Our city has a number this weekend and it's 12.

Sorry, Patriots fans. Vancouver declared itself a Seattle Seahawks fan by raising a 12th Man flag over city hall at 10:12 a.m. Friday.

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The defending Super Bowl champions from Seattle play the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday in Arizona. Both teams are 14-4, and the pick-em championship could be one of the best in the 49-year history of the league. Tickets have reached stratospheric prices, the most pricey in NFL history.

Kick off is 3:30 p.m. Vancouver time.

Feast on these NFL stats from the 2014-15 season:

Tom Brady and Russell Wilson both won a Super Bowl title in their first three seasons in the NFL. In 10 meetings, Wilson has not lost to a Super Bowl-winning quarterback, including the Pats pivot.