Championship Football

On Saturday night January 10 the Seattle Seahawks had their first playoff game against the Carolina Panthers who beat the Arizona Cardinals the previous week. The Seahawks beat the Panthers 31-17. Again the Seahawks defense made major plays to win the game. Russell Wilson had another fine game at quarterback. He threw for three touchdowns in the game. The big factor on defense was safety Cam Chancellor who intercepted a pass in the fourth quarter to seal the victory. The score at the time was 21-10. Most likely the Seahawks would have won the game anyway even if the Panthers had scored. After that they did score a touchdown but it was too late and the Seahawks kicked a field goal as well.

What made the game very impressive was that running back Marshawn Lynch did not play a very good. He was no factor in the game, but Russell Wilson and the passing game made up for it. What always makes the Seahawks good is if one player is not doing well other players make up for it. I expect on this coming Sunday Marshawn Lynch will be back to his usual self and make it hard on the Packers. Another thing is that the Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is hurt; however, he likely will play. The Seahawks will concentrate on stopping the Packers running game which will make them one dimensional; hard to beat the Seahawks when you are one dimensional.

On Monday night January 12 the Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Oregon Ducks in the college football championship 42+20. Like the score shows the Buckeyes dominated the whole game despite the fact they had several turnovers in the game; however, the Ducks were unable to take advantage of the turnovers.

I really had neither team to root for in the game. Being a University Washington Husky fan I had mix emotions about the game. Do you root for a team in your league like the Oregon Ducks who many consider a rivalry or for the opposition in the Ohio State Buckeyes? I am sure some Husky fans rooted for the Ducks and others for the Buckeyes. Personally I wanted to see a good game. It would have been nice if the score was closer.

On another personal note though I enjoyed watching Ezekiel Elliott as the primary running back for the Buckeyes; why do you ask? He is from St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from high school at John Burroughs with my nephew Danny. So it is always nice to know someone who is playing in the game though it is as a third party. I never have met him though I was at Danny’s high school graduation when they graduated together. When Ezekiel was getting his high school diploma my brother pointed him out, and let me know that he was going to Ohio State as a running back. I had no idea that he would become the Buckeyes featured back as a sophomore. He ran for over two hundred yards against the Ducks and scored four touchdowns. I would say he is very good. Look forward to see him play more football in the future. It would be really nice if he got drafted by the Seahawks after his career is over at Ohio State.

Now that college football season is over can concentrate in watching the remaining NFL season. The Seahawks are favored to go back to the Super Bowl and win. It would be the first time a team would repeat since the New England Patriots in ten years. It would be nice to face the Patriots in the Super Bowl.