At Least There is Always Sunday (If you're a Seahawks fan...) By andrewjh Section: FootballPosted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 at 10:34:19 PM EDT

The day after a loss is always rough. You wake up in the morning and the disappointment you felt from the night before still lingers. But, if you like the NFL, then you are either let down again by your pro team of choice or things can improve significantly. Today, I'm thankful the Seahawks won today in Philly. I actually made the drive up there for the game (for those of you who don't know... I've recently moved to Washington DC). Nothing like standing outside in 32 degree weather with sleet pouring down on you and watching football, right? So, on to the Dawgs anyway... got to stay at home and watch our Huskies break my heart again last night. Only this time it was on national TV. But heck, at least this time I didn't have to go spend money at the bar to watch them lose (there's a local bar that broadcasts FSN Northwest... I'm definitely keeping them in business these days).
I have to say that it was a great feeling after the first quarter. We were up, absolutely cruising, and all the breaks were going our way. And then, just like that, we started to fall apart. Brennan got on track and picked apart the secondary as predicted. Sure enough, the offense didn't show up once again the second half. Though the defense was able to hold the Warriors in the 3rd Quarter, they eventually put two TDs together in the 4th to win. Then to make it even more heart breaking, we put together a strong and promising last minute drive only to fall short. Two long passed to Gotlieb and Reece for 25 and 49 yard gains respectively. Ball on the Hawaii 4 with 1st and goal. And, as many comeback drives have ended this season, Jake Locker threw another interception to end the game. I absolutely love Locker and what he brings to the team, but the one shortcoming in his game right now is his pass accuracy. That's his number one priority this off season to work on if he wants to be a top tier QB. We all have faith and know he has the talent, but he has yet to put it all together.
To me, that last drive really summed up where this program is right now. We've come a ways from where we were a few years ago, but we still have a long way to go. All in all, it's just another Husky loss to a season with a lot of promise that just was never delivered upon.
More final season analysis coming tomorrow and the rest of the week. There is a lot of decisions to be made on the direction of this team for next season.
So, for better or worse, we'll start to focus more on basketball now (which was also a let down yesterday).
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