Power Rankings

Hawk Blogger 2010 Power Rankings – Week 11

PRIMER Power rankings are always debatable. I don’t buy into the gut feel methods most places use to determine their rankings, so I developed a formula a few years back that attempts to take at least some of the subjectivity out of the discussion. My approach is simple, I measure...
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Morning After

The Morning After: Saints Beat Seahawks, 34-19

Mike Holmgren was nearly fired the last time the Seahawks offense played this well. The Seahawks stood at 3-7  after 11 weeks into the 2002 season. Holmgren had been GM and Head Coach since 1999, and patience was running thin around Seattle that he could turn around this moribund franchise. A...
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Power Rankings

Hawk Blogger 2010 Power Rankings – Week 10

PRIMER Power rankings are always debatable. I don’t buy into the gut feel methods most places use to determine their rankings, so I developed a formula a few years back that attempts to take at least some of the subjectivity out of the discussion. My approach is simple, I measure...
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Uncategorized

Don’t Stop Believing

Rain-soaked weekends in the Northwest make for great opportunities to cozy up on the couch with the family and bust out a few tunes on Rock Band. We celebrated a HawkBloggerKid early morning soccer victory yesterday with a rousing rendition of Kids in America, Livin’ on a Prayer, and Eye...
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Uncategorized

Grand Salami Time

It was August of 1995. Vince Coleman had just been traded to the Mariners, just weeks after the team acquired Andy Benes and signed veteran Norm Charlton off the scrap heap. It was also the time my family went to Black Butte Ranch every Summer to find solace from our...
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Power Rankings

Hawk Blogger 2010 Power Rankings – Week 9

PRIMER Power rankings are always debatable. I don’t buy into the gut feel methods most places use to determine their rankings, so I developed a formula a few years back that attempts to take at least some of the subjectivity out of the discussion. My approach is simple, I measure...
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Morning After

The Morning After: Giants Beat Seahawks, 41-7

Humiliation is a dish best served to someone else. Seahawks fans have had their fair share. In a season that was showing a promise nobody could have reasonably expected, a stark reality slammed those hopes right back to the ground in two nightmarish games. There was nothing more than a...
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