Dealing with a Seahawk-less Super Bowl
By Dan Viens
Super Bowl 50 is a different kind of Super Bowl than Seahawk fans have become accustomed to the last few years.
We’ve become accustomed to having our Seahawks in the Super Bowl; watching the national media analyze and over-analyze the upcoming match up, seeing all the biggest name interviewers come to Renton to do sit downs with our stars, and reveling in the upcoming opportunity. It’s a two week Seahawk love fest where we get to bask in the glory of our hopefully-soon-to-be-championship team we have followed for so long, through all the ups and downs.
But this year the Seahawks are suddenly an afterthought. Our best players are working through Bowl practices alright, but Pro instead of Super…..and the local media focus is on next year already.
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And the national media? A pin dropping on a carpeted floor would make more noise.
Such is the life of being a team that doesn’t get to play in the big game. Remember what this was like? It’s an empty feeling. It was exhilarating watching the Hawks be a focal point of the Super Bowl hyperbole. Now, it feels as if someone else is getting to enjoy what should rightfully be ours.
And that’s really the hardest part, isn’t it? I can barely watch sports television this week. Every time I look up I’m seeing Peyton this and Cam that, and OHMYGODTHEPANTHERSGOTTHEIRSUPERBOWLJERSEYSTODAY!
It’s like watching the ex-girlfriend you dumped hooking up with a guy a day before he buys the winning PowerBall ticket.
This makes it even worse. The team that modeled themselves after us, who we’ve owned for year, who we knocked out of the playoffs a year ago, has now made us their bitch. The come back win at CenturyLink in October…. the beat down at their place in the divisional playoff round. It’s a legit Cam Newton soapbox right now (cringe), and to me, it just feels wrong. It’s like watching the ex-girlfriend you dumped hooking up with a guy a day before he buys the winning PowerBall ticket.
It would be one thing if some upstart NFC team like Philly or Washington had snuck into the Super Bowl…. we have to sit back and watch the Panthers play in, and probably win, our game.
Or will we? Will you even watch? Can you? Are you too upset still, or bitter, or jealous to watch the Super Bowl knowing you just might have to witness the Panthers win it all?
If I wasn’t financially obligated to watch it, I probably wouldn’t. That’s how much it hurts to not see the Hawks in Santa Clara.
I tip my hat to Carolina. They were clearly the best team in the NFC from start to finish. Go get your trophy Panthers, and we’ll come back bigger and badder and madder and try to take it from you next year.
Next: Should the Seahawks trade Kam Chancellor?
Until then, I’m going to pout and resent you. It’s my right as a fan.
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