JSeahawks wrote:So I was hanging out with my parents and my sisters last night and we were watching some of our old family video's from when we were all little kids when to my shame, there was little JSeahawks, about 3 years old sporting a Dallas Cowboys bib. In my defense I looked pretty pissed off so i'm sure it was forced upon me.
In an even darker period of my life I remember sporting a Pittsburgh Steelers jacket for a year sometime around 4th grade (which would have been 1982ish). My dad was a big Steeler fan back then (he is now almost as big of a Seahawk fan as I am) and i'm sure he bought me the coat which I remember loving. He was also a Beaver fan but luckily I rebelled against that and became a Duck fan.
Luckily, soon after that dark period I discovered Kenny Easley, Steve Largent and Curt Warner and all thru high school i was sporting the badass old school Seahawks Starter jacket and the rockin Seahawks zubaz pants (see below). Dave Krieg, Brian Blades and others helped me evolve into the sophisticated, highly intelligent sports fan that I am today.
Anybody else have similar stories of misfortune from their youth? Anybody dare to admit that they wore **gasp** 49er gear?
Aros wrote:My transgression was that I was a Vikings fan before I was a Seahawks fan. I had an Ahmad Rashad jersey I loved and wore all the time. Loved their Nike-looking logo, loved the purple.
To my credit, this was before the Seahawks were even in the league.
Once they were, I mean the minute they were, my allegiance was forever changed.
Good DOES prevail over evil!
Scottemojo wrote:Before I started watching the Seahawks, I rooted for the Racist Skins in the SB against the Dolphins.
Too my credit, I was a stupid little kid and thought they were from Washington. The state, that is. I also stuck a thumbtack on some guy's chair during that game and got a good ass whippin for it. Like I said, stupid kid.
seahawkfreak wrote:Scottemojo wrote:Before I started watching the Seahawks, I rooted for the Racist Skins in the SB against the Dolphins.
Too my credit, I was a stupid little kid and thought they were from Washington. The state, that is. I also stuck a thumbtack on some guy's chair during that game and got a good ass whippin for it. Like I said, stupid kid.
How can one be racist of an entity that one roots for? It would be the same as being an Eagles fan but at the same time hating birds (or is it avian hater,,,lol).
semiahmoo wrote:I'll say it again - this is Pete's last season in Seattle if the teams doesn't make a legit hard run deep into the playoffs.
CANHawk wrote:I've been quite honest about the fact that the Bills of the late 1980's/early 90's were what lured me to the NFL. But for some odd reason my Mom, bless her, thought it would be a good idea for my 13th birthday (so...`92?) to get me a Dallas Cowboys birthday cake. My brother (a big Cowboy fan at the time... dirty frontrunner) bought me a cowboy hat and t-shirt. so mom has a picture of me, fully adorned in Cowboy gear, posing with my Cowboy cake with a kind of "dafuq?" looking smile on my face (no, I'm not sharing). My beloved Bills would go on to lose the next 4 superbowls (2 to Dallas).
I also still have a Jerry Rice jersey......... a red one. I bought it while I was still in high school (I was young and foolish and all my friends were front-running).
I always "identified" the Hawks as my "home team" (geography and all) but it wasn't until late in the Denis Erickson era (somewhere between Moon and Kitna) that I started rooting for the home team exclusively. With the exception of a brief fling with Tampa in the early 00's (Mike Alstot and that tampa 2 defense) the Hawks and I have been going steady ever since.
Scottemojo wrote:CANHawk wrote:I've been quite honest about the fact that the Bills of the late 1980's/early 90's were what lured me to the NFL. But for some odd reason my Mom, bless her, thought it would be a good idea for my 13th birthday (so...`92?) to get me a Dallas Cowboys birthday cake. My brother (a big Cowboy fan at the time... dirty frontrunner) bought me a cowboy hat and t-shirt. so mom has a picture of me, fully adorned in Cowboy gear, posing with my Cowboy cake with a kind of "dafuq?" looking smile on my face (no, I'm not sharing). My beloved Bills would go on to lose the next 4 superbowls (2 to Dallas).
I also still have a Jerry Rice jersey......... a red one. I bought it while I was still in high school (I was young and foolish and all my friends were front-running).
I always "identified" the Hawks as my "home team" (geography and all) but it wasn't until late in the Denis Erickson era (somewhere between Moon and Kitna) that I started rooting for the home team exclusively. With the exception of a brief fling with Tampa in the early 00's (Mike Alstot and that tampa 2 defense) the Hawks and I have been going steady ever since.
You are a bit of a whore.
Scottemojo wrote:Before I started watching the Seahawks, I rooted for the Racist Skins in the SB against the Dolphins.
Too my credit, I was a stupid little kid and thought they were from Washington. The state, that is. I also stuck a thumbtack on some guy's chair during that game and got a good ass whippin for it. Like I said, stupid kid.
HawkAroundTheClock wrote:Because my parents came from Minnesota, I had a plastic Vikings helmet as a kid. In my room, I would toss a football in the air, make diving catches on the bed, and crash headfirst into the wall. Repeatedly. I felt invincible in that helmet. I had never heard of concussions. Turns out my parents had. I am now embroiled in a complicated class action suit against my parents.
Hawknballs wrote:When I was a kid I was a Seahawks fan but I also loved the Dolphins. Dan Marino was my favorite player and I had more dolphins gear than 'Hawks stuff.
In my defense, at least even as a kid I knew an amazing QB when I saw one and gravitated towards Marino. I just loved watching that dude play. I still see old highlights of him and shake my head. It wasn't because they were a 'popular' team, or had the cool 'raiders' silver and black, or the tradition of the cowboys/steelers so I don't have a lot of guilt about it; I saw him play and that's what got me hooked on football.
JSeahawks wrote:So I was hanging out with my parents and my sisters last night and we were watching some of our old family video's from when we were all little kids when to my shame, there was little JSeahawks, about 3 years old sporting a Dallas Cowboys bib. In my defense I looked pretty pissed off so i'm sure it was forced upon me.
In an even darker period of my life I remember sporting a Pittsburgh Steelers jacket for a year sometime around 4th grade (which would have been 1982ish). My dad was a big Steeler fan back then (he is now almost as big of a Seahawk fan as I am) and i'm sure he bought me the coat which I remember loving. He was also a Beaver fan but luckily I rebelled against that and became a Duck fan.
Luckily, soon after that dark period I discovered Kenny Easley, Steve Largent and Curt Warner and all thru high school i was sporting the badass old school Seahawks Starter jacket and the rockin Seahawks zubaz pants (see below). Dave Krieg, Brian Blades and others helped me evolve into the sophisticated, highly intelligent sports fan that I am today.
Anybody else have similar stories of misfortune from their youth? Anybody dare to admit that they wore **gasp** 49er gear?
SussexSeahawk wrote:Regrettably I had one of those satiny LA Rams starter jackets around the time when Dickerson was playing,as all you could get over here at that time merchandise wise, was Dolphins, Redskins, Steelers, Raiders and Giants stuff; no Seahawks gearI so wanted a Largent shirt or Seahawks jacket!!!the lesser of those evils I thought!
JSeahawks wrote:So I was hanging out with my parents and my sisters last night and we were watching some of our old family video's from when we were all little kids when to my shame, there was little JSeahawks, about 3 years old sporting a Dallas Cowboys bib. In my defense I looked pretty pissed off so i'm sure it was forced upon me.
In an even darker period of my life I remember sporting a Pittsburgh Steelers jacket for a year sometime around 4th grade (which would have been 1982ish). My dad was a big Steeler fan back then (he is now almost as big of a Seahawk fan as I am) and i'm sure he bought me the coat which I remember loving. He was also a Beaver fan but luckily I rebelled against that and became a Duck fan.
Luckily, soon after that dark period I discovered Kenny Easley, Steve Largent and Curt Warner and all thru high school i was sporting the badass old school Seahawks Starter jacket and the rockin Seahawks zubaz pants (see below). Dave Krieg, Brian Blades and others helped me evolve into the sophisticated, highly intelligent sports fan that I am today.
Anybody else have similar stories of misfortune from their youth? Anybody dare to admit that they wore **gasp** 49er gear?
McGruff wrote:Scottemojo wrote:Before I started watching the Seahawks, I rooted for the Racist Skins in the SB against the Dolphins.
Too my credit, I was a stupid little kid and thought they were from Washington. The state, that is. I also stuck a thumbtack on some guy's chair during that game and got a good ass whippin for it. Like I said, stupid kid.
You stole my story.
I was a five year redskin fans in my youth spanning the Theisman to Rypien eras.
Trenchbroom wrote:SussexSeahawk wrote:Regrettably I had one of those satiny LA Rams starter jackets around the time when Dickerson was playing,as all you could get over here at that time merchandise wise, was Dolphins, Redskins, Steelers, Raiders and Giants stuff; no Seahawks gearI so wanted a Largent shirt or Seahawks jacket!!!the lesser of those evils I thought!
Hey, don't worry. When you grew up in a rural area in the US in the 80s and everything in the house was bought out of a Sears catalog, you couldn't find anything but Dolphins, Redskins, Steelers, Raiders and Giants stuff either!
Yay internet!
ImTheScientist wrote:This guy is the closest thing to beast mode we will ever see. You got a glimpse of that yesterday. He was instantly my favorite player when they signed him. Give the dude a chance and don't overreact or overthink preseason. Go Hawks. Lacy will rush for 1,100 and 10TDs. Bend the knee.
Hasselbeck wrote:I wore a Jaguars jacket when the team came out cause I thought the logo was cool. That phase lasted a year and I've been die-hard Seattle since.
grizbob wrote:Oh all right... pre-Seahawks I was a Stealers fanbecause of Bradshaw, Chuck Knolls(sp?)and no Seahawks, since 1976 it's been a painful romance
JSeahawks wrote:He was also a Beaver fan but luckily I rebelled against that and UNFORTUNATELY became a Duck fan.
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