Right now is A GREAT TIME TO HAVE BEEN WRONG about my Seattle Seahawks and the Indianapolis Colts! Back in November I wrote an article called "Some Good News and Some Bad News" and received more feedback than in any other previous post. In that particular post I "predicted" that the Indianapolis Colts would march undefeated to the Super Bowl and embarrass any and all comers.
Almost immediately after that article, the Colts began to unravel while the Steelers and Seahawks started to peak and play their best football of the season. I am not too proud to admit my error, especially since I really believe that at that point in the season, the Colts were clearly the best team in football. It is so good now to sit back and celebrate with all of the millions of Northwest folks who have suffered for many years with the heartbreak that is part of what it means to be a sports fan from Washington State.
Now, the SUPER BOWL and redemption are staring right at us and we need only take them by the throat! The Seahawks match up really well with the Steelers and have all of the tools necessary to win the big one. If they can manage a balanced running and passing game, keep Hasselbeck from being "hassle-backed" (sacked!), hold on to the ball and play the defense they are capable of playing, I think they are the better team.
GO SUPER-HAWKS!
The Seahawks enter the game with the better record at 15-3, the league's Most Valuable Player in Shaun Alexander, a Pro Bowl quarterback in Matt Hasselbeck and the higher-scoring offense. Still, they enter as the underdog, which I'm sure doesn't surprise the Seattle players, who have failed to garner much respect as a team despite their impressive numbers.
ReplyDeleteWe play against Pittsburgh and even though they are a sixth seed, they are going to pick them over us. We said from the very beginning that was going to happen. We win 11 games in a row, and they say it was our fault that the other teams weren't as good. We didn't win those games, they say, the other teams lost them. WHATEVERRRRRR!
Tim Brown said it the best. He said, 'I love the Seahawks, I love what they do, but I have beaten them so many times that I just can't pick them.' I laughed about it, I understand. There are some teams that used to come out and just beat the bejeebees out of us. They are not used to saying, 'The Seahawks are a good, dominant team that plays dominately on both sides of the ball.' It is almost an oxymoron for them to say that. I understand.
Seattle has the edge in head-to-head meetings, but the two teams have not played each other since the 2003 season. The Seahawks lead the series 8-6 and have won four of the last five. In the teams' last meeting, Seattle won 23-16 in Nov. 2003.
Hasselbeck's been extremely impressive, but until you win a Super Bowl and you get a certain perception about you, it's hard to be "great" in the eyes of the media. He isn't a media darling anyway. He's unortodox. He's itchy. He can't sit still, needs to keep things moving. He often motions to the sidelines between plays rolling his hands in a circle -- telling his coaches on the sidelines to speed it up. He wants to get that momentum and rhythm going. He likes the game to be moving fast, and it's works for him.
GO HAWKS!
All I can say is...
ReplyDeleteYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
SUPER BOWL HERE WE COME!!!!!
Oh and....excellent synopsis there Deea!
ReplyDeleteAll I have to say is SUPERBOWL!
ReplyDeleteLiving in a state where narco-traffic is rampant, maybe I have become used to people living in a drug-induced stupor. Come on you sun-starved, paisley blue-colored SeaGull fanaticos! The Steelers are favored, as they should be.
ReplyDeleteThe Black and Gold has traveled to three consecutive opponents and used their smothering defense to come away with underdog wins. Pittsburg's ability and willingness to smack other teams right in the mouth has been effective to disrupt great passing games (Colts) and great running games (Broncos). Next weekend, the Steel Curtain 3-4 defense will confuse the SeaGulls running attack, while the wild-haired Polamalu will lay some helmet on receivers and running backs alike.
Then, once Pittsburgh has the lead, El Autobus (as Bettis is known here south of the border) will steamroll through the SeaGulls, burning up the clock and heading off into retirement with One for the Thumb.
That's my prophetic word. If not, I will be gladly sit next to Doug as the stones begin to fly as punishment for our false prophecies.
Go Steel City!
James,
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry that you, like Uncle Rico on Napolean Dynamite are living in the past glory years of the 70's Steelers. The Hawks are the most balanced offense and the toughest "D" that the Steelers have faced all season. It is destined to be a Seahawks year!
Doug
So Put THAT in Your Pipe and Smoke It!... along with the Peyotes that are already in it, making you hallucinate and err in your judgements!
ReplyDeleteWant a sure sign your team is in over their head, and your SeaGulls really have no business in the Super Bowl? Every coach's worst nightmare, a second rate tight end, who opened his pie-hole and uttered trash that will only inspire the Steelers to an even greater display of defensive domination.
ReplyDelete'Seattle tight end Jerramy Stevens effectively guaranteed a victory. (Steeler's linebacker Joey) Porter was agitated about Stevens' comments Tuesday regarding Steelers star Jerome Bettis' much-publicized return to his hometown of Detroit to try to win a Super Bowl in what likely is his final season.
"It's a heartwarming story and all that, but it will be a sad day when he leaves without that trophy," said Stevens, who said later he wasn't guaranteeing a victory but was only saying what he felt.'
As Bufford T. Pusser said in the classic movie 'Walking Tall,' "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
Maybe Miss Stevens didn't see that one....
p.s. Peyote is an American Indian hallucigin; we smoke Michoacan Gold here in Old Mexico.