Katie Dunn |
Yes, I own two Seahawks jerseys and more Mariners shirts than days of the week. I watch Mariners Mondays and replays of Super Bowl ‘48 as often as possible. I make plans around sporting events. I’m a fanatic for Seattle sports.
Yes, a fanatic, as in, “marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion.” My passion often brings out a blind love for my teams and the players on them. I hate when the Mariners trade or cut any player. I love when Richard Sherman yells that he’s the best corner in the game.
Naturally, I have an eternal hate for the Pittsburgh Steelers. And one of my greatest life moments was when Felix Hernandez called me.
No, I can’t believe the Seahawks are going to the Super Bowl two years in a row.
Yes, I think they should win every game, every year.
Yes, I think the Seahawks are going to win.
No, I don’t like Tom Brady and I believe the Patriots should be punished for cheating. Again.
The blind love I have for all Seattle teams led to 19 years as a Seattle sports fan who saw a lot of silver linings.
Last year changed that. For the past year, I have been able to say my team was the best in the world. Not just because I was delusional and simply wished that my team was the greatest in the game, but because the Seahawks finally won a Super Bowl.
The thought of them winning the Super Bowl two years in a row is unbelievable.
I know the Patriots are good. Very good. But the young, fierce and dominating Seahawks have more to prove.
The Seahawks don’t make ESPN breaking news for holding a press conference and repeating what they’d said a few days earlier. (I’m talking to you, Bill Belichick). It took winning a Super Bowl to get the national recognition Seattle sports fanatics like me knew the Hawks have deserved for a while.
The Patriots may have number 12 leading their team, but the Seahawks have the 12th man backing theirs. I’m fully prepared for the outcome of the Super Bowl. Like any true fanatic, my response will either be, ‘We earned this. We’re the best in the world. Go Hawks!’ Or it’ll be, ‘I’ll hate the Pats forever. We’ll get it next year. Go Hawks!’
Either way: Go Hawks! Always.
Katie Dunn is the Editor-in-Chief of the Beacon. She can be reached at dunn16@up.edu or on Twitter @katie_dunn24.
