So says Fred Thompson
I find his words to ring true in a lot of ways.
But I don't want to talk war, let's talk football instead. About ten years ago, The Minnesota Vikings and The Atlanta Falcons played the NFC championship game. The Vikings had a 14-2 record that year and Randall Cunningham was silencing his critcs. Nothing was going to stop them from going to the Super Bowl and I couldn't wait to see The Broncos being punked by Purple People Eaters.
As expected, the Vikings were in control of the game early and I was glued to the T.V. All was right in the world and the though Falcons scored before the half, I was happy to know that the better, purer and more righteous team was going to win.
But the unthinkable happened. The "Queens" began to fall asleep in the second half and sense of dread began to creep into my world. Randall was looking like he was in a holding pattern and Green seemed to be dithering.
Trying not to lose rather than trying to win appeared to be the new game plan and the Falcons would not fade. They just hung around and hung around until finally they were able to tie the game with only 30 seconds left. Vikings get the ball back and Dennis Green opted to kneel into overtime rather than go for the big play. Right then I knew The Vikings were officially on the ropes. Though the Vikings won the toss, the tone was set by Dennis Green's pussy ass decision and Randall Cunningham, who battled his entire career with a bad public perception of his ability to win, was starting to look confused. It was almost as if he knew his coach was losing confidence in him and he began to forget his spectacular season.
Then in overtime the unthinkable happened. Morten Andersen, who had been perfect all year, missed a 38 yard field goal by a foot, failing to seal the game. Afterwards, an empowered Falcons team marched, scored and won.
And I cried a little and never liked Dennis Green again.
By the way, did I mention that Obama is a douche?
1 comment:
The Vikings were 15-1 and were the only team to ever win 15 games and not the Superbowl (The Pats joined them after their imperfect season.
I'm pretty sure Andersen missed his field goal in regulation and that would have made it a two score game with very little time left. Then the Vikings D were unable to hold a 7 point lead, so I blame them. But yes, Green was a pussy for kneeling, with what at the time ws the most prolific offense in history (until the Pats became more prolific during their imperfect season).
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