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When I tell you that the highlight of the Seattle sports weekend was giving a standing ovation to a third-place team, you may think it wasn't much of a weekend. But it was epic, notably for our sports teams getting the worst Indiana lambasting since the Kerry campaign.

Notre Dame 37, Washington 30 (OT)

As I headed to Teddy's to watch Washington vs. Notre Dame (live from South Bend, Indiana), I wondered exactly how empty the bandwagon would be. Coming off the USC win, the bar was packed for Stanford. But after losing that game, how would it look? Let's let pictures tell the story:

Crowd at Teddy's for UW/Stanford

Crowd at Teddy's for UW/Notre Dame

So--yeah, Seattle sports fans, you are some fairweather sons of bitches. And you missed an amazing game, one that will always be remembered for the stunning inability of the Huskies to score one touchdown from twelve tries inside the one-yard-line. If you have a Husky fan at your office, I recommend putting his morning coffee three feet behind a white line and see...

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If Seahawks Nation was Russian Orthodox, there'd be bells ringing from here to Omsk now that Brian Russell's been cut.

Writes John Morgan of Field Gulls: "This is the single best news of the entire offseason. Pop your best beer, everybody, this is time to get drunk and more drunk!"

For the basic Brian Russell hating primer, read this classic post by Captain Caveman of Kissing Suzy Kolber.

An excerpt: "You know how Reed Doughty is the only white guy on the Redskins’ defense, and how funny it is because he sucks? Brian Russell is the broke man’s Reed Doughty. To call him the Tarvaris Jackson of safeties would be a compliment." Glorious. (For more Russell hate, see here and here.)

Now Russell is gone (leading Capt. Caveman to post the celebratory "So Long, F-ckface"), and--oh, it gets better--the Seahawks' new safety is University of Washington Huskies legend Lawyer Milloy.

HOOOOORAAAYYY! Milloy is 35 years old, so his best years are behind him, but it's better than not having any best years like Russell.

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