Postgame: Seahawks WIN!!
by John Morgan on Jan 8, 2011 5:11 PM PST
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First thing on my mind: Matt Hasselbeck. Woah.
Second thing on my mind: Pete Carroll. I remember thinking Ken Whisenhunt was a fool for starting Kurt Warner instead of Matt Leinart. Youth has to be served, right? In retrospect--sweet, sweet retrospect--the Seahawks quarterback situation could not have been handled much better. I'm not sure the Seahawks beat the Rams behind Hasselbeck, especially if he was at all gimpy, and I know the Seahawks do not beat the Saints behind Charlie Whitehurst. This is magical stuff. The world of professional football coaching is an arcane institute. Sometimes what seems indefensible is so, so very right.
Third thing: The Saints defense looked awful. Let's not kid ourselves, but who gives a damn. Defenses tend to look awful whilst allowing 41 points. No matter how awful, no matter if the Saints defense was 1976 Seahawks awful, there is no cheap path to 41 points and 415 yards of offense.
Fourth thing: Jeremy BATES! How much credit does this guy deserve? Seriously. Yeah, he still doesn't have a great feel for play calling. Yeah, he takes some gutsy risks. Yeah, sometimes his risks are borderline loony. But from an X's and O's perspective, the Seahawks have run something like a half dozen playbooks this year. We started with the Hasselbeck that wasn't. We worked into the package Bates created in week 10 in which the Seahawks broke out against the Cardinals. That carried over into week 11. Then we get the swing attack debuted against the Bucs. Then the rolls and misdirection attack when Whitehurst was pressed into duty. And today, everything, everything good and wonderful and functional and brilliant poured into one game plan.
Be patient with this guy. I think he's a genius in training.
More things: Marshawn's drunken boxing running style looks absolutely gorgeous with some push. It wasn't small. Small small small, but Russell Okung got a little bit of push on that REDONKULOUS run by Lynch that allowed him to cut through that tiny seem and GO INSANE ON THE SECOND LEVEL.
Will Herring is everywhere. I love Will Herring.
Raheem Brock is just, just wow. Brock was acquired right before the regular season. What a find. What a steal. One more free talent found through Always Compete.
Brandon Mebane and Colin Cole are the kind of defensive tackles fans love and other team's fans don't know about. Yes, it was Julius Jones. Yes, Seattle didn't exactly dominate. But Seattle did contain the run game, and against an explosive attack.
I don't know. I'm petering out. This is all settling on me. This is amazing, exhausting, amazing.
Full tape run down this week, in double time to preview next week's matchup.
NEXT WEEK"S MATCHUP!
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AMAZING POLL
I VOTED HAWKS WHAT DID YOU GUYS VOTE FOR
by jhmg16 on Jan 8, 2011 5:13 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
No way you too? We should hang out sometime!
Wooooo!
by Anticitizen_One on Jan 8, 2011 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
BEST. RUN. IN. THE. PLAYOFFS. EVER.
BEAST MODE.
I also love Will Herring.
WE GET ANOTHER WEEK OF SEAHAWKS FOOTBALL!!!!!!!!!!
HAWKS!
I was wrong. I was for starting CW. He may not have lost the game for us, but know we he goes off like Matty today. WOOOOOOOOT!!!!
GOOOOOOOO HAWKS!
As a Panthers fan...
I would like to take this opportunity to formally thank you for shutting up the “Who Dat” crap for the next 6 months.
Congratulations, and best of luck next week!
"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." ~ David Foster Wallace
by BW Smith on Jan 8, 2011 5:15 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Much thanks! Good luck in the Great Quarterback Turkey Shoot of 2011!
Wooooo!
by Anticitizen_One on Jan 8, 2011 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
Who dat, who dat, who dat say they gonna beat them Saints?!
SEA-HAWKS!! SEA-HAWKS!! Seahawks beat them Saints!!
THAT SHOULD BE AND ONLY BUT I DON'T CARE
by ungoreatstefan on Jan 8, 2011 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND ITS THEIR LOSS.
Wooooo!
by Anticitizen_One on Jan 8, 2011 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
When I see all caps, it reminds me of the of the character from Dilbert who shouted everytime he talked.
OOOOOH!!!!! That was NASTY!!!!!!!!
Hahaha "shalleth?"
I think I’m drunk.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Vote Hawks you fuckers!!!
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:15 PM PST reply actions
Can we have Marshawn back?
Please? You can even have CJ Spiller. And Lee Evans…. sigh. Congrats. Kick some ass and give us some hope.
Or if you want, you can just buy
a Beast Mode tshirt to make up for that trade. I swear I’ve sold more to Hawks fans than I ever did to Bills fans. http://twoeightninetshirts.tumblr.com/#1250620832
Did the fans turn on Lynch or just the coaching staff?
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:23 PM PST up reply actions
A little of column A. A little of column B.
He was always too much of a “thug” to way too many fans here. They like their players blue collar and farmboyish. Once Spiller was drafted I knew Lynch was gone.
He's been the loveable "jokester" since he's been here. I credit PC for the work ethic he's shown.
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
Well that's how most of us thought of him.
Especially myself. He was the only one on the team with personality. Now we have none.
He hasn't had a single instance of "thugishness" since he's been here.
Positive attitude, blue collar work approach. It took him all year to earn that wonderful run.
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:41 PM PST up reply actions
For the most part he was the same way here until the fans turned on him.
Once he hit that girl with his car he was everything that is wrong with the NFL and professional athletes. He had no chance to ever come back from that.
The onus is on Marshawn.
So far, very awesome.
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, that was pretty effed.
Seriously dude, don’t hit people with your car…and if you do, DON’T DRIVE OFF! THAT’S ABOUT AS BIG A DICK MOVE AS THERE IS!
Apparently she didn't hear.
Don’t get in the way of Beast Mode.
Llama's cut/release list:
Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
by Wayward Llama on Jan 9, 2011 5:36 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
That's weird because he's been the "quiet altar boy" here.
Maybe he just really wanted to get out of Buffalo?
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
That's weird because he's been the "quiet altar boy" here.
Maybe he just really wanted to get out of Buffalo?
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Bad double post is bad.
I’m sorry.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
'05.
I just wish I didn’t have to drive to Bakersfield during the end of that game.
FG's second favorite football-illiterate semi-troll.
'05 season.
Technically in ‘06, though, true. How do they term that? Is this year’s SB the ’10 championship or the ’11?
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
i would say '10
Locker --> Seahawks = Superbowl
This year is the First Annual Seahawks Superbowl Win.
Hope that clears it up.
GET OFF ME!!!
by the other side on Jan 8, 2011 9:51 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
In no way, but I appreciate the sentiment.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I wore my arrogant neon green longsleeve with my AC59 jersey over it.
I still believe he can play. He’s a kid; watch out for the adult.
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:17 PM PST reply actions
I WORE MY CURRY JERSEY TOO
CURRRRRRRRRY
by ungoreatstefan on Jan 8, 2011 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
#CurrysCrew
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
I actually met Curry
After he got drafted because we were both on the horribly delayed flight back from New York. I congratulated him and he was the most humble and nice dude ever, the next day I bought his jersey.
by ungoreatstefan on Jan 8, 2011 5:20 PM PST up reply actions
I tweet with him at least once a week. I'm stationed in his hometown.
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
His Twitter feed is fun to follow.
I like him a lot. Just want him to get his football shit together.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
One more year.
I want him to make good progress next year. If he doesn’t, I will be very sad.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
If he does, and I think that's maybe 50/50, he will be a monstrosity on that side of the ball.
The above figure represents absolutely nothing.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I have tweeted back and forth with him...
He seems pretty cool. I like how he runs up and down the endzone at games firing up the crowd. I want his jersey!
Great link! Better run!
Lynch should be a sex offender for what he did on that run. Straight up abuse.
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:20 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
Pursuant to Megan's law...
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
He broke Megan's tackle too.
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:25 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
We may have no raise Mayock to Sainthood.
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Jan 8, 2011 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
There will be no Sainthood here.
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
PAGANS HAVE FOUGHT OFF THE CRUSADERS
by lemonverbena on Jan 8, 2011 5:39 PM PST up reply actions 11 recs
Rec'd for religious implications.
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:44 PM PST up reply actions
Time for this symbol to be great again
Hasselbeck was there last time, and he’s here again, possibly for his last time, let’s win another!
I am a bear of very little brains and big words bother me.
LOVED that part of this call...
… also loved how Hammond called it a great run already when it was just a 9 yard run….
At the game, at Qwest, watching from the Hawks Nest, that’s what I was thinking. It all happened in Slo-Mo. In my head, it went "Okay, let’s get a few yards here… oh, oh! Oh yeah! 9 yard run! Oh .. .what? WHAT ?? ?NO! NO! YES! YES! … no way NO WAY OH SH**! OH SH**!!!!!
and then…. pandemonium.
(also love the best fans in the NFL quieting down for the PAT, even after that ridiculous run… then promplyt going apesh** again!)
Did you mean "Slo-Beastmode"?
Think you did. What a run! Great Post!
I laugh every time a re-watch that
I keep thinking Dick Vitale is calling that play.
“ARE YOU KIDDING ME?”
I don't think any other game for the rest of this week will be able to match the intensity of this game
What a start to for the playoffs
"Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good and let me be judged accordingly. The rest is silence." ~ Dinobot
I am completely and totally uninterested in the late game.
Although Santonio did look stoned on that first play.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Even the commentators sound like zombies compared to previous group
I think I will play some NFS: Hot Pursuit instead of watching _
"Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good and let me be judged accordingly. The rest is silence." ~ Dinobot
Our color guy had a god damn lisp.
I don’t hate people with lisps, but as a commentator. Where your primary responsibility is talking…?
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I felt it gave him a personality. Plus, he seeemed excited and was just enjoying the game.
It was an enjoyable broadcast in my opinion but I can see how that can be a bit irritating
"Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good and let me be judged accordingly. The rest is silence." ~ Dinobot
He had some good things to say.
And, really, anything is better than Billick telling us repeatedly how BMW “ate his way out of the league.”
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
True dat.
"Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good and let me be judged accordingly. The rest is silence." ~ Dinobot
I thought the same thing about Mike Mayock as an announcer ...
… when was the last time you could actually here the thrill of a an announcer simply enjoying the game? What he lacked in content, he made up for in charisma.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
The Beastmode run reminded me of Niehaus and Rizzs going nuts over Blowers' "prediction" of Tui's first homer.
Especially that loud “OHHHH!” when Lynch throws off Porter. Just that genuine awesome excitement and thrill of seeing something great happening.
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Jan 8, 2011 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly
A treat for the ears to supplement the gift to our eyes
"Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good and let me be judged accordingly. The rest is silence." ~ Dinobot
Niehaus' call was so amazing.
RIP, my other Father.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
by Benne on Jan 8, 2011 5:57 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I'm not gonna lie
I was at the game and when Beast Mode broke that run and made Porter his bitch I swear to god I heard Niehaus’ voice in my head saying, “My oh my!”
by Bildo on Jan 8, 2011 11:24 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Thank you for bringing that up.
I was about to pull my hair out. He needs to practice his “S”. I watched the game with 6 people and I was the only one troubled/noticed it. Way to go HAWKS! I’d listen to it again..if they played the same way.
That's called fermentation in the lab.
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
I'm in a similar situation, i.e. Playoff Stache.
Shaved with an electric razor before leaving for the bar, and realized (when checking my handsome self out in my rearview mirror) that I forgot to shave my upper lip. Now I’m going to spouting a Playoff Stache until next week.
Or even later than that, hopefully.
I didn't think we would win if Brees threw for 400+yds
Seriously, who predicted we would win if it became a shootout? I thought it would be the D that stepped up. Turns out, it was the offense.
I’m stoked to be in the playoffs. Fuck your high draft pick. Seattle is picking 32nd.
True, anyone can say anything.
What I said is if Matt Hassleback stayed healthy, he’d crush this game into the upper deck, and the game would be epic. (that’s a baseball metaphor applied to football.)
I predicted we’d win the Super Bowl in 2005, and I was wrong. So maybe I just had hopes?
I'm ready for Green Bay at home -
If it happens, that would be awesome.
Let's be honest...
You were only kind of wrong about that Super Bowl prediction.
I could say the sky will abruptly turn a darkish purplish-red tomorrow, and if it does I will look like a clairvoyant.
Odds are, it will not.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Admittedly a change in the color of the sky is less likely than your "prediction,"
…but the principle stands. Why would the sky turn purplish-red? Well, obviously, I predict that the wave lengths of the given colors in the visible spectrum will shift, and blue will no longer be the most scattered tone in that interval. The same way I can say Hasselbeck will throw for 500 yards and six TDs next week regardless of who we play. We will likely win.
This was a game of probabilities, just like next week and just like every game played in the history of the NFL. Sometimes, underdogs win.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
You've got half an argument
Hassleback won’t throw for 500 yards and six TD’s next week, and your “visible light” thing is now more wrong as an example than it was before. This shrill mensa stuff is making me itch.
“Sometimes Underdogs win” True, and pointless. Many people on the radio were saying “The Seahawks have a shot to win, they are the underdogs playing at home…”
Not what I said.
I said Matt Hassleback was old, often injured, but if he could keep it together for 4 quarters he would have an epic game because he felt disrespected, yet he still had skills and fire in his belly. He would, in fact, crush it out of the park, so to speak.
So I was specific about the particulars of what actually happened before the game. And then it happened. That’s what I meant by “The human element.” It DID hinge on Matt Hassleback after all. Then we got some extras, like The Beast Mode Playoff Run.
There is a difference between a strong prediction and a weak one. Looking at the Sea Dogs record is valid to a point, but I watched the Seahawks this year and they fielded about 5 different teams, and a crazy amount of offensive philosophies.
by Jon Springer on Jan 9, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
HasselBECK.
Jesus.
Llama's cut/release list:
Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
by Wayward Llama on Jan 9, 2011 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
...
Nice cut list. Jesus. Nice non-sequitur. See how that works?
I predicted it.
All week, in black and white.
Felt the teams were evenly matched, and not thought Seattle could win, I wrote ‘they should win’.
Doesn’t mean I was sure, because the Seahawks are capable of very bad football, as is Hasselbeck, but thought this might be a good match up for him, and it was.
New Orleans was injured, and haven’t been that good all year. They were over-hyped all week, although I doubt Peyton allowed that to effect his team.
The Saints were vulnerable, missing their talented safety and two top running backs. Ivory killed the Seahawks so many weeks ago, and now Cole played.
Sure, Seattle could have lost, but I felt they were closely matched given the circumstances, in that if they played 10 games they probably split.
This wasn’t a fluke win, determined by the odd bounce of a ball, the call of a ref, or lopsided turnovers. Seattle beat the Saints up and down the field, but still can’t get credit for it in the media.
Next week’s a different story. I think all the remaining NFC teams fundamentally better than Seattle or the Saints, so some special magic will have to be concocted for next week.
Here's my post from yesterday...
The Seahawks should win tomorrow…
written by Hawksince77, January 07, 2011
…if they play a good game. They don’t need their best game to win – just a good one. Matt can win tomorrow, if he plays his game and doesn’t turn it over.
Maybe I am wrong, and Seattle truly overmatched, but if not, it could be a very good day to be a Seahawk fan.
And the irony will be calling it the greatest upset ever, when it should be called fairly even to begin with. The Saints are not the team that won the SB last year. Seattle is not the team the Saints beat earlier in the year.
If Seattle plays horrible, like they are capable of doing, then sure, they will get stomped. But if they shut down the running game, and pressure Brees at all, they can win.
The best part is that, while you weren't wrong, Matt didn't "play his game."
He wasn’t the game manager. He was a fucking stud, and his pump-fake today made Favre, sitting alone at his ranch, weep glorious tears. Hass played like a goddamn champion, and it was incredible.
Jenn Sterger likely used the glorious tears as glorious lube.
Too soon?
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
by THolt on Jan 9, 2011 12:05 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Dude, she's fucking hot.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
And I once kind of shared a hotel room with Erin Andrews...
I anticipate a ban any minute now…
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Hey, as long as we're talking predictions that turned out true,
I’m proud of this one.
http://www.fieldgulls.com/2010/11/21/1828667/postgame-new-orleans-saints-34-seahawks-19#52596801
This wooden soul of mine, it cannot ever climb from places it has fallen: In between where light can shine. It never falls in line, it barely has a spine, like branches severed from the vine. Like it was faulty by design.
Well, some predicted it, including me.
http://www.fieldgulls.com/2011/1/6/1919270/andrew-luck-staying-in-college#
about half-way down…
That is my prediction. We’ll beat the Saints and lose the following week.
I would LOVE to trade our #1 for a 1 next year and a 2nd. Doubt we’d find any takers, though…
by Kryten on Jan 7, 2011 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
Of course, I hope we keep winning, and I think we CAN beat the Bears in Chicago, but I just don’t think we get it done this time. I feel we could reach the SB, but getting by GB or ATL will be the hardest part. Even GB at Qwest will be very difficult.
Also, one of the ESPN predictors had us winning.
Can’t find that page though.
As a Cal fan, I have been confused re: Seahawks. Half of your offense I watched play on Saturdays. But I fucking hate you coach with the passion of a thousand burning supernovae.
Watching MARSHAWN BEASTMODE his way through the Saints secondary like it was Oregon 2006, I dropped all that confusion.
TWISTNHOOK IS BACK! FAMILY F1RST! GO BEARS! GO MARSHAWN!
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www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
those of you unfamiliar with the Pac 10 blogs should all say "hi" to Twist.
… he’s a legend.
The Hawks actually have good Cal bear representation on the team between Lynch, Forsett, and Mebane.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
My dad played QB for Cal
and is a Seahawks fan.
He loves seeing his Golden Bears do good for the local club!
(I’m a Husky, but my dad played for Cal, so I grew up rooting Gold and Blue)
That DKrottenhawk should......
Shut the he’ll up and quit being so pessimistic…… Maybe we should train a pony to bite his weiner off, and then fondle him. He of little faith….. Hang your head in shame DKrottenhawk…….for shame, for shame. But damn you done be handsome.
by DKrottenhawk on Jan 8, 2011 5:21 PM PST via mobile reply actions 5 recs
Rec'd for donkey-bite-weiner-off.
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I am a huge Packers fan through the end of the weekend
I like our chances better against the Bears than the Falcons. Plus, It’s our only chance for a home game for the NFC championship
I'm a huge GB fan until the NFCCG.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I think you mean probable.
FUCKING SUPERBOWL ALL UP IN THIS BITCH
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Jan 8, 2011 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
Green Bay scares me. A lot.
Who gives a shit though. Still alive, thats all that matters.
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Jan 8, 2011 8:48 PM PST up reply actions
Don't all of the remaining teams scare you...?
Only Philly looks to be having “momentum” problems, if momentum indeed exists and has a (if not quantifiable) qualifiable impact on performance. All five are far more talented.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Atlanta is the worst match up for the Hawks.
I would place Green Bay second. The Eagles have had a tough time on Defense and the Bears still have Cutler at QB and Martz calling plays.
Yeah
Atlanta – kind of hard to see the way through that for the Hawks. Maybe someone else can knock them off. The Bears? It seems possible.
Bears won't play ATL, if that's what you meant.
If you were saying the Hawks could win at Chicago (or were more likely to) as opposed to the Falcons, mos’ def.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Green Bay
That way, we beat Chicago, we can host the NFC Championship game.
by splintrdmind on Jan 9, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Green Bay against us at Qwest scares me less
than playing Atlanta on their turf.
the teams get re-seated before then
so impossible. ; (
No, not the case.
No reseeding occurs in the NFL. Following the Wild Card round, the highest teams play the lowest, with the former playing at home. So, if GB wins, we, being the fourth seed, would play CHI, the second seed, as GB is the sixth and ATL the first. If GB wins @ATL, and we win @CHI, we would host GB in the NFC Championship Game.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I wouldn't complain
Because it’s going to be much harder to win on the road.
I am a bear of very little brains and big words bother me.
Don't think that's really what he meant.
No one was complaining that (draft position aside) we got to see another week of Seahawk football.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Screw this second game: Colts vs Baa Jets
I want to watch the Seahawks game again. I am so happy.
Excuse me Mr. Porter
There’s a new playoff hero in town.
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 8, 2011 5:23 PM PST reply actions 32 recs
http://gif.mocksession.com/2011/01/marshawnbeastmode-gif/
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 8, 2011 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks man!
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
Hasselbeck also joined in on the blocking.
True team player
Oh hell yes.
by dba on Jan 8, 2011 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
Fucking bad-ass.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
NOT GREEN YET?! NOT. GREEN. YET?!
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Jan 8, 2011 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
This part is great, but by far my favorite part was seeing almost the entire O-line running downfield with Lynch.
by JLC on Jan 8, 2011 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
You're life is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olfmbbng3u
free as running water… fresh as mountain dew…
I live on the edge of Saints world
Lots of fans here.
I’m wearing my Lofa jersey to church tommorow. Its gonna be great
I'm in Tampa.. So not a lot of Saints fans here but definitely not much Seahawk love
I will be rocking Seahawk gear all week
Yeah, Fort Walton Beach area is a little too close
All four kids dressed up in Seahawks stuff on Friday at school. They are pretty tough though, so I figured that they would make it through it.
I'm sure they will be fine.
People will think they are college jerseys or something.
Llama's cut/release list:
Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
by Wayward Llama on Jan 10, 2011 6:24 AM PST up reply actions
I love all you displaced fans...represent!
by Hawkguy on Jan 8, 2011 6:15 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Just got back from the Backstage Bar in LA
Had to be nearly 100 insanely passionate Seahawks fans there. Almost as awesome as going to the game live. Almost.
Not that LT played even decently this season, but we really don't have anyone to fill that position.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Original link for the Lynch stiffarm
http://gif.mocksession.com/2011/01/marshawnbeastmode-gif/
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
As soon as I saw that, I swear to God I heard the SportsCenter tones in my head.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
So is there a thread for the Colts/Jets game?
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
As a Cardinals fan
I found myself wanting you guys to win. I have no clue why. I guess I’m still angry over Bobby Crosby’s hit on Kurt Warner in last year’s Playoff game.
But I need to thank you guys for saving face for the NFC West. Also, the NFC West has no officially made at least the Divisional Round in the Playoffs for the last 6 years.
Although I won’t take part in your “SEA-HAWKS!!!!” cheer, as that’d be betrayal to my Cardinals, I will shout:
“NFC!!!!!!!!
WEST!!!!!!!!!"
Congratulations to you guys! Enjoy this win, because if I learned anything from watching Kurt Warner for two years, it was that Playoff wins have an epic effect on your overall mood.
by Skii on Jan 8, 2011 5:27 PM PST reply actions 23 recs
Seriously.
Media doesn’t give the NFCW much credit (not much deserved) but our teams do always rock the playoffs. 4 superbowl appearances in like 11 years? Yeah.
Wooooo!
by Anticitizen_One on Jan 8, 2011 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
Heck yeah
The media’s hates on anything that has to do with the NFC West.
But then again, “Haters gonna hate”. But this is an epic win for the division. Not even kidding. Screw the non-believers.
The hate the "West" part most
AFC gets continually mocked too.
Any team west of the Mississsippi is completely foreign to the media.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
And I gotta rec this comment too, for the division solidatiry.
I may hate the Cards when we play each other, but we gotta stick together.
Please find a QB, guys.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
That's what I'm thinking
In the regular season, we can hate each others teams all we want, but come Playoff time, it’s NFC West or nothing.
By the way, Peyton Manning becomes a FA after this season. I’m thinking my Cardinals should target him (I wish)!
We get so little love from the media I gotta root for a NFCW team that actually does something.
I was rooting for you guys so hard in ’08 it was heartbreaking.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
If AZ and the Niners get QBs
The NFC West will likely be a really good division in a couple of years.
I think I would've reflexively rooted for the Cards against the Saints too, division pride
Then again, fuck Arizona.
by lemonverbena on Jan 8, 2011 5:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Except
that the NFC West has 4 teams and LA has 0! God I hate that city
Portland transplant to Boston.
FUCK YOU CARDINALS
GET BACK TO YOUR RIGHTFUL POSITION AND RESUME SUCKING THE COCK OF THIS DIVISIONS ONLY TEAM
by Robert on Jan 8, 2011 6:02 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
He's in all-caps mode.
I’m cool with that.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
No, this is Field Gulls.
If a Divison opponent offers gratitude, then we reciprocate respect. Take this shit to espn.com.
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 6:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Honestly wasn't talking about the "Fuck you, Cardinals."
I’m 100% ambivalent to that. Physically incapable of caring less, one way or the other.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Sigh, internet people
It’s okay little buddy, someday someone will love you too.
I am a bear of very little brains and big words bother me.
Uncalled for...
We have Cards fans in here showing us love and congratulating us… Be respectful
I'm a Hawks fan through and through...
But the Cards DID reach the super bowl, same as us, and got stealer’d out of a win just like us…
Rational argument is useless.
Just roll with it.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
He's been around a while.
And has been at Lookout Landing (baseball) for a while.
Therefore, respected.
Llama's cut/release list:
Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
by Wayward Llama on Jan 8, 2011 7:38 PM PST up reply actions
Time on a site doesn't equal respect
Quality of what you bring to the table and manners equals respect. It’s hard to respect a guy like that.
I am a bear of very little brains and big words bother me.
Chill, my man.
I’ve never seen you post. I’ve seen Robert post more times than I can count, and almost always it’s contributive. He’s having fun; tranquilo.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I'm not new to SBN
And I’ve been a member here a while, but I rarely post. I can respect a guy with something to say, but if you spend a whole thread in caps, bashing another team’s member that is here respectfully, I find it hard to respect him. Maybe I need to read more of his stuff, but from my experience with him here, and on other posts, I’ve yet to read too much that is something beneficial. Either way, that is no way to go about ones life, but hey, if that’s how he runs, that’s how it goes, but it sure makes the rest of the people here look bad.
I am a bear of very little brains and big words bother me.
He's almost certainly shithoused.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
My expectations of people change on game day
Long, emotional, alcoholical day. Let’s go easy on one another.
Losing is for losers.
That's why I think it's funny more than anything offensive.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
If it were anyone else, including me...
I agree. It would likely reflect poorly on the community in general. I’m hammered right now, and I’d love to post with reckless abandon, inventing profanity and writing in double-caps for the hell of it.
But, it’s Robert.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Eh, I can dig that.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I know, I agree with you.
Needs sarcasm font.
Llama's cut/release list:
Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
by Wayward Llama on Jan 9, 2011 5:39 AM PST up reply actions
Its Robert
He is like his own institution.
by stufr on Jan 8, 2011 7:32 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Seahawks make history!
Who Dat! Who Dat! Making NFL History? The 7-9 Seattle Seahawks, Dat’s who! Not only are they the first 7 – 9 team to make the playoffs. But they also knocked off the Defending SB Champions in the process. Go Seahawks!
Now to actually reach the Super Bowl.
The real goal.
Oh hell yes.
by dba on Jan 8, 2011 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
I'm still confused.
I thought we weren’t actually allowed to win. Cause we didn’t have a winning record and all. Was I wrong? Pretty sure ESPN did a piece on us being DQ’d due to record.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Saint's lost their first round bye.
Fuck you media, it’s things like this why the system is fine. Sport’s isn’t half the fun when there’s no intriguing subplots and huge underdogs when it matters
by Mickapeckalin on Jan 8, 2011 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair, it was the Onion that wrote that headline.
And it’s pretty funny.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I don't see how anyone can take it seriously
Plus it really was hilarious. Seeing “Saints have first round BYE” and then seeing “Saints lose first round BYE” just killed me.
Funny as shit, right?
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I wonder if any of the talking heads will retract their plans for disallowing any losing record teams from the playoffs..
Doubtful.. But it’d be nice to see them eat crow
49ers fan here.
Good stuff guys, that was entertaining. Loved the signs in the crowd. “7-9 PRIDE!” and “You’ve played the best, now play the west!”
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by James Brady on Jan 8, 2011 5:31 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
We'll make the NFC West proud. I promise it.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
You already did more than any NFC West fan could ask for.
And I don’t want to rain on your parade so I won’t even begin to talk about next week. Just good stuff guys.
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Can we give this guy a Field Gulls medal for civility/awesomeness?
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
I hate every single one of you for seventeen weeks.
That time has passed, and you guys have a good blog over here. :]
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John does a good job of course.
But my favorite Field Gull’s moment came tonight when we found out some Seahawk “fans” were trolling the Saint’s blog and our commentariat moved to ban all of them.
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
I was banned from here about a year ago.
I don’t even remember what I did, but it was a misunderstanding and I got back in, so I’ve been cool with you folks since then. Funny, my favorite Niners Nation moment came recently, too. The 15,000+ comments or so during the Jim Harbaugh mess was the most entertaining thing ever.
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Niners Nation is infamous for "Fan Dumb"
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Classy.
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Classy
Llama's cut/release list:
Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
by Wayward Llama on Jan 8, 2011 6:17 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I saw that.
Hopefully no one from Field Gulls.
Llama's cut/release list:
Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
by Wayward Llama on Jan 10, 2011 6:26 AM PST up reply actions
Although there has been quite the influx of new faces lately
so it’s possible.
Llama's cut/release list:
Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
by Wayward Llama on Jan 10, 2011 6:27 AM PST up reply actions
We won a playoff game in front of huge backlash.
I’m happy with that. The big difference between this and ’05 is zero expectations. I love our team beating the Saints and pissing off everyone else.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
One other difference
we had expectations in ’05, we were underdogs in most of our playoff games despite the 1st place in the NFC
And talent.
That’s kind of a difference.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Can't sleep, was reading the thread over at Niners Nation
and noticed you said
“Don’t bother going over to Field Gulls to congratulate them.
There’s a few good guys, but it’s generally classless, and apparently Niners Nation is synonymous with "idiot." Screw that.”
Came back here to investigate….I am only seeing one “insult.” Did I miss something? Not trying to start anything, just kind of curious how you formed this opinion?
by SeparationSunday on Jan 9, 2011 7:34 AM PST up reply actions
This feels like 1995 Mariners, and I don't say something like that lightly
Better yet, like Edgar’s “The Double”, I think now we have “The Run” for the Seahawks, where nobody has any doubt which run you’re talking about.
I wasn't living here yet, and I hate that I missed it.
If I get to experience something like that with the Hawks I will die a happy man.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I was 8 years old when Edgar hit that Double.
Still the best memory of my childhood.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Thanks for making me feel old
because I was spilling my beer all over the guy in front of me in the Kingdome during the double.
Thirteen years old
and I remember the guy sitting next to me at the ’Dome making a comment about “munchies” because I was holding candy by the wrapper between my teeth.
God I miss those old Mariner days.
Tru dat
Never ever inactivate Will Herring…
Confuscius say- "Baseball wrong. Man with four balls cannot walk."
Falcons fan here.
I just wanted to congratulate you guys on a HELL of a game. That was incredible. Unfortunately, if the Eagles win tomorrow, the Falcons will have to send you back home with an L next week, but rest assured we appreciate you beating the Saints for us.
Of course, I’m only joking. If we don’t face you guys next week, I sincerely hope you beat the hell out of whoever you face. I love it when underdogs rise up and beat the overhyped teams down.
Also, Lynch’s run was the best run I have ever seen. Granted, I’m only 22, but still, that’s saying something.
Best of luck, guys!
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by Caleb Rutherford on Jan 8, 2011 5:34 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Many thanks
Damn this feels good.
Confuscius say- "Baseball wrong. Man with four balls cannot walk."
by Outside Contain on Jan 8, 2011 5:35 PM PST up reply actions
If Eagles win, they go to Bears
If Packers do, we go to Chicago.
- seed always plays lowest remaining seed.
by Mickapeckalin on Jan 8, 2011 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
That first down was HUGE.
He staunched the bleeding.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Stokley deep down the side line
What ever will they throw out there next. Catapulting flaming pigs?
Confuscius say- "Baseball wrong. Man with four balls cannot walk."
by Outside Contain on Jan 8, 2011 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
He's got skills for a guy his age
Manning said he was the best slot guy he ever played with.
I am a bear of very little brains and big words bother me.
That Drew Brees Nyquil ad on the right is perfect
PERFECT
by chrees on Jan 8, 2011 5:34 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
I have an overwhelming sense of pride for the NFC West right now
I never thought you could be proud of a division.
MATT HASSELBECK. ICE IN HIS VEINS.
Add Another Playoff Win for The Hass.
22/35
272 yards
4 TD
Is it time to stop doubting this man yet?
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Sorry, Matty Ice is already taken.
You’re free to call him Ice Hass (Icehouse beer) if you like!
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by Caleb Rutherford on Jan 8, 2011 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
I'm pretty sure most of the pundits have no idea that Ryan's nickname is a play on "Natty Ice."
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Oh don't start this shit...
WE’RE HAPPY HERE! WHY DO YOU GOTTA BUG EVERYBODY WHEN WE’RE HAPPY? WHY DON’T YOU GO HAVE SOME COFFEE… WITH CREAM IN IT… OR SOMETHING…. GEEZ!
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Jan 8, 2011 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
Well, he's refuting the idea that this game somehow makes Hass our franchise QB.
Albeit drunkenly.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Actually no.
Bastardized quote from Freakazoid. Wasn’t supposed to be taken seriously.
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Jan 9, 2011 1:41 AM PST up reply actions
I will be the first to say
Hass, I owe you an apology. Nuff said
Congrats on your big win guys.
As a Rams fan, I don’t like the Seahawks much but as a USC fan, I love Pete.
If any of you plan on asking, no I do not blame Pete for the sanctions. I blame Reggie completely. Who did you beat? REGGIE! Hope you guys go on to beat the Falcons/Bears. I’m rooting for the Packers anyway so if they win, you guys get to go somewhere you already won at. Good luck!
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by douchiedude on Jan 8, 2011 5:37 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Classy by you Mr Ram
Many thanks and thanks for stopping by. It adds to the whole “WTF fudge just happpened”-thing.
Confuscius say- "Baseball wrong. Man with four balls cannot walk."
by Outside Contain on Jan 8, 2011 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
Classy
We can go back to hating each other later.
Nice for you to say.
by ChucklehutCynic on Jan 8, 2011 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
I want to know where the HAWKS option was on the poll.
HAWKS baby. We’re like the postal service. By Air or By Ground, in good weather or bad, we’ll get the package to the end zone
At least Marshawn will get his package to the endzone.
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by Matt Erickson on Jan 9, 2011 3:25 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Well fail. Try this again... Marshawn delivering his package.
"Retarded isn't a race." -Thingray
by Matt Erickson on Jan 9, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
My favorite part of that NFL.com video of Lynch's run is
by jhmg16 on Jan 8, 2011 5:42 PM PST reply actions 16 recs
I avoid typing "lol" at all costs.
This actually got a genuine “lol.”
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I didn't get off of work until 6 tonight, so I just got done watching the game off of the DVR.
I had tears in my eyes at the final whistle.
Llama's cut/release list:
Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
This AFC football is crap
I rolled my over bet into another over bet… what is this “defense”?
I was seriously running around the airport in Seoul
people looking at me like I’m phycho. Which is a correct assumption – but FUCK YES.
We have a chance to make the NFC Championship game now. If we can only play the Bears….
by m_b on Jan 8, 2011 5:45 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Screw the pick!
Forgot what football was all about after the last few years.
Whatever money we’ll save sliding from 8 to 25 we’ll be able to spend in free agency.
And Im sure Seattle is lookn better and better to those prospective free agents
"To be the man, you have to beat the man!"
by jwolf0 on Jan 8, 2011 5:53 PM PST up reply actions 10 recs
Obviously there's no sound.
I was just laughing to myself trying to figure out what he was saying.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I have one issue with people criticizing Bates' "loony risks".
Which I am not saying that you are doing that, but I still feel it needs mentioning.
If you successfully throw long on 3rd and short, you force your opponents to take into account the fact that you can connect downfield on 3rd and short. On top of that, there is very often no safety help deep on a play like this, so if you can get a WR behind his CB he can go for 6 a lot of the time. And then, the next time you have a 3rd and short, maybe the other guys only stick 8 men in the box instead of 9 (leaving a safety deep and 2 corners split wide to cover your WRs).
A lot of the other stuff about playcalling, I think, is just Bates not having the kind of QB he wants to have. This is in no way shifting the blame from Bates; the great coaches in NFL history adapt their gameplan to the talent they have available. Probably the best example of this are Paul Brown (the Albert Einstein of professional football) adapting the pro-set, vertical offense he invented for Otto Graham back in the late 40s for the noodle-armed but accurate Ken Anderson, and then Bill Walsh further adjusting that O to Joe Montana.
Still, it’s clear that Bates expects his QB to be able to do some things with his feet and Hasselbeck simply can’t do that. That hurts his 3rd and short decision-making a *lot"; there are times where you can see that he wants to call a naked bootleg or a sneak but instead has to call a slow-developing BOB up the gut or that ugly WR screen that ended in Hasselbeck’s only TO in the game. I’d like to see how well this offense looks with, let’s say, Vince Young before I really start to get on Bates’ case.
I love Bates, and admire his flexibility working with a QB totally opposed to his style.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Sure beats Holmgren trying over and over and over to run it on 3rd and short in 08
Somehow not realizing Hutch had left long ago
yeah
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 6:08 PM PST up reply actions
there was a comment on the recap:
who dat not playing next weekend?
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
Oddly enough, this calls for a re-seeding even more now.
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i'm taking something from kevin calabro:
um actually, no
well, that’s a bit shut like. what are your reasons?
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
I guess
People would say that the Saint’s clearly are the best team; ergo they should beat the Seahawks; which probably happens if reseeding occurs and this game is in NO.
Which kinda takes the ‘unpredictability’ out of sports, I think. If you’ve got a ‘best team only’ mentality, why bother with the playoffs? Just put both #1 seeds in.
by Mickapeckalin on Jan 8, 2011 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
Just that the Saints had a better record overall and play better at home.
Nothing about them being a better team or anything like that. Calm down you guys, I’m happy for you, jeez.
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okay, okay
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
We've had the media shitting on us for a whole week.
I see your point, though. Anyways, that’s why some of us are touchy, I’d imagine.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
No doubt, but keep in mind it didn't matter which team won this division
Brian Billick was taking a fat, steaming dump on this division in week thirteen. We all felt it before the division was even decided.
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Hey, shared hatred for the idiot masquerading as a commentator.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Speaking of Billick...
Congratulations on your coaching hire. When it sounded like Harbaugh wasn’t going to go to SF, I heard Billick’s name come up as a possibility for the job, and as much as I hate the 49ers, I actually started to feel bad. Harbaugh is going to be a good coach for you guys, and as tough as it will be on the Seahawks, the benefit to the Huskies helps ease the pain.
by Mind of no mind on Jan 8, 2011 6:59 PM PST up reply actions
Billick can eat it.
And by “it” I mean “fecal matter.”
by thebyron on Jan 9, 2011 12:32 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Eat shit and "Billick."
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Too drunk to judge similarity...
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
i see niners nation
and i see a synonym for “loser”
i don’t want to start a flame war, but really.
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 6:04 PM PST up reply actions
Man, what the fuck?
Seriously, what did I do for you? We even have a poll at Niners Nation RIGHT NOW and the leading response is that people are HAPPY the ’Hawks won.
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i apologized
sorry
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
to you ... not for you.
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Dude, it's weird.
I grew up a niners and hawks fan. Taking the hawks out of the NFC west screwed it all up.
I don't see this as trolling
I mean, he congratulated us earlier.
And he probably has a point, I daresay the media’ll have a field day with this one.
by Mickapeckalin on Jan 8, 2011 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
Huh?
Man I just posted three times saying how happy I was for you guys and the NFC West. Seriously go look up there. Man you’re touchy. :/
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SB Nation threads are hard to peruse.
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
we're emotional, our team just beat
the defending sb champs in the playoffs
sorry
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
double post, but i admire the sentiment
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
Curry's latest tweet:
SeaHawk59 Aaron Curry
Nobody said we could win #Warcry Aaaaaaaaaggggghhhhhhhhhhhh… Aaaaaaaaaggggghhhhhhhhhhhh……. Aaaaaaaaaggggghhhhhhhhhhhh
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
by Benne on Jan 8, 2011 5:59 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
WE'RE GOING TO WIN THE SUPER BOWL!!!!
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by Alexander Calloway on Jan 8, 2011 5:59 PM PST reply actions
now, now
i wouldn’t get too far ahead…
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
Go big
Or go home!
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by Alexander Calloway on Jan 8, 2011 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
i'm sure that carolina
fans say the same thing before the season.
look, i loved this win, but the hawks have a long, long, long road, and i hope they can go all the way, but it’ll be really tough
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
And really awesome!
Mariners, Senators, Trail Blazers, Seahawks fan that also covers the Ottawa Senators prospects for Silver Seven. All from Sunrise, FL. And I do for you guys! Silver Seven
by Alexander Calloway on Jan 8, 2011 6:17 PM PST up reply actions
WHO THE FUCK FUCKING TOLD YOU?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!
by Robert on Jan 8, 2011 6:00 PM PST reply actions 11 recs
For sure!
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by Alexander Calloway on Jan 8, 2011 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
third time's the charm
how’d you get it to work? i just tried to post an image but the preview showed nothing, like your 2nd post
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
HASSELBECK TAUGHT ME HOW TO IN BETWEEN HIS 4 TOUCHDOWNS
IT TOOK A WHILE WITH THE STARTING AND STOPING BUT I EVENTUALLY GOT THE POINT
by Robert on Jan 8, 2011 6:02 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
lol
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
I wanna see whiskey chainsaw in here
Kissin’ some feet!
Uh, why?
Because he’s rational? There’s a reason Vegas laid 10.5 on the Saints, man. They have the best handicappers in the world so let’s not dismiss their input out of hand. Even if we win the Super Bowl, we will always have stood to gain more by losing to the Rams given our lack of a legitimate franchise quarterback and the obvious advantages to selecting early.
Now, we as fans balance that against potential emotional gain/fun to be had by making some noise in the playoffs. We have done that, but against all odds. It was simple logic to hope for a loss.
I’m thrilled with this game. Does it justify the loss in draft position? I honestly don’t know. I would definitely say that a win next week does, but only in the short term. This is all nigh impossible to quantify, but please don’t ignore self evident logic simply because it’s difficult to analyze.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
by THolt on Jan 8, 2011 11:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'll go the other way
I’m not sad about sacrificing #8 spot.
Drafting earlier can help, but only if you draft the right players. Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland have had loads of high draft picks, and cleveland’s best player is possibly one they got in a trade (Peyton Hillis) for a former “franchise QB.”
I’d rather the young players like lynch, thomas, okung, even BMW get a taste of what success and the playoffs are like, so they stay motivated to work hard and feel like “I want more of that.”
I’d say it’s more pronounced now that luck is staying in school. That may move other qbs up a notch, and maybe the player we would’ve wanted isn’t there at 8 anyways.
And, to take the draft argument to the absurd, better to win this year so we suck more next yea and end up in a position to take luck, or maybe barkley if he comes out, etc.
Well, only two of the players you listed are truly young.
Although I guess I can understand the argument for BMW, given that he hasn’t played the number of snaps his age/talent would typically imply. And I’m not necessarily upset over sacrificing our naturalized draft position. Too many variables to crystal ball this shit. All I know is the higher the pick, the more likely it is to draft a franchise QB. We very well may have whiffed hideously, resulting in a Leafesque three-book deal and a massive painkiller addiction. On the flip side, though…
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I'm hoping
Mallet, or the missou guy is still around at 22, ala what happened to brady quinn when dropped that far when no one expected it.
I included lynch as he’s only been on bad teams, and to me that guy has the potential to turn into a “me first” kinda guy if he ends up being the best player on bad teams, I prefer to have him see what it’s like when as a team your offensive line is running 60 yards with you.
BMW too obviously quit when his teams sucked, he lost all motivation. Don’t want that to happen here.
Gabbert.
You are certainly right, we just have to hope that Pete has influenced the Beast. As for BMW, I really don’t think motivation is a concern now. Do we credit that to Pete? I really have no idea. I do think that, regardless the reason, I have faith in BMW. I focused on him today, and he threw game. Even during runs, he laid pipe.
Granted, it’s a playoff game. But I can’t help but think that this will carry over to next year (and the two years following), if only because of his relationship with PC and the gratitude he’s expressed to our organization for giving him what really and truly was his last chance in the NFL.
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agreed
I think BMW is good.
I wonder if Pete could do the same for Vince Young, and if we could trade a sack of balls for him. Maybe he’s an upgrade over charlie, so we don’t have to throw a rookie in too soon (or maybe so Matt can retire sooner rather than later).
saw you are from Aurora… I grew up in Arvada. Root for the hawks now tho, no questions asked.
if we trade for him
he’s owed $14M or something like that. I’m ok with that since it’s not my money. Depending on the cap, other free agents, etc, the hawks may be too — clearly they didn’t mind paying players not to play for us, like Housh.
If the titans cut him outright, then we can snag him for whatever. Maybe he would want to paly for a “college” coach like pete, and not a “pro” coach somewhere else.
I wouldn't trade for him
Unless it was an absurdly low price. But I’d be up for them getting him in free agency.
by splintrdmind on Jan 9, 2011 12:27 AM PST up reply actions
No way I'd pick up what he's owed.
I imagine there’s a decent chance he’s outright cut by the Titans. If that happens, I’d like to see the team take a cheap flier on him.
He'll get traded.
There are enough QB-desperate teams (most of them in our division) that VY won’t see the wire.
I think it's possible.
He’s had just about as spectacular a collapse as can be imagined. I can’t imagine teams are going to take on a lot of risk with him.
If he’s traded, it’ll be with either a restructured contract or the Titans eating a fuckton of salary.
With Bates, I'd absolutely love that.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I'm nervous about his mental ability to play at the pro level
but if there’s a coach who can bring out the best in him I do think it’s Big Balls Pete.
Hence why I'd only want him on a cheap contract.
If he’s on the kind of contract BMW is on this year I’d be thrilled.
The Rams win dropped us...
from Rnd 1- #8 and Rnd 2- #7 to pick #21 in every round that we have a pick.
Beating the Saints moved us back to #25, and if we beat Da Bears, we drop again to #29. We also will get Rnd 4- #2 plus the Ravens’ 4th, which drops further every round they advance. .
No sense worrying about picks now. Let’s go as far as possible.
I was worried before, but not anymore.
We don’t have Ruskell anymore. It’s all about talent evaluation. Look at how great the Steelers, Patriots, and other teams do in drafts, and they are always picking at the bottom of the rounds.
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by Wayward Llama on Jan 10, 2011 9:02 AM PST up reply actions
I was busy going nuts
I missed the great dive by Beast in the end of his run, hilarious…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0WYsKYy0ag
Confuscius say- "Baseball wrong. Man with four balls cannot walk."
is it just me
or is the NFL.com vid of his run not working?
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 6:17 PM PST up reply actions
Beastnuts!
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
One crotch grab for man, One giant "fuck you" to Buffalo.
Or the Saints. Or whomever he’s doing that to.
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Jan 9, 2011 1:47 AM PST up reply actions
what's scary
is that hass and polumbus came so close to a block in the back, luckily they laid off the saints defender
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
Polumbus knew better.
I was definitely worried about Hass though.
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HEY SAINTS!
via Somethingawful
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by Wayward Llama on Jan 8, 2011 6:20 PM PST reply actions 20 recs
Fucking love that bird...
So badass, even prior to the sunglasses.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
at least he (or she, i don't know the gender of the mascot) didn't fly away
like the air force mascot during the bowl game
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
Taima doesn't run.
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by Wayward Llama on Jan 8, 2011 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
SA had some great gifs right after the game ended.
Dawg! He put da team on his back!
by JAH on Jan 9, 2011 1:01 AM PST up reply actions
They have the best giffers I've ever seen.
And make the funniest pictures. Love that site.
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by Wayward Llama on Jan 9, 2011 5:41 AM PST up reply actions
PROBLEM, NFL?
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by James Brady on Jan 8, 2011 6:23 PM PST reply actions 13 recs
yes
nice
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 6:24 PM PST up reply actions
Coolface!
Rules 1&2…
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
Rules 1&2 doesn't apply to memes! Just ...
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RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDEEEEEERRRRRRRRSSSSSSSS!!!1!
All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 6:29 PM PST up reply actions
I GET IT
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All The Way, AIRBORNE!!!
by Airborne Hawk Guy on Jan 8, 2011 6:30 PM PST up reply actions
Always a pleasure.
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that mid-air pose
should be made into either a trophy or a statue
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 6:24 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I hadn't seen that angle yet.
The whole offense was blocking for him…
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Oh my goodness that is fucking hilarious.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Assorted
My brother suggests – “I want to see a GIF of Lynch Stiff-Arming Katrina as he runs over the french quarter…”
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 8, 2011 6:24 PM PST reply actions 13 recs
Go Packers!
Pack wins they go to Atlanta
Hawks go to Chicago
Pack beats Atlanta and
Hawks beat Chicago
Packers @ Seattle NFC Championship….
Oh, and I should say
Go Jets
I’ll refrain from doing their stoooopid one syllable four letter chant. Makes me gag.
Hey John.
Congrats on the win, from Niners Nation. At least our poll is leaning in that direction, presently.
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That thread won't even load for me anymore
1000 posts is the point of no return for my computer (tried all three major browsers)
If you really feel the need, you can browse it in mobile mode
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which three?
chrome is still working
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 6:48 PM PST up reply actions
I <3 Chrome. Been using as primary browser for 1+ year
"Pass rushers enter the world of Okung but never leave." - JM
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Pete Carroll's first playoff win?
Confirm/deny?
FG's second favorite football-illiterate semi-troll.
Cant open up a bud light
So instead I will celebrate with a piece of cake. Oh how I wish I was home. But it’s gonna be nice to rub it into any cajuns face when I’m in Baton Rouge next week. “Who dat say they gonna beat them saints!”
“Beast Mode say we gonna beat you saints!”
Thats lame I know but, living in the south that *^%# gets real old! Go Hawks!
by unitispat on Jan 8, 2011 6:38 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I did not cry out for his head on a skewer
but I doubted him, considered him finished, and wished him a well apportioned, but long overdue, retirement.
It doesn’t matter what happens now. For the conceited mocking from the expensive suits in syndicated studios, to the pained calls for re-examination of the play-off structure, for all the howling derision that has been merited much that we have seen this season -
God damn it, you old Bald Eagle, you still got it.. Tonight that jersey’s already retired.
by JohhnyLondon on Jan 8, 2011 6:41 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Absolutely rec'd
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This is one of my most favorite Seahawks pictures ever
This and Hasselbeck’s slide-TD against the Redskins in ’05
that would be an 800 yard penalty in college.
by hazbro24 on Jan 8, 2011 6:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Automatic forfeiture.
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lol
git your hands offa your penis young man
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 8:32 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
No words...
That is just 100% effing awesome.
Hah, that went up on my FB immediately.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
If we win next week, and GB wins tomorrow and next week, then we host GB for the NFC Championship.
OOOOOH!!!!! That was NASTY!!!!!!!!
I just moseyed over to Mile High Report.
Peter King started a fucking firestorm with that Tebow/McDaniels comment.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Haha it's a scary place
Only visit if you are of a strong stomach and strong opinions.
I am a bear of very little brains and big words bother me.
I was born in Aurora, CO.
I do like the Broncos. But only because I came to love the Hawks after they swapped leagues. I’ll root for the blue and orange, but only when a win in NO WAY compromises the Hawks’ situation.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I grew up in southern Oregon
Grew up loving a terrible, terrible Seahawks, still do, but I’ve come to love other teams as well, the Broncos for example. But man, MHR gets a little heated sometimes.
I am a bear of very little brains and big words bother me.
The front-page content rivals FG.
I do think we have the better site, both by content and posts, but they’re quality in regard to the former. After reading that fucking Tebow rumor post, though, they have some culling of the weak to carry out.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I got so drunk i slept over and missed the whole game..
Thank fuck I recorded it… Just finished watching it now and i’m drunk again. Sweet fucking feeling. Awesome.
It was bliss
Skip adverts. And then watch Seattle crush all dat. Knowing that somewhere, far away, a little part of the US was going nuts!
by Scotia Seahawk on Jan 8, 2011 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
when everyone else is against us...
…victory is that much sweeter.
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
The man with the golden dome
(matt hassleback)
You guys, I just got home from Qwest...
I haven’t even read through the thread yet, but I just want to say:
ARGHEHGRHGHGHGHGHHH!%^#$&($%(^#$(%($#%&(@#$&!#($(*)#$%R&(!#@$&#()%&$#()%&)(#&%(*#&$)(!&#)(%&#$(*%&)#$(%)(@#$%($#%$@(%&(WHSDKJFGH(#!RUOIHWEF(P*#&*(#@!!!!!!
/takes a deep breath….
YYEYYEEEASHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!#(%#%Y@$P(TG@$(RY%($%&(*#$&(%#@%(
$%*(&#$%(#%$&#(%&($@%#(&%$&**&(#%&(@$%((&@$%&($#%*())(!#%)(&$(*%YIJHSLKHFSDKAHGSG!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by nucleard on Jan 8, 2011 7:25 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Anyone else getting those weird, boxed in symbols on this post?
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I'm still in disbelief
I know the Panthers game will forever be “the one” but god dammit this sure comes really really close. Lynch’s run is LEGEND.
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The NFL should update its playoffs commercials
Instead of showing Saints fans after Tracy Porter’s interception in the Super Bowl, they should find reaction shots of Saints fans as Marshawn Lynch decimates their defense.
by Snowman1025 on Jan 8, 2011 7:29 PM PST reply actions 9 recs
Don't you realise that we will lose another 4 draft spots after we get blown-out next week????
I was of course doubting anyone would really say that. But as though avid scribblers on the ‘draft pick’ thread last week must be too busy fumbling around in their fridge looking for that last slice of humble pie, thought I’d say it for them.
Ah hell, who cares. No-one could have foreseen this. Just a beautiful day to be in blue. Love you all.
We lost a chance at a QB last Sunday -
So at this point it is all gravy. Onward. Maybe a title game at Qwest field with Green Bay?
What a wonderfully crazy world
given a chance to go back to Soldier Field, we may actually start as favourite….?!
I hope we don't
let’s not jinx ourselves
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 7:58 PM PST up reply actions
Not a chance in hell.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I know you're joking
But I just want to make sure I’m clear. Isn’t it only the the final 4 teams that pick in the last 4 spots, and the rest of the playoff teams get slotted by record?
by Mind of no mind on Jan 8, 2011 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
No
All playoff teams get slotted by playoff results (exact ordering determined by reg season record), all rounds.
by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2011 8:28 PM PST up reply actions
WE DAT team gonna beat the Saints!
SEA!
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Sweet dreams, you corny unlikeable goofball
by jhmg16 on Jan 8, 2011 7:43 PM PST reply actions 8 recs
funny how that played into our hands twice
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
New Orleans has been one of the classier, well-respected opponents we faced.
I mean I can screw with the Cardinals, 49ers and Rams for obvious reasons, but the Saints are a great community, probably even bigger than the 12th man. Brees, Payton, all those guys did great things for the city, and I can’t really say “Fuck New Orleans”. I guess there’s hope for sports after all.
Great game Saints. Good Luck next year.
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul - Invictus
yeah
I can’t really bring myself to hate the saints. After Katrina the respect I had for the program just skyrocketed. What they did for the city of NO, winning a Super Bowl, and bringing hope to that city – just admirable all the way.
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 7:56 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Please stop pretending that the New Orleans Saints did anything to rebuild the city.
Our tax dollars rebuilt New Orleans.
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by Wayward Llama on Jan 8, 2011 8:28 PM PST up reply actions
You can't rebuild a city's spirit using tax dollars.
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not to mention their scum bag owner
Who didn’t give refunds for playing in San Antonio? What a shit head. Saints fans may have forgotten (understandably) but other fans don’t. WE DAT TEAM DAT BEAT THE SAINTS!
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by Hancock.Brett on Jan 8, 2011 9:21 PM PST up reply actions
I was gonna say... A Super Bowl doesn't make Benson any less a dick
Most of my cliches aren't original.
- Chuck Knox
I never said they rebuilt the city
just that they did a lot for it
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 8:30 PM PST up reply actions
Have you been the New Orleans?
It isn’t rebuilt. I volunteered there just a year ago and, uh, no, that city isn’t close to being called “saved” or “rebuilt” unless you’re looking for easy PR in the rich or touristy areas.
by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2011 8:32 PM PST up reply actions
I was just going to post this entire thing.
They love to film videos of tourists getting shitty in the French Quarter, but most of the places that were destroyed are still in ruins. New Orleans was a dump before Katrina, and is worse now. I have a feeling that a lot of people in the vast ghettos of that city could really care less about the Saints.
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by Wayward Llama on Jan 8, 2011 8:34 PM PST up reply actions
Entire
Exact
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by Wayward Llama on Jan 8, 2011 8:35 PM PST up reply actions
I worked and lived in the Lower 9th
Back then, last year, 20% of the populace had returned. Ruins and empty spots where houses used to be everywhere. Doubt it’s much different now.
by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2011 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
For my senior class trip
We went to Waveland, MS ten weeks after Katrina and helped people gut their houses and clean their yards. At that point, all we ever heard was about how totally destroyed New Orleans was and how life just couldn’t keep going there. When we were in NO proper we saw quite a bit of damage and things looked bad — but absolutely nothing compared to what we found outside the city. It was sad how little publicity Waveland (and its surrounding area) was getting. Waveland was hit the hardest by the hurricane, and it was leveled.
We were staying in an area that had formerly been a waterfront community of multi-million dollar houses, and you could hardly tell it had been more than a dump. And every homeowner was getting totally screwed by the insurance companies, because all the property was getting sold out to casinos. Anyways, enough “FGLL”… long story short, that area is gonna be a long time in recovering.
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by Matt Erickson on Jan 8, 2011 9:06 PM PST up reply actions
Well shit, they should have expected that.
If your town is named “Waveland” you can’t be surprised if water takes it out….
((poor taste))
As for "care less", can't say I noticed that
It was the beginning of the Superbowl year when I was there, people sure seemed excited in the Lower 9th.
by Thomas Beekers on Jan 9, 2011 4:06 AM PST up reply actions
It is nice when most of the satisfaction comes from beating the defending Super Bowl champs
Rather than beating a team with fans that talk a bunch of shit. I will be classy in victory for the rest of my life, unless we beat the Steelers in a playoff game. Then I’m mailing a big box of dildos to the mother of every Steelers fan I know.
by jhmg16 on Jan 8, 2011 8:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
yes
that last future action is pure win
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
I don't have a problem with Saint fans,
but fuck the Saints team for trying to run up the score against us with less than a minute to play, earlier in the season. It was nice to get some sweet payback.
by Mind of no mind on Jan 8, 2011 8:13 PM PST up reply actions
but we already fucked them
ET intercepted the last pass by Brees that game
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but it's more just the fact that they even tried it.
And today was a much sweeter payback than just giving Brees 1 int on his statline.
by Mind of no mind on Jan 8, 2011 8:29 PM PST up reply actions
true, that
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 8:32 PM PST up reply actions
"Probably even bigger than the 12th man."
Sure. They just won the Super Bowl and have had a few very good seasons. Their fanbase has exploded recently.
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by Wayward Llama on Jan 8, 2011 8:31 PM PST up reply actions
Depends on who wins next week
if the pack wins then we go to the bears. if they lose we go to atl
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 7:58 PM PST up reply actions
sorry
not next week, tomorrow
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 7:59 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks
and go Pack! I would kiss a man on the mouth in order to host a home game in the NFC championship!
ohhhh yeah
I keep feeling depressed because for some reason, tomorrow should be Monday…
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 8:21 PM PST up reply actions
Great Win
It’s the first time I’m going to say this but I’m glad we picked up Lynch. Great job to our Hawks both the players and coaches. I love this team…
yeah
I don’t know whether Force makes that run. Maybe he makes it, but not breaking all those tackles, he’d juke all the defenders out. JJ doesn’t make that, for sure. Shaun doesn’t either. But Beast…yup, he would.
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
Not a chance.
I loves me some Force, but that run is twenty yards, tops, if he’s got the rock. He has neither the stiffarm nor the top-end speed.
HOLY SHIT.
Just got back from the bar…….no idea what to say, that was amazing!
SEA!
SEA!
SEA!
SEA!
SEA!
SEA!
5am here
and still buzzing. Crowd was there whole game. Be proud 12th man. You fucking rocked!
As in Nova Scotia?
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 8:25 PM PST up reply actions
I'm ahead of myself there. GMT here . But i never put my clocks back
so it always look late. Figure It’ll catch up sometime.
by Scotia Seahawk on Jan 8, 2011 8:34 PM PST up reply actions
How...curious.
Woooh European Seahawks fans WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2011 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
Represent!
Vas, you do a great job for Euro Seahawks! And I think there are plenty others in the UK. Something about tSeattle that seems more home than cities. You got to have mountains about!
by Scotia Seahawk on Jan 8, 2011 8:44 PM PST up reply actions
Is that the connection for you?
It’s more the city that does it for me. I grew up in Rotterdam. Close to the sea, but not an actual port town, though Rotterdam’s port segment is one of the biggest of the world. Modern, skyscraper downtown. Seattle feels like home.
Though the surrounding nature doesn’t hurt.
by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2011 8:48 PM PST up reply actions
There's a nice song about Rotterdam by the Beautiful South :)
Haven’t been over your way but will get there one day.
For me it’s the colours, the weather, the passion of the fans. The football style chants only at Seattle, That reminds me of my home.Or maybe it’s just that it shirt my grandpa brpought me back from Seattle in the 80’s when I’d fallen in love with the game, which I still know shit all about, hehe. After that I was fanatic not a follower. And then I was happy to see that my team played in such a cool place.
by Scotia Seahawk on Jan 8, 2011 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
Should be old Scotia I guess.. Scotland.
Though Nova sounds like a cool place to be. My relatives moved to Vancouver in 1900’s and put me on to Seattle as the best city in the US!
by Scotia Seahawk on Jan 8, 2011 8:29 PM PST up reply actions
that's really cool
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 8:31 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair
Vancouver and Nova Scotia are on opposite sides of Canada. Vancouver is an awesome town, though.
Just got back to Yakima from the game
WOW. Best game I’ve ever been to. Go Hawks!
by spencer peaty on Jan 8, 2011 8:25 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
wow, long drive
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 8:26 PM PST up reply actions
It's not that bad, couple hours straight down the highway
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Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
by Wayward Llama on Jan 10, 2011 6:31 AM PST up reply actions
I would read all these comments but I have to go watch lynch beast-mode all over the saints for the 973rd time.
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Jan 8, 2011 8:38 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Every single time!!!!!!!
Jesus Christ and he scored on this one too. I think I need to drink more.
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Jan 8, 2011 8:42 PM PST up reply actions
if seattle media doesn't play that over and over again
i don’t know what i’ll do
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
Schedule like, four hours on KING 5 of just that, brought to you with limited commercial interruption.
I would grab every mind-altering substance I could lay my hands on, get a couple strippers, hop in the hot tub and go to town.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Hasselbeck is the king of celebrating while a play is still going.
by Culter on Jan 8, 2011 8:38 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
I meant it in a good way.
I can’t get enough of his “finger to the sky while the ball is still in the air” TD passes.
This one needs the "Haters Gonna Hate" for Hasselbeck.
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Jan 9, 2011 1:54 AM PST up reply actions
DeSean Jackson would beg to differ with you
but he’s too busy celebrating recovering his title from Hasselbeck.
by John Edwards on Jan 9, 2011 6:48 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The onside kick was his hardest catch of the day.
Jesus was he open.
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Jan 8, 2011 8:44 PM PST up reply actions
They put him wraps all season just to unleash in the playoffs!
I read before today’s game he was the 2nd top receiver. How did that happen, seemed like we were willing him all season. Class domer.
by Scotia Seahawk on Jan 8, 2011 8:48 PM PST up reply actions
Wow - Great Win SeaHawks
I knew Seattle had a shot and picked them to win when :
1 All the national media experts laughed and said they had no hope
2 Some guys ran 50 k computer simulations and the SeaHawks only won the SuperBowl in 4 of them
Way to go – that was a fun game to watch
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
rodney harrison
freaking hates the Seahawks, he rails on them every time he opens his mouth
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 9:02 PM PST up reply actions
I think he's still bitter about the time Big Walt
made him his absolute bitch. I mean just prison bitch status. Passed him around to all the homies and everything. It was gross.
Did this actually happen plz?
This wooden soul of mine, it cannot ever climb from places it has fallen: In between where light can shine. It never falls in line, it barely has a spine, like branches severed from the vine. Like it was faulty by design.
Yeah, it was one of the many reminiscences about Big Walt
when he announced his retirement. I think it was Tobeck recounting the story. I vaguely remember the game.
It seems like we're always gonna be the underdog
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul - Invictus
Well, this year we should be, no?
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
steve ballmer
had us all thinking when he withdrew the majority of his stocks…maybe it can still happen
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 9:01 PM PST up reply actions
thanks
i just warn you that we’re rooting for the pack tomorrow. Sorry
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 9:01 PM PST up reply actions
Good luck guys, but we really want to play Chicago.
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Jan 8, 2011 9:02 PM PST up reply actions
what happens if the game ends in a tie?
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 9:04 PM PST up reply actions
I thought playoff games have to be played out.
I have no idea.
"That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch. "
by the other side on Jan 8, 2011 9:06 PM PST up reply actions
You are correct
No ties in the playoffs
by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2011 9:11 PM PST up reply actions
Kind of feel like this is a joke
But if it isn’t, yeah, the whole point of the NFL playoffs is to eliminate teams. There’s no round robin seeding/re-seeding points-based horseshit.
I would buy a Fathead of that last one.
by chrees on Jan 8, 2011 9:12 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Brilliant!
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
thanks
for making my year
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
I am not close to digesting this game and my overall thoughts on it
But god DAMN it was Matt Hasselbeck brilliant. I hope it doesn’t affect our 2011 search for a QB. I hope we evaluate our Sunday opponent and start the right man for the job.
But good fucking grief. The man was electricity personified. And at the same time, ice cold. Accurate. A few scary WHY WOULD YOU FORCE THAT and OH GOD STOP HOLDING THE BALL MATT plays, but his ability to manipulate the secondary is uncanny. Better yet, and in stark contrast to some of his past “big games”, his deep balls were flawless. Touch when you want it, zip when you want it, and poise by the truckload.
I don’t want to overstate the actual performance, and I know many of us are not and never have been sold on him as a franchise quarterback, but I have to think a game like this on a stage like this elevates him a tier higher than wherever you had him before this afternoon. A more convincing fourth quarter and I’m considering retiring his number. As it stands, he is now a top 3 Seahawk of all time for me.
Now just don’t Brett Favre on us, Matt.
I can't figure him out
I really can’t.
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 9:19 PM PST up reply actions
with a wrist that's broken...and a hip of glass...
but the mind of a true football mastermind.
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 9:23 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
...and cloaked in VICTORY.
I don’t think anybody but the most passive fan thinks this isn’t the last hurrah for Hasselbeck.
Losing is for losers.
Did you guys know he had to have that hip drained of fluid again just before the game?
If the procedure hadn’t gone well, he wasn’t going to start! I know his body is failing him, but damn can he play when given time. 4th quarter swoon seemed to be more about OBO and BMW getting the big game blues. 3 drives, 4 drops between them. Went back to Stokely to help ice it, wise choice.
by BlueThruAndThru on Jan 8, 2011 9:28 PM PST up reply actions
yeah
the commentators mentioned. A needle to drain the swelling, damn
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 9:29 PM PST up reply actions
Wow.
Didn’t notice that. Probably couldn’t hear it over the color guy’s lisp…
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
That color guy was great even with his Princess Bride Wallace Shawn voice.
Not like he can help it; with that Iocane powder and all.
Hah.
I dunno. I do appreciate everyone’s… uh… appreciation of the booth today. There was definitely some unbridled enthusiasm, which no sports fan can truly dislike. I guess I was more upset with the network’s idiocy in putting a LISP on the air. But apparently quite a few people didn’t notice it. So, fuck me.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Talking about Mayock? Mayock's the fucking man.
by SgtSasquatch on Jan 8, 2011 11:24 PM PST up reply actions
That was the color guy, yes.
He had positives and negatives. I, for one, noticed the lisp from the get-go, and it bugged the shit out of me, although his completely unabashed fandom during The Run (as it will forthwith be called) was incredibly endearing.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
The only comment I remember to suggest that was when he mentioned the term "skip-pull."
Sorry, but the lisp just bothered me, personally. Not gonna bash you for enjoying him. Like I said, there were a few things that shone through the minute speech impediment.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Precisely.
I think it was on the NYJ-IND thread, but I mentioned that, in any case, it was far and away better than Billick by a country mile or forty seven. At least he didn’t remind us that BMW was fat and it prevented him from playing professional football. Learn some more material, you fucking wash-up.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I think you make a bigger deal out of it than it is.
The guy is a football genius, I love hearing him talk football and do the combine. He always seems to be the most knowledgeable person when it comes to the draft. It was great to have him cover our game, now if only we could get other commentators of his caliber on a regular basis.
It's totally taste.
I don’t disagree with any of your points; in fact, I agree. I just couldn’t get around the lisp for that length of time.
No one can argue taste.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
After a season full of Brian Fucking Billick
I’ll take a smart guy with a lisp in the broadcast booth every game.
Oh fuck yeah.
Over Billick I’d take a continuous screech of nails on a chalkboard.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I never noticed a lisp and I have an awesome sound system and was blasting the game volume.
Also, not drinking.
OOOOOH!!!!! That was NASTY!!!!!!!!
I didn't notice a lisp.
And honestly, after all season of listening to that fucking idiot Brian Billick, these two guys were amazing.
Llama's cut/release list:
Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
by Wayward Llama on Jan 9, 2011 5:47 AM PST up reply actions
I actually tend to agree with your assertion that this performance bumps him up a "tier."
Also agree that we desperately need to keep this in perspective. It’s fucking vital that we not let this game become more than it actually was, which was realistically a pretty big deal in my mind. The Saints were missing M. Jenkins, but that’s irrelevant when you look at the consummate skill with which Matthew was spinning the piggy today, as you pointed out.
We have a receiving corps which is capable of flashing open, particularly against zone, but Tate and Carlson (if he has a mismatch, which I trust PC to generate occasionally) are both capable of flashing against man. If Hass is consistently on target and our line can give him the time he got today—against a coordinator who would blitz his wife were she playing QB, no less—we have a legit shot at continuing to put up big numbers on that side of the ball.
Now, let’s see the D get their shit together.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
The D had a decent day, but needs to get a lot better.....
7 trips to the red zone, 4 tds allowed. That’s actually not terrible, but I’d like to see them get some more stops.
Uh, the Saints went off against us, at home.
The D held up when it mattered, sure, but in no way did they have a quality day. RZ efficiency against is a worthless stat when they’re consistently driving 70 or 80 yards all day long.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Yeah, I'm not saying it was quality at all
Just not “terrible”, heh. Obviously I’d rather see them not allow as many red zone trips.
Though in fairness, the non-holding call on the 20 yard JJ run was pretty ridiculous. You can’t plan on that every time. So call it 6 red zone trips “allowed”
Yeah, and around 12:45 left in the fourth the was a fairly obvious block in the back on a long first down run by the Saints.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I think we can all agree that the D could be more consistent
They certainly didn’t get embarrassed. The Saints are a really good passing offense. But yeah, there were a couple plays with WRs way way too wide open.
I did like that they gave up a lot of short and medium receptions to the TE though, because that tells me that the WRs were pretty well covered.
We had a cover two shell pretty consistently.
“Embarrassed” is a very subjective term; put it thusly: I wasn’t thrilled with how the defense played. I’m worried about teams with more consistent running attacks, although both Mebane and Cole played well.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
D's been horrible for a while
But they were flying around like college players with no care for their bodies.
The 4th down stuff (and preceding 3rd down stop) had me screaming out loud.
Most of my cliches aren't original.
- Chuck Knox
Yeah, I totally agree.
That doesn’t mean they were anything approaching good today. There were flashes, for sure. Let us pray.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Not to mention, Bad Bones could have absolutely killed Brees
on that little run. I’m sure the QB-friendly league wouldn’t have appreciated that.
Thomas was very smart not to lay the wood. Probably would have been a PF.
Llama's cut/release list:
Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
by Wayward Llama on Jan 9, 2011 5:49 AM PST up reply actions
Agree with everything you said
We need to recognize that this was something like a historically good playoff performance and give the man all the credit he is due, and at the same time we should recognize even harder that Matt may have scraped up all the gunk at the bottom of the barrel and molded it into an edible ball in order to play like this.
Aw, shucks.
Thanks.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
The only thing I'd love to see...
is how Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth would have responded to Beast’s run. Mr. Notre Dame had a rough day, and his compadre didn’t do too much either.
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2011 9:25 PM PST reply actions
If ever there was a play that deserved
NAY demanded a call from Mr. Gus Johnson… Good lord. What I would give to have him call that run…
Honestly, I wouldn't trade the actual call for anything
The color and play-by-play was easily the best of the season, and their energy really seemed to match that of the 12th man and the players on the field.
I mean, listen to this again
The OHHH! and AH! and DANCES HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE
and then on the replay GET OFF ME, HE SAYS, TO TRACY PORTER
ARE YOU KIDDING ME
I know it wasn’t a Gus Bradley call but it’s rare that a Seahawks team gets the announcers so excited that their actual personality jumps out, and that’s what happened on that carry.
I will never, ever, ever forget that run.
That's actually pretty good!
The bar was going nuts, so there was no way we could hear the call, that’s actually pretty good!
I just LOVED
the “Get off me”, perfect for the moment
I got drunk, passed out for a bit, and still feel awesome.
This is a win for the ages.
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?
Crazy stat just thrown out on NFL Primetime (ESPN)
Since 2005, the NFC West is 9-5 in the postseason, which is the best record in the league.
Believe!
Can I just go ahead and say it.
BEAST MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODE RAAAGHHHHHH!
GET THE FUCK OFF ME, MOTHERFUCKER!
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
The run, in Madden:
Truck stick… truck stick…. truck stick… stiff arm-obliteration!… truck stick… sruck tick… ball-grabbing back-dive… TD.
EIGHT fucking broken tackles.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
by THolt on Jan 8, 2011 11:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Oh my God. Fuck yes fuck yes fuck yes fuck yes
What an amazing game too. Most fun i’ve had watching a football game in a while.
by Pessimistic Optimist on Jan 8, 2011 11:59 PM PST reply actions
THAT is exactly what I'm having trouble valuing against the potential high pick.
Fucking conundrum.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Hey guys, I'm late for the party... but
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
by aerozeppelin on Jan 9, 2011 12:00 AM PST reply actions 12 recs
Field Gulls is a master of old memes these days.
Llama's cut/release list:
Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
by Wayward Llama on Jan 9, 2011 5:51 AM PST up reply actions
As a matter of fact, can I get a link for this?
I just got introduced to the “Fuck yeah Face” meme recently and it cracks me up every time.
Omg funniest thing all night
omg hahahahahahahaha….
This wooden soul of mine, it cannot ever climb from places it has fallen: In between where light can shine. It never falls in line, it barely has a spine, like branches severed from the vine. Like it was faulty by design.
Jags fan here
Congrats – I thought you could do it. I also follow your team a bit and have enjoyed the “270 transactions” as your team got overhauled still a work in progress but the infectious boyish enthusiasm from Carroll can go a long way.
Clemons, Williams are finds to go with a good draft and exciting times coming this offseason too.
I know you had a segment of your fans who wanted to tank the Rams game and I guess this shows them why you don’t do that for glorious days like this.
What could of happened; did.
by Mullayo on Jan 9, 2011 1:26 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
So fans representing the Cardinals, Saints, Falcons, Rams, Niners, Jags, and Broncos
have all congratulated us so far. This feels so great. Thank you man :)
This wooden soul of mine, it cannot ever climb from places it has fallen: In between where light can shine. It never falls in line, it barely has a spine, like branches severed from the vine. Like it was faulty by design.
by Cheddar28 on Jan 9, 2011 1:34 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Good to hear from our esteemed colleagues in the NFCW
Llama's cut/release list:
Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
by Wayward Llama on Jan 9, 2011 5:51 AM PST up reply actions
This team may not be great but man I love this year's Seahawks so much.
This game was so epic and it’s just nice to have this after the last few years. Let’s keep running the table. SEA DAT!
I kinda of want a highlight video of this game made
with Tupac’s “When We Ride on Our Enemies” for the soundtrack.
I just wanted to thank the Field Gulls community
It makes being a displaced fan feel like he’s at home in the PNW rather than the frozen mid atlantic.
What a win.
by ungoreatstefan on Jan 9, 2011 2:16 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Service member?
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
Haha no
I meant the mid atlantic of the US not the ocean.
I’m in Pittsburgh, which is one of the worst places to be a Hawks fan let me tell you. Although I’ve met some cool people who straight up say we got robbed in the super bowl. So that’s neat, others just call me the F word or laugh at me.
by ungoreatstefan on Jan 9, 2011 2:49 AM PST up reply actions
Pittsburgh, as far as I'm concerned, remains one of the worst places to be a human being.
Got some family there. Lived in Hockessin, DE, for awhile myself. Couple miles from Pennsylvania.
Love the game, love the beer, love your team.
I actually really like Pittsburgh
Although I could do without all the black and gold. It actually reminds me a lot of Seattle. Adequate public transportation, hills, water, bridges, roads that don’t make any damn sense, drivers that don’t know how to drive in the rain.
It was definitely a culture shock moving here, but I’ve settled in well and could see staying here a little while.
by ungoreatstefan on Jan 9, 2011 3:01 AM PST up reply actions
What about the miserable winters?
Llama's cut/release list:
Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
by Wayward Llama on Jan 9, 2011 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Dear Gulls
This is the longest I have ever lived in a game.
It’s 3:30am now. I just finished watching the DVR of the game.
I spent the entire latter half of the afternoon in disbelief.
When everyone around me in Sec. 328 was cheering at the Lynch run, I couldn’t make a sound.
Then I stammered so much, it was almost like Katie Couric had just asked me what newspapers I read.
I’ve seen the Lynch run about 35 times tonight.
I don’t really have anything pertinent to say. Except this is the greatest game I’ve ever seen, let alone attended.
I’m also out of the prediction-making business. If I try making a prediction in the next week, you have my permission to clock me in the jaw.
Any predictions. Like weather even.
All right.
See you next week.
--Shrug
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by Shrug on Jan 9, 2011 3:31 AM PST reply actions 5 recs
So now the 3 worst playoff teams of all time have each won their first game in the playoffs
’98 Cards
’04 Rams
’10 Seahwks!!!!
by Pessimistic Optimist on Jan 9, 2011 5:28 AM PST reply actions
When the team got down by 10 twice early
I began to think the rout was on. From about the late first quarter to BeastModes’ late TD I was screaming myself hoarse….still very scratchy. Somewhere during Lynchs’ TD run my screen went all fuzzy and I couldn’t scream anymore.
What a wonderful game.
John Hancock
Me at home during The Run:
“Go Marshawn! Go Marshawn! (standing) GO MARSHAWN! GO MARSHAWN! GO MARSHAWN!! (jumping) GO MARSHAWN!!! GO MARSHAWN!!!! GO MARSHAWN!!! GO MARSHAWN!!! WHAAAAAAAAOOAOAOHHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAYEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!!”
by lemonverbena on Jan 9, 2011 10:57 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
My 59 y/o mom at the same time whilst recovering from hip surgery in a SHARED hospital room
“RUN YOU BIG SON OF A BITCH, RUN!!!!!” Three nurses had to ask her to calm down. Dad was laughing so hard he was of no help.
John Hancock
by mrcoffee1969 on Jan 10, 2011 6:21 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Best part of my morning?
Perusing Canal Street Chronicles. It’s like an extended version of “What the Losers are Saying.” From their numerous smug and over-confident pregame threads to the wails of despair post-game, it’s lovely.
And no, I’m not trolling, haven’t even posted a comment.
And no, this is not an invitation to do so.
Llama's cut/release list:
Hasselbeck, Locklear, Andrews, Terrill, Cole, Trufant, Jennings
Just getting my voice back.
One of the things I’m most grateful for is that whatever happens in the coming weeks, next year, whenever… we got to see just one more incredible game from Matthew Hasselbeck. I had completely given up the idea of it happening. Whether you want him to retire tomorrow or want him to stay for years to come, yesterday’s performance was awesome and I loved every minute of it.
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