12th Man Mania

Greg Nickels, the mayor of Seattle, has declared today as "Seahawk Fan Day."
The Seahawks are in the Super Bowl and Seattle is going nuts:

-12th Man banners are flying above both the Space Needle and even the State Capitol in Olympia
-Blue, green, and white Christmas lights are strung all over downtown
-Qwest Field, home of the Seahawks, is lit up blue and green at night (incidentally, Qwest Field is where SPU holds Commencement!)
-the Seattle Times has a running countdown to kickoff time, as well as a Seahawks hat you can cut out of today's issue, collector pages for different players, and pages of photos of fans arriving in Detroit with Seahawks banners tied around them as capes
-Should we win the Super Bowl, there's talk that the Space Needle will sporting blue and green paint for awhile
-all sports stores and pro shops are out of Seahawks gear
-nearly all businesses are flying 12th Man flags or Hawk banners
-Super Bowl parties are being held in all bars, pubs, restaurtants, and even homeless shelters

Even my 2nd graders are excited and going crazy:
-Seahawks face paint is a regular occurance at school
-Nearly half of my class alone has their own Seahawks jerseys - the ones who don't have an abundance of other gear
-When asked to decorate their earthworm habitats, over half of my class drew pictures of earthworms dressed as Seahawk players, beating the Steelers with scores such as one-million to 2 (Seahawks favor, of course)
-Their conversations while doing seatwork revolve around the Super Bowl,how Seattle killed Carolina two weeks ago, and even the "12th Man" lawsuit taking place in Texas
-My "Ok, anyone who is wearing Seahawks colors can go line up" procedure is now ineffective, since all any of them wear now is Seahawks gear

And I admit, I'm proud to be a Seattle Seahawk! So, as I am telling all my football-loving relatives - including my uncle Jerry who is going to the Super Bowl - if you love me, you'll root for the Seahawks!!