Seattle Seahawks stop Broncos, now Super Bowl champion

[uppityperson]

Source: NFL

The Denver Broncos offense set all the regular season records. But the Seattle Seahawks defense will be the ones remembered as all-time greats.

The Seahawks are Super Bowl champions for the first time after whacking the Broncos 43-8 Sunday night. Coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider spent the last four years building the toughest, deepest, most versatile defense in football. Their vision was fully realized for the world to see on the game's biggest stage.

For so long, we thought the weather would be a factor in the first outdoor Super Bowl in the Northeast. Peyton Manning and the Broncos got perfect conditions -- it was 49 degrees at kickoff -- but the worst possible opponent.....

Read more: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000322899/article/seattle-seahawks-stop-broncos-now-super-bowl-champions

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ETA Seattle Times link, story since, after all, the Seahawks are Seattle

http://seattletimes.com/html/seahawks/2022823508_seahawks03xml.html

Seahawks dominate Denver from start to finish to win Super Bowl

Believe it, Seattle — after 38 years, the Seahawks are finally Super Bowl champions.

In fact, by the time it ended, the only thing unbelievable about this one was how easy it was, as the Seahawks cruised to a 43-8 victory over the Denver Broncos to take Super Bowl XLVIII in front of 82,529 spectators at MetLife Stadium.

A young and brash Seattle defense made Peyton Manning and Denver’s record-setting offense merely look old and slow, dominating the action from the start and forcing two first-half turnovers as the Seahawks jumped to a 22-0 halftime lead, the third-largest in Super Bowl history.

Percy Harvin then ended any thoughts of a Denver comeback as quickly as possible, returning the opening kickoff of the second half 87 yards for a touchdown to give Seattle, which entered the game as 2½-point underdogs in most sports books, a 29-0 lead....(more@ link)

[pangaia]

1. Hey Elway, remember 55-10?

Now 43-8....

Guess you need a little more---safety net, eh?

[brewens]

14. Seahawk fan here. I played against Elway in jr high. Actually basketball was the big threat

for us. He was QB of the Pullman, Washington jr high team when his dad was at WSU but our jr high football team was so dominant, it wouldn't have mattered what future hall of famer was QB. In basketball though, you had to hold Elway to under 20 points if you wanted to have a chance.

[pangaia]

70. That's pretty interesting.

[TDale313]

2. Congrats Seahawks!!!

Long time coming, and well deserved.

[Berlin Expat]

10. Yes, congrats

to Seattle, from a former resident of the Pacific Northwest! Nice to see 'em win.

[Dawson Leery]

3. Manning is clearly overrated.

So is that jackal Elway.

[eridani]

15. Not really--he just hasn't been up against the Legion of Boom before n/t

[pasto76]

27. not true at all

he basically drug that team all season. good thing about the superbowl is, the best TEAM wins. a great QB in manning and a mediocre offense against a really really good D. Thats all she wrote

[gateley]

48. I kept hearing them say Denver had the League's top offense.

No dispute about the Hawks defense, though -- outstanding!

[gateley]

47. Seattle played an outstanding game. Give them some credit.

[olddad56]

63. an outstanding team game. It is a team sport. That is a great team. And I'm a niner fan.

give them their due. They are the best team right now.

[Ligyron]

73. niners gave them a much better game too.

[AgingAmerican]

74. Niners were the real threat to Seattle this year

nt

[Botany]

68. Did you see the stats Manning put up this season?

and John Elway was a damn good QB too.

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. happy pats fan here!

[jsr]

5. Great game.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

6. So much for the Year of the Horse.

[pangaia]

11. Nice, I forgot about that.

[Cha]

24. Hey that's right.. that's what my

friend went by in that last Bronco game when they won. but, he called me today and said he changed his mind and was going to go with the Seahawks today.

I just called him and he made a $100.00 .. ooops!

[SoapBox]

7. Ouch!

I was neither here nor there on SEA or DEN...but, if I had to lean...congrats Seahawks.

That score is gonna leave a mark, Denver.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Has anyone told Elway?

[Renew Deal]

9. Congrats to the Seahawks and their fans!

One of the most dominating performances ever.

[yuiyoshida]

12. HERE YA GO!

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[freshwest]

29. Love the Seahawks and Sherman! Thanks! n/t

[sheshe2]

42. I love that picture, yuiyoshida!

Champions!

[mommymarine2003]

13. Great Game!!

Awesome win for the Northwest! It's fun hearing the fireworks go off in our neighborhood. A Super Bowl win has been a long time coming and what a great game for the Seahawks.

[gopiscrap]

35. I live in Tacoma

and there were fireworks going off all around me also!

[chknltl]

44. Sounded like a New Years celebration out in South Pierce County

Guns and fireworks went on for about an hour out in my area. Sasquatch was probably skratchin his head thinking, "So now we gotta put up with this crap 3 times a year?"

[seattledo]

61. Nice work pretending that people care...

by claiming to "hear" fireworks. I live in downtown, and I heard nothing. No one gives a damn about this thing the you claim they do. No one.

[uppityperson]

65. You don't care enough to post a couple times on this thread, eh? "no one gives a damn"? Here's link

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022823984_seattlereaction03xml.html

Boisterous street celebrations broke out across Seattle in the wake of the Seahawks lopsided Super Bowl victory, as fans took over intersections, lit fireworks, smashed Champagne bottles and started bonfires on Greek Row near the University of Washington campus.

Police described the celebrations as joyful and mostly peaceful.

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Thousands of people were still celebrating late into the evening, as Seattle police monitored the gatherings.

The street parties began immediately after the game, when Pioneer Square quickly filled with chanting, dancing fans, and drivers blasted their horns in celebration of the Seahawks’ first NFL championship.....

Yup, none of these people care and the fireworks shooting out of the Space Needle are silent.

[nomorenomore08]

75. What is with this chip on your shoulder? A person who truly didn't care about sports

wouldn't post in sports threads. Just saying...

[Aerows]

16. It wasn't a win

It was an ass-kicking. Seattle looked like they were playing a better game, a different game than Denver. No offense intended towards Denver, Seattle just took the game to a new level on the field.

[Miles Archer]

20. "It's a reckoning"

[Aerows]

22. I'm your huckleberry! n/t

[d_b]

17. just shit all over them all night long

[jsr]

18. Seattle Seahawks DEMOLISH Broncos

[Cha]

19. Yay! Sorry Denver but the GM of the Broncos

is a teabagger dumbass.

Born and raised in Denver, Colorado and I love my home state.. just not the Broncos.

[freshwest]

31. Just one question, Cha:

Cars are still honking along with the sounds of whooping and fireworks still going on.

[Cha]

33. Yay! Seahawks! Geeze fresh..

I saw all that and posted about Richard Sherman being called a "thug".. and didn't even connect that he played for Seattle Seahawks!

This makes it even More Better! I bet the cars are still honking.. it's like VP Biden says..

A BFD!

Bet you're son is Happy!

[gateley]

51. The cars are still honking, Capitol Hill and Pioneer Square are ROCKING, Bonfires around the U of W.

INSANE with excitement!

And of course, fireworks from the Space Needle.

I love my city.

[Cha]

53. I didn't know you were in Seattle, gately!

Good for you!

[gateley]

57. All my long, long, life (except for a 5 year stint in NC).

It's in my blood.

[sheshe2]

43. I love you Seattle!

You just rocked it!










Touchdown freshwest!

[freshwest]

46. Thanks you two for all the congrats to the team and the great pix! n/t

[Cha]

52. Cool! thanks she!

[another_liberal]

21. Oh lordy!

Did some money change hands tonight or what!

The spread was only two points, and in Denver's favor.

[ladym55]

23. and since no one has said it yet

Congratulations to Russell Wilson, who is classy in Seattle and was classy at Wisconsin.

[gateley]

54. There seem to be Soooooo many players on the team who seem just like really

good, nice people.

Wilson is classy, you're right. And a cutie.

[Tripper11]

25. Way to go Seahawks!!!!

I was there the last time they made the Superbowl. Lived there for 14 years, one of the best places I've lived.
Moved away a year and a half ago.
Today is a day I'm missing Seattle a lot more than usual.

Way to go boys!! You played a great game!

[JeffHead]

26. The Broncos effort summed up in one gif.

[fishwax]

39. lol!

Yeah, that about sums it up.

[Skittles]

28. Happy for Seattle fans

yes indeed

[ChiciB1]

30. Didn't Watch Game... Decided To Read A Book, Then

thought I would check out who won... thought I was seeing some old game play back. What a SHOCK!

But, REALLY glad it was the Seahawks!

[rhett o rick]

32. A very impressive win for a young and spirited team. nm

[gopiscrap]

34. Yes! We had a party in Tacoma

and loved it. After the game everyone went outside and there were people yelling everywhere and fireworks going off!!!

[cilla4progress]

36. Huge Seahawks fans here!

What an exciting time to be a football fan in the NW! From classy QB Russell Wilson, to voluble philanthropist Richard Sherman, to comeback kid Percy Harvin.

It's a love-love relationship between this Cinderella team, full of free agents and nth round draft picks, along with their once-fired coach, guru, and father figure Pete Carroll, and the 12s.

Just doesn't getting any better than this. Well earned and well-deserved. The Super Bowl to end all Super Bowls!

[AgingAmerican]

37. It was a complete win

Seattle dominated the Broncos in every facet of the game. Manning actually had a good game passing wise, but San Francisco couldn't get any yards after catch.

[kairos12]

38. Yay Seahawks. Hopefully this will shut up Teabagger Elway. His team could

have used a safety net tonight--also an offense, defense, and special teams unit.

FU Elway you sorry Rethug Bagger.

[OnlinePoker]

41. Seriously?

Could we keep politics out of one fucking thread.

[gopiscrap]

56. Well said!

[olddad56]

40. It it were a boxing, they would have stopped it in the 1st round.

Congrats to the Seahawks. Not really a fan of either team, but you have to give Seattle their due, they dominated every aspect of the game.

[gateley]

55. Bwah! Yes -- stop the suffering!

I can only imagine how STUNNED the Broncos fans were!

[olddad56]

62. who cares, NFL is over for the season, MLB will be happening next and the NBA just doesn't matter.

[Unknown Beatle]

45. Congrats Seahawks

I was rooting for them since the playoffs started. The reason is that they've never won a Super Bowl before, until now. Fantastic defense.

[rpannier]

49. Denver made one crucial mistake

(to borrow from a friend of mine who I coached HS football with after we got buried in the state championship)
"They got off the team bus."

[go west young man]

50. Pretty boring game.....

the half time show on the other hand.....was fucking amazing! Bruno Mars rocked better than any previous half time act! Blew us away.

[olddad56]

64. It was so-so and the commercials were as bad as the game.

Bruno Mars is great because he is a throw back to when music was truly great.

[alp227]

58. Other sources:

(The now online-only) Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Denver Post (from the loser's side)

AP, whose article has been carried as the recap for pretty much every other news and sports site out there

And because the game was played in Northern New Jersey, Newark's Star-Ledger has a report too, as they have a reporter on site. The Bergen Record sent a reporter, too. As did the New York Times.

This game even attracted attention from the BBC, across the Atlantic and Reuters too.

And my thoughts. I was disappointed that Peyton Manning doesn't get to retire a champion. (ESPN reported Manning will consider retirement depending on an offseason neck exam.)

[mimi85]

59. Yeah, my record is unbroken!

I can honestly say I've never watched a Super Bowl! And hopefully never will. My husband was glued to the damn game - perfect time to do some shopping on Amazon!

[seattledo]

60. Why is this "news?"

Seriously, does any one care? i know that no one I'm friends with cares.

[cyberswede]

72. You cared enough to post in the thread

For the record, I can take or leave professional football, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching the game with my 13 y.o. He's a Vikings fan, but he likes Sherman, especially after the Chris Hayes interview. My son and I talked about the "thug" thing and how its use to describe Sherman was racist an unwarranted. All around, it was fun, with a little learning experience thrown in.

So, despite you and all of your friends not caring, plenty of people do.

[kwassa]

76. Well, the game had 111.5 million viewers. I guess they cared.

None of them are your friends, though.

[MFM008]

66. shock and awe

I live in a small town not far from Tacoma, WA. We had moved to Wa in 1973- Seahawks were formed a few years later. Every Seahawks game my parents would watch and if they lost my dad would get furious and go in his room the rest of the night.
He passed away in 2000. I wished he would have seen this season is all I can think about. When we won Sunday night, fireworks went off like July 4. People yelling and carrying on outside ( this is a town that quiet and older). I guess its easy to think its no big deal, I even have friends here that hate sports.
It was a great game, a great season and a real thrill for those of us especially who were there in the beginning....38 years ago...what a ride.

[jakeXT]

67. Seasick

[onehandle]

69. Peyton Manning's deal with right-wing Papa John's made me happy to see his ass handed to him. nt

[Demenace]

71. I am not a sports fan but it strikes me that sports fans talk about everything but...

...the sport itself. Take the Super Bowl, lots of talk and news coverage of this event but 95% of these talk and news coverage is about the 'half time advertisements', why?

In the years past, the talk and news coverage has been about, guess what 'the half time performance'!

When would it be about the actual sport itself and less of the controversies, advertisements and performances?

This display of group think mentality is also identifiable in political and social discussions, people tend to not talk about the true merits or lack thereof of the issue but the narrative or spin that is driven at the moment.

People, we need to get our heads out of the narrative or spin and see the game itself because at the end of the day that is why you came to the stadium or are watching the tv thing!