Ahh winter in Seattle, 36 degrees and raining.
I much prefer to participate in sports than merely watch them. Kids will attest that most games viewed in our house come with significant nap periods.
Yesterday, after dropping off Kelley Athletic door prizes for the 2008 Baseball Convention in Portland Oregon, and completeing the very loud listenting to Sherly Crow's wildflower album and greatest hits; it occured to me that the Seattle Seahawks wild card game against the Washington Redskins was well underway.
A quick switch of the components, and yes, this deck does have AM and I can dial in the stations, and there is was, 14 minutes left in the game, Hawks leading 13 to 7, Seattle has the ball.Seemed the Hawks were in pretty good shape.
As a Hawks fan, I have the uncanny ability to view only the games they loose. For the past 2 seasons, the only regular schedule games I watched turned out to be losses for Seattle. The next 2 minutes were about to set it in that I should not be watching or listening to Seahawks. The very next play after I tuned in the channel, Hasselbeck was intercepted. Three plays later, Redskins score and take the lead with the point after.
30 seconds later (game clock) and the Hawks give the ball back again on a botched kick off return, and again the Redskins walk into scoring position. At this moment I am deciding if I should turn off the radio in hopes of Seattle making a comeback; I decide to listen on.
That was when the wild came into the game. The Hawks mounted their takeaway defense with inteception and 78 yard TD runback by Trufant. Redskins yeilded a similar result with a mere 27 seconds left in the game.
Although the score looks like a sound defeat for the Redskins, it does not make the full impression of the game which was very close and nearly a reversal of fortune early in the fourth quarter. Should you find opportunity to view the 4th quarter, it will be time well spent. Even knowing the outcome, to watch the events as they unfold will still run the emotion gambit.
