Seattle Seahawks 31
Oakland Raiders 21
NFL Exhibition ... er ... Preseason ...
09/03/09
Qwest Field
So this is what a $92 ticket buys you ... nice (and free, but I will will protect the anonymity of my friend by calling him Jorge).
It is really, really, really hard to focus on what is essentially a glorified practice when the Sea Gals are about 12 yards from you and dancing the entire game. In a display of respect for their cheerleader professionalism I made certain to give them the proper attention that their efforts warranted. What was funny about that though was that when they came out to do a big pregame number and were in the end zone and started moving forward the Seahawks kicker faced a dilemma. They marched right through where he had set a tee. He couldn't kick. So, he picked up the tee and tried really, really hard not to stare so as to avoid everyone calling him a perv and moved his tee back about 20-30 yards. Then, he could not kick because a shank could hit them and that would be bad. Then they moved forward and he had to pick up the tee again and move it back to where it was in the first place. Meanwhile, the punter kicked a practice punt from behind midfield and it landed in the end zone, smack in the middle of Blue Thunder. How about actually letting the players have the field to warm up before a game? Doesn't seem like too much of a challenge to me to see the logic in that.
The Hawks looked really solid, although the name players barely played, if at all. Teel looks like a guy worth developing.
The Presidents of the United States of America for a halftime show? Cool. Ummm ...One song about the mascot with a bunch of kid football players as a mosh pit is the weirdest halftime show ever ...
It was cool to see Billy Joe sing the national anthem. Nice job.
Don't despair silly Seattle area Raiders fans, Oakland will get an NFL team again some day.
