• Oh good, an American Idol contestant performs the national anthem. Clever, Fox. Do we have Dave Coulier as the special guest referee? Peter Griffin as sideline reporter?

• Carolina opens with a quick three-and-out. Seattle takes possession, and moves the ball quite well, until stalling at midfield when they can't pick up a yard on two consecutive runs. First time all year that Shaun Alexander's been stopped on a 3rd-and-1.

• After Seneca Wallace comes in and makes a grab, Matt Hasselbeck finds Jerramy Stevens wide open over the midddle. 7-0 Seahawks. A third consecutive three-and-out for Carolina would be disastrous. Oh, and Seneca Wallace has really nice cornrows.

• If another three-and-out would've been disastrous, then that interception was positively catastrophic. Not a good day for guys named Jake. Somewhere, Jake Gyllenhall is probably striking out in a gay cowboy bar. Seattle turns the interception into 3 more points. 10-0.

• Total yards: Seattle 111, Carolina 6.

• Another interception, another brutal throw from Jake Delhomme. There can be no explanation for a throw that bad. It looked like Delhomme looked to the sidelines halfway through his throwing motion. The rare no-look pass from the quarterback. Impressive.

• 10-0 Seattle, but it's about to get worse.

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