Wildcard Success in the Northwest

Ah, success in the Pacific Northwest for a professional sports team - even if just this week. I never got really into the Seattle Seahawks while we were in Oregon, at least nothing like we did for the Mariners baseball team. But with first-year coach Pete Carroll fresh out of his head coaching position at the University of Southern California (1), part of the reason I could start enjoying USC Football after moving east, and his enthusiastic coaching style, it is fun to see the Seahawks make it past the first round of the playoff's in the Wildcard bracket.

The caption from the Washington Post Website for the photograph above, along with more photographs from the game that got the Seahawks into the Wildcard: Jan. 2, 2011 - Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch (24) is tackled by the St. Louis Rams defense during their NFL game at Qwest Field in Seattle. The Seahawks have joined the '82 Lions and Browns as the only losing teams to reach the NFL playoffs. Ten other teams have made the playoffs with .500 records. The 1969 Houston Oilers of the AFL reached the playoffs with a record of 6-6-2, and nine NFL teams have made it with 8-8 records.
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(1) I still am an Oregon State University Beaver fan, and just as there is nothing like Navy beating Notre Dame, there is nothing like OSU beating USC in football, or baseball, or basketball.... Go Beavers! And let the Ducks beat Auburn!