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Daily Buzz: This time, Seattle is ready for 'Beast Mode' to shake things up

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 2:18 p.m. ET

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Three years ago, in a wild card game against the New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch broke off an amazing 67-yard touchdown run that had to be seen to be believed.

Even with visual evidence, it'€™s still hard to fathom:  

That feat of strength would become the origin of Lynch’s “Beast Mode” nickname, and the Qwest Field crowd response to Lynch’s score registered on seismograph equipment in the area.

This Saturday, the Seahawks host the Saints again, this time in the divisional round, and this time, should Lynch break off another “Beast Mode” run, local seismologists will be ready.

According to MyNorthwest.com, the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network installed two seismometers at the since-renamed CenturyLink Field in anticipation of the game. There will be one machine on the field, one in the stands, plus another south of the stadium, all three measuring to see if the “12th Man” crowd triggers another earthquake.

"We hope to learn a little bit more about how the seismic waves travel through the area, and in this case seismic waves generated by the 12th Man," Bill Steele of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network told the site.

"Here we have an earthquake we know is going to happen beforehand so we can set up some instrumentation and record it from within the earthquake itself essentially, and then compare that to instruments nearby."

If you’re curious to see for yourself just how much the ground rumbles in Seattle on Saturday, you can follow the action on the PNSN website.

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• Remember the 11-year-old varsity basketball prodigy from Orlando, Fla.? Well, turns out his 9-year-old sister also has game, and is a varsity hoops star herself:

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