Pop the champagne bottles tonight, 12’s. This isn’t just any ordinary Friday night, it is officially the 10th anniversary of the Seattle Seahawks’ triumphant and dominant 43-8 victory in Super Bowl XLVIII.

It has been a recent joke about how much the city of Seattle owns Denver, specifically when it comes to the Seahawks and Broncos. But February 2nd, 2014 is where the one-sided bullying truly began.

The greatest single-season offense in NFL history versus the greatest single-season defense to ever take the field. Peyton Manning versus the Legion of Boom. A showdown for the ages!

Or, so we thought. The Broncos folded like a cheap suit against the immense physicality of the LOB and shut them out for three whole quarters of play.

It’s truly hard to believe it’s already been a decade since this glorious moment. In many ways it feels like a lifetime ago, and yet, it feels like it happened yesterday. The highlights from the single greatest moment in franchise history lives on forever, and highlight reels are most assuredly revisited countless times by the 12th Man.

While these highlights and memories are still fun, I cannot help but feel something I haven’t felt before when it comes to this Super Bowl: a sense of finality. This is officially the first anniversary of Super Bowl XLVIII where Pete Carroll, the grand architect of Seattle’s first championship, is no longer the head coach. They say all good things must end, and we’ve officially reached the conclusion to this story.

But with this sense of finality is a renewed sense of gratitude! What Carroll built in the Pacific Northwest was truly the golden era of Seahawks football. While Seattle was certainly no stranger to making the playoffs before Carroll, they weren’t going to be confused for an NFL blueblood either. Typically, when teams who aren’t exactly routine Super Bowl contenders finally win one, they quickly fade back into obscurity, such as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Not Carroll’s Seahawks. It says a lot about Carroll he remained for a decade after winning Seattle a Lombardi. They returned the following year, and remained perennial Super Bowl/playoff contenders for the remainder of his tenure in the Pacific Northwest.

So take a moment tonight, 12’s, to raise a glass to Coach Carroll and soak in the glory from Super Bowl XLVIII. Watch highlights, wear the old championship hat or t-shirts, and reminisce. Not every fan gets to say they watched their favorite team win their first championship, and we did because of Pete Carroll.

Story originally appeared on Seahawks Wire