Seahawks Escape Dallas and More

The Seattle Seahawks are now having a tied record at the half way mark of the season after a narrow victory against the Dallas Cowboys.

There were several questionable calls that mostly went against the Seahawks or the score likely would have been a little different though it still would have been considered a close game. Those close calls though would not have made the reason the game was still in doubt with less than a minute to go; however, the game went into their favor anyway.

The hit against Ricardo Lockette at the end of the first half that caused him to go on a stretcher and took him to the hospital still made the Seahawk players very upset with the Cowboys. There was a penalty against safety Jeff Heath but I hope that he is fined for the hit because it was malicious and was not a necessary. He could easily have taken Lockette down with a normal tackle. What made it real dangerous was that Lockette was not looking into his direction. Also, the play was further ahead of both players by that time.

The Seahawks defense played another good solid game especially Richard Sherman except the penalty near the end of the game that could have cost the Seahawks the game. The offensive line looked like they played a much better game and never gave up a sack. Again though the offense did a poor job on third downs especially in the red zone; they did score one touchdown that Russell Wilson passed to tight end Luke Wilson. It was one of the tight ones that the referees looked over, and was the only one they did not reverse the call. The Seahawks had to settle for two field goals and had one in the fourth quarter that was blocked. The one blocked could have made the difference in the game but the defense was able to stop the Cowboys. Actually the Cowboys offense was not much better than the Seahawks and was stopped especially in the fourth quarter. They did have some really good runs throughout the game by running back Darren McFadden but like the Seahawks were not able to make crucial downs either.

In other sport news Kansas City won the fifth game to the World Series 7-2 in twelve innings against the New York Mets. It was quite the series because the Royals were behind in four games they won. In fact this game and the first game of the series went into extra innings. The first game they won in fourteen innings and tied the longest game ever in the World Series. This series was the first time the Royals had won the World Series in thirty years. I expect they should be considered one of the favorites to get to the World Series next season.

Now in baseball the off-season begins where free agency is about to happen and teams like the Seattle Mariners who had poor seasons along with new managers will look to rebuild their teams.  The Mariners will be looking to add depth to the starting pitching and the bullpen will likely have a lot of change of relievers. Also, the Mariners will look to add a catcher, possibly a first baseman, and at least one if not two outfielders. Now that the World Series is over likely they will be naming a couple more new assistant coaches to manager Scott Servais staff. There is a good possibility two of the new coaches could be former Mariner’s Dan Wilson and Raul Ibanez. The naming of the coaches could take place this week. Ibanez if he is not named as a coach he could be in the Mariners front office as well. Both of them will be very good additions to the team.

It was a very good weekend for the University of Washington football team beating the Arizona Wildcats 49-3. It was likely the best game they played all season so far. The Wildcats though they lost to the Cougars the week before they scored over forty points against them so really shows how good the Huskies defense is. Speaking of the Cougars just missed out on an upset losing at the end of the game to Stanford Cardinal 30-28. They had an opportunity to win the game at the end missing a field goal. The Cougars have been a very good team this season; I see primarily because of the offense. The defense has had its up and downs though did real well against Stanford. Right now it looks like both Huskies and Cougars should play in a bowl game. Both of the school’s basketball programs begin playing too. The Huskies have a big turnover so it will be interesting to see how both do. I will have about that at a later time.

Next weekend the Seahawks have no game so here locally everyone will be watching either or both the Huskies or Cougars; though I am more of a Husky fan I will be rooting for both teams to win until the Apple Cup.