SEATTLE -- John Vidale didn't see the Seahawks' playoff upset of the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints as it happened, so he turned to the Internet to watch highlights later that night.
When he saw a homemade video shot from the upper deck of Qwest Field following Marshawn Lynch's 67-yard touchdown run that clinched the Seahawks' 41-36 victory late in the fourth quarter, Vidale, the director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, became a bit intrigued.
"It was pretty striking how everyone was shaking," Vidale said Monday.
The fans' crazed reaction wasn't surprising considering what Lynch had just accomplished, shedding a half-dozen or so broken tackles on his way to the longest touchdown run of his career and giving Seattle a 41-30 lead with 3:22 left.
Turns out, Lynch's TD shook Qwest Field and the ground around the stadium -- literally.
Vidale said a seismic monitoring station located about 100 yards west of the stadium registered seismic activity during Lynch's run. The shaking was most intense during a 30-second stretch about the time Lynch broke free from the line of scrimmage, finished off his touchdown and celebrated in the end zone with his teammates.
After that, Vidale said, the shaking died down but took about a minute to completely fade away.
Re: Lynch's TD run literally shook Qwest
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:23 pm
by Screamin_Eagle174
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Re: Lynch's TD run literally shook Qwest
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:33 pm
by TwinTownBisonFan
That's awesome.
I've been to two games where I "felt" the sound:
1987 - my first big league ball game - Twins vs. Royals... Twins trying to clinch the AL West with a win. Crowd was roaring before the game started - in the first inning Bert Blyleven allowed 1st and 3rd with none out and wriggled out of it... Puckett, Gaetti and Hrbek hit home runs in the bottom half and they were on their way... it was so loud on Hrbeks homer that it hurt.
2010 - ALDS Game 1 - Twins vs. Yankees... first playoff game at Target Field - when Cuddyer hit his home run you could feel the sound... awesome.
And this thread reminded me of one of my favorite commercials of all time :
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Yeah, but your stadiums shake because of all those philly cheesesteaks.
Re: Lynch's TD run literally shook Qwest
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:14 pm
by Screamin_Eagle174
FWIW, my first NFL game was Hawks vs. Giants (at Qwest) in 2005 during our Superbowl run. That place was LOUD. We caused an NFL record 11 false starts by the Giants.
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