With so much not going to plan, the Seahawks found the workarounds to deliver their biggest win of the season, a dramatic 30-27 win that stunned Carolina.
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 Cougars had everything going for them, including the weather. But since Mike Leach can’t improvise, the Huskies won their sixth Apple Cup in a row.
PULLMAN — Following the crash of a bus Thursday night on the way to Pullman that temporarily hospitalized 47 members, the University of Washington band didn’t continue to the Apple Cup Friday. Ambulances transported the passengers to nearly hospitals, where none of the injuries were considered serious.
There’s more at stake for Washington State in the Apple Cup than a division title. They are on the verge of being a national phenomenon. Like, cool.
Rams’ 54-51 win over the Kansas City Monday night was riotous entertainment. But the Seahawks prefer the sobriety and propriety of a team led by defense.
Mike Leach has his annoying ways, but there’s no doubt the Cougars coach weaved a spectacular path to the Pac-12 summit. One of the best coaching jobs ever.
In six seasons, James Paxton managed 41 wins, which explains a little about why the Mariners received modest returns from the Yanks for a No. 1 starting pitcher.
Washington State blasted Arizona 69-28 late Saturday to set up the Apple Cup as worthy of igniting one’s hairstyle Friday in Pullman.
Star QBs Wilson and Rodgers had their problems, but Wilson got over his to finish well, helping Seahawks win for the first time in four games against the Packers.
Let’s take a metaphorical ride with Russell Wilson, and embrace his optimism. There’s a way to get to 10-6 and make the playoffs. Here’s how.