On Feb. 1, 2015, Seahawks fans saw that nightmares can come true. That was the date of the most famous interception in football history, at the 1-yard line with time running short in Super Bowl XLIX.
Now we’re about to see if the Seahawks can redeem themselves by storming through the playoffs the very next year and winning Super Bowl 50 (not “Super Bowl L” – Roman numerals are only for merchandise-friendly numbers).
In our latest poll at HeraldNet.com, we asked how you think the Hawks will fare as they hit the road for the playoffs. Thirty-four percent said they’ll turn the heartbreak of last year into a fairytale ending and a Super Bowl victory. If they can win three tough road games and then the big one, it’ll be like “Friday Night Lights,” only set someplace a lot nicer than Texas.
Most of you are hedging your bets. The most popular response, with 36 percent, was that they’ll win a game or two, and 29 percent said they’ll make an early exit in Minnesota this Sunday. If one of those scenarios happens, we’d have to experience Super Bowl Sunday like the rest of America – munching on nachos, critiquing commercials, wagering on the duration of the national anthem. We’d have to remember what it’s like to generally not care a whole lot about who wins the game. It all sounds painfully relaxing.
But there is one fate worse than that; one that our voters couldn’t fathom. Just 1 percent said the Seahawks will lose the Super Bowl just like last year. If a win would be like “Friday Night Lights,” a loss would be something resembling “The Walking Dead”: dark, brutal and filled with zombies in Russell Wilson jerseys.
— Doug Parry, @parryracer
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