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Affirmative Action Has No Business on the Football Field

Former University of Washington head football coach Tyrone Wilingham. When Tyrone Willingham was appointed head football coach at the University of Washington, prior to the 2005 season, optimism rang throughout the Pacific Northwest...

Written by Ryan Comer about 11 months ago 30 reads 0 comments
Weekly Sports Links and Football Rankings

UCLA head football coach Rick Neuheisel is back in Seattle this weekend to take on his former team. An interesting article on UCLA football coach Rick Neuheisel and his return this weekend to Husky Stadium...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 57 reads 0 comments
Just not much to be excited about for this rabid sports fan

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawks/2008361846_badplays070.html(Just for humor sake, here's an article on the top 10 most disappointing plays for the Seattle Seahawks, Washington Huskies and Washington State Cougars thus far this season...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 58 reads 0 comments
Hasselbeck, the Seahawks, BYU, and other thoughts

First off, some Tuesday morning links:+http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/highschoolsports/2008263479_ringer14.html(This is a pretty neat article about a high school football player in Washington and his unique circumstances...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 83 reads 0 comments
Hasselbeck, the Seahawks, BYU, and other thoughts

First off, some Tuesday morning links:+http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/highschoolsports/2008263479_ringer14.html(This is a pretty neat article about a high school football player in Washington and his unique circumstances...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 64 reads 0 comments
Hasselbeck, the Seahawks, BYU, and other thoughts

First off, some Tuesday morning links:+http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/highschoolsports/2008263479_ringer14.html(This is a pretty neat article about a high school football player in Washington and his unique circumstances...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 84 reads 0 comments
My extremely late rant about last weekend's horrible football games...

This probably should have been posted on Monday, but I’ve been a busy man. So here you go.+First off, a few links that I found particularly interesting:+http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawks/2008238321_hawk08...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 80 reads 0 comments
BYU's "Quest for Perfection" getting more and more likely

For the Brigham Young University football team, the Las Vegas Bowl just isn't cutting it anymore. It's time for a greater challenge. Now, four games into the college football season, it looks like the Cougars just might be ready for that challenge...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 514 reads 3 comments
Some of my Monday morning thoughts...

First off, a funny story from Saturday’s BYU/UCLA game. I was on the field for the game because I was shadowing a couple photographers. It’s my goal to not only learn to write about games but to learn to photograph them as well...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 66 reads 0 comments
BYU-UCLA Highlights Another Exciting Weekend of Football

Unfortunately, I have to rely on the BYU game this week to keep me entertained because it's the only one that looks to have the potential of being good. No...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 771 reads 1 comments
Some random thoughts on an otherwise boring Monday

There is just simply too much going on right now, and all of it deserves a lot of attention. But I'm just going to roll through some random thoughts on my mind after reading ESPN.com (this has accumulated throughout the day as I've had free-time...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 83 reads 0 comments
Seahawks vs. Bills: Final Scores Can Be Deceiving

Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren probably doesn’t want to hear anybody say his team is cursed when it comes to playing games that start at 10 a.m. PST...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 1,226 reads 11 comments
Hawks at Bills: Offensive ineptitude will be the Bills' undoing

Previewing Seattle vs. Buffalo:+Up until a few weeks ago, I was convinced Seattle was going to lose its opener with the Buffalo Bills...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 117 reads 3 comments
BYU vs. Washington: Unfortunately, nobody wins

When a football game ends, the only thing that matters is the final score.+It doesn’t matter if you gained more total yards than your opponent if you don’t score more points.+Nothing matters, unless you score more points...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 162 reads 1 comments
BYU-Washington: The Definitive Preview

You won't find much better than this. :-) Why BYU will win Washington started 24 true or redshirt freshmen in its opener against Oregon and got blasted 44-10. That’s not even mentioning that Oregon was using its third-string quarterback...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 517 reads 0 comments
Random college football thoughts ... and a preview of next week

Here are some random thoughts on this past weekend of college football with my thoughts on BYU's game at Washington next weekend.+1) Utah defeating Michigan. I said it was going to happen, I was accosted for it, and now I’m going to gloat...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 119 reads 0 comments
2008 college football season FEARLESS predictions...

If you thought I had a lot of time on my hands before with the annoying length of some of my notes, you haven't seen anything!+Because I am such a huge college-football fanatic, I thought it ...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 121 reads 0 comments
NBA Not Doing the Blazers Any Favors With Brutal November Schedule

About halfway through December last year, when the Portland Trailblazers decided to start reeling off win after win, I had this strange thought: If the Sonics were to leave Seattle, I think I could become a pretty big Blazers fan...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 502 reads 2 comments
Washington Huskies Football and Its "Quest for Mediocrity"

A couple days ago I posted my thoughts on BYU’s quest for perfection. For the record, because I’ve mulled it over and done some heavy research on the subject (contrary to someone ...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 723 reads 8 comments
BYU football and its "Quest for Perfection"

Recently, I was made aware of shirts being worn by BYU football coach Bronco Mendenhall and his players that say “Quest for Perfection.”First of all, this surprised me...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 541 reads 4 comments
Message to Green Bay Packers: Just Say No!

While I was on my two-year church mission in Taiwan, there wasn’t one thing about American culture that I missed more than the NFL. So when I got back, it was great to be able to watch football games again...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 125 reads 0 comments
In the end, Sonics lease trial decision not of the utmost importance

For four days now we've been given updates on the city of Seattle and its lawsuit against the Supersonics. According to the city, the Sonics have a contractual obligation to play all home games for the next two years at KeyArena in Seattle...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 202 reads 0 comments
Clay Bennett's true motives becoming clearer and clearer

After months of speculation and arguing, the time for trial between the city of Seattle and the Seattle SuperSonics has finally come.The trial started yesterday with Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels taking up most of the time...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 153 reads 0 comments
Riley Nelson is a Cougar .... So what's the big deal?

When college football players decide to transfer to another school, it usually isn't that big of a deal. If the player is any good, the college losing him will obviously be upset...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 4,846 reads 8 comments
Seattle Mariners Have Hit Rock Bottom

Maybe it's a good thing I haven't had internet at my apartment for the last week. Since the Mariners decided to start hitting opposing pitchers with their helmets instead of their bats, I haven't been in the mood to blog about them...

Written by Ryan Comer about about 1 year ago 286 reads 1 comments

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Ryan Comer Article Archive

Affirmative Action Has No Business on the Football Field

Weekly Sports Links and Football Rankings

Just not much to be excited about for this rabid sports fan

Hasselbeck, the Seahawks, BYU, and other thoughts

Hasselbeck, the Seahawks, BYU, and other thoughts

Hasselbeck, the Seahawks, BYU, and other thoughts

My extremely late rant about last weekend's horrible football games...

BYU's "Quest for Perfection" getting more and more likely

Some of my Monday morning thoughts...

BYU-UCLA Highlights Another Exciting Weekend of Football

Some random thoughts on an otherwise boring Monday

Seahawks vs. Bills: Final Scores Can Be Deceiving

Hawks at Bills: Offensive ineptitude will be the Bills' undoing

BYU vs. Washington: Unfortunately, nobody wins

BYU-Washington: The Definitive Preview

Random college football thoughts ... and a preview of next week

2008 college football season FEARLESS predictions...

NBA Not Doing the Blazers Any Favors With Brutal November Schedule

Washington Huskies Football and Its "Quest for Mediocrity"

BYU football and its "Quest for Perfection"

Message to Green Bay Packers: Just Say No!

In the end, Sonics lease trial decision not of the utmost importance

Clay Bennett's true motives becoming clearer and clearer

Riley Nelson is a Cougar .... So what's the big deal?

Seattle Mariners Have Hit Rock Bottom

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