Posted by Adrienne on September 9, 2009 under Football, Packers, Photos, Seahawks | 
With the start of the NFL season right around the corner, a photo from our summer visit to the Pro Football Hall of Fame seemed appropriate:
We took a lot of interesting pictures of the inside of the Hall of Fame during our visit, which you can see here. Both the Packers and the Seahawks were well represented, so we both had a good time. The exhibits were fascinating and there was a lot to see. If you’re a gridiron fan, consider putting Canton on your list of places to go – you won’t be disappointed!
Posted by Adrienne on March 3, 2009 under Baseball, Basketball, Football, Mariners, Seahawks, Soccer, Sounders |
Things are looking better in Seattle as far as sports goes. The Husky basketball team has clinched a share of the Pac-10 championship, and will likely go to the NCAA tournament. The Sounders season is starting soon, and the team has sold more season tickets than any other MLS team (and we have partial season tickets, yay! Just waiting for them to show up in the mail now…) The Mariners signed Junior in the offseason, and made some other good moves, although none quite as headline-worthy, and should be better than 100+ losses. And the Seahawks just got TJ Houshmandzadeh, a great receiver with an awesome name. So while 2008 was not so great, 2009 looks my-t-fine, at least, for now.
Posted by Adrienne on October 23, 2008 under Arsenal, Baseball, Basketball, Football, Mariners, Seahawks, Soccer, Sounders |
What did we do to anger the sports gods?
It must have been something major, because the city of Seattle is on pace for the worst ever calendar year for sports. Consider:
- Husky men’s basketball went 8-10 in the 2007-2008 season
- the Supersonics went 20-62, the second worst record in the NBA
- the Mariners ended the season with a 61-101 record while ranking 9th in Major League Baseball in payroll
- the Supersonics were brutally ripped from the city, and moved to oklahoma
- the Mariners didn’t finish last in the league, but instead finished second-to-last, ensuring that they wouldn’t get the first pick in the 2009 draft
- the Seahawks lost all of their first string WRs to injury in the first two weeks of the season, then QB Matt Hasselbeck suffered an injury that put him out for at least three weeks
- Husky football QB Jake Locker injured his hand and has missed/will miss 6-8 weeks of the season
- the Seahawks are currently 1-5, in last place in the NFC West (yes, even behind the Rams) and unlikely to catch either the 49ers or the Cardinals
- the Huskies are currently 0-6 and will maybe get 1 win, against the hapless Cougars in the Apple Cup
Has there ever been another city that has had bad horrific seasons by every single one of its major sports teams* all at the same time? If you know of one, I’d love to hear about it. It might ease my pain somewhat.
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Posted by Adrienne on October 10, 2008 under Doodles, Football, Packers, Seahawks |
We have tickets to see the Packers against the Seahawks at Qwest Field! It’s always exciting to go to a football game, because so few of them are played. In honor of the occasion, here is a special doodle that might be more appropriately called a drawing, as it took me about an hour and a half to do:
While the Packers don’t have a mascot, one of their old logos is of a running back holding a football. He is the basis for the Packer player. His number, 5, was worn by Paul Hornung, a great back for Green Bay and a Heisman trophy winner. The Packer player’s uniform is based on the ones worn in Hornung’s day (note the long sleeves) although the helmet is modeled after current Packer helmets.
The Seahawks’ mascot is Blitz, a costumed character who wears the number 0. He appears at all Seahawks home games, wearing the current Seahawk uniform. Blitz doesn’t ever wear white pants, because the Seahawks wear all blue at home and all white on the road. I think they should change this, and wear white pants with their blue jerseys, so that’s what I have Blitz wearing.
While the Packer has caught the ball, Blitz is making a valiant effort to bring him down. Will Blitz succeed? Or will the Packer push him away for some yards after the catch? Like the game we’re going to see on Sunday, the outcome is yet to be decided.
Posted by Adrienne on August 27, 2008 under Football, Packers, Photos, Seahawks |
The NFL kicks off its season this weekend, and to celebrate (and give equal time to both Josh’s and Adrienne’s teams) we bring you a double photo of the week:
From Qwest Field From Lambeau Field
We’ve been to a game at Qwest Field, and we also took a tour, which is when Adrienne got to stand on the playing surface in her Steve Largent #80 throwback jersey. We haven’t been to a game at Lambeau Field (that’s pretty hard to do) but we have been to the Packers Hall of Fame, where we saw the three Lombardi Trophies won by the Packers, and we also took a tour, which is when Josh got to get close to (but not stand on, sadly) the playing surface.
Although we root for different teams, we’re looking forward to seeing some great action on the gridiron this season, and hopefully a championship for the Seahawks or the Packers. Hooray for football!
