OK.
I just gotta respond to all the DAWG LUUUVVVVVERS who have been able to maintain their delusions of superiority by virtue of an incredible capacity for ignorance. These are the reasons WA doesn't come in second in the Northwest. Idaho and Montana are filling the #2 and #3 spots very nicely.
First: You say there are more fish in WA (As in WA WA WA all the way home).
Well if there are more fish, its cuz ya ain't catching them, ya bunch a treblehooking broomstick crackers. You know who you are!
Second: Kennewick Man.
Third: We gave you Gary Payton and Harold Reynolds. You gave us Detlef Schrempf and Sean "PUFFY" Kemp.You can have them back now because we're done with them. While you are at it, take Paul Allen too. Maybe if PA PA PA wasn't from WA WA WA he'd have the brains use all of that money to buy some players that still played both ends of the court.
Fourth: You are on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Is that where Joey Buttafuoco goes to fish?
Fifth: WPS!
Sixth: There is a Don James memorial wing at the WA State Penitentiary.
Seventh: He should be in residence.
Eighth: He isn't.
Ninth: More people. Smaller state.
nuf said