Game #35-Seattle Seahawks

Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers
Qwest Field
September 12, 2010

Another great day in Seattle. Yesterday I spent the day running around Lake Union, tailgating at the U-dub game, then a good dinner with some friends from UCSB who now live in Kirkland, then to top it off we closed a bar called Rendezvous. Today we are running a bit slow. We headed over to the Seahawks tailgate around 11am which was surprisingly small. Ever since the Kingdome was taken down for the new Qwest and Safeco fields there is a lot less parking around the stadiums, but Eric's friends still do it up right. The epicenter has a suped up ambulance with the Hawks and Huskies emblems on the sides. There are plenty of BBQ's, TV's, and beer is definitely flowing. After hanging for a couple hours we were ready for the game. First thing you notice at a Seahawks game are all the 12th man flags. Every home team thinks they are the loudest, most dedicated fans but I will tell you...this stadium gets loud, REAL LOUD! At one point on a defensive stand I literally had to plug my ears because the were ringing so bad. As for the game, the home team had a rocky start. The first Matt Hasselback throw was for an interception which really ticked off first year coach Pete Carrol (formally from the dominant USC Trojans program). But as the game went on the Hawks picked up the intensity and at the end of the second quarter had two quick strikes in about a minute to take the lead. The second half turned into a blowout for Seattle. Hasselback threw for 2 TDs but even more impressive was 18 for 23, Jordan Babineaux and Marcus Trufant each had an interception from SF's Alex Smith, and the rest of the Seattle D was on fire. The final score was 31-6.