Game Thread: Week 2: Seattle Seahawks @ New England Patriots

[WizardHawk]

I'd argue this should have been an important game for us if we want to play in a bowl game. They should be realistic about their best case outcome this year, and I'd say that's barely making a bowl, given all of the roster turmoil this past offseason.

Cougs could go undefeated and make waves. UW's range going into the season was somewhere between 5 - 8 wins likely. It's not that it wasn't important, it's just that there was a lot more for WSU with the emotion over their perception that UW caused them to be scratching out a conference that had more on it for them. There wasn't any way to match that. They wanted it more and it showed.

If they can clean up some of those mental mistakes on the D they can reach 6 still, but this was never going to be the season we have seen in recent years.

In fact, we've seen a lot of downgrade over college football recently with teams that should be dominating struggling more. Not having kids stay through your system for 2-3 years before starting like we used to, kids not having vested interest in the schools they play for anymore, always one eye out on bigger offers and a quick exit to the portal. The game is changing fast in college. Teams getting gutted like UW did last year are going to become much more common in this new era.

 

[Anointed One]

Ugghh...

 

[blstoker]

Let's get a turnover guys.

 

[Screamin12th]

Run defense is getting GASHED!

 

[Anointed One]

Patriots just ramming it down our throats...

 

[flyerhawk]

Run D disappeared on this drive

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

Blatant holding by the Patriots there, common refs

 

[WizardHawk]

Hawks are going to be down early in the 4th quarter needing Geno to step up aren't they?

 

[blstoker]

You can't let them have a play like that. My God this drive has been shit.

 

[Anointed One]

Good lord... This is embarrassing...

 

[blstoker]

Blatant holding by the Patriots there, common refs

On a couple plays IMO.

 

[MrS]

Run D disappeared on this drive

They have the WRs on lockdown i dont get why they aren't stacking the box.

 

[blstoker]

Hawks are going to be down early in the 4th quarter needing Geno to step up aren't they?

It'd go a long way if his received would stop dropping the ball.

 

[WizardHawk]

How Henry has no one within 10y of him at ANY time is baffling.

 

[Anointed One]

Vikings fumble at the 9er's 1 yard line... 9ers recover... That sucks... They could've gone up 27-7

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

Well the momentum is COMPLETELY with the Pats, thanks to the boneheaded decision to go for it when up by 4 points and controlling the game in the 3rd... I'll drop it now. That was so far the defining moment of this game - despite a couple of you teasing me for it.

Thank god the 3rd quarter ended because that was going to be 7 REALLY quick in the next 30 seconds. May still be.

 

[flyerhawk]

Dammit

 

[Screamin12th]

boy that FG looks big.

Come on offense you're down 3 lets FOOKING do something!

Come on GENO YOU FUCK! ( sharks mojo )

 

[blstoker]

Damn. Now we know exactly how the Pats want the rest of the game to go. Gotta answer on offense.

 

[MrS]

boy that FG looks big.

Its huge right now. I want to see McIntosh get some carries chardonnay isnt getting it done