Well, no...I take this as an Eff the haterz who were rooting for the Seahawks for no other reason than they were not the Patriots. And these haterz were on the verge of having all those horrible Patriots fans suffer a third miserable Super Bowl defeat. And they were all configuring in their minds, and some probably were already typing on their laptops, some narrative about choking in the big one, and not getting the job done when it mattered, and they can't be the best ever because blah blah blah, and it was going to be great because you know the Patriots beat my team, or me when I was a player, or a coach, or a GM, or Belichick humiliated me in front of my peers by belittling some incredibly stupid question I asked him, or I read on my Facebook feed they are CHEATRIOTS!!! And then like that (!) poof...it was gone. And so now these haterz are furious at the Seahawks because THEY took it all away from them. It must be so, because it can't be that Tom Brady is the new and improved Joe Montana and torched the Doom for fourteen fourth quarter points or that Belichick's team is so well coached that an undrafted free agent rookie was able to make the most inconceivable wicked awesome game-saving defensive play ever. Nope. Their anger is at poor Pete Carroll....he is the one that did this to them!!!KenTremendous said:I have to say, I kind of dig that. It's corny, and I wouldn't buy one of them, but the Seattle fans are super into their young and exciting team and I like it. I was at the game and they were twice as loud as the Pats fans, and although there were some dummies afterwards, the majority of them I saw or talked to were courteous and pleasant (SSS alert, I guess).
I know this is an Eff tha haterz thread, but I don't include the Hawks fans in that group FWIW.
Totally agree.KenTremendous said:I have to say, I kind of dig that. It's corny, and I wouldn't buy one of them, but the Seattle fans are super into their young and exciting team and I like it. I was at the game and they were twice as loud as the Pats fans, and although there were some dummies afterwards, the majority of them I saw or talked to were courteous and pleasant (SSS alert, I guess).
I know this is an Eff tha haterz thread, but I don't include the Hawks fans in that group FWIW.
This is exactly right.snowmanny said:Well, no...I take this as an Eff the haterz who were rooting for the Seahawks for no other reason than they were not the Patriots. And these haterz were on the verge of having all those horrible Patriots fans suffer a third miserable Super Bowl defeat. And they were all configuring in their minds, and some probably were already typing on their laptops, some narrative about choking in the big one, and not getting the job done when it mattered, and they can't be the best ever because blah blah blah, and it was going to be great because you know the Patriots beat my team, or me when I was a player, or a coach, or a GM, or Belichick humiliated me in front of my peers by belittling some incredibly stupid question I asked him, or I read on my Facebook feed they are CHEATRIOTS!!! And then like that (!) poof...it was gone. And so now these haterz are furious at the Seahawks because THEY took it all away from them. It must be so, because it can't be that Tom Brady is the new and improved Joe Montana and torched the Doom for fourteen fourth quarter points or that Belichick's team is so well coached that an undrafted free agent rookie was able to make the most inconceivable wicked awesome game-saving defensive play ever. Nope. Their anger is at poor Pete Carroll....he is the one that did this to them!!!
It's all too good.
Not quite the same. We still had game 7.JohntheBaptist said:
Maybe the Boston Red Sox in 1986?
Because game 6 wasn't the end of the series. They had a whole other game left to play.grsharky7 said:Yeah how could I forget about 86....brainfart. To much booze the last 24 hrs
But not before Brady and Bill having a little conference about the hard count. Maybe that's why everyone hates Belichick, too god damned smart.drleather2001 said:Because game 6 wasn't the end of the series. They had a whole other game left to play.
Butler's INT almost literally ended the game.
Read his post again. They had the championship won and minutes later they didnt.jayhoz said:Not quite the same. We still had game 7.
It never happened (still)JohntheBaptist said:
Maybe the Boston Red Sox in 1986?
LesterFan said:https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422579428&v=YwmP0UwHL9k&x-yt-cl=85114404
I felt bad for the 1st guy with the weird hat and the kids. I've been watching vids like this all day, with immense pleasure, but I can't laugh at that guy or the kids. I feel like it's a dick move to record your child being miserable and upload it to the internet.LesterFan said:
8:57 is gold
But the Sox didn't lose it all in that same moment, unlike the Seahawks. They had another shot.JohntheBaptist said:Read his post again. They had the championship won and minutes later they didnt.
riboflav said:You record your child's reaction to terrible news when they're in a vulnerable state and then upload it to the Internet and they're "simple good folks?"
If you notice, the pats fan behind those two... people has on an "old" Reebok jersey.Stevie1der said:
I know that New England has its fair share of bandwagon fans, but I think I saw a max of two or three pieces of fan gear that were made and purchased before last year.
Don't get me wrong. I've been relishing in schadenfreude all day, but there's something that doesn't feel right about enjoying the misery of a child. Otherwise, I've been grinning like an idiot, watching "The Twelves" lose their shit. I guess the twelfth man just didn't give his best effort this year.E5 Yaz said:Oh please ... the Seahawks were the Super Bowl champions, and these people are upset that Seattle didn't repeat?
E5 Yaz said:This was the worst moment for Skittles since George Zimmerman bought a gun
The Allented Mr Ripley said:But the Sox didn't lose it all in that same moment, unlike the Seahawks. They had another shot.
Has there ever been a championship moment where total victory was so close only to be ripped away that quickly?
LesterFan said:https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422579428&v=YwmP0UwHL9k&x-yt-cl=85114404
8:57 is gold
Ferm Sheller said:Glad it's not us.
E5 Yaz said:Oh please ... the Seahawks were the Super Bowl champions, and these people are upset that Seattle didn't repeat?
RememberTheGronkans said:
Exactly. I feel awful for some of those kids who were so distressed. I mean, the "It can't be over" kid was really kinda depressing.
But at the same time, if they had scored the touchdown, there would be just as many kids crying about the Pats losing. I know several myself. And between kids who are the fans of the Pats crying, for kids who are fans of the Seahawks crying, it's no fucking contest.
grsharky7 said:The video of the Seattle fans is just the best-pure elation followed by pure devastation.
Has there ever been a championship moment where total victory was so close only to be ripped away that quickly? Maybe the Indians in 97?
I had the same reactions. I feel sorry for those kids.rmaher said:
@5:26 and @8:13 are the two where I really feel bad for the kids. Their parents are at a loss for how to comfort them. @5:26, the mom was ready to film her child being really excited and then suddenly she had no idea what to say to comfort him. I felt bad for them because they seemed like simple good folks.
There was another one with a little girl, who was distraught, and the Dad is following her around basically teasing her about it. Douche.
Those videos remind me of how I felt as a kid in the 90's when the Red Sox/Patriots would lose in the playoffs. I also remember ripping my Pedro T-shirt to shreds in 2003 as a 19 year old.
How much did Bobby Thomson's homer switch the win expectancy?HatcherStealsHome said:
I've been racking my brain about this topic, and I'm pretty sure Butler's INT was probably the highest-leverage play in history by a decent margin. I know Win Probability is kind of a wonky/not-100%-accurate stat, but with Butler's INT, there was an 87% shift (from 12% to 99%). Thinking through all the other historical plays I can think of in all the 4 major sports (Mazeroski/Carter/Jordan/Vinatieri/Tyree, etc.) I can't think of another single play that would rise above the 50% barrier. If you expand the definition to include a series of plays, some of the games other people have mentioned (97 Indians/2001 Yankees) might come close, but I think what happened last night was pretty unparalleled.
Rough Carrigan said:How much did Bobby Thomson's homer switch the win expectancy?
E5 Yaz said:Oh please ... the Seahawks were the Super Bowl champions, and these people are upset that Seattle didn't repeat?
Rough Carrigan said:How much did Bobby Thomson's homer switch the win expectancy?
I would suppose it'd be substantially less when you factor in they were stealing signs.Peak Oil Can Boyd said:
+71% (29% to 100%)
Zososoxfan said:
I consider myself a millennial and I would never do this for the exact reason other posts allude to - it's one thing to record the final play, or a celebration, but a whole game?!? This may be another example of the proposed divide between two subsets of millennials - leading Ms and following Ms.
DrewDawg said:
My favorite is about 2:45
"Holy shit! Why did he do that shit? Oh these dumb motherfuckers!"
:fap:LesterFan said:https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422579428&v=YwmP0UwHL9k&x-yt-cl=85114404
8:57 is gold
They refer to themselves as the "12s" and buy jerseys with the number 12 an the name as "Fan". I find this stupid beyond words and unbecoming of a professional football team. Those things make it hard for me to find empathy.Old Fart Tree said:I have no hate for Hawks fans. Watching them react to that makes me feel sick to my stomach. Poor bastards.