Julius Jones is really jiving with his new home. The ex-Cowboys RB, who signed with the Seahawks in the off-season, talks to the SEATTLE POST- INTELLIGENCER about plying his trade in the Pacific Northwest.
In his first interview since joining Mike Holmgren’s crew, Jones gushed about how much he “likes it here” and how it’s “one of my favorite places to play”. He was especially enamored with Qwest Field, and how it compares to his previous workplace:
“I love playing here. The atmosphere, it’s 10 times better than Dallas.
“It’s intimidating. Before the game, raising the 12th Man flag, and then the 12th Man. It’s a lot. It gives you the chills.”
Bet Jerry Jones loves hearing that. Then again, such statements just proves to taxpayers that footing the bill on a new multimillion-dollar Cowboys stadium was a good idea, after all.
And we’re sure that Texas A&M still doesn’t mind the Seahawks claiming an Aggie tradition for themselves - especially with Jones glowing so much about it.
Julius probably isn’t so welcomed in the Lone Star State at the moment.
Not that it matters to him. Besides, he can wash away any concerns with a delicious Jones Soda, available at all Qwest Field concessions.
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7:49 pm on May 2nd, 2008
The Hawks have been using that 12th man thing since I was a little tiny tike, yet the “classy” folks in Texas never brought it up until they decided to file a lawsuit during our Superbowl week for some free press and hopefully free cash. Screw them. The Hawks retired jersey number 12 for the fans over 20 years ago.
Just to clarify something on the stadium issue….. Paul Allen put in a lot more money on Seahawks Stadium (which I refuse to call Qworst Field), than the majority of owners do. So it wasn’t completely tax payer funded. A big chunk of that tax payer money in the deal went to things like parks and helping to refurbish a city owned football facility at the Seattle Center. Allen kicked in somewhere over $100 million, which was quite a bit better deal for the city than the deal with the Mariners which was a pure screwing.
The city has hosted tons of events at Seahawks stadium, including college and high school football, and now they have an MLS team soon to be playing there as well. There are quite a few events that take place, and Mr. Allen seems to be more than happy to allow it to actually be used as a PUBLIC facility, much as the Kingdome was before it. Safeco field is not used anywhere near as much as Seahawks Stadium for the city and state.
Believe me, I am the most anti-publicly funded stadium guy around, but this deal could have been much worse, and it has actually worked out pretty well for the city of Seattle, especially compared to Safeco Field, and the ridiculously horrific deal Clay Bennett half-heartedly asked for.
As far as Julius Jones goes, he is saying the right things about his new team. It’s a good way to get in good with the fans and media. Nice job Julius. I think the thing he likes so much about Seatown is the fact that he ran for something like 200 yards against the Hawks in the stadium as well as 3 TD’s in his rookie year. The playing surface has consistently been rated as the tops in the NFL (or very near), and it is an ideal place for a RB in the prime of his career. The drainage is excellent, they have had a grand total of 2 weather games there (one snow, and one rain) in the stadium history, and the home field advantage is huge because of the crowd. Not much to argue with on Julius about that.
7:17 am on May 3rd, 2008
BamBam, the Texas A&M 12th Man tradition began January 2, 1922.
12:07 pm on May 3rd, 2008
Right West Texas, but they didn’t make it an issue with Seattle until the week of the Superbowl. Why don’t you see a problem with that? They said NOTHING for the 20 years between the time the Hawks retired the #12 Jersey in honor the fans, and the time they made the Superbowl.
Don’t give me the “nobody noticed they were doing it” until Superbowl week crap, because I don’t buy it. It was a pathetic press and money grab by Texas A&M and their sleazy lawyers.
I must say I have enjoyed rooting against TAM since that time though.