I’m assuming you read the first column and have been waiting with bated breath for the second installment…BREATHE!  Don’t worry, it’s right here.  As always View From the Q is 100% biased, inaccurate, and unintelligible.  This week includes additional input from Ryan “Leaky Pipes” Thies, J.J. “The Murph” Fiddler, and Shar “My Wife” Higa.

1.  The only thing better than going to a football game is going to a football game with three other people that love football and can make you laugh.

2.  We sat in the field section for this game, which means I can update you on all the personality quirks of the Seahawks—yes, they have personalities!  For example, their punter kept trying to check out the Charger Girls as they walked by, but would stare at the jumbotron if one of them looked at him.  Sheesh—punters…

3.  Darren Sproles played out of his mind tonight, 13 rushes for 102 yards and a touchdown.  His cuts looked crisp, and he might even be faster than he was last year—there looks to be no trace of nagging leg injuries.  I really wouldn’t want to be a defense playing the Chargers this year.

4.  In my 49ers shirt and hat, I screamed “Traitor!” at Julian Peterson for about ten minutes.  He didn’t turn around, but I’m pretty sure he heard me.  Success!

5.  I think my wife has a crush on D. Sproles.  Why do women love short athletes so much?

6.  Igor “Iiiiiiiiiiiiigooooooor” Olshansky was all over the place tonight, as JJ pointed out repeatedly.  Somehow he ends up with only two assisted tackles on the stat books, but I know I saw him make at least four unassisted ones—what’s up with that?

7.  The only thing better than going to a football game with three other people that love football and can make you laugh is sitting close enough to the visitor’s sideline (seven rows back) that they can hear you screaming at them.

8.  Point in case—JJ and I picked a guy, 9^th-string quarterback Dalton Bell, and heckled him for the entire second half—it was easy, since he never played a snap.  “HEY BELL!!  WHY AREN’T YOU IN THE GAME, BELL?!  IF NOT NOW THEN WHEN, BELL!!  DON’T BOTHER STRETCHING, BELL!  YOU HOLD THE JOCK STRAP FOR THE GUY WHO HOLDS THE CLIPBOARD, BELL!!!”  And my favorite jeer of all time, “PRAAAAAAACTICE SQUAD!”  We were pretty proud of ourselves when he walked to the other end of the sideline to get away from us.

9.  Once again, we allowed a ton of yardage, but not many points (392 yards for only 17 points, even with a Charger turnover).  I’m sensing a pattern here. 

10.  Random jersey spot: some kid was wearing a signed Seneca Wallace jersey—he has to be a relative, right?

11.  Today was Military Appreciation Day, always an odd day at the Q.  The first year we were there, a guy got a standing ovation for killing 24 insurgents before getting both of his legs blown off.  He looked like a lot of the guys today did, uncomfortable, and uncertain of what to do, leaning on crutches while people who spent their day drinking and watching sports clapped for him.  Promise me this, readers: if I go to war for you and get my legs blown off, please don’t go to a football game and cheer for it.  Give me some money and a good job.

12.  25^th-string Fullback Owen Schmitt has a Mohawk.  I guess since he’s never going to have his helmet on, it’s his way of contributing to the evening’s entertainment?

13.  With the score 17-16 and little time left on the clock, Norv went for two and the win!!!!  And we got it!  I love preseason!

14. A whole lot more people in the post-game prayer kneeldown than usual.  Thies points out it’s probably because the roster cuts (from 80 to 53) are less than a week away.  Ouch.