Eight

Here's an oddity about last night's game. There are only three ways to score eight points in American football: a touchdown and two-point conversion, a safety and two field goals, or four safeties. The last is virtually impossible (and would be deeply embarrassing for the other team). Each of last night's teams had, at one point, exactly eight points: Seattle by the second method, Denver by the first.

Also? Nate Silver reports that that was the first 43-8 final score in NFL history.

ETA: Oops. There's a fourth way: safety plus TD with missed PAT. Oh, well.

"The Mary Ellen Carter"

I think my next music post is going to have to be about Stan Rogers. It took me a while to get comfortable with his voice, but damn there are some good songs on this album. "The Mary Ellen Carter" is my favorite - defiant, sentimental, and ferocious, all at once.