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can't believe some of the responses I'm hearing from people on this subject..."let them advertise" That's the lazy type of attitude that puts fans in these situations that will continue to get worse. Get up, say something about what you feel is right, and write a letter or protest if you feel passionate about something. I, for one, am tired of seeing the walls in MLB splattered with ads, that's my beef. So, instead of just sitting there, I'm trying to be more proactive and stop this over commercialization of MLB. If the fans don't say anything, it's only going to get worse, and worse, and worse.

My comments about the NFL is simply they have not sold out the field or players uniforms to corporate USA. Baseball's ads in the outfield have everything to do with Tivo my friends and NOTHING to do about ticket prices. Tivo elminates commercials, therefore, these massive corporations have to get their logo in front of you in one way shape or form....so, they plaster their ads all over the backstop and outfield walls, where all the highlights show their ads.

So go ahead, be lazy, think that your word has no affect on the outcome of things. Or, get up and do something about it and tell MLB that it's not OK to blanket the field with ads. In 1776, the average American was hit with rough 100+ ads a day (TV, billboards, etc.). In 2008, the average American gets hit with over 6,000 ads per DAY!!!!

You think ESPN would ever run a story about this? Heck no, because they make money on those ads as well.

Please people, let's get one thing straight, baseball owners are NOT hurting for money. These ads in the outfiled simply just pad their already PHAT wallets, bottom line.

I’m writing a letter on behalf of our 50K+ fan base at Seattle Sports Blog.com to all major league baseball teams regarding putting an end to the absurd amount of corporate advertising at Major League Baseball stadiums. It absolutely sickens me to watch games these days and to see every inch of outfield wall covered (more like littered) with corporate logos. Moreover, the once small ad behind home plate is now 6 times the size it once was and now features four to five companies back there. How distracting do you think that is now to the pitcher, with all those annoying colors and banner of lame corporate advertising? What’s even worse is that now you are allowing ads to be placed on foul poles!

I attended a San Francisco Giants game the other day and was blown away having seen first hand how intrusive corporate ads are now affecting the game. The left field wall has a lame Chevron ad that actually goes above the normal outfield wall. Or, how about the Levis banner being flown from the right field flag poll? With no replay in baseball, what’s an ump supposed to do if a ball hits the flag, but not the poll? Home run? Why do you allow these corporate marketing managers to alter the playing field in baseball? MLB has been extremely profitable over these last several years. Great job Selig, you’ve sold out to corporate America and look no more professional than the Arena football league. Let me guess Bud, you’ll have McDonald’s ads on players jersey’s soon enough, along with a Walmart logo plaster all over the outfield.

I’ll stick to watching real sports like NFL football and College basketball that haven’t sold out like MLB. Maybe some day you’ll wake and realize that fans do care about the integrity of the game vs. corporate sponsorship. Just because corporate advertising is losing money in TV ads because of Tivo, doesn’t mean you need to ruin the game. Tell these corporate tools to spend their money on the teams websites, where fans are actually going and are ok viewing ads. Advertising is moving to online, so should MLB and not into the field of play. It sure is refreshing when ESPN will play a classic game from 1985. Guess what MLB? Not a SINGLE ad appears on any outfield wall. Do what teams used to do and put players numbers that are retired and sell the logos of other major league teams. I commend both Wrigley field and Coors Field for both not allowing over excessive corporate advertising in their ballparks. I puke watching games played at San Francisco, Arizona, Cincinnati, Houston, Florida, and others simply because of the corporate advertising.

This letter is being sent to all major league baseball teams, being posted on my blog, forwarded to several major league baseball blogs as well and anywhere else that it will be added as an RSS feed. Let it be known that there are several fans that believe in this theory that we need to stop the corporate advertising madness that is taking over this great game. What’s next, Walmart Yankee Stadium?

Sincerely,

James Linden
President
Seattle Sports Blog

Congrads to Kansas for the win last night, although I was sort of rooting for Calipari to finally get a championship. That was a great shot to see by Chalmers and one we'll see over and over and over again I'm sure. Memphis had an amazing season and I'm not on the same page with everyone that the free throw shooting is what killed them. If you look at the stats from the game, Memphis had a 5 man rotation, that's it. Im sorry, no matter how good your starting 5 is, you need some type of contribution from the bench. Well, we'll see if Calipari decides to stick around after that tough, tough loss.

For the Mariners? Things are looking bleak at this point in the season. Great starting pitching, but that's about it. Sexon is garbage and should be sent to Navascotia for all I care. He's a joke, he stikes out too much, and will NEVER, EVER hit over .250 again. Wilkerson? What the hell is this guys problem? A .059 batting average? Why not stick Morse in there? I'd take singles over strikeouts and grounders any day of the week. Seattle is seriously going to have to consider Barry Bonds, who could at least bring a threat to the team with his bat. Ibanez is doing well, but there is little other threat on this team.

The biggest problem right now is the bullpen though. Gotta get Putz back and gotta get O'Dumb-ass-O'Flarety out of the rotation.

National Sports Blog: 2008 NCAA Sweet 16

Ok, I admit, I'm pretty good at doing this NCAA bracket stuff because I've been doing these pools for the last 15 years. Some teams just don't seem to be able to find the ability to get into the final four (Tennessee, Memphis) and some teams are able to win by consistently having strong coaches and solid recruits (Louisville, Michigan State).

Here are my picks for this weeks sweet 16:

NC over WSU: I'd love to see an upset here, but UNC has way too many weapons for guys like Cowgill et al to defend. Too athletic, on too much of a roll right now

Louisville over Tennessee: See above. Bruce Pearl is a turbo charged hyper freak type of a coach...not really the type of personality that meshes with tight games. Pittino is Mr. cool on the sidelines and has really athletic players. I like Louisville here

Kansas over Villanova: How Villanova got past Clemson, I don't know. Kansas has a well balanced team and should be able to take care of Nova.

Wisconsin over Davidson: Sorry folks, but the dream season of Davidson ends here. Wisconsin is well coached, deep, and plays smart basketball

Memphis over Michigan State: I really like MS, but I think Memphis has too much fire power for MS. They are a very athletic team, one that MS can hang with, but I think they have 1 or 2 more weapons than MS.

Texas over Stanford: The game is being played in Houston...nuff said. Stanford doesn't have enough national followers to support this team in Texas.

UCLA over Western Kentucky: Oh, sad to see the mid majors lose, but what a run they had. UCLA, too deep, too good to lose here.

Xavier over West Virginia: I was impressed by WV to get past Duke, however, Xavier is a senior lead team that can shoot lights out. Expect the same in this game.

Final Four? Same as I've said since the brackets came out: Kansas, Texas, UCLA, UNC

I'm going to continue to write about how absolutely horrible this game is until the day I die. I even went as far as trying to contact someone at EA Sports via their website to complain and got 0 response and 0 feedback from their automated system. Then, I got a survey on my experience with their system..yeah, it sucks, and SO DO YOUR GAMES!!!! EA Sports is more worried about their stock price and making their investors happy than making good games anymore. Moreovever, how in the world has the NFL sold themselves to the devil by only allowing one software company to produce their licensed games? Unbelievable! I urge, I beg you out there in cyberland, to WRITE TO THE NFL and tell them to lift this ban against all other companies from producing games. Lawyers, doesn't this have class action lawsuite written all over it?

Here's ANOTHER one of my main beefs with this game. You either play the game on "Pro" and blowout all opponents and go 17-0 and win the Superbowl on "Franchise Mode" or you go 7-9 in "All-Pro" and throw 30+ Int's.

Check out my stats in 2 seasons with Hasselbeck and the Hawks:

Pro: 28 TD's, 7 INT's and I went 12-4 and won the Superbowl playing the computer...somewhat realistic, but it got too easy to beat people and I was winning every game like 45-7...and picking off every pass and running it back for a TD...LAME, not realistic!!

All-Pro: 20 TD's, 35 INT's and I went 7-9. NOT REALISTIC!!! So, I lowered the computer's ability for INT's to ZERO and their awareness to ZERO half way through the season. Guess what? SAME RESULTS, SAME INT'S!!!

EA SPORTS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah, nothing quite as sweet this time of year like the ole' NCAA basketball tournament. I'm a sucker for the thing and have enjoyed watching as many games as possible over the last 20 or so years. When it really boils down to it, the upsets are what I enjoy watching most, but it's generally the major conferences that end up in the Final Four when it's all said and done. I'd love it if a St. Joseph's was able to get to the Final Four, but the problem with the NCAA men's basketball tournament selection committe is that it's run by the peeps from the major conferences...and they WANT the BIG schools in the Final Four so that it has a larger TV audience and essentially, more revenue.

So, enough about the politics surrounding the event, let's take a look at some of the teams involved and who we like here at Seattle Sports Blog. I think UCLA is going to win it all based off a great PG, a well balanced team of role players, and a stud in Mr. Love in the middle. North Carolina is good too, but didn't impress me all that much against Clemson in the ACC tournament final. The other top seeds? I see Kansas falling to Clemson, I see Memphis making it to the final four (a 33-1 record is too impressive regardless of how good Texas is) and I see USC coming out as well as a final four team. The Pac 10 was tough this year and get's little media attention from the east coast biased ESPN and CBS. I've never been a big fan of Tennessee and they seem to choke every year. I really liked Stanford as well, but playing Texas in Houston is a tough draw. Everyone seems to not like Duke this year, but I see them squeeking by Xavier and facing UCLA.

Upsets, upsets, upsets: I like George Mason, St. Joe's, Siena, Davidson, Baylor as my big upsetters this year. Good, solid teams and all playing teams that are suspect in this year's field. Most of these teams won't make it past the first round, but they always make things interesting against the big conferences. Good luck to Wazzu and the Zags...I have Zags out in round #1 and WSU getting to the sweet 16 before bowing out to North Carolina. Louisville and Clemson are my sleepers to get to the sweet 16.

OBTW, Seahawks lost DJ Hackett to Carolina. Goes to show the guy is more interested in money than winning. Have fun in Carolina D J, too bad you have no QB to get you the ball.

National Sports Blog:

Ok, ok, I thought I was done ranting and raving about how BAD EA SPORTS has come of late with their latest rendition of Madden...until I found out ANOTHER glitch in the game. I generally prefer to play the franchise mode and will play multiple seasons with these teams and build my own dynasty. I had created a franchise team with the Seahawks and finished the first season. Everything was fine and dandy until I tried to similuate the pre-season of the next year (after the draft, re-signing players etc....it takes some time to do it but it's also fun being a GM). So, I go to simulate, and the GAME FREEZES!!!!! From what I have read on multiple video game post by doing a search on Google for "Madden Franchise game freezes", there are hundreds of post on this topic. What this means to me is that EA Sports doesn't want you to keep playing the same Madden for multiple years and is essentially forcing consumers to buy the latest version. Can you say "Class action lawsuit?" Any lawyers out there looking for a good case? Try suing EA Sports over this game and the fact they have a monopoly on the NFL gaming rights so places like NFL 2K can NEVER again produce a football game. It sucks, bottom line, as SO DOES EA SPORTS....it ISN'T IN THE GAME FOR ME.

Madden NFL relationship extended:

Why, oh why, is no one making a big fuss about this? This is absolutely absurd that game makers like NFL2K can no longer produce video games with NFL names and players. This is a monopoly, wo why is no one arguing against it? This should be a clear cut lawsuit in my mind:

Article on Madden Monopoly with NFL

MADDEN SUCKS MADDEN SUCKS MADDEN SUCKS MADDEN SUCKS MADDEN SUCKS

Madden 2008 sucks. I am posting this on my blog that has 20K+ subscribers (Seattle Sports Blog.com) along with posting this on Amazon and other game review sites. Make some changes EA Sports since all you seem to do to enhance games year over year is ad more coorporate logos to your games.

Oh, I can’t wait until 2010 when the NFL opens up the rights again for real video game makers such as NFL 2K to come back into the swing of things in the NFL video game arena. I hadn’t bought a Madden game since 2006 and I’m kicking myself for selling it. The main reason for my gripe? If it’s not broke EA, don’t fix it. The game play is horrible on the new game and the difference between Pro and All-pro is a joke. You either have 30 TD’s in a season or 30 INT’s with average QB’s on All-pro. The biggest problem? The amount of ADVERTISING EA is allowing into games these days. Kickoff sponsored by Snickers? Halftime sponsored by Sprint? HOW LAME!!!!! Hey, EA, just because your stock is in the toilet doesn’t need to sell yourself out to your board members and keep pushing these lame advertisements into video games. Spend your money on your website or forums and QUIT allowing ads everywhere on video games. It’s lame and the general public is getting annoyed with it. How about allowing a user to TURN OFF ADVERTISING DURING THE GAME?????????

After hearing some very bland responses from both Allstate Insurance and from Fox Sports, ESPN, and ABC, I offer them this argument: My recommendation for Allstate as well as the rest of the TV networks is as apposed to throwing their arms up in the air about the declining TV advertising revenues, do this: instead of cramming ads into the TV games/shows as they seem to be doing more and more of, why not FOLLOW THE MARKET trend and spend more money where your consumers are going...online. People are actively seeking insurance information via Google or actively seeking a catchy ad on YouTube (Smirnoff ad for example).

Before you know it, the football field will be covered in ads as well as the TV screen. You might be able to actually catch a small portion of the game buried behind banners and ads :)

BLAME:
I will not blame Romo for the Dallas Cowboys loss to the Giants on Sunday. Romo had several flat out amazing "escape" plays where he evaded the Giants defense and then got off a great pass...only to have it dropped by the intended receiver. If anyone is "to blame" at the professional level, it is the fault of the receivers, who dropped 4 HUGE passes throughout the 4th quarter, on 3rd down conversions, when they needed them most. For the record, TO was not even one of the of the receivers who dropped those 4 key plays.

JESSICA:
As far as this Jessica Simpson stuff is concerned. She's hot, would you want a chance to "help yourself"? You bet you would! I can gaurantee that most sports tools on the internet have never and will never see the likes of that kind of talent in their bed let alone on their web cams at home at 3 am - like most weeknights. I also think people forget that these players and teams have the financial means to fly anywhere in the world, for 1 beer, and then promptly return, so it has no real bearing on this game. You think they are flying coach with 2 day delays like the rest of us earthlings? Nope, they are flying private jets like most people drive Honda Accords.

LESSONS:
What Romo did learn is that when you are in the spotlight, you are either a HERO or a BUM. 2 weeks ago he was a hero, now he is BUM, and next season he will be a HERO once they start beating most teams again....and something tells me that you can bet he will not be kicking it anywhere other than his house or the practice facility.

National Sports Blog:

I sent my post regarding advertising on the field during college bowl games to the NCAA and heard back from several sources.

Please see the clarification from the NCAA blog regarding my post:

http://www.doubleazone.com/2008/01/setting_the_record_straight_on.html

I am pleased to hear that the NCAA is concerned with this issue and clarifed that they do not indeed receive revenue from these games. HOWEVER, I still do believe that they have the authority to deny colleges from participating in the network run BCS bowl games. I have also written numerous letters to Fox and ESPN to STOP the amount of advertising that is going on during games and on the field. I am pleased that the NCAA did indeed receive my letter and responded. My whole point with that letter is to get the ball roling with having them act against the BCS series to stop the madness. I am hoping that Michael Moore also responds to my letter about producing a movie about how overly corporate the US has become not only in sports, but in many, many other aspects of our culture.

Letter sent to the NCAA.org website today:

Has gotten WAY out of hand. Not only do you now see 4-6 corporate logos on every bowl field now, you also see the name of the sponsorship in the top hand of the screen on ESPN ALL GAME! Come on NCAA, you can do better than this. Do you REALLY need all that lame advertising all over the field? You are a multi billion dollar entity already with sponsorship, quit giving into the big wigs at these companies. I have a sports blog that has over 20K subscribers that I am posting this message on (www.seattlesportsblog.com). I am also in contact with Michael Moore about how bad advertising has become in sports. If you look back 5-10 years ago, there were NO ads on the field. The NFL doesn't allow it, so why do you have to? Keep the advertising at a minimum by allowing companies to sponsor the bowl, however, do NOT allow them to advertise on the field. It's too much, bottom line, and you don't need the extra revenue. You're starting to look like the WWF vs. the NCAA.

Why, oh why, does billionare Paul Allen need to see the rights to the name of the Rose Garden? Corporate sponsorship in sports is OUT OF HAND.....I HATE IT!!!! These are publically funded venues for Pete's sake, why do they need to be named after coorporations? Should we rename things such as "Sprint Golden Gate Bridge" or how about the "McDonald's Space Needle." Quit allowing sports venues to be named after coorporations...it should NOT BE ALLOWED. The franchises already make enough money and everything at games is overly hyped: "That basket brought to you by FedEx", your cupholder says "Bank of America" so on, and so forth.

Seattle Times Article

National Sports Blog

NBA ugliest big men all time:

I found and article on Chuck Nevitt the other day and got me thinking back to some real ugly NBA big men that have played in the NBA.

What's your vote? My vote? Paul Mokeski...he looked like a guy that came out of a brewery factory in Wisconsin.

How refreshing to watch the games in Colorado where for once, every inch of outfield wall was NOT occupied by corporate advertising.

Baseball should learn from the NFL (in many ways) in that the field is sacred and advertising should not be allowed on the field....the wall is considered in the field of play...how terrible it is that you allow this to happen. You should seriously consider taking advertising down on all walls...it's an eye sore when watching the highlights at say Cincinnati where the entire wall is filled with ads.

And unless MLB ever established a salary cap, teams like Seattle, Pittsburgh, Kansas City will never have a chance to win a world series. Like a said, take some learnings from real pro sports like the NFL.

Seattle Sports Blog CEO

I'll be sure to post this on my blog as well that receives over 20K unique visitors every day.

Ok, not relating to anything Seattle Sports Blog, but check out this picture....check out the house in the background with the perfectly placed bird feeder....it looks like a face!!

National Sports Blog:

Kudos to the Florida Gators for dominating college basketball this year and proving once again that team oriented bball wins championships. Ohio State was a talented, but very young team and Florida's seniority proved to be too much for the Buckeyes to handle. Noah and Brewer are the "well-knowns" on this team, but the little guys like Humphries and their 3 headed monster at center helped with Harford and crew contributing to the defense of Oden. Oden is the real deal and as much as we LOVE college basketball here at Seattle Sports Blog, we think his time is now to go to the NBA. The Sonics have a great opportunity to pick this guy up, so let's hope the lottery ball drops our way. Gary Payton was the highest pick we've ever had and we should be in prime position to get the #1.

Seattle Sports Blog:

A sad, sad day in Seattle Sports history today that Bill "The Beerman" died today of cardiac arrest....he was a legend and someone we'll never forget here at Seattle Sports Blog

http://www.seattlesportsblog.com/images/posts/wohva_flyer_11507.pdf

Bracket breakdown:

Well, we here at Seattle Sports Blog are getting absolutely crushed in our own office pool as well as a few we are running outside of our offices in Seattle. Specifically, Texas really ruined any chances of us picking a good bracket. Durrant obviously couldn't lead one team to the promised land and we fell right into the ESPN trap of hyping him up. He's good, but he's not a leader quite yet. WSU of course "coug-ed it" with a deplorable showing against Vanderbilt. Yes, that's right people, Vanderbilt beat Wazzu. Ugly is the only way we can describe it. Maryland, Virginia Tech, and Virginia also killed our bracket. OK, we missed the boat on Butler, but we figured Southern Illinois couldn't repeat their miracle run of 2002. We stand corrected.

Also, despite what our favorite idiots Hargrove, Bavasi, Chuckie Armstrong, and Lincoln might be saying, the Mariners are in DEEP trouble this year. Everyone around baseball says hogwash with the pre-season, but it usually paints a picture of how things are in real life.

Take a look at the current Cactus league totals....guess who is #0? You guessed it, your 2007 Seattle Mariners.

CACTUS W L PCT GB
Arizona 12 6 .667 -
LA Angels 13 8 .619 1
Texas 11 6 .647 1
San Francisco 12 9 .571 2
Colorado 10 8 .556 2
Oakland 9 9 .500 3
Chicago Cubs 8 9 .471 4
Milwaukee 9 11 .450 4
Kansas City 8 11 .421 5
San Diego 7 10 .412 5
Chicago Sox 8 12 .400 5
Seattle 6 14 .300 7

National Sports Blog: NCAA basketball

Well, so far, no upsets to speak of in the early rounds. We had Old Dominion over Butler but didn't have them beating Maryland, so no harm no foul. Kudos to WSU for pulling out a decisive win...up next? A very impressive Vanderbilt team that smoked George Washington today. That was a big surprise by many. We think Wazzu can take Vandy and let's hope there is a strong support in Sacramento for WSU considering it's much closer for WSU fans.

Anyone else have ideas on how their brackets are turning out so far? If you picked the favorites, you're doing great....but how boring!!!

Great article on how reducing the season would help this league...the NBA SUCKS right now, no doubt about it, and these types of changes could definitely help

SF Gate Article

Sugar Bowl Advertising 2007:

Sports Advertising has reached an alltime low.....

The fact that Fox Sports allowed the "Allstate" name to appear in the top right hand corner of the Sugerbowl was one of the worst decisions EVER made. It's bad enough that we have to see "Allstate" in the end zones after TD's, on 3 logo placements during the game on the field, on the players jerseys, etc., etc, etc....but having their corporate name displayed in the score ticker was a stupid decision by Fox Sports. What was even worse was that you couldn't even read the "Sugar Bowl" name next to it.....bad bad move by Fox and the Sugar Bowl committee. IOverall, just a bad the decision to post "Allstate" in the score ticker spot. To all of our visitors: never use Allstate for insurance purposes simply because of this distasteful advertising.

Well, here it is folks, footage of the latest attempt to "play basketball" in a day in the NBA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN1WUIGm_Ow

I'll admit it, I like to see idiots get fired up and try to beat the crap out of each other.......and this is why I go to watch hockey. I love the saying, "I went to a fight on friday night and a hockey game broke out." Soon they will have to say the same about basketball in the NBA.......

Seattle Sports Blog

Well, the season is winding down along with fantasy leagues hopes, dreams of championships, yada yada yada.....

Seattle Sports Blog continues to dominate, posting a strong overall record....Vega$, anyone? How about that pick last week of the Tennessee Indy game?

Here are our picks for this week!

Atlanta at Tampa Bay
Atlanta is holding on for dear life for a playoff spot....we think they have enough to beat Tampa 24-17
Baltimore at Kansas City
Ah, yes, those beloved Chiefs.....great one week, then lose at Cleveland. They seem unbeatable at home this year...KC 21-20 in a squeaker
Indianapolis at Jacksonville
This should be a great game to watch. Indy, coming off a rare loss, and Jax coming off a big win in Mami.....we just don't have much faith in Mr. David Garrard against Indy. Indy here, 38-17
Minnesota at Detroit
Hutch, still liking that move to Minnesota? Hope you love all that money....we'll take Detroit in an upset, 23-13
New England at Miami
Miami is also holding onto slim playoff chances, but last weeks loss was probably the nail in the coffin....NE here easily 28-13
N.Y. Giants at Carolina
This will also be a great game to watch...both teams need to win...a loss and they are out of the playoff picture in our mind....we like Carolina to bounce back....35-30
Oakland at CincinnatiOakland Raiders suck...bottom line, Cincy here, 42-0
Philadelphia at Washington
How about that Jeff Garcia throwing for 300 yards last week? Unbelievable, especially being 5'6.....we'll give the edge to Philly, 17-14
Tennessee at Houston
Tennessee comeback team of the year? They get our nod and this win....24-17
Green Bay at San Francisco
Farve, love you man, but it's time....SF here 35-21
Seattle at Arizona
This should be a no-brainer, right Seattle? Think again..our beloved Hawks have the capability of playing down to their opponents, and this could happen again here. Let's hope not...Hawks 28-24
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets
Jets have been playing well of late, we see it continuing....J-E-T-S 23-17
Denver at San Diego
We don't think Cutler is ready for thos type of a game...SD here, 34-14
New Orleans at Dallas
Probably the real game of the week.....Seahawk fans should be very interested in this game as this could determine if we have both a first round bye and whether or not we have home field (besides of course Chicago). We like Dallas here, who is on a roll......42-28

Chicago at St. Louis
Rams are done...not even Grossman throwing 8 Int's will help the Rams...Bears, 9-6

Seattle Sports Blog

Here are our picks for week #13......our overall record is now 109-43...not too shabby if you ask us.

Hawks have a tough game this week.....more on that later

Arizona at St. Louis
Ah, the Cardinals used to be in St.Louis, but moved to Arizona.....St.Louis used to be in Los Angeles, but now are in St.Louis....yeah, it's Freaky Friday type stuff. Arizona is in the toilet, bottom line...Rams here big, 34-14
Atlanta at Washington
Boy, talk about the game of the week for the struggling teams....both of these teams have serious, serious issues.....we'll give the nod to Washington, barely.....17-14
Detroit at New England
Again, this game is a no brainer...poor, poor Jon Kitna.....New England here BIG.....38-7
Indianapolis at Tennessee
If you can believe it, Tennessee is one of the hotest teams in the NFL right now....we should have picked them to beat NYG last week...dammit! Oh well, we don't seem them being able to beat Indy though......Indy here, 35-31
Kansas City at Cleveland

Minnesota at Chicago
What type of Rex Grossman will show up this week? Hopefully the one that throws 4 TD's since a lot of us here at SSB have him on our fantasy teams......Chicago 28-0
N.Y. Jets at Green Bay
Oh those jeckel and hyde New York football Jets......will they show up in GB this week? Doubt it....we like GB, 24-20
San Diego at Buffalo
Probably a closer game than people are expecting...we'll give Buffalo an upset here, 23-21
San Francisco at New Orleans
San Francisco is improved, but we don't think they are road tested yet......NO here, but it would be great if SF could pull off an upset so Seattle could have home field.....NO 23-20
Houston at Oakland
#1 pick bowl for 2007 anyone? Houston here, 8-5
Jacksonville at Miami
Miami is hot, Jax is not....Miami here for a 32-17 win....Joey Harrington comeback player of the year?????
Dallas at N.Y. Giants
Boy, lots of smack talking going on for this one......we like Dallas since they are on such a roll of late....Cowboys 35-21
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh
2 of the last 4 year SB winners going against eachother, but things have changed drastically for both franchises.....ugly game, Pitt 14-13
Seattle at Denver
We like Seattle on pure will and because DV is starting a rookie QB...let's hope to God we don't let this guy look like the next coming of Elway
Carolina at Philadelphia
Philly is done, Carolina is ALMOST done........Carolina here, 20-13

Seattle Sports Blog

Happy Thanksgiving everyone out there from Seattle Sports Blog.com. Be thankful for your family, Seattle sports, and of course, our US of A!!!!!

National Sports Blog:

Here are our predictions for week #10. There are some toughies this week as we draw closer to the playoffs. Overall, Seattle Sports Blog continues to dominate in weekly picks with a 79-42 record. Beat that, VEGAS!!!

Baltimore at Tennessee
Tenn has been playing better of late, but with Baltimore at 6-2 and beating everyone up defensively, we see them taking this one. Baltimore 24-10
Buffalo at Indianapolis
This game may actually be closer than one might think. As we all know, going 16-0 in the NFL is nearly impossible and your team is bound to slip at some point. However, we still see Indy pulling this one off, 28-13
Cleveland at Atlanta
We'd love to see Atlanta lay an egg here so Seattle could have home field over them, but Cleveland is playing horrible right now. Atlanta here easily, 34-7
Green Bay at Minnesota
Ah, battle of the Norris division as they say. It's too bad Minn plays in a dome...these games are meant to be played outside. With Global Warming these days, Minn could be like Miami in 20 years, so why not build an outdoor stadium? Apparently there is a retractable roof one going up in a few years, which would be cool. OK, back to the game...we like Farve pulling off an upset here, 34-31.
Houston at Jacksonville
Houston is scrappy, but also crappy. Jax here, 24-20. Garland is a stud of a QB
Kansas City at Miami
This is a tough one to predict this week. Both of these teams have been playing well of late and are coming off big road wins. We like KC's offense just a bit more and see them pulling this off.....21-20
N.Y. Jets at New England
New England got beat up pretty bad by Indy last week, so we like them to beat up the J-E-T-S this week, 28-17
San Diego at Cincinnati
This could be considered the game of the week along with the Hawks game. SD is hot, hot, hot right now, but Cincy really needs a win. Seems like Palmer is still having some struggles with his injury, so we like SD here in a close one, 28-24
San Francisco at DetroitToilet bowl of the week!!!!!!! We love John Kinta at Seattle Sports Blog, so we'll take Detroit 20-17
Washington at Philadelphia
This will also be a great game this week, although Washington is pretty beat up right now with Moss and Portis being Questionable. We like Philly here in a close, low scoring game: 17-14
Denver at Oakland
Oakland is the worst team in the NFL, bottom line. Denver here all the way, 38-14
Dallas at Arizona
OK, we take that back...Arizona is the worst team in the NFL. Dallas also here big, 35-7
New Orleans at Pittsburgh
Pitts is heading to being a toilet bowl team soon. Damn, if only they hadn't paid the refs last year, we would have won the Superbowl. NO here easily (no pun intended!) 21-9
St. Louis at Seattle
GAME OF THE WEEK. Seattle will have their hands full with St. Louis this week, who is coming off an embarrassing loss at home to KC. Seneca will have to play like he did on Monday night and take a few more chances down field. Same with Morris...we need another 100+ yards out of him. Defensively? LB's stop the run, blitz effectively, and don't get beat deep CB's and FS and SS. This will be a hard fought game in which the Hawks will need everyone in the 12th Man to scream like crazy. Hawks here in a close one, 21-17
Chicago at N.Y. Giants
OK, so this might actually be the game of the week. These 2 teams are too evenly matched to make a prediction, so we went with NYG solely based off home field advantage. NYG here in a close one, 34-30
Tampa Bay at Carolina
Carolina needs a win, bottom line. We like them still despite their 4-4 record.....Carolina 24-13

Seattle Seahawks Blog

Week #7 is here and the Hawks have a big game vs. Minnesota. We're confident they'll take this game, but are in need of boosting their poor rushing game.

Here are our picks for week #7....our overall record is 58-24 to this point, which we think is pretty sweet.

Carolina at Cincinnati
This is going to be a good game, mark our words. We like Cincy, however, Carolina has proven they can win on the road in hostile environments (Baltimore last week). Carolina here in a squeeker, 23-17
Detroit at N.Y. Jets
Toilet bowl game here (sorry Jonny Kitna, but you need a better line). J-E-T-S here 30-10
Green Bay at Miami
Two storied franchises going no where this year. Time for Rodgers in Green Bay? Time to bring back Marino in Miami? We see Miami here, 10-7
Jacksonville at Houston
Jacksonville is coming off a bye and is hungry for a win. Houston sucks, bottom line. Jax here, 24-13
New England at Buffalo
Once a great, great rivalry how turned one-sided. NE is playing extremely well of late. NE 34-14
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay
What the hell is going on with Philly? Can't seem to win the big game of late (NYG, NO). Tampa is playing better, but we think McNabb can pull this one off. Philly here, 17-14
Pittsburgh at Atlanta
This should also be a good game. We hate Pittsburgh, bottom line, and don't see them being able to pull this one off. Atlanta here, 20-17
San Diego at Kansas City
KC is always tough at home as Seattle will realize in a week. However, San Diego has too much fire power for KC to handle. SD here 28-10
Denver at Cleveland
This game will be a low scoring slug fest with Denver pulling away. 13-10. Ah, brings back memories of the ole' dog pou