Fear the Wrath of a Walrus

I didn't see this one coming...

In a sick and twisted turn of events it is being reported that the Seahawks are being penalized two games of no reviews for comments Mike Holmgren made regarding an apology from the NFL for blowing two TD calls in last weeks win over the NY Giants. Talk about irony, this penalty really shouldn't matter because Holmgren has one of the worst records for reviews anyway so this penalty will probably only save the Seahawks a couple of timeouts in the coming weeks.

In all respects, this really doesn't impact the season that much because the Hawks should win thier two match-ups with no trouble. On Monday night the Hawks face the Eagles without McNabb and T. Cancer and ("gasp") the San Fran High School 49ers. However, in the case that a reviewable play costs Seattle one or both of these games, we could lose home field advantage for the playoffs, and we all know Seattle's away playoff record as of late ("We want the ball, we're going to win!!!!").

What bothers me about all of this is how much NFL refs and the front offices desire a fair level of play. A salary cap was imposed to foster this notion and it always been the case that refs are impartial towards either team. This ruling will force NFL refs out of their unbiased position because they are forced to grant one team an advantage over the other. There are better ways to impose sanctions of Holmgren for this war of words, not the team. Yes it was his mistake, and he does lead the team (he is the coach after all) but this seems too over the top. In the reports it does not say that sanctioning a team like this was stipulated in the rules and the coaches were aware of the penalty. If that is the case, then shame on Holmgren for playing with fire, but I think this is just Tagiliablow's doing.

This is terrible, I can't believe that the NFL would do this. I hope Holmgren and the Hawks come out and crush the Eagles and 49ers and raise a big middle finger to the league. What if this happened to the Steelers, Hawks, Chargers or the Chiefs? This could've broken their season. I really hope this is ficticious reporting by ESPN and not the truth.

In other news:
Ferndale and Washington QB to be Jake Locker crushed Prosser in the 3A title game. Great job Ferndale, after all those times you beat my ECHS football team 66-3 and 63-7 in the first round of the playoffs I knew you had it in you.

UW's leading reciever Craig Chambers is taking a quitters attitude and is leaving the team. Good riddance, we need all the Nuehiesel attitude out of there.

Everyone and their mother will be watching Zags at UW tonight. I gave Adam Morrison my prediction last night; Dawgs 89 Zags 87 in a great game. 7:30 on FSN.

Go Dawgs

Herm