Wild Card weekend vs Saints

How scary is this sign that is hanging at Qwest?  Ok, not too scary... but cool, yes!

This old cop car was parked out front before the game and stupid people kept posing and taking pictures in front of it.  Oy, why so exciting?  "Oh please, can you use the siren"  ugg, really?

Anthony's beard is 1 week thicker and today wasn't as cold as last week's game was.  Thank you, day game, for gracing us with a bit of sunshine!

The Hawks were extra pumped up before the game.  And Taima didn't refuse to fly out this time.  He doesn't like night games or something... or he just REALLY protests being on the field with the Rams...

Walter Jones raised the 12th man Flag!

So, it started off pretty horribly... yeah, the pressure was on, but Olindo booted the opening kickoff out of bounds... no bueno, and NOTHING like Olindo!!  The Hawks got down 10-0 and then Matt (yes, he was back as our starting QB this week) threw a TD pass to John Carlson (yes, it's nice him back in the game, and playing for real too).  

The Saints rallied again to score and the Hawks came back and scored again too.  After a fumble recovery and a field goal we tied the game up.  Then Brandon "The Vein" Stokley caught a 45 yard TD pass.  (Amy has dubbed him "The Vein" because he is rail thin and always has bare arms so you can see his thick ass veins popping out of his ripped arms... the veins... the vein...)  Matt threw another long 38 yard td pass to Mike Williams. (or as Amy calls him Mike "Complete Pass" Williams... but she also puts "Complete Pass" in the middle of everyone's name that actually completes a pass, cuz it's so few of the hawks... but most often, it's our buddy Mike!)  

The Saints made it very exciting at the end.  Finally, Marshawn "Beast Mode" Lynch ripped off an amazing 67 yard touchdown run and made 7 people miss him en route to one of the best runs in Seahawks history.  For your chance to see the Beast Mode action, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQULIUXZst8.  You can hear the roar of the crowd, which isn't even done justice in the clip.  The crowd, including us, went so out of control, people were jumping, screaming, high fiving, hugging strangers, fist pumping, it was insane.  It was so loud that it registered as a seismic event in Seattle, we tell no lies (check it and be sure to click on the seismic photo to enlarge the view)!  Our seat mates in front of us got super pumped, and one of them started fist pumping and accidentally punched Amy in the arm... hard... but due to the celebration, she didn't mind.  Also, check out this version of the action dubbed to the mario brother's music (you know when you get the star, go invisible and kill things you touch?) is pretty hilarious http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueR1TFFEt3g.

Final score 41-36.  Perhaps the most awesome game Amy has ever seen... what an experience!  Hawks survive again and head off to Chicago next week for a chance to play in the NFC Championship.

Fireworks capped off another great home game!

Taima was very happy that we won as well.

Oh, and of course, here are a couple of videos from the start of the game...

This week white rally flags were handed out and it was like a storm when everyone waved them.  This was a video of the pregame introductions.

There was a funny warning sign telling people that an Air Force flyover would happen after the National Anthem.  Pretty awesome way to get amped up for the game, no?