Posted on 06/06/2019 9:13:43 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
NEW ORLEANS – Of course. Could it have been any other way?
When Adam Vinatieri lined up for a 48-yard field goal, seven seconds remained in a most remarkable game on a most remarkable night. Despite the odds, despite the opposition, was there any team other than the one wearing red, white and blue, the team called the Patriots, for goodness sakes, that would triumph in the first post-Sept. 11 Super Bowl?
Of course not.
Moments earlier, the Rams had thrust their dagger, scoring the game-tying touchdown, and the first overtime in Super Bowl history beckoned. But the Patriots, truly America’s team on this night, did what was considered near-impossible in a near-miraculous manner. Leading all game, they were stunned by a Rams touchdown with 1:30 remaining, yet Bill Belichick’s underdogs found a way.
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Why post this drivel now
The first of many Happy Endings for Robert Kraft.
True.
The Patriots dynasty started on that night.
Had the Patriots not lost to the 2005 Broncos, they could have threepeated in 2005!
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