know, what you wanted came true, right? so tell us the rest of the story. there was a period of time initially when we kind of when ken berring, 18 years ago today, he pulled the plug and came out to say he was moving the team and loaded up the vans for california. at that point, obviously we are in transition. the fan base was diminished but yet i was a man with a passion, so we tried to approach paul allen and his people. and at first they didn t want anything to do with it. but it ended up happening after you sent out this s.o.s. to save the seahawks and arguably the 12th man for the seahawks is one of the most valuable players for the team that had a real demand bringing them to the super bowl. the 12th man the the nice there is unreal. mark, we loved your story, and so did a new york times best
yeah, peyton! reporter: all right. you know what happened to the shirt. denver is fanatical. reporter: chuck, we re here in seattle with the seahawks fans, including the jet city s chorus, who is performing for us right now. they re waving the 12th man flags, what the fans in seattle refer to, because they play an important role, they re the loudest fans in the league. so loud, they cause earthquakes beneath the stadium during home games. and they are super excited for this year s super bowl. back to you, chuck. joe and kerry, those are really actually two passionate football cities for their teams. so as football cements its place in pop culture, it s become a financial juggernaut. as of 2012, the annual revenue was more than $9 billion. nearly $2 billion than the other major sports league, major league baseball.
broncos here? broncos! seahawks, seahawks, seahawks! bronco colors. are you rooting for the broncos on sunday? we got a family rivalry going on. are you going to take that? we packed our 12th flag, 12th man from seattle. broncos all the way! seahawks fan. seahawks or broncos for the super bowl? what s that? oh, i love that report. we all love tracy and chris. so glad to see them out there working hard. a way better job than we would have done. i spoke to them after the package. they said their faces were frozen. they were working hard. super cold that night. tracy is right, michael is right. the seahawks are going to win. it s a more balanced team.
hometown of seattle. and you have macklemore this weekend cleaning up. i know we ll get to that later. when you look at seattle dominating in a sport i don t know a lot about, and then having a rapper dominating in a field that i do know something about a white rapper. i m a big badminton expert. seattle is really the town of the year, i think we d have to say it. i d like to think so. and i also think it s about the per capita thing, right? seattle is a relatively small town. it s about a million people. and here we are projecting cultural and right. and sports. and really, and the seattle seahawks. a big credit the seahawks, the 12th man. they have the best fans in the game. they are the loudest. they make that stadium impossible to play at. yeah. so seattle, i mean, everybody wants to take a part in their team getting to the super bowl, the nba championships, whatever. the seattle fans are definitely part of this mix, so they could pat themselves on the b
bleacherreport.com. the question is, how far would you go to win playoff tickets. you see this woman here, a seattle woman shaved the side of her head and then got a 12th man tattoo in the same area. the 12th man is their famous seattle seahawks known as the 12th fan because they re so loud and into the team. this is a radio promotion and the girl did not win the playoff tickets because she won by a man dressed in a seahawks batman suit. her friend are smart and put together a youtube video and is begging ellen to get her super bowl tickets and if ellen comes through, she ll sahave the othe side of her head and tattoo ellen on the other side of her head. when the hair grows back, you won t see it. not that i m taking away from what you did because that s pretty impressive. see is into the tattoos because she had some of her neck and arms.