Despite the general apathy towards sports displayed by most members of Solipsist Nation, we wish to offer today's column in praise of the New York Jets. The perennial underdogs, semi-affectionately nicknamed "Gang Green" by jaded New Yorkers, are only one win away from the Super Bowl after beating the San Diego Chargers today, 17-14. They weren't supposed to be here, but here they are. And now, they have to face the Indianapolis Colts. Auspicious! The Jets' only Super Bowl appearance came against the Colts (when they were in Baltimore). At that time, too, they were massive underdogs led by a hotshot young quarterback. And against all odds, they won.
1969 was a good year. The Jets won it all. So did the Mets. And it was in October of that year that Your Not So Humble Correspondent was born. Hm. . . .October. . . . Nine months after the Jets won the Super Bowl. . . .
Oh dear God!
You could have chosen to write about the Pope and the Holocaust, but instead you chose to write about a happy subject.
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Brett Favre is watching you.
It is touching in the extreme that, long after some people hold to the belief in the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, or the Easter Bunny, they still cling to the belief that the Mets/Jets are actual sports teams and not the figments of their own imaginations.
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