Monday, February 8, 2010

SEAHAWKS: Return to glory and reading the field




The Seahawks got a nod from Popular Mechanics as the magazine placed Seattle's "loudest crowd" in their top five NFL stadium technologies list. Sports casters seemed to be crapping their pants over the Saints' 112 decibel rating a couple weeks ago. Qwest Field's open air stadium blows that through the Super Dome's roof, so to speak.
The architect fulfilled Allen's request, creating one of the league's loudest stadiums, which can get nearly as noisy as a jet plane—135 decibels—and has disrupted visiting teams enough to induce 95 false-start penalties since 2005, the most in the NFL.
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Patrick Kerney retirement rumors
King5 reporter Lisa Gangel is reportedly leaving the news station. Why do we care? Gangel is married to Patrick Kerney and some have speculated the defensive tackle is going to retire this year. Gangel's departure is adding fuel to the rumor.


Seahawks vs Giants
Eli left his 2005 visit to Qwest Field in tears, his ears bleeding profusely with a headache so piercing he had to be transported via wheelchair.


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