I don’t know how many of you follow the National Football League, but last week was a big deal because the Seattle Seahawks won their division with an overall record of 7-9, becoming the first team in the NFL to qualify for the playoffs with a losing record.
Today became a big deal because almost everyone thought they would lose to the New Orleans Saints (11-5 and last year’s Super Bowl winners) in the first round of the playoffs. However, the Seahawks ignored the whole “11-point underdog” stuff and won the game. Thus, they’re moving on to the next round with a slightly less losing record.
But aside from all that, someone from NBC interviewed the Seahawks’ coach on the field after the game and had the best reflexive response from a reporter I’ve ever heard. She asked him, “How are you feeling right now?”
He replied that he was calm and “I know it sounds weird, but we expected to win this game.”
She immediately blurted out, “Really?”
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
