Official Blog Fiance is from Seattle, and (it should probably go without saying) he's a Seahawks fan. I've never been a huge football lover personally, but in an effort to add to pre-marital bliss, I'm now officially a Seahawks fan myself.
Official Blog Fiance unfortunately had to go on a business trip to Abu Dhabi over Super Bowl Sunday (whaaaaat??!), so he had to miss one of the few times that the Seahawks actually made it this far. Because I didn't want him to miss out entirely, I figured I'd do a live-blog version so he can experience the game without having to watch the entire thing after the fact.
6:17 - The Seahawks head to the field. Kurt Russell gives them a glowing intro speech.
6:19 - The Broncos hit the field. Kurt Russell gives them a glowing intro speech too. (Why didn't they pick two different celebrities for that?)
6:23 - Renee Fleming sings the national anthem five million times better than anyone else who's ever sung at a Super Bowl.
6:32 - Three out of the four of us miss the kickoff while going on a house tour. Peyton Manning apparently misses catching the football, and Seattle mysteriously ends up with two points.
6:57 - We all finish making homemade pizza. Seattle is up by 5 points, and we're six and a half minutes away from the end of the first quarter.
7:11 - I take the pizza out of the oven. Seattle scored a field goal during the 10 minutes I was in the kitchen.
7:16 - First quarter ends. Score report: Seattle: 8. Denver: 0.
7:22 - Seattle makes a touchdown! The following field goal brings the score to 15 - 0 (Seattle).
7:24 - Commercials. More pizza. This is definitely the best homemade pizza I've made yet! Pepperoni and ham. Good combo. Tim Tebow's commercial gets shown!
7:38 - Denver has possession, Seattle intercepts, and runs the ball ALLLLL the way to the other end. Touchdown! Seattle: 20. Denver: 0. Shoot.
7:39: Field goal follow through. Score report: Seattle: 22. Denver: 0.
7:52 - Finished my pizza!
7:54 - Peyton gets to around 20 yards on 4th down. Seattle intercepts and it's back in their hands.
7:57 - End of the second quarter. Time to make cookies! Oh. And the half time show. "Oh yeah yeah. Oh yeah yeah yeah yeaaaaaaah...."
8:10 - WHAT. Bruno Mars can play drums? Really well? "That's cool," says the audience in attendance here.
8:11 - Bruno predictably starts with the few measures that have been in every halftime commercial up until now. Who knew that there's more to the song that "Oh yeah yeah..."
8:13 - This is a shocker. I'm actually enjoying the halftime show. I think I'll dance around the kitchen while making the cookies.
8:16 - Well, scratch that. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are pretty much the worst. I mean, they're shirtless and wearing black shorts with patterned leggings. What the heck.
8:20 - It's ok. Bruno came back, told everyone that we're beautiful just the way we are, and redeemed the show.
8:31 - Quarter 3 starts, and it's Seattle's ball.
8:31 - Seattle gets an immediate touchdown. DUDE. Percy Harvin takes the cake.
8:32 - Field goal. Score report: Seattle: 29. Denver: 0.
8:55 - Yet again, we have a ball turnover from Denver to Seattle. I'm starting to feel pretty bad for Peyton. But...Seattle's winning. So I don't feel that bad.
8:57 - Awww. Budweiser outdid itself with commercials this year.
9:01 - Mmm. Framboise Lambic is good from a bottle. Now it's gone.
9:02 - Seattle makes yet another touchdown! This. is. crazy.
9:03 - Field goal. Score report: Seattle: 36. Denver: 0.
9:10 - I'm beginning to think that my high school SAT class teacher was right - I'm the world's worst guesser. I guessed that the Broncos would win, and it looks like I'm being proved wrong. I'm glad about this fact in this particular case.
9:11 - The Broncos finally get a touchdown! There are zero seconds left in the third quarter, but they still get a 2-point conversion attempt, I guess, since they're still playing.
9:12 - Annnnnnd they get another 2 points. Yay, Denver. (Pity yay.)
9:13 - A commercial with a montage of teams including Seattle shows Pete Carroll saying, "We're going to New Jersey!!" Audience member responds, "Wow, that's the first time that going to New Jersey is good news..."
9:15 - Fourth quarter starts, and it's Seattle's ball.
9:23 - Seattle makes another touchdown. WOOOOOO.
9:23 - All the Broncos players look totally demoralized. Pete Carroll looks beyond elated.
9:23 - Field goal. Score report: Seattle: 43. Denver: 8. 11:45 minutes left in the game.
9:28 - Richard Sherman is apparently hurt (for the second time). Timeout.
9:32 - We're back, but we're now on injury number two. Didn't quite catch which Seahawk it was. Richard Sherman is out for the rest of the game.
9:41 - 6:30 left. This is looking good.
9:44 - 5 minutes.
9:46 - 3:45. Another ball turn over from Denver to Seattle.
9:50 - Richard Sherman is on crutches, but they're all so happy that he doesn't seem to care at all.
9:50 - 2 minute warning.
9:52 - I'm racing my computer battery here. 14% to 1:59 on the clock. YOU CAN DO IT, OLD COMPUTER!
9:54 - Russell Wilson dumps an entire cooler of yellow Gatorade on Pete Carroll's head...out of extreme joy?
9:55 - THE SEAHAWKS WIN THE SUPER BOWL!!!
Well. There you have it. And if you too want to become a Seahawks fan, just watch this video and you'll never turn back.
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