For 30 years now, my feelings have been tied to a football team in a way that is irrational and not altogether healthy. What's worse is I'm kind of proud of it.
This Huskies team is utterly incapable of playing anything that could be described as a normal football game, and I absolutely love them for it.
With Washington about to face its former coach (again), I'm recirculating the column I wrote last year about how any discussion of Steve Sarkisian makes me think of my sobriety.
I'm going to explain this for everyone from a 5-year-old all the way up to a pro-football sophisticate.
Seattle's backup QB piloted the team's longest drive of the season to pull out a victory that was very necessary when it comes to playoff positioning.
Maybe a column full of poker-movie references can get Seattle's owner(s) to stop sitting on their wallets and give this team a freaking chance to get over the hump.
The P is for 'Pretenders' this time though perhaps it should stand for 'Poor.' The Mariners are not 'Poor' but they sometimes pretend to be.
Remember when Pete Carroll's team could be counted on to summon up a season-changing win streak in December? Man, that was awesome wasn't it?
We're giving him exactly what he's seeking, which is attention, and that flies in the face of the desire of the person who matters most in this situation: the woman he insulted.
The Huskies are headed to the college football playoff, and it's taking everything in my power not to be absolutely insufferable in this moment.
Seattle's offense played one of its best games of the season, but it's hard to see that as a bright side given the position the Seahawks are left in.
A 12-0 Huskies team gets to play the "No one believes in us!" card. What a time to be alive!
