The 12th Man on the Seattle Seahawks Football team is enthusiastic and excited.
Today the Seattle Seahawks (11-5) play the Washington Redskins (10-6),
in an NFC wild-card football game at 4:30 EST in Washington D.C.
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Excited, yes, I am one of those fans who has been rooting for the Hawks since 1976.
I haven’t been able to afford to go to a live game since we played in the Kingdome in 1999.
But that doesn’t dampen my spirits.
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Friday, there was a fan rally at Valley Ridge Park next to Tyee High School in SeaTac at 2:30.
Friday was a school day,
by the time those of us who drive students home from there began arriving at about 1:30,
there were hundreds of fans already lining South 188th Street,
waiting for the charter buses transporting the Seahawks team to SeaTac International Airport
to fly out to Washington D.C.
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When we left at 2:12, the throng has grown larger,
louder and more excited.
We had to exit through their wild anticipation of the Hawks.
Of course,
I had my Seahawks lime-green 12th Man Fan t-shirt on, what else!
But I was concerned about people not watching themselves
as we maneuvered around to exit the school property.
After dropping off my high school students,
I returned to pick up my middle school students at Chinook via Interstate 5 and South 188th Street (my normal route).
By then the crowd had grown again, in size and excited anticipation.
I couldn’t help but wave a couple times,
as they were all waving at me in my school bus!
At 2:47 when we were leaving the school property at Chinook,
we saw the charter buses go by on South 188th Street with a police escort.
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The kids on my bus were all looking and excited to see a glimpse of the rally and the team.
We’ll see who wins today…
‘GO HAWKS!
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What a cool shot!
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The big blue flag says it all.. Go Seahawks!
What a cool shot – and exciting to go to the rally! Best of luck today!
Good Luck to your Seahawks!
What fun! But it grinds me that to see sports live, it is so expensive these days, EVERYONE cannot go to see them. It just isn’t right. Oh well, GO SEAHAWKS!! Enjoy Madge!
What fun to get to see the rally and I’ll bet the students were really thrilled! Good luck to the Seahawks today! :)
I will be watching. The Philadelphia Eagles were always my team. I lived in Princeton for 12 years and they were the first team I sort of followed. I deserted them after they hired Michael Vick, who tortured his dogs. I have been looking for a team to cheer on since them. I have now decided that the 49ers will be my team, at least for now. I will watch your team tonight. Good Luck!
Good luck to your team!
I hope your team wins!
We won, 24-14! Next Sunday we play in Atlanta GA, taking on the Falcons on their home turf…
That’s cool.
You’ve got to be happy. They played very well. I was driving around today and had ESPN on the radio. The sports jock on that station was saying he think the Seahawks have the ability to be a Super Bowl team. I’m a Patriots fan, so I hope the Seahawks do well unless they are playing New England.
Hi Madge, Yes, the Seahawks played awesome. Great game!
Have a nice week.
Hugs, CM