Sober Seattle Saturday: The week in sports missed while you were intoxicated

Former Washington Husky and current Portland Trail Blazer star Brandon Roy had his number retired Thursday night at Hec Ed. After the ceremony, the Dawgs held off USC for a 78-73 victory. Brandon Roy will be the single reason why within the next three years former Sonics fans will migrate their allegiances south to Portland, making a new team in Seattle irrelevant. You heard it here first. I think.

More reasons to hate the NCAA
Washington football coaches broke a minor NCAA violation last weekend when they rolled out the fog machine and cranked up the siren for recruits who ran out of the Husky Stadium tunnel. Bylaw 13.6.7.9 prohibits prospects from participating in any “game-day simulations” during a visit and prohibits the use of “personalized recruiting aids.” As far as we know, the recruits weren’t pile-driven into the turf like the Dawgs were in Saturdays past. But they did run into the empty and decrepit stadium, which is pretty much a spot-on game day simulation.

The Big Show on the Big Show
Former Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren has been hired by NBC to do pre-game analysis before the Super Bowl. How can we get him to loosen up and unload on the Steelers and officiating crew from Super Bowl XL? I’m open to suggestions.

M’s eat lunch, Silva less so
The Mariners held their annual pre-spring training luncheon this week. One of the happy little surprises the team offered up was Carlos Silva’s weight loss. Trainer Rick Griffin reported to attendees that the human blob who compiled a 4-15 record with a 6.46 ERA last year dropped 20 pounds. I’m not sure going from 400 pounds to 380 is going to matter much, but I’m sure hoping it does. If you’re doing the accounting at home, and I know that you are, the Mariners paid Silva a little more than $2 million per win last season.