FB Owen Schmitt didn't want to wait for the contact of the game, so he delivered for himself a little bit during pregame introductions. As the Seahawks fullback's name was announced, he ran through the smoke and onto the field while repeatedly hitting himself in the forehead and face with his own helmet, opening up a gash on his face. "Did you see the blood?" head coach Jim Mora asked. "The thing is, he was our only active fullback. So, he's running out on the field banging his head, and I said, 'Hey pal, if you get hurt, we don't have anyone else.' That's just his enthusiasm." Schmitt later apologized to Mora, but the message was delivered to his teammates. "Gruesome but beautiful at the same time," linebacker Lofa Tatupu said. 10/12/2009

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