Seattle Seahawks Vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 9/18/11

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Which team will win this game?


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Aug 24, 2003
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everybody thought the fuckin rams were going to mollywhop the seahawks then look what happened. then everybody thought FOR SURE 100% GUARANTEED the saints were going to mollywhop the seahawks and look what happened.

granted, we arent at home field like the saints game, but give us a little faith! lol

id give it like 20% chance seahawks can take this. steelers are falling apart. the team doesnt respect rapelithsberger anymore and their coach is on coke
 
Aug 24, 2003
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#23
Seahawks playing at 1:00...that's like what, 10am for them?
Pete Carroll tries time travel to get Seahawks ready
Seahawks coach moves practices earlier to prepare for 10 a.m. game in Pittsburgh.
By Danny O'Neil
Seattle Times staff reporter


RENTON — This week started early for the Seahawks.

That's true for their practice times and their alarm clocks as they prepare to play in Pittsburgh on Sunday.

"We're on schedule with the wake-up call for Sunday morning, which is going to come at 6 a.m. our time," coach Pete Carroll said. "So we've just adjusted to make sure that we're doing what we can to compete for a level of comfort at that time frame."

Better try something. The Seahawks are bigger underdogs than they've been in any game since 1992, and they're playing in the home opener for the Steelers, who pitched a shutout the last time Seattle was in town, in 2007.

On top of all that, there's the whole cross-country travel thing to worry about. Seattle is 1-10 in games played in the Eastern time zone the past four seasons.

"It's hard to win these games when you go that way," Carroll said. "It's not unique to any one program, it's unique to West Coast-East Coast. So we're going to try to even that out."

These Seahawks have already shown a tendency to snooze through the first half. They were scoreless in the first half last week, and didn't score a touchdown in the first half of their first three exhibition games.

Of all the things football coaches seek to control, geography is one thing that remains beyond their purview. All they can do is adjust and tinker and hope that helps.

So the Seahawks decided to wind back their clocks a little bit this week.

Seattle played only one game in the Eastern time zone last year, a 38-15 loss at Tampa Bay on Dec. 26, and Carroll didn't dramatically alter the team's schedule that week.

The Seahawks will be playing three games in the East this year, so Carroll plans to adjust preparation time. That's not just what time the day starts, but Seattle's practices, which began at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday, compared to 1:30 p.m. in Week 1. Seattle plans to start its workout at 10:30 Friday morning and fly to Pittsburgh afterward.

Carroll is not the first Seattle coach to switch routines. Coach Mike Holmgren tinkered, too. He started flying out Friday for games back East, with no discernible effect.

The time change might be the least of Seattle's problems Sunday. The Steelers are coming off their largest season-opening loss since 1997, so they're sure to be extra salty.

"We know how they're feeling because we felt the same way last week. We lost," quarterback Tarvaris Jackson said. "We felt like we should have won the game, we had a chance to win the game, but we're 0-1 just like they're 0-1. It's a new season."

The Steelers have appeared in two of the past three Super Bowls and have been notoriously tough on visitors.

"It's as hard as it gets," Carroll said of playing at Pittsburgh.

Starting things off a little earlier is just one little way Carroll is trying to make Sunday feel like any other week for his team.

Danny O'Neil: 206-464-2364 or [email protected]

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shit, good thinking lol. any little stupid thing that can help im all for it
 
Feb 14, 2004
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Sidney Rice. The free-agent wide receiver participated in practice – on a limited basis – but will not play against the Steelers. Carroll said it has been decided to rest Rice another week in hopes that he’ll be ready for next week’s home opener against the Cardinals.

“Sidney won’t make it in this one, but he had a lot of work and gave us the thought that he has a chance next week – a pretty solid chance next week,” Carroll said. “So that would be good stuff.”

Rookie receiver Kris Durham likely will be active this week, Carroll said.

The official end-of-the-week status report, as issued by the team:

Out

DE Dexter Davis (hip)

OT Jarriel King (ankle)

CB Byron Maxwell (ankle)

FB Michael Robinson (ankle)

WR Sidney Rice (shoulder)

Doubtful

LB Malcolm Smith (hamstring)

Questionable

OG Robert Gallery (knee)

Probable

MLB David Hawthorne (knee)

Hawthorne will start, Carroll said, after sitting out the opener.

For the Steelers

Out

WR Jerricho Cotchery (hamstring)

Questionable

OG Chris Kemoeatu (knee)

CB Bryant McFadden (hamstring)

Probable

CB Curtis Brown (ankle)

http://blog.seahawks.com/2011/09/16/friday-in-hawkville-40/
 

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Apr 10, 2006
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SEAHAWKS!!!
#29
What's it going to take to put Whitehurst in?
I hope they ateast wait till week 4 or 5. It's not like Whitehurst would solve our problems and Tavaris doesn't need to think Pete doesn't have confidence in him. Its was pretty much a guarantee we would lose this game. Let's see how he plays at home next week. If he flops then we need to be thinking who else we can get. Clipboard Jesus does not have what it takes to take a team to a superbowl...ever.
 
Feb 14, 2004
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I hope they ateast wait till week 4 or 5. It's not like Whitehurst would solve our problems and Tavaris doesn't need to think Pete doesn't have confidence in him. Its was pretty much a guarantee we would lose this game. Let's see how he plays at home next week. If he flops then we need to be thinking who else we can get. Clipboard Jesus does not have what it takes to take a team to a superbowl...ever.
Tjack is not the answer at all. Very very very poor decision making by him.