The Trifecta

Much has been made about the sorry state of Seattle sports. The 24-hour period from Saturday night to Sunday night served to solidify one thing - we really suck right now.

The Husky football team, the Husky men's basketball team and the city's saviors, those lovable Seahawks all suffered crushing defeats.

For Husky football, their loss to UCLA and former coach/pariah, Rick Neuheisel, marks an embarrassing end to the last four years worth of embarrassing home losses for Tyrone Willingham's embarrassing teams.

The Husky basketball team, thought by many (including myself) to be the potential ray of sunshine in this otherwise constant low 50's with a high chance of rain and wind forecast, imploded against the University of Portland.

And the Seahawks pretty much mailed in the season against the NFC West leading Arizona Cardinals in a 20-26 uphill struggle.

Oh, we can't forget the Sonics. Wait. Never mind.

This weekend felt like being treated to a triple showing of Rocky Balboa with your eyelids taped open. You know Rocky's over matched and Mason "The Line" Dixon is going to beat up on a 60-year-old with brain damage. But you watch anyway.

We can sit here and call Tyrone Willingham worthless, or pop off about how the Seahawks still have a running game that's suitable for the Lingerie Bowl.

But I offer an alternative.

Let's remember how great it felt when the Dawgs knocked off Purdue in the 2001 Rose Bowl and finished the season ranked number three.

Let's remember when the Brandon Roy led basketball team played a high energy, hard nosed style and made more than half of their free throws.

Let's remember the Hawks absolutely dominating the entire NFL in 2005, and capping it off with a convincing win over the Panthers to win the NFC title.

Just for good measure, let's remember Junior's giant smile after he scored the winning run in the do-or-die game 5 against the Yankees in the 1995 ALDS.

Let's remember the 2001 M's team that won 116 games. 116 games! How cool is that?

And let's remember our dearly missed Sonics. Let's remember a freshly blazed Sam Perkins stroking clutch threes to get the Supes within a game of the Finals.

Let's remember The Reign Man and these unreal dunks too.

Tough times don't last. Things will get better.