Jess's
Seattle Seahawks Scrapbook (NFL)
#4 Fan
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*Almost* everyone who's worn a Seattle jersey. I'm not blind though; The Boz was an idiot and KoRo will never redeem himself in my eyes. I love the Hawks of the past; Dave Krieg, Steve Largent, Jim Zorn, Kenny Easley, Tez, Shawn Springs, Ricky "Running" Watters, Sean Dawkins, Chad Brown, Chris Gray, Mack Strong, Steve Hutchinson, Shaun Alexander, and yes even Josh Brown...I love almost all of our guys now, with the exception of Robinson and Wahle.
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Why I am a fan:
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I originally started out as a Colts fan, and have cheered for other teams as I was coming into my own (including the Bengals, Jets, Oilers, Packers...). In junior high though, I started to develop a loyalty to my "home" team, regardless of how bad they were and it's been all Hawks from there.
Plus, being a part of the 12th Man gives Seahawks fans an extra sense of belonging to something very special - it's inspirational.
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Favorite Moments:
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Of course the win over Carolina resulting in the Halas Hoist.
Every game I've ever been to has been amazing, even when we lose.
Getting to watch Camp Mora for a couple of days was AWESOME. Love muh-bois!
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Seattle Seahawks '08 Week Three: Much Better
Seattle Seahawks '08 Week One: Ouch
Jess's
Anaheim Ducks Scrapbook (NHL)
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Ryan Getzlaf, JS Giguere (duh), BOBBY RYAN!!, Jonas Hiller, Todd Marchant, the Niedermayer boys, George Parros, Francois Beauchemin, Selanne.......Past: Andy Mac, Dustin Penner, Adam Oates, Petr Sykora, Joffry Lupul, Sammi Pahlsson.....
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Why I am a fan:
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I have some former Spokane Chiefs players to thank for making me a Ducks fan. Back in 2002 when they had some of my faves - Cam Severson, Kevin Sawyer, Kurt Sauer, and Coach Mike Babcock I started watching them closely and my loyalty to them was born and remains, even after my Chiefs have since scattered.
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Favorite Moments:
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Sauer's first NHL playoff goal in 2003, their domination of the '03 playoffs before they met the Devils, and of COURSE the entire 2006-2007 season and the Championship series that brought home Lord Stanley
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Bobby Ryan Hat Trick vs. Kings.....3rd goal is a beauty
Ducks v. Sharks 9/24/08
Jess's
Seattle Mariners Scrapbook (MLB)
#2 Fan
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I can't start here without first mentioning Griffeys Jr. and Sr...I even liked A-Rod back then. I love Hernandez, Washburn, Putz, Johjima, LeHair, Balentien, Beltre, Betancourt, Ibanez, and I-CHI-RO.....
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Why I am a fan:
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Aside from "root-root-root for the home team"? I guess you can say I usually cheer for the underdog and...well....
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Favorite Moments:
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116 - Win Season, and one time some cool grounds keeper let me stand in the middle of Center field
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Felix Hernandez Mariners Commercial
Great Wall of Adrian
Jess's
Spokane Chiefs Scrapbook (Junior Hockey)
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Kurt Sauer, Kevin Sawyer, Cam Severson, Joseph Cardarelli, David Lemanowicz, Tyler Mackay, Kyle Rossiter, Bryan McCabe, Valeri Bure, Brad Ference, Marian Cisar, Trent Whitfield, Ray Whitney, Barry Brust, Jason Labarbera, Matt Kieth, Mason Wallin, David Boychuk, Chris Heid, Trevor Kidd, John Klemm, Greg Leeb, Lynn Loyns, Zenith Komarniski, Doug Lynch...
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Why I am a fan:
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My aunt was a billet for the team when I was in high school...I was introduced to the sport and fell in love the minute I smelled the ice.
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Favorite Moments:
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Games with my aunt, games with Dan Weaver in the press box (which inspired me to pursue a career in sports), trips to away games and how excited the guys would get when they'd see the distance some of their fans would travel just to watch them play, Cup Champs '90-'91, Hosting the cup in '98, Cup Champs '08
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Spokane Chiefs '07-'08 Montage
Memorial Cup Falls Apart
Jess's
Washington St. Cougars Scrapbook (NCAAF)
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Marcus Trufant, Robbie Tobeck, Mark Rypien, Rian Lindell, Michael Bumpus, Alex Brink, Jason Hill, Steve Broussard
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Why I am a fan:
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The first college football game I ever went to was a WSU game and I was in awe of the stadium...I was excited to watch a "real live" football game and just thrilled to be there. It was the Cougs who inspired me to go to school at WSU.
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Favorite Moments:
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All of the games I've been to have been a blast...and of course the Rose Bowls in '98 and '03 (yea there have been other Bowl games but those were the best)...these last few years have been disheartening; hopefully we can pick it up again!
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Cougar Football
Wazzu Coug Highlights
Jess's
Gonzaga Bulldogs Scrapbook (NCAABB)
#3 Fan
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Dan Dickau, Richie Frahm, and honorable mention to John Stockton, even though I never got to see him play there.
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Why I am a fan:
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I used to go to games a lot with friends growing up near Spokane - they were some of the most intense, exciting games I've ever been to
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Favorite Moments:
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Playoffs in 1999 - watching them come off the bus was bittersweet...good because they did so well but not so good because they weren't still there.
Games against EWU were always a blast.
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Gonzaga U Bulldogs Thunderstruck
The Biggest Little Team in College Basketball
Jess's
Indianapolis Colts Scrapbook (NFL)
#12 Fan
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Even though I never got to actually see him play, Johnny U was legendary in my house. Mike Vanderjagt, Cato June, Jeff Saturday, Tarik Glenn, Edgerrin James, Dallas Clark, Wayne and Harrison, Mustafah Muhammad, Brad Scioli...
And I love Peyton...I can't help it.
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Why I am a fan:
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It's genetic.
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Favorite Moments:
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All of the roller coaster years were full of exciting and special moments. Of course I can't leave out the only SB they've won since I've been alive...My dad would have been so excited.
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5 
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| 40 | 11/18/09There have been a lot of comments in the polls and forums regarding FanIQ's new Fantasy feature and the confusion that some people may be having, so a little tutorial seemed in order.
First Step - ... Read More »
Sport: Fantasy Sports
4 | 80 | 11/15/09
| 80 | 11/15/09It's time to prove we are as good at choosing the best of the best this week as we claimed, and talk some more trash to each other while the games play out. Most likely, we all chose QB's like Drew Br... Read More »
Sport: Fantasy Sports
5 | 122 | 11/8/09
| 122 | 11/8/09And so begins the first week of FanIQ Quick Fantasy! Do you have a game (or 11 like me)? How are you doing? If you don't know, here's how you can find out:
Go to "Quick Fantasy&... Read More »
Sport: Fantasy Sports
16 | 26 | 10/12/09
| 26 | 10/12/09Seattle Seahawks fullback Owen Schmitt is a jackass.
In an effort to pump his team up, and maybe fire up the 12th Man, Schmitt bashed himself in the head with his helmet repeatedly when he was int... Read More »
Sport: NFL
About Me
100% Complete Bio
I'm Jess, the community manager of this awesome site. If you have any questions about the way things work around here, let me know!.......
About me....I get goosebumps for exciting victories and tears for championship defeat (even if it's not my team). I thrive on football and hockey, but I'll watch almost any sport - and give me enough time, I'll be obsessed. I cheer for the underdog if I don't have a set team preference for a specific game - and I'm thrilled when the Cinderella team wins it all (as long as it's not against my team!) Pro-retirement ceremonies are one of the very few things that can make me cry but I always watch them anyway.......
I LOVE road trips and anything outdoorsy - but my idea of *A* perfect day is spent curled up in an overstuffed chair with sunflower seeds and a drink, the Q on the laptop, the NFL on from morning through afternoon and the NHL in the evening on a big screen TV. Color me happy...but call me lazy.
| Height: | 5' 5" |
| Weight: | 70 |
| Bats: | R |
| Throws: | R |
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| Relationship Status: | Long Term Contract (Married) |
| Kids: | 8 year old little girl, Kiernan |
| Occupation: | Community Manager |
| Companies: | FanIQ |
| Places I lived: |
Various cities/towns in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Oh and I lived in Leadville, CO when I was tiny.
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| Greatest Moment in Sports: | Miracle on Ice |
| Greatest Event in Sports: | Championships - any of them |
| Greatest Athlete of All Time: | No way can I name just one. |
| Greatest Coach of All Time: | I don't know about the greatest - but I absolutely love Vermeil....and of course Holmgren and Dungy lol (yea I know, I know - there are many great men who came before them that outrank either one...I just love these guys). For my team - Mike Holmgren and Chuck Knox; without a doubt. |
| Most Fanatical Moment: | Taught my daughter each team by logo in the NFL when she was five and she knew the NHL by the time she hit seven, as well as the team's qb's and their numbers (working on other positions now). There are SO many more... |
| My Sports Superstitions: | There are many - I'm very superstitious. Some of them change from season to season too. |
| Most Disappointing Sports Moments: | For me, at least - Seattle's loss to the Steelers in Super Bowl XL |
| Fantasy Sports I Play: | NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, College Football |
| Fantasy Skill Level: | I have a few trophies =) |
| Sports I Play: | Basketball, Billiards/Pool, Football, Ice Hockey, Video Games, Volleyball |
| Nickname: | I don't have one |
| Current Skill Level: | Ice Hockey - natural defenseman, can play RW though. Football - HB, FB |
| Highest Organized Level: | Varsity, recreational |
| Athletes I've Played With/Against: | Mark Rypien was one of my hockey (yes hockey) team owners in Spokane but I never played with or against him |
| Sports Trophies/Awards: | Nothing worth mentioning, unless you count my girlie stuff. I won some awards with my cheer squad in high school, as well as some individual dance awards. |
| Career Highlights: | playing hockey for a women's league |
| Career Lowlights: | playing hiatus |
| Sports Injuries: | all minor |
| Games I Usually Attend: | as many as possible when you live 400 miles away from your closest favorite team :( |
| Greatest Sporting Event I've Attended: | any Seahawks game I've attended so far |
| Sports People I've Met: | Cortez Kennedy, Jon Kitna, Shawn Springs, Chad Brown, Sean Dawkins, Ricky Watters, Mark Rypien, Mike Babcock, Trevor Kidd, Matt Keith, Ty Jones, Jan Hrdina, Jon Klemm, Brad Ference, Valeri Bure, Jason LaBarbera, Greg Leeb, Lynn Loyns, Bryan McCabe, Jason Podollan, Kyle Rossiter, Kurt Sauer, Kevin Sawyer, Cam Severson, Roman Tvrdon, Trent Whitfield, Ray Whitney, - (some of the hockey players aren't so famous but they've all made NHL appearances or are playing in Europe), Dan Marino, Gary Payton, and kind of George Foreman |
| Sports Figures from my Hometown: | None to my knowledge, but some great NHL players played juniors in Spokane, Wa. |
| Most Prized Sports Possessions: | Seahawks jersey ball - Seahawks triple framed autographed pics of Hass, Alexander, and Branch - hockey print, signed sticks |
| Sports Trading Cards: | Kurt Sauer autographed Ducks rookie card, Peyton Manning rookie card, Ken Griffey Jr., the kid and his dad, A-Rod rookie card, Patrick Roy Habs card, and lots of others, those are just the ones that come to mind. |
| Athlete Autographs: | Lofa Tatupu, Matthew Hasselbeck, Deion Branch, Shaun Alexander, Kelly Jennings, Nate Burleson, Jordan Babineaux, CJ Wallace, John Owens, Owen Schmitt, and Grey Ruegamer for the Seahawks. Hockey - lot of guys that played on the Chiefs in Spokane (including Kurt Sauer's on a few things), Robert Esche, that's about it. |
| Favorite Sports Collectibles: | Anything |
| Dream Sports Job: | If I'm REALLY dreaming, GM for a football or hockey team. If I'm dreaming a little, a scout for football or hockey, and what I'm actually working toward, team publicity. |
| Favorite Jerseys: | Seahawks: Trufant #23, Strong #38, Largent #80, Hasselbeck #8(Kiernan's), Tatupu #51 (Trever's), and an autographed Tatupu 2007 pro bowl jersey
Ducks: Francois Beauchemin #23 WSU: Marcus Trufant #45 Mariners: Felix Hernandez #34 Chiefs: Kurt Sauer #34(rookie), Tyler MacKay #30 (Trever's) |
| Favorite Sports Brands: | Any |
| Favorite Ballgame Foods: | Garlic fries, mini pizzas, candied cashews, licorice ropes, SODA is always better at a game, german or polish dogs with kraut |
| Beer of Choice: | I don't drink beer - but give me an original Smirnoff Ice or something similar and color me happy. |
| Hottest Athletes: | There was this one guy who played goalie for a while.....oh that's right, I married him. |
| Ugliest Athletes: | it's not nice to call people ugly :-p |
| Favorite Sports Announcers: | Anyone who can be professional and objective (and yes that includes announcers for my own team as well). I really like Jim Hughson but I think that's just because of EA's NHL games |
| Least Favorite Sports Announcers: | Announcers who are biased and unprofessional (yes, that includes my own). |
| Favorite Sports "Experts": | Dan Weaver - he's my inspiration And of course Pat, 100% Injury Rate, and the rest of the featured writers of FanIQ.com - those guys and girls are the best, you should check 'em out ;) |
| Least Favorite Sports "Experts": | Rich Eisen - he's a sneaky weasel |
| Favorite Sports Movies: | Miracle, Any Given Sunday, The Longest Yard, A League of Their Own, Happy Gilmore, Invincible, Gridiron Gang, Friday Night Lights, ... |
| Favorite Sports Books: | Get Your Own Damn Beer, I'm Watching the Game (Holly Robinson Peete); The GM (Tom Callahan), and Quiet Strength (Tony Dungy). Also, any compilation of sports stories - records - or moments. There are so many more on my list of those that I'm hoping to read some day...if anyone has any recommendations, I'm open! |
| Favorite Sports Websites: | THIS ONE! and all the league.com sites. |
| Sports Video Games I Play: | EA Madden Series, NFL Head Coach, EA NHL Series, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, College Football |
| Video Game Skill Level/ Playing Style: | I can hold my own in Tiger, and I can contribute decent in Madden and NHL but if I'm trying to play against my hubby I get squashed. |
| Favorite Sports Video Games: | Tiger, NHL 2k series, Madden, Head Coach, NCAAF. Do the Wii Fit or sports games on the Wii count? |
| Non-Sports Hobbies and Interests: | Belly dancing, Reading, photography, writing poetry, spending time outdoors, studying different religions, anything ancient Greek, etc....
ALL TIMES PST: These are the times I will not be online for sure Class Schedule: Through Dec. 12 Mondays 7:00 - 8:30pm Tuesdays 5:30 - 6:30pm Thursdays 6:30 - 8:00pm Specific Dates: Oct 13 - 5:30pm - ??? (going to see Bellydance Superstars) Oct 14 - 7:00 - 8:30pm Oct 21 - 7:00 - 8:30pm Oct 24 - All Day (workshops and performance) Oct 28 - 7:00 - 8:30pm Oct 31 - 3:00pm - ??? (passing out candy & performing) Hell Week: Nov 4 - 6:00pm - ? Nov 8 - 6:00pm - ? Nov 10 - 6:00pm - ? Nov 11 - 5:00pm - ? Nov 12 - 5:00pm - ? Nov 13 - 5:00pm - ? Nov 14 - 5:00pm - ? Nov 15 - Noon - ? |
| Movies: | Perfect Stranger, Lucky Number Slevin, Troy, Fight Club, Brothers Grimm, Braveheart, Butterfly Effect, DaVinci Code, Failure to Launch, Harry Potter series, Italian Job, Just Married, Knockaround Guys, Eragon, National Treasure, Ocean's series, Pirates of the Caribbean series, Practical Magic, Sixth Sense, Signs, True Lies, Uptown Girls, Van Helsing, Without a Paddle, Anything with Marilyn Monroe or Audrey Hepburn...a ton more... |
| TV: | NFL Network, NHL Network, House, BONES, Grey's Anatomy, CSI, CSI:NY, CSI:Miami sometimes, DH, B&S
Favorite RIP shows I'll watch all the time in syndication or DVD - Ally McBeal, Veronica Mars, Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond I'm also a sucker for the true crime dramas on Bio. and A&E, and those stinking court shows...yea I'm a loser :-p |
| Music: | Alternative, ska, some rap, hip-hop, dance, some techno, some rock, love 90's stuff, some emo, NO: country, death metal, or screamo |
| Video Games: | ROCK BAND 2!!!!!! Sly Cooper, Tetris, Fusion Frenzy, any of the Mario games! |
Teams
Jess
Hates
| Dallas Stars | |
| Why I Hate Them: | I don't hate teams, but if I did, these guys would be at the VERY top of the list. I do dislike them... |
| Players I Hate: | Marty Turco...seriously, how many times can one goalie lift a frickin net on purpose on one game without getting called on it? I think he tries to break his own record EVERY GAME for that crap!...and Billy Guerin when he was there. |
| New England Patriots | |
| Why I Hate Them: | Nah, I don't hate them...but a lot of their fans tick me off. |
| Players I Hate: | None... |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Why I Hate Them: | Again...I don't hate teams but a lot of the players and their ignorant fans are starting to push them that way. Note: I don't think all Steelers fans are ignorant; we have some perfect examples of GOOD Steelers fans right here on FanIQ...but a good lot of them are arrogant homers who fail to see any fault in their team or players even if it's blatantly there in front of them. That annoys me. |
| Players I Hate: | None... |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Why I Hate Them: | I don't hate them either, but again...most of their fans tick me off. |
| Players I Hate: | None... |
| Washington Huskies | |
| Why I Hate Them: | I don't hate teams, but if I did... Because I'm supposed to :D |
| Players I Hate: | None... |
| New York Yankees | |
| Why I Hate Them: | I don't hate teams, but if I did... 'Cuz I'm a Mariners fan. And most of the Yankees and their fans are loudmouth a-holes. (For those of you friends of mine that are Yankees fans - love you :D ) |
| Players I Hate: | I hear that Jeter guy's a real d-bag |
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| Why I Hate Them: | I LOVE my team and don't hate any in the Pacific division even though they're rivals...this is just for one player in particular that has no other place right now, so I have to put them here... |
| Players I Hate: | CHRIS PRONGER! He frickin takes STUPID penalties, putting his team in a bind at the worst times. He's dirty. He may be a great leader in the locker room but he's a crap leader on the ice and now he's taking Corey Perry down with him. I want him OFF my team. STAT. |
