I was out in the car earlier with the radio on and heard audio clips from the final or deciding plays of the previous 49 years. Two thoughts jumped out at me as I listened...
1) I'd forgotten it was the Giants who won SB XXV when Scott Norwood's FG try went barely Wide Right. My thought...the Gnats have been the beneficiaries of some exceeding good fortune (a missed FG and 2 once in a lifetime receptions) in their last 3 wins. Yeah, there's some envy mixed in here.
2) It occurred to me that he Eagles franchise is totally undeserving of the loyalty we fans have consistently extended to it in the 55 years since the 1960 championship. And It hasn't been simply the opposite of the good fortune the Gnats enjoyed in those last 3 wins that has left our trophy case empty. No, it's much more the result of a series of owners that have been sometimes too cheap, often too stupid and much too frequently arrogant without ANY reason to have pride.
The more I think about the repeated success experienced by teams like Pitts, NE, SF, Green Bay and the 3 other teams in our division compared with the dismal performance of the Birds the more it angers and saddens me.
1) I'd forgotten it was the Giants who won SB XXV when Scott Norwood's FG try went barely Wide Right. My thought...the Gnats have been the beneficiaries of some exceeding good fortune (a missed FG and 2 once in a lifetime receptions) in their last 3 wins. Yeah, there's some envy mixed in here.
2) It occurred to me that he Eagles franchise is totally undeserving of the loyalty we fans have consistently extended to it in the 55 years since the 1960 championship. And It hasn't been simply the opposite of the good fortune the Gnats enjoyed in those last 3 wins that has left our trophy case empty. No, it's much more the result of a series of owners that have been sometimes too cheap, often too stupid and much too frequently arrogant without ANY reason to have pride.
The more I think about the repeated success experienced by teams like Pitts, NE, SF, Green Bay and the 3 other teams in our division compared with the dismal performance of the Birds the more it angers and saddens me.
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