Seattle Sports: In the Morning

DC Sports Bog picked up the photo I ran with the game diary. My jubilation is ruining the mornings of people in DC! Hooray!

Also from DC Sports Bog--check out Marcus Pollard's hair! Wonder where he got that done.

The game pulled the highest rating for that spot in three years, says Seahawks Insider. 70% of Seattle TVs were tuned to the game, only 58% in DC. We WANTED IT MORE!

The DC area got revenge on our hapless Sonics, who took a 22-point loss to the Wizards.

The Steelers are complaining about the officiating in their loss to Jacksonville, and Hawks fan With Leather has a message of sympathy for them: "Oh yes, you read that correctly. Pittsburgh has a problem with the officiating in a playoff game. Well, how do I say this? FUCK YOU PITTSBURGH. Fuck you right in the face."

Remember that hit that Hasselbeck took from Fred Smoot? It broke Hasselbeck's thigh pad.

Looking ahead to Green Bay. Art Thiel says the Hawks will be viewed as national villains if they beat Brett Favre. Clare Farnsworth talks to Patrick Kerney, who was on a 2002 Atlanta team that won in Lambeau. The Seahawks opened as an 8.5 point underdog.

Probably you heard by now that Hasselbeck opened his post-game press conference by saying "We want the ball, and we're gonna score!" Frank Hughes says this game is a chance for redemption.

Frank Hughes also points out that Brett Favre is just a smidge better than the last eight quarterbacks the Hawks have faced: Rex Grossman, A.J. Feeley, Kurt Warner, Matt Moore, Troy Smith, Chris Redman and Todd Collins. Well, yeah, but here are the last eight quarterbacks the Packers have faced: Brooks Bollinger, Vinny Testaverde, Jon Kitna, Tony Romo, Josh McCown, Marc Bulger, Kyle Orton, Jon Kitna. Fact: There aren't many good quarterbacks in the NFL.

Remember that the Hawks and Packers played in preseason. Green Bay won, 48-13. But the Hawks had Tom Ashworth at tackle, and David Greene playing QB. Greene, you'll remember, was horrible, and got released soon after. After the game, someone asked Holmgren if they'd had any trouble with injuries, and he said, "Why would we? We didn't hit anybody." The guy HATES to lose. (especially to Green Bay)

Oklahoma City residents are starting to wake up to the fact that paying for an NBA basketball team seems like kind of a raw deal. Writes Stacy Swan of the OKC Journal Record: "I understand the need to entice the players to come to Oklahoma City. I just don’t understand why we have to pay for it...I suggest Oklahoma City voters call the bluff. Vote no on the sales tax, and tell the owners to use their own billions to bring in the SuperSonics."

The Nuggets waived Bobby Jones.

Gary Payton was reportedly partying with Kristin Cavallari of "Laguna Beach" in Vegas this weekend. Hey, Gary, where were you on my 21st birthday? Anyway, don't party too hard, the Warriors are thinking about signing you.

Ben Broussard signed with the Rangers.

Didja see that Martell Webster scored 24 points in a quarter on Saturday night? The Blazers, who were without Brandon Roy (back) most of the night, beat the Jazz handily.

UW is taking its time replacing Todd Turner. A search committee won't even be formed until next month. Fact: the more "important" the job, the more time you can wait to fill it. If they fired a janitor, the UW would have a guy in the next day. But the athletic director? Oh, they can wait a half-a-year for that.

The Huskies' free throw shooting has been horrid, but Lorenzo Romar is loathe to make an issue of it. Romar tells Bob Condotta: "Then you'll go from 58 percent to 12 percent because you are thinking about it too much. You just have to keep shooting and stay positive and hope they eventually go in." Romar presided over the best free-throw shooting team in Husky history--the 05-06 Dawgs hit 74.9%.