We Did It...

I wish I made this post yesterday. If only I didn't sleep that entire day because I slept Monday at 4am.
Even though it's two days after the event, one thing hasn't changed...

The Seahawks are world champions. 

And I'm still sitting here smiling as I write this. Yesterday, in the enemy territory of LA, I walked around UCLA with my Russell Wilson jersey proud to be a Seahawk. It all feels so surreal that this team I have followed and supported for officially 8 years since its last Super Bowl has finally won. I can't imagine how this must feel for the fans since the team started in 1974. 
Reminder to those Seahawks bandwagon fans: once you get on, there's no getting off.
I DO NOT care if it was a boring game. Would it have meant more if it was a closer game? Honestly, yes. I probably would have cried or fainted. The point is, the Seahawks put a good old-fashioned booty-slapping (?) on the Denver Broncos and made them look like a JV team. You'd be lying if you said you weren't surprised by the outcome of this game.
This was the Seahawks' way of giving the middle-finger to the doubters and national pundits who said there was no way they would stop Peyton Manning. 

This is what happens when you doubt the #1 defense, who, after this game, has surely cemented itself as one of the greatest defenses of all time. 12th Man, you were heard in the stands of MetLife and people say it was the loudest the stadium has ever been. If there were a fan base that deserved a championship it would be this one. And there were no stupid "Omahas" this game thanks to all of you. 
Super Bowl MVP Malcolm Smith said it best:

"We kind of have a chip on our shoulder, a lot of guys got overlooked, a bunch of misfits, a bunch of guys who it was said wouldn't be anything.'' 

Malcolm Smith was a 7th round pick who didn't get invited to the combine and was a back-up linebacker.
Kam Chancellor and Richard Sherman were 5th round picks. Byron Maxwell was a 4th-string cornerback.
Doug Baldwin and Jermaine Kearse were undrafted free agents, yet they both caught touchdowns in the Super Bowl. UNDRAFTED FREE AGENTS.
The list goes on and on for the individuals on this team who had the biggest chip on their shoulders.
Oh yeah...and Russell Wilson was a 3rd round pick because he was 5''10 & 3/4 inches tall.
WHERE ARE YOU MATT FLYNN SUPPORTERS NOW?!
John Schneider and Pete Carroll are freakin' Jedi masters for assembling this team. And they were criticized heavily for their drafts.

These "misfits" who people said wouldn't amount to anything, who people said were "pedestrian" and "appetizers" just won the Superbowl.
There could not have been a better team to represent the city of Seattle. We were a city of misfits and losers who hadn't won a major sports championship since 1979. We were the butt of jokes and people (*cough* 49ers fans) would resort to asking where our rings were.
By the way, you say you have more rings than us, but you haven't won a championship in 20 years. Kinda like bragging about all the girlfriends you had in middle school.
But now we can proudly say we DO have a ring. And there's surely more to come in the upcoming years.
I said before, if we win this game, get ready for a dynasty to come. Be excited that we have one of the youngest teams in the NFL and another draft+free agency to boot. This team has the potential to be even better next year...But let's not get too ahead of ourselves here.
For now...let's enjoy the fact that we are no longer the team without a ring. We are no longer a city that is "cursed." We are no longer Cleveland or Detroit (no offense to those cities, hope they join us someday).

THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS ARE SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS.

And NOBODY can take that away from us...