Hi there. I've been meaning to join this forum for a while now so I figured better get it done or before I know it, it will be football season again. I'm a new Eagle fan and here is a little introduction and background.
Name: Brian
Age: 54
Home: Buckley, Wa. (between Puyallup and Enumclaw). Born in Bellevue grew up in Burien.
I’ve been a collage football fan since 7th grade thanks to Sonny Sixkiller and the U-Dub. Even though the Seahawks are the biggest thing here (they haven't always been) I never really got on board with them. College football is where it’s at for me. The rivalries, the enthusiasm, the atmosphere, the traditions.
It was right before my High School senior year a buddy of mine's Dad had Seahawk season ticket for their first year(1976) and his dad had to work so he gave them to us. It was their second preseason game ever and the first game they played in the King Dome (what a dump! Cold, grey, concrete echo chamber). Their first game I saw the week before on TV (played in Cheney! Chime in if you’re old enough to remember that!) and I thought, this is gunna be cool. We rode the bus downtown and once outside the dome I noticed all the fans that were packing their Husky seat cushions. Seahawk season tickets sold out in no time and then it was plainly obvious were they were all coming from. They were jumping ship faster than a seagull on a dead hearing. They were playing the 49ers who had Jim Plunkett at QB. I can't even remember who started for Seattle but in the first half Plunkett picked them apart. I do remember in the second half that they put a rookie QB in the game who made some nice scrambles and could roll out and throw on the run. I remember people digging through there program to see who this rookie was. Some guy from Cal-Poly named Jim Zorn. Those first couple of years the Seahawks were awful and they ran ever trick play in the book just to keep games interesting. The pro game just never caught on with me. My Huskies on the other had Don James and they were just starting to catch fire.
I love Husky football and I love watching Pac-10/12 football on Saturday catching a game at noon then at 4pm and the late game on Saturday night even if its Arizona vs. Oregon State. Heck I even pull for the Cougars now and then!
Well if you're still with me lets fast forward about 40 years, now married with two daughters and the younger one has enrolled at EWU so I decide to do a little checking up on the football program but this is what I already knew. I knew they had a good program and that they were 2010 champions and remember watching (I think) a semifinal game on ESPN, can’t forget that red field. I watched them play my Huskies and Bo Levi and Brandon Kaufman tore up the Husky defense on all except the last play. Also the next year another close one with the Cougars. Watched a few You Tube highlights of last season, so coming into this year’s opener I knew they had a good team.
Opening weekend this year I was a jacked for college football. I had a new big screen TV ( which has since craped out) my wife cousins were coming over (they are our game buddies) and had Buffalo wings on the grill and cold brew from nearby Elkhead brewery. We were excited for the big Boise State Husky match up but the day before we told them to come over early and we would watch the EWU game for a warm up. Did I think Eastern could win? I thought it was possible (that's why they play the game) but highly unlikely but I thought they could make a good showing. Well what a Saturday! My Huskies won but that Eastern/OSU game, WOW! I was hooked and we have watched every Eagle game we can since. I caught the Toledo game on ESPN3 and over here we have Root sports so I got to see Montana, Montana State, Portland State. Plus we watched all the playoff games. By the way we traveled over with the cousins and a couple of other parents for the Southern Utah homecoming game. Great weather and we staked out a spot in the lower parking lot across from the stadium, broke out the BBQ, chairs and even the corn hole boards and had a great time tailgating and mingling with all the others .
I hate to say it but I was more into the Eags this year than my Huskies. I bookmarked Krem2 news, Spokesman Review, KHQ, KLXY, Eagle athletics, man I just can't get enough. We are already planning for next year.
At my work we now have a Eastern poster along with the Husky and Seahawks posters and my coworkers now know who Vernon Adams and Cooper Kupp are and to my surprise on Monday some of them tell me they caught the Eastern game on TV.
So in closing I just want to say thank you to the coaches and all the seniors and the rest of the team, students and fans for a great year!
Go Eags!
Name: Brian
Age: 54
Home: Buckley, Wa. (between Puyallup and Enumclaw). Born in Bellevue grew up in Burien.
I’ve been a collage football fan since 7th grade thanks to Sonny Sixkiller and the U-Dub. Even though the Seahawks are the biggest thing here (they haven't always been) I never really got on board with them. College football is where it’s at for me. The rivalries, the enthusiasm, the atmosphere, the traditions.
It was right before my High School senior year a buddy of mine's Dad had Seahawk season ticket for their first year(1976) and his dad had to work so he gave them to us. It was their second preseason game ever and the first game they played in the King Dome (what a dump! Cold, grey, concrete echo chamber). Their first game I saw the week before on TV (played in Cheney! Chime in if you’re old enough to remember that!) and I thought, this is gunna be cool. We rode the bus downtown and once outside the dome I noticed all the fans that were packing their Husky seat cushions. Seahawk season tickets sold out in no time and then it was plainly obvious were they were all coming from. They were jumping ship faster than a seagull on a dead hearing. They were playing the 49ers who had Jim Plunkett at QB. I can't even remember who started for Seattle but in the first half Plunkett picked them apart. I do remember in the second half that they put a rookie QB in the game who made some nice scrambles and could roll out and throw on the run. I remember people digging through there program to see who this rookie was. Some guy from Cal-Poly named Jim Zorn. Those first couple of years the Seahawks were awful and they ran ever trick play in the book just to keep games interesting. The pro game just never caught on with me. My Huskies on the other had Don James and they were just starting to catch fire.
I love Husky football and I love watching Pac-10/12 football on Saturday catching a game at noon then at 4pm and the late game on Saturday night even if its Arizona vs. Oregon State. Heck I even pull for the Cougars now and then!
Well if you're still with me lets fast forward about 40 years, now married with two daughters and the younger one has enrolled at EWU so I decide to do a little checking up on the football program but this is what I already knew. I knew they had a good program and that they were 2010 champions and remember watching (I think) a semifinal game on ESPN, can’t forget that red field. I watched them play my Huskies and Bo Levi and Brandon Kaufman tore up the Husky defense on all except the last play. Also the next year another close one with the Cougars. Watched a few You Tube highlights of last season, so coming into this year’s opener I knew they had a good team.
Opening weekend this year I was a jacked for college football. I had a new big screen TV ( which has since craped out) my wife cousins were coming over (they are our game buddies) and had Buffalo wings on the grill and cold brew from nearby Elkhead brewery. We were excited for the big Boise State Husky match up but the day before we told them to come over early and we would watch the EWU game for a warm up. Did I think Eastern could win? I thought it was possible (that's why they play the game) but highly unlikely but I thought they could make a good showing. Well what a Saturday! My Huskies won but that Eastern/OSU game, WOW! I was hooked and we have watched every Eagle game we can since. I caught the Toledo game on ESPN3 and over here we have Root sports so I got to see Montana, Montana State, Portland State. Plus we watched all the playoff games. By the way we traveled over with the cousins and a couple of other parents for the Southern Utah homecoming game. Great weather and we staked out a spot in the lower parking lot across from the stadium, broke out the BBQ, chairs and even the corn hole boards and had a great time tailgating and mingling with all the others .
I hate to say it but I was more into the Eags this year than my Huskies. I bookmarked Krem2 news, Spokesman Review, KHQ, KLXY, Eagle athletics, man I just can't get enough. We are already planning for next year.
At my work we now have a Eastern poster along with the Husky and Seahawks posters and my coworkers now know who Vernon Adams and Cooper Kupp are and to my surprise on Monday some of them tell me they caught the Eastern game on TV.
So in closing I just want to say thank you to the coaches and all the seniors and the rest of the team, students and fans for a great year!
Go Eags!
