Drum roll  please ... ... ....

The winning prediction is:
The Outsider (Seahawks: 14 Opponent: 10 for 3pts) 

Congrats, you and your 3 pts should be very proud 

Actually it was brought to my attention that I managed to break something on the site when I put up the new design that caused predection entries to not work.  That has now been fixed.  So watch out Outsider, you might have some real competition next week. 

In case you hadn't noticed, we have spruced up the Chicken Coop. 

 I would like to thank Chicken Skin for her guidance and help in creating the new design. 

This makes design number 3 for the site, and and the first time I've been excited about the sites look.  Lets take a wander down memory lane.

version 1:

version 2:

version 3:

The schedule on this site has been updated for the 2008 season.

I'm stoked for this year like no other.  Go Hawks!!!

The Seachickens Store is now open.

store.seachickens.com

You can get everything from shirts to cutting boards. Currently there are two designs up there (the logo and a chickens collage). I'll let ya know if we get more designs up there.

Make sure to drop me a line if you have any product ideas.

Nuff said!

 I'll be making some posts catching up on the end of last season and anoucing the winner of the prediction contest.

Long live the chickens. 

Maybe it's just because I'm a former offensive guy, or maybe it's because I think low-scoring defensive affairs are boring as hell, but I think that Holmgren should open it up this week.  Let Hasselbeck throw long and often--we can even let Alexander or Morris get into the mix and see if they can catch. 

If the Browns can score 51 points on the Bengals, surely we can?

Just so you don't think I'm completely off my rocker, looks like Jamey Eisenberg, Senior Fantasy Writer for NFL.com agrees with me:

"Browns quarterback Derek Anderson passed for 328 yards, five touchdowns and an interception last week against Cincinnati, so Hasselbeck should be in line for a big day. Hasselbeck got going last week against Arizona with 281 yards passing and a touchdown. He doesn't have a dominant receiver, but Deion Branch, Bobby Engram and Nate Burleson get the job done. The Bengals also are No. 27 in pass defense, allowing 267.5 yards per game and five touchdowns with only three interceptions. After doing well against Baltimore in Week 1, Cincinnati's defense fell apart against Cleveland, and Hasselbeck should continue the misery."

What do you think HawkNation?

The Colonel

The Hawk Squawk section is up and functional. I put in there two news sources that I like for Seahawk stuff. If you have any other RSS feed suggestions please leave a comment.

I'm also not 100% set on the layout of the news reader. Once there ends up being more feeds, I think it will get troublesome to try going through them all looking for new articles. I'm thinking of either putting an overview at the top, or else mixing the articles from the different sources into one big list sorted chronologically. Let me know any ideas you might have for improving it.

New fun and games for the Chicken Nation (ok, maybe it's still only a village at this point). The prediction game is in full swing.

As a Seachicken you can look into your crystal ball and try to see how our Hawks will fair against their opponents. Here is the skinny on how to play:

1. Login (or Signup if you don't have an accound yet)
2. To access the entry form go to the Schedule page, or any individual game's page then look for the link that says "Make a prediction :)".
3. Then just select the score for each team and click Submit.
4. If you change your mind about your score before the game starts, no prob. Just find your prediction and click on it to go back and edit it.

Like all games there are rules:

• Rules
  • You are not allowed to make or edit predictions after the start of the football game.
• Points
  • Correctly guessing the winner = 10pts.
  • Each of your team score guesses is worth points on a sliding scale of how close you were to reality
    • Correct guess = 5pts.
    • ±3 = 4 pts
    • ±7 = 3 pts
    • ±10 = 2 pts
    • ±14 = 1 pts
  • That means there is a total of 20 points available each week
• Prizes
  • This has not been determined yet. It might be a Seachickens t-shirt or something of that nature for the winner. I'll update you on this when that gets determined.

Enjoy,

-The Farmer

There are some cool new features here at the Seachicken Coop.

The Schedule is now finished, complete with games, times, and results. The results are a link to the game stats page on nfl.

Each game now has its own page. You can get to it from links on the Schedule page. It gives the details of the game, along with a rollup of all the Chicken Feed posts and a comments section for all the chicken faithfull to be able to chatter about the game.

You might also start noticing a new link at the bottom of certain Chicken Feeds. If a post is tied to a particular game, it will be listed at the bottom along with a link to the game's page.

-Enjoy