There are these across the nation who imagine Tremendous Bowl LX was an actual dud, a low-scoring slog that failed to awaken a lot enthusiasm or pleasure.
To that sentiment, The Occasions editorial board paraphrases Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald: “We don’t care! That is about us!”
That is about bringing dwelling the Lombardi Trophy to a sports-crazy, championship-starved metropolis. That is about successful the Massive One. Was Sunday’s recreation boring? Was the Hawks’ 43-8 thumping of the Denver Broncos in Tremendous Bowl XLVIII boring? To not Seattleites.
The larger the smackdown, the broader the grin.
After the Hawks’ 29-13 victory over the New England Patriots, town gathers at the moment in celebration, a uncommon second of communal delight.
Downtown Seattle has seen a good variety of protests and demonstrations over time. The overwhelming majority had been peaceable. Some weren’t.
In sharp distinction, the parade after the 2014 Tremendous Bowl romp was a lovefest. The gang of between 450,000 to 700,000 braved freezing temperatures to welcome the group. Followers climbed on timber and poles, stood on balconies and stuffed the streets to observe gamers roll by on Duck boats. The fortunate few acquired pelted with Skittles thrown by then-running again Marshawn Lynch.
Individuals had smiles on their faces. Sure, visitors acquired snarled, however cops saved a lightweight contact, and exquisite reminiscences had been made.
A crowd of round one million is predicted for at the moment’s festivities. Who says repeats are by no means nearly as good as the unique?
When the victory parade on Wednesday from Pioneer Sq. to Belltown ends and other people go dwelling and gamers return to their households, the group will as soon as once more focus its consideration on taxes and immigration and homelessness and affordability and all the opposite issues that vex and divide us.
However for a short while, a minimum of, we strongly counsel that you just discover a manner downtown or comply with the paper’s wonderful sports activities protection on-line or tune to KING 5 at 10 a.m. to affix in any manner you may.
In case you want an excuse for work, print out this editorial and hand it to your boss. It hereby bestows on the bearer the proper to rejoice, brag, revel and make merry together with different 12s — a minimum of in spirit if not in physique — as a result of at the moment, we’re the champions of the world.
Get pleasure from it.
