Are You This #12?

Both my dad and my brother sent me this pic taken from a mutual friend at Sunday's home loss to the Redskins.

A picture is indeed worth a thousand words, so I won't get into the game recap here.

Is this you, #12? I'd love to put a name to this photo - even if only a twitter tag.

In any case, I salute you. We all know it's hard to be a #12 some days. Sunday's shit show was one of those days.

ESPYs: It Just Doesn't Matter

I cannot tell you how many times Bill Murray's "It Just Doesn't Matter" speech from Meatballs runs through my head on any given day...not to mention how many times I reenact it whenever firewood is near. It is probably the mantra for my entire life.

Especially as a Seahawks fan.

Well, it was just what I needed to hear/see/watch after the miserable ESPYs 2 nights ago - an evening where ESPN fans told Seattle in every way possible that WE just don't matter to them. Guess what, ESPN fans? It just doesn't matter to US. So, #12, rise up and behold, the greatest mantra of all time:



I'm not going to say that the ESPY losses for Best Play {Beastquake} and Best Upset {Saints Playoff Kill} and Leon's Comeback didn't hurt in a year where most every single other 'mixed' sport award went to an NFL nominees. Nevermind that even Seattle's Lauren Jackson didn't win best WNBA player. I guess a championship season with no losses at home, scoring an average 20.5 points per game, and being voted Player of the month for 3 months in a row doesn't count for much when you represent Seattle. Or maybe I don't know much about women's basketball.

Best play went to women's soccer. Whatever. National slights like these sting and remind us that it's hard out there for a #12. But we know that. And It Just Doesn't Matter.

And that's all I have to say about ESPYs.

Seattle Seahawks 2011: Opponents

In addition to our NFC West rivals {those guys we love to hate}, the Seahawks will host the following teams at Qwest Field this upcoming season - dates TBA:

Philadelphia Eagles
{welcome home, DTapp!}

Washington Redskins

Baltimore Ravens
{ugh, welcome back, Housh.}

Cincinnati Bengals

Atlanta Falcons

And the team will travel not near, but far, to Dallas, the {new} Meadowlands, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Chicago. Want to join #12 at Qwest? It's unbelievable, but Seahawks.com is still taking Season Ticket orders.