Not that I'm at all complaining (#GoCougs. #GoHawks.)
As the end of pre-season (I sound so sporty) came to a close, this week brought with it multiple celebrations of this time honored, all-American sport. And for once, my team are returning champions.
Well, one of them at least. (Come on, Cougs).
Living down in the Bay Area, Seattle sports tend to be a bit underappreciated (though locals tend to use stronger words of disdain). Friend S and I got last minute tickets to go to the Seahawk vs. Raider game here in Oakland. Since the beginning of time, I have always said I would never, ever go to a Raiders game. The games looked so scary and dangerous and like I place I could quite possibly get shanked at.
However, my love for the Seahawks and determination to see them play a game this year won over any sort of inward fear I may have had for my safety.
(Sporting events make people do crazy things sometimes)
I'd never been to a NFL game before, so I was excited...and somewhat terrified to go to my first game. In Oakland. With the Raiders.
And their scary fans.
However, I must admit. Everyone we met both during the tailgating and in the game, were incredibly nice. I think it may because we, as fans, have at least one commonality:
We had a ton of Raider fans coming over to chat, take pictures and just sort of hang out. It was really good 'ole, not scary fun. There were a lot of 12s at the game!
As the end of pre-season (I sound so sporty) came to a close, this week brought with it multiple celebrations of this time honored, all-American sport. And for once, my team are returning champions.
Well, one of them at least. (Come on, Cougs).
Living down in the Bay Area, Seattle sports tend to be a bit underappreciated (though locals tend to use stronger words of disdain). Friend S and I got last minute tickets to go to the Seahawk vs. Raider game here in Oakland. Since the beginning of time, I have always said I would never, ever go to a Raiders game. The games looked so scary and dangerous and like I place I could quite possibly get shanked at.
However, my love for the Seahawks and determination to see them play a game this year won over any sort of inward fear I may have had for my safety.
(Sporting events make people do crazy things sometimes)
I'd never been to a NFL game before, so I was excited...and somewhat terrified to go to my first game. In Oakland. With the Raiders.
And their scary fans.
However, I must admit. Everyone we met both during the tailgating and in the game, were incredibly nice. I think it may because we, as fans, have at least one commonality:
We had a ton of Raider fans coming over to chat, take pictures and just sort of hang out. It was really good 'ole, not scary fun. There were a lot of 12s at the game!
The game itself was a bit of a disappointment. I keep reminding myself that we were watching the 3rd/4th strings playing, so really, a loss to Oakland means nothing...really, not at all an indicator of future success or failure. We had great seats and were able to see all of our favorite players (even if they were all on the sidelines...Shoutout Russell, Richard and Marshawn) Brian Walters**, my family's self-designated star player did get a lot of game time, so that was kind of cool (except for when he caused a turnover...but we won't linger on that).
This is probably the closet I'll ever get to the field until the Seahawks suck again (never, won't happen) so I enjoyed it as much as possible.
On top of going to the game, I ended up being in Seattle the same weekend as a ton of opening game festivities. My cousins: J1, J2, G and I signed up to do the NFL Seahawks 5K on Labor Day. I flew into Seattle on Sunday to hang out with the family and get ready for the work week.
We all got up bright and early for our 8 am race. Along with all the other 12s, we ran the SoDo streets in honor of the Hawks season opener.
It was a great race. Very relaxed and everyone was in great spirits. We had a great crowd of family in the stadium cheering us on as we crossed the finish line. For two of my cousins, this was their first "official" 5K....and they did awesome. Run J's Run!!
It was a great race. Very relaxed and everyone was in great spirits. We had a great crowd of family in the stadium cheering us on as we crossed the finish line. For two of my cousins, this was their first "official" 5K....and they did awesome. Run J's Run!!
Gooooo Hawks.
**Brian Walters has since been cut from the team. So you know, there's that.
***Brian Walters was reinstated to the team as of Monday, Sept. 1. Really.
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