I really thought that the Seattle Seahawks, Washington Huskies, and Washington State Cougars were all going to compete for post-season games.
Stop laughing.
In August I went to the Seahawks Scrimmage and they looked like a team ready to play.
Even with their tough non-conference schedule I thought that the Dawgs might be able to get bowl eligible with Locker having a strong season.
And, given that the Cougs had what looked like a solid senior starter that had shown glimpses of NFL potential, 7 wins did not seem out of the question.
I seriously would have bet on all three playing post-season football as opposed to the 3 teams having a collective 2-15 record on October 16.
Mountlake Terrace High School is my alma mater. It does not have a great football tradition. However, the Terrace Hawks have more wins than the three teams combined and are sitting at 3-3. I digress ...
Teams always face injuries ... and the Seahawks injuries at wide receiver have been documented here before ...
But ... the COLLECTIVE quarterback injuries between the 3 teams is truly stunning.
The Seahawks have started their third stringer already. The Dawgs have an unknown starting in place of Locker. The Cougs are going back to the backup that had a fractured vertebrae because the original starter got benched and then broke his neck when the backup that is playing this week got hurt but only after the redshirt freshman played a few games and tore up his knee. Now, the Cougs are facing USC and have a guy coming off of a broken back, being backed up by a true freshman and a walk-on true freshman that joined the team recently when the team asked for students to try out ...
The long Coug scoring streak is in serious jeopardy this weekend.
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