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.

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.