Saturday, October 9, 2010

How Times Have Changed

       15 years ago on October 9th 1995 all of Seattle was starting to party because the Miracle Mariners of 1995 had just came back from a 2-0 series deficit to beat the Pinstripes. The Series was caped off by Edgar's double and Griffey's Slide that will always go down as a memorable moment for Seattle sports fans.

      So it was Monday October 9th a work day for most and also a party day. Times were different back then, The Huskies Football team was almost complete their Sanctions, The Sonics looked like they had a bright future ahead of them and the Mariners if they got their new Stadium would make free agents want to come to the great Pacific Northwest.

      15 years later the Sonics are gone the Mariners can't score a run if their life depended on it and the Huskies are two years removed from a 0-12 season. Would you agree that times have changed in Seattle? Could you have predicted all that stuff that I just mentioned.

     Today when the Huskies play their Pac 10 home opener at 7pm the Huskies have a chance to go to 2-0 in the Pac 10 since 2006. A season that the Huskies would have went to a bowl game if Stanback didn't get injured,

    The Huskies opponent today is very similar to Washington in ways that they both have explosive offenses and neither team can tackle. This favours UW in a way that they can use their experience and the home crowd to hopefully power them to victory.

    Washington has not had great success  with the Sun Devils in the past decade only winning once which came in 2001 a 33-31 win in Tempe. However when you make your prediction for tonight's game dont just look at that stat. UW in most of the losses this decade have played ASU tough. In 2008 the Huskies battled hard without Jake Locker losing 39-19. Also in 2006 ASU beat UW in heartbreaking fashion 26-23 in OT.

    Okay I just made it sound that ASU is the big favorite. They are not. The Huskies are a three point favorite but when the spread is that close it really doesn't matter. How I see it is Which ever team makes the most big plays will be the team that comes out victorious.

    My prediction is that Washington will find away to win by forcing turnovers. Steven Threet QB ASU has thrown more interceptions then touchdown passes. The final score will be 45-35 and Washington will be 2-0 in Pac 10 play and ASU will leave Seattle 0-3 in the Pac 10.

    The game is set for a 7pm kickoff and will be seen on FSN.                                                                                                                                                                                       

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