Sound Politics: On a Somewhat Lighter Note

August 26, 2007

On a Somewhat Lighter Note

Some heavy issues on the blog as of late. But football season is upon us. Nothing could go wrong there, right? Well, maybe not:

"Church Deacon, OU Fan Tears Scrotum Of UT Fan In Bar Fight."

Ouch. I mean, OUCH!!!!! Gives new meaning to the "college football is a religion" notion in some parts of the country. And a reminder that in those necks of the woods the emotions that run high between rivals make arguments about politics and religion look like a toddler's birthday party. I can attest from knowing a few fervent University of Texas fans that they'd be happy to return the above favor to the Oklahoma supporting deacon. And those are the nice ones.

Which reminds, me if the rumors I hear are true about Jones Soda at Qwest Field being not so good the Seahawks may have budding riot on their hands. First they made the abominable decision to switch to almost exclusively Budweiser products in the land of mircrobrews (why anger the beer drinkers? They're a huge cash-cow for the concession revenues.). Now the pop sucks too?

Say it ain't so.

Reader input on what's currently being served at Qwest would be most welcome.

Posted by Eric Earling at August 26, 2007 09:13 PM | Email This

Comments

1. The blogs liste on seahawk.net seem to go from people raving about jones soda to its disgusting but there was only 4 seperate comments about jones soda. Where did you hear "not so good" and from how many sources. I am interested.
Thank You.

Posted by: Charlie Gill on August 27, 2007 06:54 AM

2. Eric, paint a backwards "L" on your forehead so you can read it in the mirror with that microbrew comment of yours. Bill the Beerman would be rolling over in his grave if he heard that sort of talk. What they need to do is bring back Olympia and Rainier like back in the good old days.
What next? Are we going to be serving sushi at Mariners games?
Gotta admit, though. I'm always Jonesing for Jones.

Posted by: Don Ward on August 27, 2007 07:05 AM

3. Don - For the record, I have no beef with Bud, but when the beer options at the regular concession stands shrink mightily then the regular fan who is paying a lot of coin for even the cheapest seat is being given a poor set of options.

My parents have season tickets on the lower part of the upper level. On the concourse all along that side of the field there used to be about a dozen different beer options, including an assortment of macro and microbrew products of all kinds. Now there's largely three (all Bud products), and if you hunt real hard among the 10+ concession outlets along there you might find a 4th some game days.

I'm all for bringing back Oly and Rainier (if they existed anymore). At least there would be more choices!

Mind you, I don't even throw down cold ones anymore. But I'm sympathetic to the brotherhood Bill has created in the stands. They deserve choices for their overpriced, watered-down swill!

Posted by: Eric Earling on August 27, 2007 08:15 AM

4. They lost some beer revenue sales from this beer drinker. I'll drink water (which tastes better) at the game before drinking Bud or Bud Light. If I am going to pay $8 a beer, it's surely going to be for a decent beer. For goodness sakes, the Pyramid Brewery is a block away. How tough is it to stock some of their good brews, like the Thunderhead IPA? But I guess it's all about the rights fees that Bud pays. Whatever. I love the Hawks, but won't drink those offerings.

Posted by: Palouse on August 27, 2007 09:30 AM

5. Next you'll be fighting any move to bring back the KingDog, the pre-made nachos with sythetic cheese and the circular urinal troughs from the old Kingdome.
This new Qwest Field boondoggle was a total waste of money...

Posted by: Don Ward on August 27, 2007 10:02 AM

6. Jones Soda is great....not sure what Eric is talking about....the fans love it!

Posted by: Jock on August 27, 2007 12:53 PM

7. Jones Soda is great....not sure what Eric is talking about....the fans love it!

Posted by: Jock on August 27, 2007 12:54 PM

8. jones cola is very good...also pure cane products..much better than that hfcs.

Posted by: rico on August 28, 2007 02:18 PM

9. jones cola is very good...also pure cane products..much better than that hfcs.

Posted by: rico on August 28, 2007 02:18 PM