Seahawks Fan Pulls Down Pants, Chugs Drink on Field After NFC Championship Game

Anarchy and emotion shared the field in the aftermath of the Seattle Seahawks' 28-22 NFC Championship victory over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night.

On one end of the spectrum, you had Russell Wilson weeping tears of joy and giving the glory to God. On the other end, you had Michael Bennett, cruising the sidelines on a borrowed police bicycle and cheesing harder than allowed by federal law.

Somewhere in between these two emotional states was a lone Seahawks fan standing near the southern end zone. I do not know who he is or how he got onto the playing surface at CenturyLink Field, but I do know this man stood triumphantly with his pants around his ankles drinking an unknown beverage from a plastic flask.

Getty photographer Tom Pennington captured stunning images of Pants-Less Pete (as I'll refer to him from here on). This is the face of a man savoring both the moment and presumably every last drop of his carefully smuggled crotch vodka.

Tom Pennington/Getty

Tom Pennington/Getty

Also, be sure to note the icing on the cake here.

Tom Pennington/Getty

Yup, Pants-Less Pete received 100 percent fan approval—as he well should.

While less loyal Seahawks fans spent the final minutes of the NFC Championship Heat-ing up the windows outside CenturyLink, Pants-Less Pete hung around, sipping presumably illicit booze and believing in magic. His belief paid off not only in victory but an image that will surely be a front-runner for a bevy of sports photography awards this year.

This is the new face of Seattle's 12th Man: the personification of quiet confidence. Pants-Less Pete doesn't need face paint and superhero gimmickry to get his message across, and I will personally boycott Campbell's Soup if he isn't in Richard Sherman’s next commercial. 

Pants-Less Pete for mayor. No, Pants-Less Pete and Angry Falcons Fan for POTUS and V-POTUS 2016. Let's turn this country around.

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