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Everyone has a weakness (even Chuck Norris). LSU is no different. Quarterback is the one and only position where the Huskies have an edge.

Coach Steve Sarkisian is a micromanager. For good and bad. Good: He was directly involved in many of the offensive run-throughs. This seems like a bright idea considering he's the mastermind of an offense that's brand-new to Husky players. Bad: He hectored a ball boy for putting balls in the wrong place. Can't someone else be supervising the student managers?

We are sitting in front of the TV watching the Issaquah-Skyline 4A championship game, still working on a heaping plate of leftovers from last weekend. (Does turkey have an expiration date?) This game was originally scheduled for Saturday, but was moved to accommodate Bellevue, who plays Union in the 3A final. Bellevue played a rescheduled game earlier this week after their bus rolled over on the way to last week's game. Here...grab a plate.

Back in April when our Husky tickets arrived in the mail, we carefully removed the UCLA ones and placed them in a safe place. The return of Rick Neuheisel was to be the game of the year, and we were looking to take out some program-in-free-fall frustration on Slick Rick.

Who is the best quarterback in the state? Matt Hasselbeck? We don't think so. Jake Locker? Sorry Husky fans. You are only half right.

To paraphrase Mitch Albom, the state of Washington and football go together like Wile E. Coyote and TNT these days. At this rate, Jake Heaps will probably sign an early commitment with the Ducks next week.

It's getting ugly out there.

Say "New York Giants" to most Seahawk fans, and the conversation will turn to the 2005 OT game at Qwest Field, where the Giants missed three field goals, including two in overtime, and the Hawks prevailed 24-21. Kicker Jay Feely had an epic fail that day, and his holder, punter Jeff Feagles, had the best seat in the house as the trainwreck unfolded.

It could be worse. Somehow. We guess SoDo could have been swallowed up in a giant sinkhole. Or the Mariners could keep playing for another three months. Thankfully, their season ended Sunday, bumbling to a 61-101 record, and our long civic nightmare appears to be over, or at least delayed for a few months.

We try to stay positive. We really do. But with our local football teams winless this season, Blayne getting bounced off Project Runway and a certifiable jackass poised to head for the White House (again), we've been dealing with a little self-doubt this week. And listening to lots of Pink Floyd.

This weekend proved that in sports, there's always plenty of room to disagree. One person's trash is another's treasure. It certainly gives us a lot to chew on.

In an attempt to make sense of last weekend's performance by our local gridiron teams, Seattlest is looking to other sources for inspiration.

The Seahawks dispatched with the Oakland Raiders 23-16 in the final preseason game. In recent years, preseason games have become little more than an exercise in injury avoidance, and the Hawks emerged relatively unscathed, although the receiving corps has taken a hit with losses of Engram and Obomanu for extended periods. The Hawks were 3-1 in preseason action andwill begin regular season play on Sunday as they visit the Buffalo Bills.

It's football season, and frankly, it hasn't come quickly enough for us. Since the end of last gridiron season, we lost our NBA team, the Mariners have become little more than a soap opera, and we've become far too familiar with Olympic swimmers. But in football, we are offered a reprieve from all the negativity (until the UW loses their first game, of course). Let's take a look at this weekend's games:

This Oregon drive started when the Ducks intercepted Jake Locker on their own 6. Oregon drove the ball into Husky territory, but were still outside field goal range on this key 3rd & 8. If the Huskies were going to have a chance, they needed to make a stop on this play, and they couldn't--due to a blitz that didn't work and miscommunication in the secondary.

After watching Husky quarterback Jake Locker overthrow receiver after receiver in the USC game, Seattlest wondered--could this behavior could be a product of his high school years? It appears so. Our exclusive report has reveals the identities of Locker's receivers when he was quarterback at Ferndale High:

Overheard walking away from Husky Stadium: "That Trenton Tuiasosopo...I wonder if he's related to Marques Tuiasosopo?"

Football is measured in coaching eras. The Don James era, for example. But within those are a subset of mini-eras, belonging to the team's starting quarterback. Tonight the Huskies start probably the most anticipated mini-era in team history: The Jake Locker Era.

The Huskies released their spring depth chart today, and oh-so-highly touted quarterback Jake Locker is listed as the #1 QB. Locker is expected by the type of Husky fan who spends a lot of time on message boards to lead the program back to excellence. He's 6-2, 210, and fast. Scout.com calls him "a bigger Marques Tuiasosopo with a stronger arm."

According to the P-I, the Mariners aren't kidding about going after Barry Zito.

The Mariners aren't backing off their interest in Oakland left-handed starter Barry Zito, the pitcher expected to come out of the winter (if not the winter meetings themselves) with the most lucrative contract awarded a pitcher.

Husky quarterback Isaiah Stanback is out for the rest of his Husky career after his foot imploded during Saturday's loss to the Beavers.