First Home Game
Linebacker Julian Peterson runs onto the field with the 12th man flag.
It’s mid-August, 90 degrees, and I’m at the game. No, not baseball – the Seahawks are playing their first home preseason football game. I’m seeing far more skin on my fellow fans than I’m used to – and the concessionaires are selling an awful lot of beer. Scary combination!
First play of the game – if you don’t count the kickoff.
Update 1: The Hawks are ahead, 6-0, as we near the end of the first quarter. Since both teams are playing backup players, the score is no big deal, still, a win would be great.
Update 2: 9-5, Seahawks, at the half. 
Update 3: 19-9 Bears, at the end of the 3rd quarter. We lost 40 yards because of a brutal penalty, threw an interception which the Bears promptly ran into the end zone for a touchdown, then failed to block a punt return for a 75 yard touchdown. This is painful.
Update 4: 29-26 Seahawks in OT. Go Seahawks! I guess this means our third string is better than the Bears’ third string.
Note: please pardon the small, blurry pictures. They’re taken on my BlackBerry at 5x digital zoom so I can upload them from the game. I think in the future I’ll use my regular camera and wait until after the game to upload for the sake of decent image quality.
August 17th, 2008
By all means, post stuff about the games if that’s what you’re into, but please keep your readership in mind. I couldn’t care less about a football game, but I’ll happily drool over shots of the food.
August 17th, 2008
The food sucked. Utterly. BBQ beef so greasy it had *puddles* of fat. I’ll get something different next time.
Plus, I have at least five readers who are football fans. Bryan (who owns the season tickets), Bill, Beast Mom (who both prefer baseball), Dale (FIL) & Andy (uncle). Hi, guys! I’m sure they are reading my blog for news of the game, rather than watching the TV or reading CNNSI or something.
August 17th, 2008
What is this “professional” football of which you speak?
Football season starts on August 30th at 3:30 PM.
LET’S GO MOUNTAINEERS!
August 17th, 2008
Totally off topic and those with delicate sensibilities should turn away for a moment, but Jeri commented over at my place:
I just don’t get interesting search hits like that.
As a public service (Pygmy turds), I shall attempt (painfully swollen testicles), to assist (Nurse Betty & the Boy Scout Troop) in getting her (tantric trapeze sex) the oddball hits (tupperware, saran wrap & their proper uses in the bedroom) she so longingly craves.
OK everybody, it’s safe to look now.
You’re welcome Jeri. Let me know how it works out.
August 17th, 2008
Thanks, Nathan, I do so appreciate you going the extra mile for me.
Michelle, Bryan is a WSU Cougs grad & fan but is not very vocal about that since they usually publicly self destruct on a regular basis.
August 17th, 2008
However, the Cougs are picked 10th by the Pac-10’s coaches, nearly assuring them of at least 7 wins and a bowl berth. And yes, if they’d been picked to win, they’d only win three.
August 17th, 2008
Ooops, my bad.
I meant LET’S GO PITT!!!
August 17th, 2008
Very cute, John.
August 17th, 2008
John, you’re just hi-larious. Like sick people.
I don’t want to dirty up Jeri’s nice blog with all the rude Pitt sayings, so I’ll leave it for now.
But when the Backyard Brawl comes, we will have words, and a bet, oh YES WE WILL!