LATEST STORIES FROM DAVE KRIEG'S STRIKE BEARD
No Revenge for us Nerds
3 days ago by
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I used to dread getting up and going to high school back in the day. This is what every day held for me back then: Boring classes, social isolation, terrible food, having to hang out with friends I didn't really like (but whose company was better than being completely alone), pining...
Unfounded, Uninformed, Wild Speculation
5 days ago by
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Today we get the sad reports that Paul Allen has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Obviously, we all wish the Seahawks' owner a speedy and full recovery, but I have to wonder if this might have an effect on the decisions Allen must make about the future of the team. Mike...
I Fear We Can Only Wave Goodbye
6 days ago by
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Seattle's realistic hopes of winning the NFC West quietly died today, and the way those hopes slipped away was particularly depressing. For most of the game, the Seahawks played their best football of 2009, but all that got us was an 11-point defeat. I was pleased to see Seattle...
No Excuses
8 days ago by
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The Seahawks are about as healthy as they are going to get this season going into Sunday's Glendale Deathmatch, with Sean Locklear set to step in a left tackle. Over the last year and half the Seahawks have been dogged by a ridiculously high rate of injuries that even the most...
Dipping my toes back into the Field Gulls pool...
11 days ago by
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Seahawks 32, Lions 20
13 days ago by
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A lot of people want to dismiss this victory, but I've been watching this team since R.E.M. was just an obscure indie band, and I can tell you this: In Seahawks history we've seen plenty of examples of a 17-0 defict turning into a 41-0 humiliation. Big comebacks have never...
My Attempt to Win That Signed Beck Practice Jersey...
15 days ago by
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My friend Woody and I, being jackasses in the TWO old school Hasselbeck jerseys I once owned...
A Grim, Joyless Death March
16 days ago by
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This Sunday the Detroit Lions come to town, and while that's good news for a Seattle team that desperately needs a win, it's a rough assignment for the Twelve Army. Why?This isn't a game anyone could possibly get excited about, because A) If the Seahawks win, even in blowout...
The Path
19 days ago by
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As you know, I'm not giving up on the 2009 Seahawks just yet. I've poured over the schedules of the three NFC West contenders AND the NFL tie-breaking procedures. The Seahawks can win the west with an 8-8 record, but they'd obviously need help from other teams around the...
Delusion and Defiance
20 days ago by
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The Seahawks sucked today, and people are writing obituaries. They're working on concession speeches and articles of surrender. The message from everywhere I've looked on the internets? The 2009 Seahawks are dead, and the vultures are tearing the rotting flesh from their bones...
Jealousy and Dread
21 days ago by
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I have only the most casual interest in soccer, but I think I'm more into it than the average American sports fan. I watch the World Cup pretty closely, and if a Premiere League game is on, I won't change the channel. I've even been to 7-8 MLS games in Columbus, but mostly...
Things Fall Apart; The Left Tackle Cannot Hold
24 days ago by
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Walter Jones was placed on IR today, ending his season and most likely his NFL career. In the early days of this blog, I did a "Greatest Seahawk Ever" series, where readers could vote on a 64-player seeded bracket series of one-on-one battles to determine the best player...
7 Years Ago This Week...
25 days ago by
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Seahawks at Cowboys. Seattle came into the game 1-5, and were worse than afterthoughts at Texas Stadium on the Sunday before Halloween 2002. Sure the Cowboys were just 3-4, but Emmitt Smith was going for the all-time rushing record, and that emotional lift would surely carry Dallas...
Off Topic: DKSB Endorses Referendum 71
25 days ago by
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I know most of you don't come here to be exposed to my political views. In fact, I've been reprimanded by the good folks over at Field Gulls about making political references in my posts over there. Since that's someone else's house, I shall abide by that edict. But...
We're in Barney
26 days ago by
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Yesterday I was all set to write an inspiring post about how the Seahawks were only one game out of first place, and how it was still anyone's division, etc. I even worked up a whole chart of the rest of the schedule showing how Seattle could steal the NFC West title...Then the...
Concerned but Powerless
October 20, 2009 by
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The life of an NFL fan is a curious one. It's been said by writers more talented than me that being a fan is a decidedly one-sided relationship. If you think about it, all of us are kind of like creepy stalkers, only our object of obsession is an NFL team rather than another person...
I don't want to say the season's over.... but I don't know how to finish that sentence.
October 19, 2009 by
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This is where I'm supposed to go all Mitch Albom and talk about the birth of my daughter has put the NFL/Seahawks in proper perspective, blah blah blah. Unfortunately I don't feel that way this morning. Of course my daughter is way more important than any football game or football...
Questionable
October 17, 2009 by
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We don't know when my wife and baby daughter will be discharged from the hospital on Sunday, so I don't know if I'll get to watch the Seahawks game. Feel free to follow my thoughts, about either the game OR missing my first game since 1983, on twitter. Go Seahawks!
Welcome the newest Keebler Twelve!
October 15, 2009 by
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Lily Rhiannon is here! She was born at 9:34 eastern time on October 14, 2009, and both Mom and baby are doing just swell. Hopefully the timing works out so I can see the game on Sunday, but I'm not dumb enough to mention that to my wife at the moment. :-] Here's a pic for y'all...
DKSB Home News: New Twelve Arriving on Thursday
October 12, 2009 by
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We just found out that my wife will have a C-section this Thursday, which means an early (and hopefully healthy) arrival for our daughter Lily. Stay tuned here for updates, etc. I'm hoping I'll still be able to catch the game Sunday, but that's uncertain at the moment....
Seahawks 41, Jaguars 0
October 11, 2009 by
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I'm a Red Sox fan. Watching them crap away game 3 this afternoon hurt, but then the Seahawks dominated and it's like I got my mind wiped spotless at Lacuna or something. In a few short hours, we saw a season get completely turned around. Instead of trudging in a mopey stupor...
Triumph, Agony, or some 3rd thing...
October 10, 2009 by
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On Sunday both my favorite teams take the field trying to stave off elimination. For the Red Sox, this is literal: lose game 3 to the Angels? Season over. For the Seahawks, it's operationally if not technically true: lose at home to Jacksonville and fall to 1-4? Season is pretty...
Famous Last Words
October 10, 2009 by
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"It's really hard for me to believe that this place is going to be louder than Indianapolis' old stadium." -Jaguars QB David GarrardHow many times have we heard things like this from players who have never played at Qwest before? And how many times do they get a brutal...
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