Seahawks Take on 49ers Again

The Seahawk Seahawks take on the San Francisco 49ers once again. This game is even more important than the first game the Seahawks faced the 49ers.

If the Seahawks really have any chance to make the playoffs they have to beat the 49ers. If the Seahawks lose this game today basically the season is over. The Seahawks would go to a record of 4-6 and they would have to win all the remaining games to make the playoffs. In an odd way they could lose two games and make the playoffs; however, the road back to the Super Bowl would be very difficult.

This week the 49ers look like a different time they had the first time the Seahawks met them. First of all quarterback Colin Kaepernick was benched and now is out for the season. He is now replaced by Blaine Gabbert who I am sure many of the Seahawk fans have not before or at least for a while unless they have watched a 49er game since the last game the Seahawks have played them.  

What we can hope from the Seahawks is that they look more like the team the last three years than the one we have seen most of this season. The defense has played steady most of the time except giving up big plays in the fourth quarter. We can hope the offense can run a game plan where the Seahawks get a lot of first down especially after being in on a third down. So far the Seahawks have been terrible on third downs especially on the opposition side of the field.  The Seahawks put the defense in a position where they have to be on the filed longer than they really should. We can hope that Marshawn Lynch can be healthy and run the ball well in the fourth quarter. The Seahawks will need to run the ball more than pass the ball like they did last week against the Arizona Cardinals.

In other local football in the college ranks the University of Washington Huskies beat up on the hapless Oregon Beavers Saturday night 52-7. I came home in about the middle of the first quarter after going to a funeral. I thought the Huskies would be ahead; however, I was surprised they were leading 14-0 and then scored two more touchdowns including a punt return to end the first quarter at 28-0 which turned out a team record against any Pac-12 team before. The Huskies went on to lead at half time 48-0.

The Huskies being good sports ran twenty-two running plays in completing the game. In fact they ran the ball on the final time of the game with a fourth down. They were in a position they could have kicked a field goal; however, being good sports they let the Beavers have the ball to run out the clock. I have seen many teams run up the score on the opposition that does not match up with them. In this case the Huskies not only showed good sportsmanship they allowed their back up players to play a good amount of the second half.  

The Washington State Cougars who have had a really good season and will play in a bowl game beat Colorado 27-3; however, they lost their starting quarterback Luke Falk in the third. It is hard to know right now if he will be able to face the Washington Huskies this coming Friday afternoon in the Apple Cup. This game will be more important to the Huskies than the Cougars since the have a record of 5-6 going into the game and must win to make sure they are bowl eligible. The Cougars will want to win the Apple Cup not only for bragging rights but put themselves in a higher bowl game.

Being a Husky fan though I have mixed emotions about it I prefer that Falk does play in the Apple Cup. The main reason is that I want the Huskies to win against the best Cougar team instead of one that might not be as good. In my mind the Cougars are the best with Falk and not much without him. We will see one way or another on Friday.

Anyway enjoy the Seahawks today and the Apple Cup on Friday. We can only hope things will come up good in both games. Oh yes have a great Thanksgiving