Friday, January 07, 2005
DECIBELS
Seriously. Yell, hoot, and holler like you never have before whether or not you're going to be at the Q in the middle of it all. This team needs it, this region needs it. Dammit, we all need a playoff win so the media can shut the hell up about the Seahawks not having one for so many years. It's time for this crap to stop.
So I urge all of you, fans of the Seahawks from Seattle and all around this northwest region, and even those throughout the world (but especially at the stadium tomorrow)...
Now for the usual...
MARINERS
John Levesque likes the Mariners' increase in Pokiness. Good gracious, would you look at that injury list for 2001? Crazy.
SEAHAWKS
Yes, the Rams/Seahawks playoff game on Saturday will be televised. KOMO and KJR snatched up a portion of the tickets. KOMO will be donating their tickets to military personnel, while KJR will have 1000 tickets on hand at FX McRory's TODAY (north of the Q, for those wondering) for Mike Gastineau's 3-7pm shift. Tickets will be given out with minimum $10 donations to aid the tsunami relief efforts.
The offenses. There's some similarities, some differences. Three words come to mind right now -- KNOCK IT DOWN!! That's for Seattle's defense, pretty much.
I'm surprised it took until Friday for us to get a "we've got Jerry Rice -- in the PLAYOFFS" article. The man still wants it. The ABC crew will be in town again, except with different people on a different day on a different time of day than the Dallas game. Still, the whole nation is watching. Jerry Rice could be the not-so-secret secret weapon.
Chad Brown plays with pain and 12 screws in his leg. This makes me a weakling when it comes to the injuries I had in high school -- toe sprain and ankle sprain. But what sucks is having to wait forever and a day to get cleared by a doctor when you know you're okay. What really sucked about the injuries is that I got neither of them via baseball. Say hello to PE basketball and PE badminton. It makes me mad to this very day.
Grant Wistrom is doubtful for the game, and I don't think he'll play at all, which sucks, but I doubt he'd be able to do much if he got out there. Jeremy had mentioned something to me about lining him up against someone else if he was able to play. Why? So Orlando Pace wouldn't work him. Says Wistrom: "I've never been snakebit like this before." Welcome to Seattle, Grant. Welcome to where being snakebit is a constant. We know it all too well here.
BASKETBALL
The Marvin Williams Watch
The Tar Heels start ACC play tomorrow at home in the Dean Dome against Maryland.
Huskies
For Jeremy's take on last night's Washington/USC game, scroll down one post or click here if you're in the archive reading this. For the takes of the local print guys, click here and here. Surely those three links will convince you that USC basketball is in a sad state right now.
The Huskies are at UCLA on Saturday.
Bulldogs
Gonzaga beat Santa Clara 91-87. Yes, Gonzaga just beat the one team in the country that has beaten North Carolina this season. Derek Raivio went nuts and tallied 32 on 6-for-10 shooting from downtown, and he nailed all 10 of his free throw attempts.
Gonzaga will be at Saint Mary's on Saturday.
Storm
The Storm start their title defense against the very hated LA Sparks. Sparks bad!! Anyway, the salary cap is $673000. Wow.
Sonics
For my take on last night's game at Washington, scroll down two posts or click here if you're in the archive.
Yes, the Sonics finally lost two straight. Yes, some adversity has finally hit the green and gold (yellow) this season. I had no idea this team would suck this badly in two games without Reggie Evans. It's mind-blowing. I know you probably can't trace everything that's gone wrong over the past two nights solely to his absence, but nothing seemed to click against Orlando and Washington. Nothing seemed to flow on the offensive end. For most of the season, you could see the smoothness of their offense, and I was even starting to see plays develop before they were actually happening. These last two nights? Disarray. The tiredness didn't just leak into Ray Allen's shot last night, it's also found its way into the defense as well, who couldn't seem to hold their opposition in any way the past two nights. It's been said that the commitment to defense this year might give the Sonics a chance to win games in which they aren't hitting their shots. The last two nights, they must have been losing their legs, because the shots weren't going in, and the defense was nonexistent as well.
Also, I had that big spiel about free throws in the game post too. Probably just me ranting, but my mind works in mysterious ways, often in a wordy fashion.
Or maybe Ray Allen was thinking too much about contract talks. Come on, Ray.
At least Reggie Evans should be playing in the Miami game on Sunday. That must have been some vile gastroenteritis.
Upcoming...
Sunday vs. Miami
Tuesday vs. LA Clippers
Wednesday at LA Clippers
Friday vs. Golden State
HOCKEY
Russ Farwell, general manager of the Seattle Thunderbirds, knows he has a good team and knows that since he has defensive depth, he probably doesn't have to trade for anything, and he probably won't unless someone knocks his socks off. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
So it's going to be standings since nothing happened last night.
WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
US Division (rank_team_games played record[pts], last 10, streak)
1 Seattle Thunderbirds 37, 26-10-0-1[53], 7-3-0, W1
2 Everett Silvertips 39, 19-12-6-2[46], 3-4-3, L1
3 Portland Winter Hawks 41, 16-18-3-4[39], 2-7-1, W1
4 Tri-City Americans 36, 15-15-4-2[36], 5-4-1, W1
5 Spokane Chiefs 40, 13-19-7-1[34], 3-4-3, L2
BC Division
1 Kelowna Rockets 42, 23-9-9-1[56], 5-3-2, W1
2 Kootenay Ice 40, 23-13-4-0[50], 5-4-1, W1
3 Vancouver Giants 40, 22-15-1-2[47], 6-4-0, W2
4 Prince George Cougars 40, 16-20-3-1[36], 4-6-0, L2
5 Kamloops Blazers 40, 15-21-2-2[34], 5-5-0, W2
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
North Division (rank_team_games played, record[pts])
1 Rochester Americans 35, 21-8-3-3[48]
2 Manitoba Moose 34, 22-9-1-2[47]
3 Edmonton Road Runners 35, 19-10-2-4[44]
4 Saint John's Maple Leafs 34, 21-12-0-1[43]
5 Hamilton Bulldogs 37, 14-16-4-3[35]
6 Cleveland Barons 35, 15-17-1-2[33]
7 Syracuse Crunch 33, 12-15-3-3[30]
NORTHERN PACIFIC HOCKEY LEAGUE
West Division (rank_team_games played, record[pts])
1 Puget Sound Tomahawks* 28, 24-3-1[49]
2 Portland Pioneers* 27, 24-3-0[48]
3 Tri-City Titans 30, 10-19-1[21]
4 River City Jaguars 29, 5-24-0[10]
*clinched playoff spot
Upcoming...
Tonight: Kelowna at Seattle, Spokane at Everett, Portland at Saskatoon, Vancouver at Prince George, Puget Sound at River City
Tomorrow: Tri-City at Seattle, Kamloops at Everett, Portland at Prince Albert, Vancouver at Kelowna, Edmonton at Manitoba, Puget Sound at River City
Sunday: Edmonton at Manitoba
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Everyone had a jolly good wonderful time today and
So I urge all of you, fans of the Seahawks from Seattle and all around this northwest region, and even those throughout the world (but especially at the stadium tomorrow)...
BE LOUD!!!!
Now for the usual...
MARINERS
John Levesque likes the Mariners' increase in Pokiness. Good gracious, would you look at that injury list for 2001? Crazy.
SEAHAWKS
Yes, the Rams/Seahawks playoff game on Saturday will be televised. KOMO and KJR snatched up a portion of the tickets. KOMO will be donating their tickets to military personnel, while KJR will have 1000 tickets on hand at FX McRory's TODAY (north of the Q, for those wondering) for Mike Gastineau's 3-7pm shift. Tickets will be given out with minimum $10 donations to aid the tsunami relief efforts.
The offenses. There's some similarities, some differences. Three words come to mind right now -- KNOCK IT DOWN!! That's for Seattle's defense, pretty much.
I'm surprised it took until Friday for us to get a "we've got Jerry Rice -- in the PLAYOFFS" article. The man still wants it. The ABC crew will be in town again, except with different people on a different day on a different time of day than the Dallas game. Still, the whole nation is watching. Jerry Rice could be the not-so-secret secret weapon.
Chad Brown plays with pain and 12 screws in his leg. This makes me a weakling when it comes to the injuries I had in high school -- toe sprain and ankle sprain. But what sucks is having to wait forever and a day to get cleared by a doctor when you know you're okay. What really sucked about the injuries is that I got neither of them via baseball. Say hello to PE basketball and PE badminton. It makes me mad to this very day.
Grant Wistrom is doubtful for the game, and I don't think he'll play at all, which sucks, but I doubt he'd be able to do much if he got out there. Jeremy had mentioned something to me about lining him up against someone else if he was able to play. Why? So Orlando Pace wouldn't work him. Says Wistrom: "I've never been snakebit like this before." Welcome to Seattle, Grant. Welcome to where being snakebit is a constant. We know it all too well here.
BASKETBALL
The Marvin Williams Watch
The Tar Heels start ACC play tomorrow at home in the Dean Dome against Maryland.
Huskies
For Jeremy's take on last night's Washington/USC game, scroll down one post or click here if you're in the archive reading this. For the takes of the local print guys, click here and here. Surely those three links will convince you that USC basketball is in a sad state right now.
The Huskies are at UCLA on Saturday.
Bulldogs
Gonzaga beat Santa Clara 91-87. Yes, Gonzaga just beat the one team in the country that has beaten North Carolina this season. Derek Raivio went nuts and tallied 32 on 6-for-10 shooting from downtown, and he nailed all 10 of his free throw attempts.
Gonzaga will be at Saint Mary's on Saturday.
Storm
The Storm start their title defense against the very hated LA Sparks. Sparks bad!! Anyway, the salary cap is $673000. Wow.
Sonics
For my take on last night's game at Washington, scroll down two posts or click here if you're in the archive.
Yes, the Sonics finally lost two straight. Yes, some adversity has finally hit the green and gold (yellow) this season. I had no idea this team would suck this badly in two games without Reggie Evans. It's mind-blowing. I know you probably can't trace everything that's gone wrong over the past two nights solely to his absence, but nothing seemed to click against Orlando and Washington. Nothing seemed to flow on the offensive end. For most of the season, you could see the smoothness of their offense, and I was even starting to see plays develop before they were actually happening. These last two nights? Disarray. The tiredness didn't just leak into Ray Allen's shot last night, it's also found its way into the defense as well, who couldn't seem to hold their opposition in any way the past two nights. It's been said that the commitment to defense this year might give the Sonics a chance to win games in which they aren't hitting their shots. The last two nights, they must have been losing their legs, because the shots weren't going in, and the defense was nonexistent as well.
Also, I had that big spiel about free throws in the game post too. Probably just me ranting, but my mind works in mysterious ways, often in a wordy fashion.
Or maybe Ray Allen was thinking too much about contract talks. Come on, Ray.
At least Reggie Evans should be playing in the Miami game on Sunday. That must have been some vile gastroenteritis.
Upcoming...
Sunday vs. Miami
Tuesday vs. LA Clippers
Wednesday at LA Clippers
Friday vs. Golden State
HOCKEY
Russ Farwell, general manager of the Seattle Thunderbirds, knows he has a good team and knows that since he has defensive depth, he probably doesn't have to trade for anything, and he probably won't unless someone knocks his socks off. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
So it's going to be standings since nothing happened last night.
WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
US Division (rank_team_games played record[pts], last 10, streak)
1 Seattle Thunderbirds 37, 26-10-0-1[53], 7-3-0, W1
2 Everett Silvertips 39, 19-12-6-2[46], 3-4-3, L1
3 Portland Winter Hawks 41, 16-18-3-4[39], 2-7-1, W1
4 Tri-City Americans 36, 15-15-4-2[36], 5-4-1, W1
5 Spokane Chiefs 40, 13-19-7-1[34], 3-4-3, L2
BC Division
1 Kelowna Rockets 42, 23-9-9-1[56], 5-3-2, W1
2 Kootenay Ice 40, 23-13-4-0[50], 5-4-1, W1
3 Vancouver Giants 40, 22-15-1-2[47], 6-4-0, W2
4 Prince George Cougars 40, 16-20-3-1[36], 4-6-0, L2
5 Kamloops Blazers 40, 15-21-2-2[34], 5-5-0, W2
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
North Division (rank_team_games played, record[pts])
1 Rochester Americans 35, 21-8-3-3[48]
2 Manitoba Moose 34, 22-9-1-2[47]
3 Edmonton Road Runners 35, 19-10-2-4[44]
4 Saint John's Maple Leafs 34, 21-12-0-1[43]
5 Hamilton Bulldogs 37, 14-16-4-3[35]
6 Cleveland Barons 35, 15-17-1-2[33]
7 Syracuse Crunch 33, 12-15-3-3[30]
NORTHERN PACIFIC HOCKEY LEAGUE
West Division (rank_team_games played, record[pts])
1 Puget Sound Tomahawks* 28, 24-3-1[49]
2 Portland Pioneers* 27, 24-3-0[48]
3 Tri-City Titans 30, 10-19-1[21]
4 River City Jaguars 29, 5-24-0[10]
*clinched playoff spot
Upcoming...
Tonight: Kelowna at Seattle, Spokane at Everett, Portland at Saskatoon, Vancouver at Prince George, Puget Sound at River City
Tomorrow: Tri-City at Seattle, Kamloops at Everett, Portland at Prince Albert, Vancouver at Kelowna, Edmonton at Manitoba, Puget Sound at River City
Sunday: Edmonton at Manitoba
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Everyone had a jolly good wonderful time today and
BE LOUD
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