A Deer in Headlights

So if you haven’t noticed, my blog titles have a theme to them. This one “a deer in headlights” comes from the road in Wyoming where we almost killed Bambi a couple of times. The first time was when I was driving, at night-time, and I saw a few deer crossing the highway, all of a sudden a straggler crosses late and almost walks into his afterlife. He quickly noticed that we were a lot larger-as he gazed into our headlights for a split second; I locked eyes with him and he jumped back onto the shoulder of the highway, missing being in another Disney classic by an inch or two. That night the animal gods were looking out for Bambi because he would have been another roadkill statistic. If you come face to face with an animal, do not swerve out of the way chances are you will flip your sweet ride and crash, resulting in nothing good for you or your car. Secondly, if no one is behind you then you can probably slow down and maybe avoid the inevitable. In reality, you go straight don’t slow down and plow right into the animal, damaging your car-creating roadkill. Life happens. The second deer we almost hit, almost hit the car in front of us then proceeded to prounce right in front of us, missing Bambi’s cousin by mere inches.

We have had horrible weather since leaving Chicago. I drove through a blizzard, in early October, in Montana. That was fun only being able to see 20 ft in front of you. We are driving down the Oregon Coast, as I write this blog and it is typhoon like conditions; some of the worst conditions imaginable. We just need to drive through a tornado, an earthquake, and a flood of biblical proportions to experience it all; which wouldn’t surprise me at all because of the luck we have been getting on this tour.

Seattle, this past weekend, was a great time. We stayed at our first RV Park, which had all the amenities a RVer like ourselves could need: pool, spa, and sauna. Saturday was a great day up until a Pac-10 referee decided to blow the game and not overturn an obvious incomplete pass by Arizona Wildcat’s Nick Foles that led to a Washington Huskies interception-touchdown to clinch the game for the Huskies. The Wildcats controlled the entire game until the last 3 minutes when Jake Locker looked like he did his freshmen year and took the game into his own hands. He passed for a TD that cut the lead to 5 with fewer than 3 minutes left. Then the Huskies lucked out with an apparent interception off the foot of Wildcat’s receiver Delashaun Dean. The local Huskies’ television crew only aired the field level replay, which clearly showed the football’s nose hitting the ground after it hit Dean’s cleat. You can see the rubber pellets from the artificial turf spring into the air from the football. I don’t know how many times the ref saw the replay or how much money he had on the game, but it was an inherent miss call. It is what it is you can’t change the outcome after the game is done. The Cats are 3-2 now, sixth in the Pac-10; that near victory would have put us second and in good standing for the Rose Bowl; now we are looking at going back to the Vegas Bowl, which I would love to go back to. Both teams played well, inducing an exciting Pac-10 game.

The Seattle Seahawks played extremely well this past Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Every facet of the Seahawks came out to play against a decent Jaguars team. Hasselbeck finally looked like the Superbowl quarterback he once was, especially coming off a rib injury that could have sidelined him for longer. The defense shut out a pesky Jags offense, which is hard to do because you have playmakers like Garrard and Jones-Drew controlling the football and good coaches calling plays. I am a little worried for when the Seahawks play the Cardinals, but it should be a great game nonetheless.

We have the Fresno State vs. San Jose State game this Saturday. Both teams are capable of putting up a lot of points, and I think they will do that. It is a conference game and I think both teams will score well into the 50s. Fresno State 54, San Jose State 51. The Oakland Raiders vs. the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday; in which the Eagles should score a lot of points on a Raider’s defense that doesn’t have any real playmakers and an organization that is in ruins from an out of date owner. Philadelphia Eagles 48, Oakland Raiders 21. On Monday, the San Diego Chargers take on the Denver Broncos, in San Diego. This will be a good Monday Night game, as the Broncos are looking to stay undefeated at 6-0. I think the Chargers will out play the Broncos, handing them their first loss of the season. Both teams have extremely good defenses and the offenses can put points on the board; but I believe this will be a defensive game. San Diego Chargers 17, Denver Broncos 14.