The Seahawks had the storybook finish right in front of them. They had the ball 2nd and goal from the one with under a minute left and Marshawn Lynch was there to run the ball in for a touchdown that would have given Seattle the victory and the NFC West title.
Then, as often happens nowadays, horrible clock management came into play. Pete Carroll has struggled with his use of time outs this season and misuse of time in the final two minutes of halves and ends of games. But Seattle not getting off a play while the ball was on the one-yard line and taking a delay of game penalty probably changed the outcome of the game and season.