stab me in the chest!!!!!  GooD LucK the rest of the Way!!!

Hey. Wait. Did somebody whistle?

Coach Mike said it was a "typical first game." I think it went a little better than that but it's close to the truth.

Obviously at some point over the week they latched onto the philosophy of the short gain offense, because the Hawks executed that aspect of the game particularly well. The first half was frustrating to watch from the stands, but in the end they adhered to the mindset of simply grinding out the yardage and wearing the Buccaneers down. The trench game was great. When your star running back gets 20+ yards on a phone-it-in, time-chewing third-down run late in the game, you've worn out their defense. I like that we exhibited such patience.

Shaun was good. He still can't change direction. In fact none of us can change direction. I saw more north-south running patterns today than I felt comfortable with. But the grinding eventually paid off. I was relieved to see so many catches going to our backs and tight ends.

Hey, Pollard's pretty good.

The defense lived up to the hype, and then some. There were a lot of obvious game-changers, but the play that set the tone of the game was Kearny's hit on Garcia for a loss in the third quarter. It went down as a sack, but it looked more like a vicious, unrecoverable hit than someone taking the QB down. That was the play that galvanized the fans, from where I was sitting. That's what we've been looking for.

Lofa Tatupu has developed into a game manager quicker than any other player I can recall. Offense or defense. I watched the game on DVR and he seemed to be doing everything, at all times.

Overall it was a workmanlike game for the Seahawks. That's unusual in that the first game of the season isn't typically workmanlike for either side. If you give Coach the benefit and let him call it a "typical first game," you have to give the Hawks credit for reacting as coolly and controlled as they did. The Bucs threw up a pretty decent defense in the first half, but the Hawks made appropriate halftime adjustments. Long stretches of the second half were in fact pretty boring. In these types of chess games, I like boring. They struck me as a mature team (a couple wild miscues notwithstanding). That's good.

Jones Soda totally kicked ass too.

Mama Blue creeping me out while raising the flag.

The way Burleson came out late from the tunnel during defensive introductions and still getting some fireworks.

Brian Russell before the game working out looks about 5'4, 120 lbs.

Josh Brown cussing out Holmgren for not letting him kick the field goal in the 1st half.  The one where they were on the 38.

The one Bucs fan in section 233 who had on an Alstott jersey getting pissed off to the point of where he had to be removed because whenever anyone would toss him crap he would hold up his ring finger to indicate his team had a super bowl ring.  
Then getting bounced because security thought he was flipping people off.  

Jones soda.  

Buying a new JuPe jersey and golf towel from the Pro Shop.