My dad and I have had a saying since I was old enough to watch the Hawks. "Just when you thought they covered them all, the Seahawks have found yet ANOTHER way to lose."
SB XLIX was another stellar example of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I jokingly (sort of) told my dad that it is a good thing the Seahawks prepared us through the years for a loss of this magnitude.
I can't imagine younger kid fans, who have experienced nothing but the last 3-5 yeas, and how utterly destroyed they must have felt (still feel). I still can't think of a crappier way to lose a game... let alone the freaking Superb Owl.
Agreed, thank goodness for XLVIII. There are a bunch of people who are confident we'll get back to the Owl soon.... as a lifelong fan, I'm certainly hopeful, but I don't think many realize how difficult it is to get to one SB, let alone 3 consecutive. The SB XLIX loss will haunt me forever.
GO Hawks.
JonRud":2ivd8586 said:
that was a very difficult loss. The Seahawks have had a history of some incredibly depressing playoff losses.
1988 vs. Oilers - lost in OT
2002 vs. Miami - had the lead around the 2-minute mark
2005 vs. Rams - Engram drops game tying TD at the buzzer
2006 Super Bowl - the worst of all-time
2007 - Bears OT game
2013 vs. Falcons - blew lead with under a minute to go
2015 - Super Bowl, got to 1/2 yard line
Seriously is there another NFL team that has suffered this many unbearable playoff losses in recent history? No way.
This is what makes XLVIII all the sweeter. All the pain of these other games was finally rewarded with a rousing Championship victory.
