What was the moment you KNEW we would win?

[monkey]

For me, when this happened I turned to my brother and said, "We just won! It's over, the Broncos just don't know it yet!"


I could watch this tone setting piece of pure awesome All. Day. Long.


That was my moment, when was yours? When was that moment you knew without ANY doubt, we were going to win?

[Distant Relative]

When Percy ran the kick off back for a TD!

That was money and a dagger in the heart!

[HumanCockroach]

It sounds silly, but 12 seconds into the game.... 98% positive 1 second after the NFCCG came to an end, 100% positive after that first errant snap. Not sure why it worked that way for me, but it did. I was at no point nervous throughout the playoffs headed into a game, and only a little nervous from the ET tipped TD to Baldwins kick return. It was a WEIRD feeling not to get the butterflies that have become part of my regular routine with supporting this team. Honestly the only games I felt that this season were Arizona ( home game), Tampa (home game) and the Houston road game, other than that, nope.

Weird feeling going into every game knowing the Seahawks are the better team, they don't always win, but I know they are the better team. Weird but true.

[rottweiler]

When Percy ran the kick off back for a TD!

That was money and a dagger in the heart!

^ This, for me, too. ^

[briwas101]

The safety to start the game. The look on Manning's face as the ball went by was all I needed to see.

[Eaglehawk]

When Percy ran the kick off back for a TD!

That was money and a dagger in the heart!

Same here DR.
I remember watching tape of that comeback against the Houston Oilers. So nothing was beyond happening in my opinion, until the Harvin TD. Then I felt it was OVER!

[Eaglehawk]

It sounds silly, but 12 seconds into the game.... 98% positive 1 second after the NFCCG came to an end, 100% positive after that first errant snap. Not sure why it worked that way for me, but it did. I was at no point nervous throughout the playoffs headed into a game, and only a little nervous from the ET tipped TD to Baldwins kick return. It was a WEIRD feeling not to get the butterflies that have become part of my regular routine with supporting this team. Honestly the only games I felt that this season were Arizona ( home game), Tampa (home game) and the Houston road game, other than that, nope.

Weird feeling going into every game knowing the Seahawks are the better team, they don't always win, but I know they are the better team. Weird but true.

Join me in VEGAS one day HC!

[NorthHawk]

When Percy ran the kick off back for a TD!

That was money and a dagger in the heart!

Add me to this list.
I was finally able to have something to eat. Prior to that my guts were in knots.

[Zorn76]

Yep.

Gotta go with Harvin's return as well. And after 40 minutes or whatever of Bruno Mars and aging Chili Peppers, I was ready for something good.

And Percy didn't disappoint.

Another moment that struck me (along with my 49er friend who I watched the SB with, how Sweet is That), was when Denver punted @ the 10:30 or so mark in the 3rd quarter. He turned and said exactly what I was thinking, and that was "WTF are the Broncos doing by punting, being down 29-0."

For all intents and purposes, I saw it as Denver raising the white flag, throwing in the SB towel. They wanted no part of the game from that point on, and were admitting defeat. We got a 1st down, then punted it back to them, but not before burning another 3:30 off the clock. While it was one of the few possessions we didn't score off of, it served to lessen what were already dwindling odds for Manning and co.

And so it proved to be.

The joy and satisfaction continue to hit me, and even just typing here I can't help but smile.

We're Champs, fellas.

We're Super Bowl Champs.

[RiverDog]

Smith's pick 6. It gave us a 3 TD lead going into halftime, giving us 95%+ odds of winning. The Broncos even sensed it about then, as afterwards and still in the first half, they went for it on 4th and 2 instead of trying a very makeable FG, substituting desperation for common sense.

[c_hawkbob]

For me, when this happened I turned to my brother and said, "We just won! It's over, the Broncos just don't know it yet!"


I could watch this tone setting piece of pure awesome All. Day. Long.


That was my moment, when was yours? When was that moment you knew without ANY doubt, we were going to win?

Yup, that was mine too. Knocked his butt 5 yards back the way he came and announced exactly the sort of game they were in for!

[Seahawks4Ever]

There were strong indicators early. The safety, the "hit", The KC int., The take over on downs, etc... but when Percy Harvin opened the 2nd. half with that K/O return for a TD I "knew" we were going to win, that there would be NO miracle from Peyton Manning though Troy Aikman was clamoring for one. Before that kick off return there might have been a very slight chance that Manning might do to us what Brady had done to the Broncos in their regular season game. I mean, right after that TD it was announced that the longest come back that PM had EVER engineered was like 22 points or something.

I couldn't believe Aikman blatantly rooting for Manning and the Broncos with his "I want to throw up" comment after we led at the half 22-ZIP

The Safety to start the game was HUGE! Much more than the two points because at that point two points was nothing. No, the reason it was huge was because of th context. Russell Wilson had fumbled on our 1st. play from scrimmage in the NFC Championship game and two things happened. The first was that our defense only gave up a FG. Keeping the Whiners out of the end zone gave our team a tremendous boost. The other thing was that RW did what he has done since he got here, he quickly forgot the mistake and went back to the business at hand.

PM on the other hand seemed to be rattled by the Safety. Former Seahawk Heath Evans pointed out something I missed until I watched the game a second time. Manning and the center, Manny, had blamed the mistake on crowd noise. But Evans pointed out that the entire Bronco O-Line had fired off the line in unison. Heath said the Bronco O-Line didn't appear to be confused at all, he said it appeared that it was PM himself that maybe had forgot the snap count.

[monkey]

The ball was snapped when it was supposed to have been snapped, that's why the line moved, the problem was that the crowd noise prevented the line from hearing Manning trying to change the play.
They had a run called, saw man on the outside and Manning was trying to change the play. Simple as that.

Personally I think WAY too much blame has been put on the safety, as though that were some mysterious event, so inexplicable and ominous that it foreshadowed all the events to come!

Bull!

The Broncos weren't shaken to their core by just one play...jeez this is freakin Peyton Manning and the record setting Broncos offense we are talking about.
They went back to the bench telling themselves and each other that, "it's no big, our defense will hold them to a field goal, and we'll get this right back", AND THEY BELIEVED IT!

They just couldn't actually do it...the Seahawks wouldn't LET THEM!

People keep trying to pin this blame on Manning or something, anything other than just admit what happened. Maybe they just cannot wrap their heads around it?
The Seahawks absolutely destroyed, in every phase of the game, the team with the greatest offense of all time.

They had plenty of time and chances to come back from that safety, that one play is getting FAR too much credit for the loss...come on it was just 12 seconds in!

Has everyone forgotten how, just two weeks before, in a certain NFC championship game, the first play the Seahawks ran resulted in a fumble, which was then turned into a chip shot field goal?
Why didn't that play set the tone for the game, and signal the demise of the Seahawks?
Because that is NOT how football works...it's not just one play starting some unstoppable avalanche of sucktitude that cannot be overcome...that's stupid.
It was PLAY after PLAY after PLAY that our defense BLEW UP!!!
Not to mention our offense was nearly unstoppable as well, and no one is talking about the butt whipping we put on them offensively!

This is just some of the media looking for an excuse for Denver, and looking for an excuse for why they were SO VERY WRONG (and stupid!!) for telling the world that Denver was going to win, when ALL the signs were saying...uhhh no, no they will not.

[NorthHawk]

The repeated 3 and outs for Denver early really gave us hope that we would win, but we needed big points to feel secure about it.
That, for me is why Harvin's TD was the nail in the coffin.
It broke whatever spirit the Broncos had developed at half time and jacked us up even more.
Just an overall dominating performance.

[kalibane]

Although that hit set the tone, I couldn't choose that. You could have put that same hit on Boldin but the Niners would have just come back and tried to hit you harder (if they could). Same with the Saints too. They were clearly on a mission in the divisionals to match the Seahawks physicality. It's really how you react to the hit.

To me it was the Kam Chancellor interception. Manning had a window to complete a pass but he completely sailed it. Avril did provide pressure but that was an unforced pick. Manning threw the ball before the rush actually got there. If he'd have stood in a'la Troy Aikman he could have delivered the ball. It was clear at that point the defense had succeeded at getting in his head and we'd be seeing the guy who kept losing to New England earlier in his career.

[PasadenaHawk]

I was 90% sure when it was 22-0. I was 99% sure when it was 29-0. Mid-way through the 3rd quarter, when it was obvious Denver knew they couldn't pull off a win, I was finally 100% sure.

Not to start any conspiracy theories or anything, but has anyone else noticed that all the highlight reels of the game skip Beast's TD run? They start with the safety, then show the score at 8-0. But the next highlight is not until after it is 15-0. Just wondering if the press is retaliating against BM's 'snubbing' of the press leading up to the game.

[Oly]

The Harvin return was it for me, too. I'm not sure if it was my years of conditioning as a Hawks fan or my respect for Manning, but I wouldn't allow myself to be certain of a W until Harvin iced it.

[THX-1138]

The Harvin return. I was by myself as I have said before, and I actually said aloud after he crossed the goal line, "Oh, it's over! They don't have a prayer!"

I could see that they didn't have an answer for Harvin when he was on offense and I knew that when the Broncos could see just how fast he was in the open field it cemented the fact for their D. At that point it looked to me like Manning had lost the confidence in himself and of his team. He stopped making any overt attempts to "rally the troops" or take anyone to task. As a matter of fact it looked like Welker was the only one trying to motivate the offense. He'd make a catch for first down and look around wondering why the rest of the O wasn't in a hurry to get to the line of scrimmage. You could feel the air leave the Broncos side line on that return.

[Hawktawk]

The Harvin return. I was by myself as I have said before, and I actually said aloud after he crossed the goal line, "Oh, it's over! They don't have a prayer!"

I could see that they didn't have an answer for Harvin when he was on offense and I knew that when the Broncos could see just how fast he was in the open field it cemented the fact for their D. At that point it looked to me like Manning had lost the confidence in himself and of his team. He stopped making any overt attempts to "rally the troops" or take anyone to task. As a matter of fact it looked like Welker was the only one trying to motivate the offense. He'd make a catch for first down and look around wondering why the rest of the O wasn't in a hurry to get to the line of scrimmage. You could feel the air leave the Broncos side line on that return.

I thought it looked pretty good after the Harvin return but hey I'm a Hawks fan Ive seen it all so I was nervous until well into the 4th quarter.

Absolutely right about Welker and I would add D Thomas he played a whale of a game. But it was telling to watch FX and see Welker yelling at the offense trying to motivate them while Manning stood silent. I know everyone thinks hes a God or something but Manning looked below average Sunday, next to his brother he was the worst QB we saw all year.

[obiken]

Smith's pick 6. 22-0!! no team comes back from 22-0 in the Super Bowl, not against our defense. I thought Manning would/could make a game of it, but the day was totally ours.
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[Distant Relative]

The ball was snapped when it was supposed to have been snapped, that's why the line moved, the problem was that the crowd noise prevented the line from hearing Manning trying to change the play.
They had a run called, saw man on the outside and Manning was trying to change the play. Simple as that.

Personally I think WAY too much blame has been put on the safety, as though that were some mysterious event, so inexplicable and ominous that it foreshadowed all the events to come!

Bull!

The Broncos weren't shaken to their core by just one play...jeez this is freakin Peyton Manning and the record setting Broncos offense we are talking about.
They went back to the bench telling themselves and each other that, "it's no big, our defense will hold them to a field goal, and we'll get this right back", AND THEY BELIEVED IT!

They just couldn't actually do it...the Seahawks wouldn't LET THEM!

People keep trying to pin this blame on Manning or something, anything other than just admit what happened. Maybe they just cannot wrap their heads around it?
The Seahawks absolutely destroyed, in every phase of the game, the team with the greatest offense of all time.

They had plenty of time and chances to come back from that safety, that one play is getting FAR too much credit for the loss...come on it was just 12 seconds in!

Has everyone forgotten how, just two weeks before, in a certain NFC championship game, the first play the Seahawks ran resulted in a fumble, which was then turned into a chip shot field goal?
Why didn't that play set the tone for the game, and signal the demise of the Seahawks?
Because that is NOT how football works...it's not just one play starting some unstoppable avalanche of sucktitude that cannot be overcome...that's stupid.
It was PLAY after PLAY after PLAY that our defense BLEW UP!!!
Not to mention our offense was nearly unstoppable as well, and no one is talking about the butt whipping we put on them offensively!

This is just some of the media looking for an excuse for Denver, and looking for an excuse for why they were SO VERY WRONG (and stupid!!) for telling the world that Denver was going to win, when ALL the signs were saying...uhhh no, no they will not.

Simply put,....This one of the best posts on this here board. Nice post and I agree 100%.

[Distant Relative]

[quote="Hawktawk"][quote="THX-1138"]The Harvin return. I was by myself as I have said before, and I actually said aloud after he crossed the goal line, "Oh, it's over! They don't have a prayer!"

I could see that they didn't have an answer for Harvin when he was on offense and I knew that when the Broncos could see just how fast he was in the open field it cemented the fact for their D. At that point it looked to me like Manning had lost the confidence in himself and of his team. He stopped making any overt attempts to "rally the troops" or take anyone to task. As a matter of fact it looked like Welker was the only one trying to motivate the offense. He'd make a catch for first down and look around wondering why the rest of the O wasn't in a hurry to get to the line of scrimmage. You could feel the air leave the Broncos side line on that return.

Edit, something weird happened.

[depaashaas]

The moment Sherman tipped that ball in the end zone against the 9rs.....Ok fine, when the clock said 0 in fourth quarter. I knew that the Superbowl winner would come out of the NFC champion game and they were playing manning and he has come back from behind but his TD #'s where down and he was struggling against bolt and patriots with our defense playing as they did and Percey Harving coming back I was pretty confident thought

[daweez]

Smiths pick six was that moment for me. Figured it would be hard for them to come back with the momentum we had at that point.

[I-5]

To be honest, I wasn't that nervous going into the game. Excited, antsy...sure. But I just knew that unless the refs got in the way, we were the far superior team. I told everyone I knew the same thing: 'if Peyton has a bad to mediocre day, we win'. Unfortunately for Denver, that's the kind of team they are. The only other guy I remotely worried about was Demaryius Thomas, who is a legit player. But at the same time, I knew it wasn't a mano e mano thing between Thomas and Sherman...and with LOB, you don't worry about any receiver weapon out there.

I agree with this who said Kam's hit was when they knew we had the win. That said everything to me, along with watching how calm Russell Wilson was after the first pass he overthrew.

[savvyman]

As someone who flew to Reno the morning of the SB and had a decent amount of money on this game I have a qualified viewpoint.

Basically there were three "Nails in the Coffin" that combined together to leave me both relieved & elated that the game was over.

Nail #1 - Smiths INT return for a touchdown that made the score 22 - 0. - I felt great but knew that it was still too early to count on my bet being a winning one.

Nail; #2 - Percy Harvin TD return - I felt really good here BUT still not certainty that the Game is over yet.

Nail #3 - Kearse TD in the Third Quarter making the score 36 - 0 - this is when I moved to a near certainty in my thoughts that the game was over and the Hawks were going to win "For Sure" and that there would be no regrets for my actions taken on this day.

[HumanCockroach]

I honestly think a lot of the "waiting" for the moment that Seahawks fans "knew" boils down to how many times we have been kicked in the gut or had our hearts ripped out. Every other season, personally I was always waiting for "the other shoe to drop" even in the SB 05/06 season. I am not positive why that was different for me this season, but it just was, and some of those games that the Seahawks pulled out when quite honestly they shouldn't have, reconfirmed what my gut and eyes had told me prior to the season, that this was the best team in the NFL last year, and that they would win a SB, not maybe, or competing for one, but WOULD do it. As such, I never wavered in that belief for the entire season. From BEFORE OTA'S to the end, just knew it would happen, can't explain how great that feeling was.... hopefully this is just the start...

[Vegaseahawk]

I posted this a day before the game.

Re: I just have a feeling....
Postby Vegaseahawk » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:29 pm

It started 2 days ago. I was just going through my day, not thinking about anything football related, when a feeling of unadulterated joy welled up inside me. I knew the Seahawks would win this game. I don't know why or how this happened, but it has happened 3 or 4 times since then too. I can't explain it but I just feel it through & through. I don't have a history of being clarvoyant or anything like that, but I just keep getting these completely overwhelming sensations about the Seahawks winning this game. It's really wierd but awesome at the same time.

Having said that, it was the Percy Harvin TD that really sealed it. This game was just awesome play after awesome play after awesome play. The small gathering of people at my home that day actually enjoyed watching me watch the game more than watching the game itself. It was payback for all those Krieg fumbles. All those Elway thrashings. All those Marcus Allen TD's against us for all those years. All the Dan McGuire type draft picks, all the bad plays, bad calls, & bad raider fan treatment I experienced over the years. From the botched snap to the final seconds ticking off the clock, it was pure football candy for me. I've never had a happier moment in my life except for the day my children were born.