Okay. This is still awkward for me. I remember when the Seattle Seahawks got here 50 years ago. Jim Zorn threw 27 interceptions that year. I remember it from his football card. Didn’t matter. He was fun to watch. Throwing the ball to Steve Largent (54 receptions if football card memory serves and I am going PURELY on that) was his task. The guy from Tulsa, Largent, was a guy that the Cowboys turned away. He is in Canton now. Give me Steve Largent on one side. Give me Isaac Curtis on one side. Give me Jerry Rice in the slot. We win.

Why awkward? I still see the Seattle Seahawks in the AFC West. From 1976 to 2001, the Seahawks were an AFC team. I know. I know. Change. Progress. Whatever. Still, my football card Seahawk heroes played in the AFC West and had great games against Dan Fouts. So there. That is how I like to remember the Seahawks.

Still, I press onward and I root for their quarterback, Sam Darnold in 2026. Sam and I are old friends.

This is Sam Darnold. Redshirt Freshman and playing quarterback for the USC Trojans. From the time I laid eyes on him playing UCLA in The Rose Bowl stadium in November 2016, I became a fan. His command of the position at that age was something to behold.

A few weeks later, in that same stadium, THE ROSE BOWL, Sam Darnold led the USC Trojans to a 52-49 victory in what was, until Indiana kicked Alabama all over THE ROSE BOWL turf, the Rose Bowl I have enjoyed watching the most since. I have that game on my DVR. I have the UCLA-USC game he played in on the DVR too. Truth be told, I upgraded our DirecTV a week before my dad and I went to Pasadena to see that game because I wanted to hang on to it. I did. And I still watch it now and again. Memories.

Will I hang on to Sam Darnold’s Super Bowl win over the Patriots for ten years on my DVR? I doubt it. I love college football more than I do the NFL. But I will hang onto it for a while. Go Seahawks!