Around 2,500 years ago, a lunatic Ionian with a penchant for ascribing mystical properties to numbers founded a cult. Because apparently he did some good things for #math, we have remembered him (though less of his mysticism and lunacy): Pythagoras. And, because clearly sports are more important than math, his name has been immortalized in … Continue reading Pythagoras and the Seahawks
Indulge me for a few moments in a hypothetical. In this phantom universe, you reside in a house. The house itself, and its location, are immaterial; but you’ve been living in this house for a long time. Setting aside any and all proprietary questions, or of ownership, let it be said that the house is, … Continue reading When Safeties Aggress
Seahawks Twitter has long been plagued by an ugly debate on a simple question: does rushing matter? Sadly, the debate is pointless, for several reasons. First, because the statistical evidence overwhelmingly supports that passing is more likely to be successful, both in terms of more advanced analytical stats like EPA/play, as well as in more … Continue reading Tailbacks: The Apostles of Carrollogy
Memory is a strange beast. On September 29, 2018, after weeks and months of being pressured to acquiesce to a destiny in which what our house really needs is a fourth animal, my wife showed me a picture of a cat in need of a new home. Now, please understand that this cat looked almost … Continue reading On Memory and Kittens
Broadly speaking, all truths can be divided into two categories: the obvious and the not-obvious. While the former is important and often serves as the bedrock of each of our own worlds to the extent we can derive any joy from thinking, we do so in consideration of the latter. For example, the purpose of … Continue reading The Shadow of Triumph
In the preface to his seminal work, Cedric J. Robinson writes that “[t]he shared past is precious, not for itself, but because it is the basis of consciousness, of knowing, of being”. This is so significant that it deserves its own paragraph; because, when we think about identity, we cannot and should not mean Pete-Carroll-ball, … Continue reading Seahawks Identity: A Story of Seven Celebrations
