Some early season football brain droppings...
by Mark Scholten
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posted Sep 19 2011 5:26PM
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I can’t lie to you – at this point we go back too many years. I just can’t muster a shred of enthusiasm for the 2011 Seahawks. I don’t know if that should come with an apology or not but it’s the ugly truth. Any team that starts Tarvaris Jackson at quarterback is not to be taken seriously. I’m a Minnesota Viking fan and he was a long-time unimpressive Viking. I’ve seen what he is (or isn’t) capable of. All of Coach Pete Carroll’s player moves lead to too many boring names. Admittedly last season looked like a step in the right direction in the coach’s first year but now comes the step back. I don’t think I’m up to it. If it gets to December and they’re in the Andrew Luck draft sweepstakes I may take some reverse joy in rooting for losses to get him, but don’t call until then. Which leads to our next point…
If there’s been a better invention in the last 50 years than the NFL Red Zone channel I don’t know what it is. Have you had the pleasure yet? It’s an off-shoot of the NFL Network. They have an anchor sitting in the studio starting with the kickoffs of the 10 AM games every Sunday and he just plays traffic cop going to whatever game is the closest to getting a touchdown. If they miss one in another game they go back as soon as they can and replay it for us. Then back to whatever game is again closest to scoring. Completely and whole-heartedly addicting. Especially for a fantasy football degenerate like myself. Anchor Scott Hanson’s favorite phrase is “We don’t do commercials here on the Red Zone” so the action just keeps going. Then more of the same for the 1:00 games. They show every scoring play. At last check I still have the ability to watch an actual game, but this channel looks like it will ruin that here before too long. And one more while we’re on a roll…
Do yourself a favor and check out the Lynden High School football team sometime this season. They look to be the class of Whatcom County and may be as good as anybody in the state – and I’m comfortable saying that without having seen them in person yet. You’ll recall they were mostly sophomores last year, had an undefeated regular season, got as high as #2 in the state rankings, and lost to 3rd ranked and eventual state champion Tumwater in the first round of the playoffs. They’re back as mostly juniors now and look out. Quarterback Josh Kraght was as impressive as any player I saw last year when he was one of those sophomores and now he’s back another year more experienced. They have the luxury of multiple tall, talented wide receivers this year so Kraght can go to whoever has the best match-up. Nice luxury to have for Coach Curt Kramme. A frequent question I get from local fans no matter the year or the athletic season is “Who’s good this year?” Well this fall the answer is the Lynden Lions.
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