike Holmgren's challenge on the Curtis Martin touchdown was thwarted because "Martin's right elbow had cracked the plane of the goal line." Sound familiar? Substitute "Testaverde's helmet" for "Martin's right elbow" and you should see where I'm going with this. It's the freakin' BALL that has to cross the damn goal line. I won't make excuses for the Seattle defense, they were pathetic. But when you consider it could have been a three-touchdown swing if the Martin "touchdown" went the other way, if the Alexander touchdown was accurately called, and if the ball isn't ruled down before Ken Hamlin runs it all the way back, the whole dynamic of the game could have changed. We'd all be reacting a lot differently to this loss if it were a 30-28 loss, which it well could have been. As for not challenging the Alexander play, Holmgren didn't even try because he basically knew he was just going to get screwed anyway, and that's what the head ref says in the article. Aw man, the reason Hasselbeck was late getting out of the locker room for the second half is because he was on the john. Too much information. I'm okay with them making up something in this case.
Right now the team is crappy to the point where Koren Robinson's return can't possibly mess up the on-field chemistry the way Joey Galloway's did after his long holdout.
Great line by Thiel: "The field here still is 101 yards long for the Seahawks and 99 for the home team." BRILLIANT!
Kudos to the few articles that openly wished for answers from Ray Rhodes today, which of course nobody's going to get.
BASKETBALL
The Marvin Williams Watch
In the North Carolina Tar Heels' 85-51 beatdown of the Hokies at Virginia Tech, Bremerton High grad Marvin Williams scored 12 points (5 of 6 shooting), grabbed 6 rebounds, and threw in a steal and a block in 20 minutes of play off the bench. Unfortunately, he did also turn the ball over four times (he's a freshman, remember). By comparison, Raymond Felton turned the ball over 7 times.
North Carolina put the game away with a big run at the end of the first half. There seemed to be an unusual amount of blown layups and blown dunks at this game. I did see Marvin throw a couple down, though.
Huskies
What a great win that was last night by the Huskies, a 68-64 verdict over NC State. NC State didn't think they were going to see Brandon Roy, but he came back in his first action since having his knee scoped. Also astounding was seeing the Huskies operate despite Nate Robinson being a complete nonfactor. Nate should bounce back, but hey, his team still beat an 8-0 team from the ACC. That's cause for some mild celebration at least.
Sonics
If I was a betting man or an oddsmaker, I'd totally have action on the next dates in which Ibo Kutluay or Robert Swift are playing.
Upcoming...
Wednesday vs. Denver
Monday (27th) at Utah
HOCKEY
Oh, how I miss it so. More so the NHL than the younger stuff, but now everything's off for the holidays.
Upcoming...
no WHL or AHL games from the 19th to the 26th, NorPac is off the weekend of the 24th and 25th as well
---
Combine the Water Cooler Challenge with the Bacon Number More Than Two Challenge. The WCC? Get someone else to collaborate with you on a chant which celebrates the Seahawks' horrible play yesterday. C-R-A-P, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP!!!!
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