Coach Chris Petersen said “it’s on me” to fix the offense’s problems that spoiled Washington return to the Rose Bowl in a 28-23 loss to Ohio State.
Author: Art Thiel
Art Thiel
Never having met a metaphor he could not twist beyond recognition, Art has been illuminating, agitating, amusing and annoying Puget Sound sports readers for a long time. Along with Steve Rudman, he co-founded Sports Press Northwest because it didnt seem right that the Google monster should aggregate daily journalism into oblivion without at least a flesh wound from somebody. Thiel and Rudman labored under the Seattle Post-Intelligencer globe until the print edition died an undeserved death in March, 2009. Art continued on at its online successor seattlepi.com while working on SPNWs creation. His radio commentaries can be heard Friday and Saturday mornings and Friday afternoon on KPLU-FM 88.9. In 2003 he wrote the definitive book about the Seattle Mariners, Out of Left Field, which became a regional bestseller. In 2009, along with Rudman and KJR 950 afternoon host Mike Gastineau, Thiel authored The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists, a cross between historylink.org and Mad Magazine that has become mandatory reading for any sports fan who has an indoor bathroom. A graduate of Pacific Lutheran University as well as two dead papers and a live one, the News Tribune of Tacoma, he has become a fan of entrepreneurial online journalism because it allows him to continue a lifelong passion to take the English language to places it rarely visits willingly, and does not involve the cleaning of kennels or stables.
The hard saga of Kaleb McGary, the Pac-12’s best O-lineman, closes out its Huskies chapter at the Rose Bowl: “Holy crap. I did all this. Here I am.”
A makeshift offensive line made for a wretched day of pass protection, but the Seahawks did enough to win and get on to the serious business of the playoffs.
A harmonious convergence among Paul Allen, Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson has sustained Seahawks success. Jody Allen showed she’s eager to play the game.
Not only do the Seahawks lead the NFL in turnover ratio, their 10 giveaways have them tied for the fewest in NFL single-season history.
In a surprise announcement, Pete Carroll had his contract extended by Jody Allen through 2021, reportedly for more than $11 million annually. Merry Christmas.
Doug Baldwin said Richard Sherman was right — the Seahawks had lost their way. But ask the Kansas City Chiefs, after the 38-31 loss Sunday, if that’s still the case.
Seahawks are in some health trouble at safety and O-line. SS Tedric Thompson is out with a chest injury, and D.J. Fluker and Germain Ifedi are game-time decisions.
The Chiefs have a weak rush defense, so they can expect to see a lot of the Seahawks’ Chris Carson, who turned in a one-yard TD run vs. SF into a legend.
In pursuit of a stadium naming-rights sponsor, the Mariners’ decision to tank in 2019 seemed ill-timed. But up stepped T-Mobile to help with the need to distract.