Preview. Seahawks At Commanders

Seattle Seahawks are favored this Sunday 

by 10.5 points. Sam Darnold has done

some practice this week however word

has not come out yet whether he will start

or not. Drew Lock who has done well in

his place will go if they decide to wait 

to week 4 to start Darnold.

The Seahawks are ranked 17th in scoring 

while number 2 against. They are ranked 

second in defense as well. They are number

one in passing defense while number 9

against the run. They are 9th also running

the ball while 18th in passing. 

Drew Lock passing at 72.9 in completions

and has passed four four touchdowns.

A key has no interceptions. Jaxon Smith-Njigba 

has the four touchdowns by Lock.

Jadarian Price leads in rushing with 109 yards.

He is questionable whether  he will start or

play after being hurt last week. Emanuel Wilson 

will likely start if Price can't go. 

Earnest Jones IV linebacker leads with 21 tackles.

Leonard Williams has two sacks and Julian Love 

has two interceptions.

The Commanders have started out 0-2. I am

sure they want to rebound at home this week

however playing the defending Super Bowl 

champions won't be easy and the fact that 

the Seahawks are 10-2 since Mike MacDonald 

has been head coach on the road and the 

Seahawks took care of the Cardinals on the

road last week.

The Comanders are number three in rushing

in the first two games so they will get that 

going first. They win the coin flip I would 

suggest taking the ball first though most 

teams decline so they can have the ball the

 begin of the second half.

The Commanders are 21st in passing so

playing the number one pass defense running 

the ball is a  good idea too. The Seahawks 

like to keep the defense on the field in each

series however it would be a good idea to

go with the best run stoppers to begin with.

I am sure the plan will be somewhat like

that. The Seahawks good at adjusts if need 

be.  It should be an exciting game to see.

Go Hawks.

Thursday Mariners Lose More Than One Way

Before Thursday night's game the Mariners 

found out that the Texas Rangers had won

their game so the Mariners were eliminated 

from the playoffs. Later the Astros won as 

well.

Rookie Brock Rodden was put on the injured 

list so infielder Leo Rivas was recalled to

finish the season.

The Mariners end up losing to the Angels 

as well 6-4 to end the night. 

The Angels scored first in the 2nd inning 

with a run. The Mariners responded in the

bottom of the inning with a two run homer 

by Julio.  Josh Naylor walked followed by

a single by Cole Young.  Laz Montes ground

moving Naylor to third and Young out at 2nd.

Leo Rivas singles Naylor home.  

Mariners 3 Angels 1

Top of the fifth the Angels scored twice 

to tie 3-3.  The bottom of the 5th JP 

Crawford scored from third on a wild pitch

making it 4-3. The 6th inning the Angels 

took the lead again for the final time. Began

with a walk and hit by a pitch. Christian 

Moore hits a double with both runners

scoring. The Angels scored final run in

the 8th. After a walk and two outs scored

on single. 

Now with three games remaining we will

see how things go and what changes

might happen. There is thought that

manager Dan Wilson will be fired.

 Bryce Miller last start will be Friday.

The highlight will be the retirement 

party of  Mariners play by play radio 

announcer Rick Rizz. Go M's.

 

Preview Minnesota Golden Gophers at Washington

The Washington Huskies who are favored 

at home generally against others are ten

point favorite to beat Minnesota Golden 

Golphers is Saturday.

The Golden Golphers have a 2-1 record on 

the season while the Huskies are 3-0 all

games at Husky Stadium though they 

still haven't played their best ball offensively.

Minnesota their lone loss was against 

Mississippi State in game two 38-13 

and last week bounced back beating 

Akron 41-7. Against MSU they were down

by 22 points at halftime. They were having

trouble running the ball averaging under

one yard per carry. In an usual nway the 

Golden Golphers threw 36 passes in a

row in the second  half scoring six points.

The Huskies have a good defense against

the run so we could see Golden Golphers 

throwing a lot especially when getting 

behind.  The Huskies have averaged 4.4

yards rushing and over 120 yards a game

although got to a rocky start in the Apple 

Cup where their top two running backs 

were injured and won't return until later

in the season.  They didn't click in the 

passing game until last week against

Eastern Washington when QB Desmond 

Williams Jr  threw four touchdowns in

the first half.

Minnesota's running back Darius Taylor

missed last week with lower body injury 

is expected to play this week. They have

three other players back too.

The Huskies have three defensive players 

that are questionable but they have two

starters that are returning in defensive tackle 

Elinneus Davis and edge rusher Logan George.

We are hoping to an entertaining game.

Go Dawgs. 

Mariners Win In Extra Innings

Wednesday night the Seattle Mariners 

could have been eliminated from

the playoffs however they won in

ten innings 6-5. This gives them

another day. 

The odds are against the Mariners 

to get in the playoffs but for now

they are still alive. 

George Kirby started and he has done

well in his career against the Astros 

so a good one to have on the mound. 

The first two innings George looked

good however in the top of 3rd the

Astros scored four runs including

a home run. Not a good sign since

the Mariners have had trouble scoring 

runs.

It didn't take them long though in

the bottom of the 3rd Dominic Canzone 

who has had a very good season hit

a single scoring two runs. Julio

Rodriguez hit a double to score a

third run. So they were down by a run.

In the bottom of the 5th hit another 

single driving in Randy Arozarena 

to tie at 4-4.  In the 9th inning Taylor 

Ward pinch hit for Laz Montes against 

the Astros closer John Hader who

is having an outstanding season.

Taylor had a single to keep it alive.

Unfortunately he got picked off 

first base. A big mistake for sure.

Michael Arroyo who had pinch hit

earlier was able to walk but was 

stranded. 

George Kirby went five and the 

bullpen did a good job. In the 

top of the 10th the Astros hit

a triple when Ward dived for the

ball. Cooper Criswell did a good

not allowing the runner to score

to make it down by one.

In the bottom of the 10th Hader

was still out there. Arozarena, 

and Cal Raleigh both walked 

to load the bases. Julio did a 

good job not chasing any pitches

end up walking to bring in the

tying run. Josh Naylor was able

to take a tough inside pitch to

drive in the winning run.

Now the Mariners play final four

games against the Angels beginning 

Thursday at home. They struggled

recently against the Angels on the 

road but now have to win all four

games.  The Astros and the Rangers

who are tied with one to win the.

division both have to lose all four

game as well so the odds are really 

against the Mariners. The division 

has had all teams struggle this season.

The winner could have a losing record 

going into the playoffs..

Bryan Woo will start Thursday evening 

for the Mariners. He has pitched well 

recently. So go one game at a time.

Go M's.

Preview Arizona at Washington State

The Arizona Wildcats are a 10.5 favorite 

over the Washington State Cougars in

late Saturday game  in Pullman.

Arizona has a 2-1 record on the season.

The only loss was to conference foe

BYU in week 2 which makes it difficult 

when they get back to play in the 

conference. They had strong play in

against the other two smaller schools.

The Cougars had tough times against

Washington Huskies in game 1 and 

Kansas State in game 2.  They were

able to beat who they had to in

game 3. This game will be a tough 

one for the Cougars as it was against

their first two games. Hopefully last

weeks game will give more confidence 

for them.  The second half was when the 

game broke open..

These four games will prepare the Cougars

when they open Pac-12 play but won't 

know until it happens. The Cougars defense 

was a surprise when they played the Huskies 

in game one. 

Pinnick the Cougars quarterback will

have to improve more in his passing 

game. Maybe they will need to put in

some trick plays or unconventional 

ones for sure. They have to get off to

a good start and not make turnovers 

while causing one or two.

The Cougars running game was going 

last week. The Wildcats are good against

the run. On the passing game they rotate 

their linebackers and edge rushers so 

Cougars must be good offensively again

and it won't be easy.

The Wildcats go with Kendrick Reescano

as their primary running back. Quarterback 

Noah Fifita will run the ball some to do

Cougars will have to be careful.

Fifita is a quick read so he will get the

ball out fast so the Cougars defense 

will have to be fast to react. He throws

a lot of short to medium passes. He

completes a lot of them too.

Tri Spivey is the Wildcats deep threat.

Chris Hunter III is the  one out on

side the Cougars will have to try to

stop and Isaiah Mizzell is their 

possession  receiver.  Tight end

Tyler Powell the Cougars will have

to stop him in short yards and in

the red zone.

We wish the Cougars the very best

this weekend in every. Go Cougs. 

Frustration in Mariners Land Again

Tuesday evening the Mariners began their two

game series against the Houston Astros 

we would have thought they would have

played better however the Mariners have 

done the opposite.  

Logan Gilbert who earlier was the Mariners 

best starting pitcher at home but recently 

has struggled.  The first inning he gave

up four hits however he got out of it by giving 

up only one run. Maybe a good sign for the

team. 

Though he has a little trouble in the 2nd 

the Astros scored no runs. The third

inning Gilbert gave up a three run homer 

to  Christian Walker.  Logan only went 

one more inning.

Jose Ferrer came in the 5th where he

gave up no runs however in the sixth 

inning  Ferrer gave up a solo home run. 

In the 8th the Astros added two more 

runs.

The Mariners were shutout having 

only four hits and five walks above 

that. 

One more left against the Astros. 

The Mariners Lose Wednesday 

it is over or the Rangers win.

So not great odds even with 

six games remaining. Go M's. 

Good Job Drew Lock

On radio sports in the Seattle area Drew

Lock received the praise in Game two.

Also from Head coach Mike MacDonald.

The positive talk was that Lock will get

an starting  quarterback job next year 

some where. He will likely be in Seattle 

for the season even when Sam Darnold 

returns. They might possibly trade him

late so they could get a draft pick next

season. 

Speaking of Sam Darnold he is expected 

to do some practice this week however 

they will have evaluated him to see if

he can go. The more likelihood he will 

be ready for game four. 

The chest injury to Jadarian Price turned

out to be a shoulder injury instead and 

xrays were negative. He might be ready

to be back Sunday. If not Emanuel Wilson 

will get a lot of carries.  Go Hawks.