Let's try to save a very bad weekend...

[mack23]

The rain has started here in Western WA. They're calling it the worst downpour since the flooding of 1995. 1-2 inches tonight, 1-2 inches Monday, and 1-2 inches Monday night. Strangely, the Seahawks have only played 1 or 2 games ever in the rain at Qwest when you would think it was a lot more, so I wouldn't say they have some huge advantage due to the weather. But there's no doubt about what it will be like tomorrow. Heavy rain and winds 25-35 mph.

With Hasselbeck and Alexander out, I see the Hawks getting very conservative tomorrow so that Oakland's stingy DBs cannot pull a PITT on them and score off turnovers. The crowd is a huge factor and if Oakland's offense has been bad this year, it should be terrible tomorrow, lots of penalties. All this makes the game look like a low scoring affair, I'll predict 16-10 SEA. This would be well under the total of 37. That being said, the rain could lead to a few turnovers resulting in possible defensive TDs. If anyone has some info about the effect of heavy rain on totals, please add it here!

So the pick is U37.