February 7, 2014 The Delta Optimist A5
‘Hawks fan riding Super Bowl high
Tsawwassen’s Ryan Strachan arrives home tired but deliriously happy after beloved team captures NFL title BY
ALAN CAMPBELL
Optimist contributor
Bleary-eyed and dogtired right through to the bone, Tsawwassen’s own Seattle Seahawks superfan stumbled into work Tuesday morning a deliriously happy man. Teacher Ryan Strachan managed to steal just a couple of hours’ sleep after flying in from New York and was running on adrenalin only by the time he returned to his desk at RC Palmer Secondary in Richmond. But it mattered not a jot to lifetime and previously long-suffering Seahawks fan Strachan, 41, whose blood was still coursing through his veins in the wake of his team’s Super Bowl rout over the hapless Denver Broncos Sunday. “Not in a million years did I, or any of us, think that would be the score,” said Strachan, who only managed to live out his dream of watching the Seahawks at a Super Bowl thanks to former students raising $1,500 via Facebook.
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Ryan Strachan was part of a vocal 12th Man contingent at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium last Sunday to cheer on the Seattle Seahawks to victory in the Super Bowl. The high school teacher made it to the big game thanks to former students raising $1,500. “But even when we led 36-8, I was still waiting for something bad to happen,
especially with all the suffering we’ve had in the past. “It was an unbelievable
experience and to be a part of it was amazing.” Strachan said the
Super Bowl was almost like a home game, as the Seahawks fans outnum-
gone wild
The
bered the Broncos by about 10-1 at New Jersey’s Metlife Stadium. The teacher — who runs the Canadianseahawks fan website — said it took around three hours to travel the seven miles from downtown New York to the stadium, which didn’t help his gameday nerves. “I’m always nervous before a Seahawks game, no matter who we’re playing,” he said. But there was so much going on pre-game there was no time to get too nervous, added Strachan. “They certainly know how to put on a show. And on our seats was a package with things like a blanket, gloves and a toque with LED lights on it. “At half-time, the toques’ lights lit up and were remotely controlled to coincide with the show.” Strachan couldn’t take more time off to go see the ‘Hawks parade the Super Bowl through Seattle on Wednesday morning. That privilege is being handed to his fellow fan and wife, Tamara.
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