Let’s be honest, the Seahawks living in Pacific Time is its own special kind of chaos. When the rest of the country is watching a 1 PM game, we’re still figuring out what to have for lunch. Our 1:25 PM starts are basically everyone else’s 4:25 PM starts. It messes with your head.
You’ll see a tweet about a huge play happening in New York, and you’re thinking, “Wait, the Seahawks haven’t even started yet!” It creates this weird, temporal bubble. You’re either three hours ahead of the game or three hours behind the rest of the world. There is no middle ground.
I once set my DVR for a 5:20 PM start, but because of a weather delay on the East Coast, the game actually started at 5:50 PM. I spent twenty minutes refreshing my phone, thinking I was in a glitch in the Matrix. Spoiler: I was just hungry.
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The only true survival tactic is the multi-schedule approach. You have to mentally block out your entire Sunday around the Seahawks start time. Grocery run? That’s a 9 AM mission or a 4 PM gamble—never during the 1:25 PM window.
Family brunch? You politely decline, citing a “prior commitment.” That commitment is a promise to yourself to watch Geno Smith scramble for a first down. Family will understand. Or they won’t, and that’s a risk you take.
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And god forbid you have a wedding or a kid’s birthday party. You spend the whole ceremony or party sneaking glances at your phone, doing the math on when you can leave. “The reception starts at 6…the game is at 5:20…if I leave by 7:30… I’ll only miss the halftime show.” It’s a science.
