18yrs ago today, "It's Now Time"

started out with a thud--

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/b ... 310sea.htm

I left midway after the first possession of the 3rd Q. I was on the other side of Snoqualmie by the end of the game.

Last regular season game in August that I can remember.

Youch. I don't even remember that. Must have blocked it out.

That was the first game after the stadium vote -- we had our new owner! Life was great! Optimism was back!

And then that game happened.

Same thing happened 2 years later after Holmgren was hired. Detroit came in and dominated.

Always remember: being a Seahawks fan means never assuming anything.

First play under the Holmgren era was a Flea Flicker. Kitna was sacked.

Holmgren never called that play again in his entire coaching career.

Neil O'Donnell racking up the fantasy points! We used to do our fantasy football lineups by fax back then.

That season was smack dab in the middle of the purgatory of mediocrity that started after the franchise low point of the 1992 season and finally ended with the team moving to the NFC.

I remember seeing the scoring updates with this game at a Sears.

Sadly they all involved the Jets

My buddy and I had just moved to Seattle from PA (me with the intent of a permanent move post-college, him just for the football season). We had just purchased season tickets and were out of our minds to be in seattle for what was sure to be the beginning of a new golden era of Seahawk football. We were even being predicted as dark horse SB candidates in some publications.

Then this happened.

Damn, I remember that game. That was the beginning of 3 year stretch where they lost every game I watched and won the ones I couldn't. I was able to watch way too many

I remember the headline our asst. sports editor wrote for Monday's paper after that game: "IT'S OW TIME"

I flew out from New York for that one.
Thanks for bringing it up.

I remember that. We had really high hopes going into that season. The Jets had a tall-ish corner that had a really good game.

This was the first game I attended with my dad as season ticket holders. Paul Allen just took over. And in an attempt to drum up support, lowered the price of the 300 level end zones to $10 seats. We had 4 seats for the entire season for $400. Those were the days.

I still remember it being the 4th qtr and laying down on the bleacher bench. Enough people had left by that point, there was more than enough room.

It's games and times like that, and having season tickets all the time since, that really made winning it all that much more special. I know we live in the era of the "12's" and hawks fans are everywhere now. But those of us who can remember this horrible game really know just how special what we are getting to watch these days is.

Go Hawks.

Has it been that long? wow!

SeaTown81":k437o62n said:

This was the first game I attended with my dad as season ticket holders. Paul Allen just took over. And in an attempt to drum up support, lowered the price of the 300 level end zones to $10 seats. We had 4 seats for the entire season for $400. Those were the days.

Go Hawks.

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In 2010, our 300 level seats were $62. This year, they are $118! In my book....that's nearly double or if you will...a nearly 100% price increase. I gotta wonder if the average ticket holder's income doubled in that time?