But today, I can't help but wonder what might have been. How this past week could have been so much different. How today would be a day where I sit in front of the television for 12 straight hours looking on proudly as my favorite team has finally made it to the promise land. Instead, I'll turn the game on right before kickoff and enjoy what looks to be a great football game with my mind somewhere else.
I, along with many other Jets fans, couldn't even envision what today would have been like had New York punched it in from the 1-yard line two Sundays ago and beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh ending a long and overdue drought. Gang Green hasn't made it to the Super Bowl in 42 years when Broadway Joe Namath guaranteed victory in Super Bowl III and cashed in his words by bringing home the trophy.
Unfortunately, that great moment was one of the last great moments in the history of this franchise. We need another one and it needs to be soon.
Today could have been our day. The day where the entire football world looked on with envy as we made history. Maybe, just maybe, that day will come next year.
As for today, I'll watch the game, but I won't be rooting for either team to win. Instead, I'll hope for a good game and when it's over, I'll close the book on another unsuccessful football season, one that saw the ultimate goal slip away yet again.
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