"I Must Break You"

This is almost too good to be true. A real life Ivan Drago in the flesh. His name is Nikolai Valuev and he is the tallest and heaviest heavyweight champion in the history of boxing.....and ugly too. The tale of the tape on this guy is 7' tall, 323 lbs. This is the Russian equivalent of strapping some boxing gloves on Shaquille O'Neal. At least Shaq is a good looking guy....I mean, look at the hair on this guy.....textbook definition of the Darwin sweater. He is so big, he usually steps into the ring over the top rope.

The funny thing about this picture is that Drago isn't even that big, he just happens to be standing next to Sly Stallone who is barely taller than Tom Cruise. Nikolai on the other hand is throwing a nice roundhouse into 6' 2", 220 lb. Clifford Etienne....who went down 3 times in the 3rd round. So what are we to actually believe here, that big huge Russian boxers are the hairless specimens portrayed in Rocky IV, or the 323 lb. gorilla that is the new WBA heavyweight champion? I definitely think it's the latter. Speaking of hairy gorillas...I can't stand the amount of attention Big Ben Roethlisberger is getting today. (I know, crappy segue'...but I had to move on the topic of choice for the week).

Mitch Levy, Seattle sportsradio host picks the Steelers to win a close game.

Everywhere I turn, it's "Ben is being sheltered from the media" or "Ben is the 2nd youngest QB to ever play in the Super Bowl" and "Like it or not, Big Ben is the face of this Super Bowl". Well I tell you what, give the kid all the attention you can. If he can step up and get it done, GREAT. Props to Big Ben. My thought is that he will crack in the big game. Hopefully he doesn't crack open to reveal a smaller, angrier version of himself. If that's the case, the Hawks could be in trouble.

A recent sportsnation poll shows that 80% of the population in the US have picked the Steelers to win the game....

I continue my Seahawks-media-coverage rant with an interview I heard on KJR this morning with the one and only Skip Bayless. Softy actually called him Skip "weiner"-less to his face, which was absolutely fantastic. He basically comes on and immediately starts saying how much he loves Seattle, and that he is really bummed about the fact that he had to speak the truth when he called them out as the Seafrauds. We all know this already, but damn this guy is a jackass...he just wants to stir up the pot. If he came into work the morning after his column was published and he didn't have 2,000 scathing e-mails, he would be left feeling empty inside. His main "point" today was that the Seahawks caught every break imaginable to make it to the Super Bowl this year. He was then asked to name a conference championship team that had made it to the Super Bowl without catching a break or two. He named Bradshaw's Steelers, Montana's 49ers & Aikman's Cowboys.....that's it. That's because every team catches a break, and "lucky" teams do not win Super Bowls. He then agreed to go on Cold Pizza on Monday after the Seahawks win the Super Bowl and eat a bowl full of fish eyes to get back into good graces with Seattle's fanbase so that he can feel safe showing his face here again.

This just in....breaking news from Detroit.....Donovan McNabb has gone out on a limb and picked the Steelers to win Super Bowl XL.

The trash talk has finally kicked up a few notches after a slow start the first few days in Motown. I personally don't see why everyone doesn't light each other up all week. Let's get this party started.....maybe they should add in some pre-game psyche-outs or something.

Global News Break.....Kim Jong Il has picked the Steelers to win the Super Bowl.

This brings me to the mighty Cris Carter. This guy comes on our Seatown sports radio yesterday and raves about the Hawks.....even says that he has picked them to win the game. He then proceeds to head over to the Steeltown sportsradio station a few hours later and rave about the Steelers and says that he has picked them to win the game. I know the game, I understand....I just don't like being placated. Just when I'm ready to add Cris Carter to the long list of people to call out on Monday morning, he redeems himself by picking us in his Yahoo column last night. So now I guess it's the Steelers fans that are feeling placated. Alright, enough with the media bashing for now....and I'll save the Aggie-bashing for later since the big hearing is tomorrow morning.

Unbelievable....Shannon Sharpe picks the Seahawks.

My last comment goes out to everyone in the 206, the 425, the 253, the 360 and the 509 (not that I get out there too much)...where is the effing love? I mean, this is the first time that we make it to the game and I don't see anyone livin' up the local hype machine.....what the hell is going on with you people? If I could, I would wear my Hasselbeck jersey to work everyday. I would sleep in Seahawks pajamas. I would wear blue all day, every day. Every conversation I have gets around to this game somehow....what is wrong with the Hawknation? If it wasn't on the front page of every newspaper, you wouldn't even know that the Super Bowl was this weekend....let alone that the Seahawks were playing in it! Is it just because everyone is so damn skeptical from 30 years of ineptitude? Are people going to get excited when we win? Just in time for two more months of Sonics basketball? Who knows...maybe everyone has actually headed to the 313 to represent. Go SEAHAWKS. Bring it home. Let's have a freakin' parade.

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