Man, thinking back to when Russell Wilson got that Super Bowl ring… feels like a lifetime ago, doesn’t it? That was Super Bowl XLVIII, Seahawks against the Broncos. I remember folks were expecting a real clash, Manning vs the Legion of Boom.
My Setup Back Then
So, picture this: I wasn’t at some fancy Super Bowl party. Nope. I was actually in the middle of moving apartments. Boxes everywhere. Total chaos. My big screen TV? Still packed. My comfy couch? Covered in bubble wrap. It was miserable timing, honestly.
I got the game going on a tiny little tablet I had propped up on a cardboard box. Sound was tinny. Picture wasn’t great. But I was determined to watch it.
Watching The Game (Sort Of)
I started watching right from the kickoff. Then that crazy safety happened on the first play from scrimmage for Denver. I remember thinking, “Whoa, okay, maybe this won’t be the close game everyone thought.”
And boy, was I right. The Seahawks just dominated. Wilson wasn’t putting up crazy stats like Manning was expected to, but he was efficient, made the plays he needed to, and didn’t make mistakes. That defense, though… they were unbelievable. They just shut down one of the best offenses we’d ever seen.
Between hauling boxes and trying to find where I packed the darn tape gun, I kept glancing back at the tablet. It became almost background noise to the moving grind after a while because Seattle just kept pouring it on. It wasn’t exactly edge-of-your-seat stuff by the third quarter.
What Stuck With Me
It’s funny, what you remember. For me, that Super Bowl is tied to:
- The smell of cardboard and packing tape.
- The frustration of trying to watch a huge game on a tiny screen.
- The sheer surprise at how one-sided it was.
- Just feeling exhausted from moving, while the Seahawks were cruising.
So yeah, Russell Wilson got his win. Impressive stuff, especially back then. For me, though, it mostly reminds me of dusty boxes and the relief of finally getting the mattress set up in the new place long after the game ended. A weird way to remember a Super Bowl, I guess, but that’s how it went down for me.
