Super revenge thanks to the Green Bay Packers

by Bill Stevenson<br> Herald Managing Editor
| February 8, 2011 6:38 AM

I have only been excited about one Super Bowl. The rest I have watched more for the commercials.

In 2005 my beloved Seattle Seahawks faced the Pittsburgh "Stealers."

Yes, that is how I want to spell the team's name. It's good to be the editor.

I still have a beef with them for stealing the Super Bowl from my home team. The officials helped, more like committed the mistakes in judgment, but I blame the Stealers.

I have watched the Seahawks as part of a family tradition since they started in 1976.

I faithfully waited 29 years to watch them in Super Bowl.

Yes. I am a little bitter.

This year I enjoyed watching the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Stealers on Sunday.

Joy. Revenge!

I could start cheering for the Packers, but only as a back up to the Seahawks.

I will even blame the Stealers for Christina Aguilera's botched national anthem and the terrible sound mix during the Black Eyed Peas' halftime show.

Doesn't matter. I will forget the entertainment issues. All I will remember is enjoying a non-Seahawk Super Bowl for once.

Bill Stevenson is the Columbia Basin Herald managing editor. He is proud still to have a first-generation number 12 fan jersey.