If you go back, the Seeahawks fan base was established in 1976. There 30,000 people on the waiting list for season tickets in the Kingdome throughout the 1980s. there were some down years in the 90s when the former owner ran them into the ground and then tried to move the team to LA. But then came Paul Allen who bought the team, and since the new stadium opened in 2002, they have been sold out for every home game since. Nationally the team got more popular over the past couple years as well, because of guys like Sherman, Lynch and Wilson, and of course being one of the best teams in football. Just because the entire nation outside of northwest wasn't paying attention doesn't mean we weren't here. It also seems like y'all forgot the Seahawks were a superbowl team in 2005 and were contenders pretty much the whole time Mike Holmgren was here.