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A Day That We Will All Remember

1/23/2015

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-Mark (@HAWKSFN)

A little change of pace for this Super Bowl Bye Week column.  No movie quote format this week.  This week, the column is going to serve two purposes.  First, it’ll be an attempt to continue the euphoria that this city is currently experiencing after witnessing what happened Sunday at CenturyLink Field.  Second, it’ll serve as historical record so that as time goes by and some of the memories fade, we can use it to remind us all of the incredible event we were a part of Sunday.  Here, in timeline format, was my personal account of January 18, 2015. 

5:30am: The alarm has just gone off.  To be honest, I probably didn’t need an alarm, but not because of my excitement for the day.  A combination of the windstorm that howled through the night and a string of emergency vehicles driving by my place with sirens blaring, I was pretty much up a good portion of the night.  But fatigue will not keep me down today.  But I will need to pick up a 5-hour Energy at the gas station on the way to Seattle.

7:00am: Arrival at the tailgate.  The scene is surreal.  The alley is packed.  There are piles of twisted metal where people left their canopies up all night and the wind just destroyed them.  There’s also an unexplained river of Styrofoam.  Normally when the alley is full, I can park on 1st Ave since parking’s free on Sundays.  Not the case today.  Everything was already taken and I had to bite the bullet and pay to park.  The lot next to me already turned into a lake due to the rain overnight and now has whitecaps on it with the wind. 


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Never quit on the Seahawks.

1/22/2015

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-Geoff

I cannot speak for you, but I'm pretty sure my blood pressure did not recover until Tuesday (along with voice and maybe liver...). The game was the about the lowest of the low and the highest of high in watching football. If there is ONE thing Seahawks fans should know about Pete Carroll's philosophy of winning, it's about how you finish. That is not radical thinking, if you sprint out of the gate and leave no gas in the tank to finish, what is the point.

That is not a perfect analogy to football, but the Seahawks have proven that it works for them. And so as a fan, how can I doubt that concept when the team knows what is on the line. Lose this game, they are packing up lockers on Monday. Win this game and you are on your way to a second consecutive Super Bowl. Never give up.



There is no doubt that the first half is an utter let down from what we expect from Seahawks football. But anybody remember the weather delayed game against the Niner's, the Tampa Bay game, the Oakland game, or even last year's NFC Championship? This Seahawks team plays a second half better than anybody.

Expect a different and amazing 2nd Half for the Seahawks - it will happen.

— Geoff (@HawkStrongSEA) January 18, 2015

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NFC Championship Preview – Friday

1/16/2015

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 - Mark (aka @hawksfn)

Well, could last Saturday have gone much better?  Russell with the performance of a lifetime on one side of the ball while Kam Chancellor reminded the rest of the country that the other half of our safety tandem is pretty darn good too. It was almost as good as the last time the Hawks blasted Carolina in the playoffs.  Obviously that last time had a little more on the line though.  Speaking of, I hear there’s an NFC Championship game in town on Sunday.  It’s come to my attention that the Hawks are playing in it too.  That sounds like something I’ll enjoy attending.  I’m sure I can find tickets for like $20, right?  No?  Hmmm…ok I guess I’ll just use the ones I already bought.  Let’s get ready for the game through the shenanigans and ballyhoo of south central Los Angeles in Friday.

“Craig, Craaaaaig! Let me borrow your VCR right quick. I need to dub a tape.” Good thing I fired up the VCR last Saturday.  It allowed me to re-watch that game on Sunday and see some things I couldn’t see all that well from our perch in section 339.  First and foremost, Kam Chancellor’s high jumps on those field goal attempts were just incredible.  It’s always good to give teams something else they have to plan for.  Recording the game also allowed me to marvel yet again at the deft touch with which Russell was throwing the ball.  The TD throws to Baldwin and Kearse were absolute things of beauty.  Then the capper with Kam’s interception and run back.  I might have watched that more than a few times. 


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Wild Card Preview – Anchorman 2

1/9/2015

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 - Mark aka @HawksFn
You smell that?  No, not the acrid fog we had around here the other day that sent people racing to their nearest outhouse for fresh air. I’m talking about the playoffs.  And not just the playoffs, but the return of the playoffs to the friendly confines of CenturyLink Field.  It’s a glorious combination of victory and domination.  Maybe a little stale beer thrown in there too.  The defense of the Seahawks Super Bowl title begins in earnest on Saturday night.  I’m sure Veronica Corningstone was a Panthers fan when she was a reporter in Asheville, so let’s preview the game through the antics in Anchorman 2.  Ok, I’ll admit, that was a very weak link I just made there.  Cut me some slack.  It’s not easy tying these movies into the actual game.

“I can always guess how many jelly beans are in a jelly bean jar, even if I'm wrong.” And I’m sure we could have all guessed how many wins the Seahawks were going to have this year when they were 3-3 and we would have all been wrong on that too.  I’ll freely admit, I thought I had a better chance of being added to the Seahawks practice squad this year than they had of finishing 12-4 when they were 3-3.  If you haven’t yet, go over to espn.com and look at the piece that Elizabeth Merrill wrote on how the Hawks were able to put this turnaround together.  Coaching’s important, yes.  Drafting is very important, of course.  But woe to you if you discount the impact that actual player leadership has on being able to salvage a season that was headed for disaster. Speaking of…


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