Dear Vince Young,
Please accept my apologies. I’ve just done something a hardcore home-team football fan like me should never do — and because of that, I missed one of the greatest rookie QB feats of all time and you leading the Titans in a historic come-from-behind victory (the opposite of the franchise’s historic come-from-behind loss). I was at the game and for the first two quarters, things were going so painfully bad for the Titans, I got bored and started looking for things to take my mind off the game — you know, stuff like taking photos of spectators with really bad mullet haircuts. During half-time, completely fed up with how pathetic you and the other Titans were playing, I left the game in disgust. I couldn’t stand watching you lose 21-0. Man, what a dumb decision I made to leave.
After arriving home, I flipped on the TV during the 4th quarter and it was still 21-0, but you were driving the team down the field, so I decided to stay tuned. In the last seven minutes of the game, you dragged the Titans across the goal for 24 points to win the game. You are an amazing quarterback. It was an amazing win. Heck, even Pacman Jones grabbed an intersection to help turn the game around.
Since apparently, you are going to revive the whole Music City miracle thing, I’ve decided to revive my never-give-up fanatic thing — and never leave early again. Gee, I may even go dig out that blue face-paint that I put away a few years ago. Who knows, maybe I’ll even revive the Pacman Fan club? Naaaah.
Your fan,
Rex
November 26th, 2006 at 7:42 pm
YOU LEFT THE GAME EARLY????
Oh my goodness. I guess I shouldn’t lambaste you too badly since you are already repenting. But seriously, where will I get my game-time highlights from if you LEAVE EARLY??? Please don’t ever do something like that again.
November 26th, 2006 at 8:07 pm
I was watching from here in NY and I was wondering if you were at the game. I would have done the same in your shoes! What a finish.
November 27th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
And I would like to personally thank Vince Young (and the rest of the Tittans) for helping the Cowboys jump out to a one game lead over the Giants in the NFC East!
December 3rd, 2006 at 5:23 pm
[...] Last week, I did something a die-hard fan should never do: I left at half-time in disgust when the home team fell behind 21-0. As I blogged later, it was a really dumb thing to do. I thought it would be years before I’d be able to see a game as exciting as last week’s. But earlier this afternoon, I got to witness the kind of magic the stadium in Nashville once was known for: a Titans come-from-two-touchdowns behind 20-17 victory over the Indianopolis Colts who were, coming into the game, 10-1. Today, I got to witness a 60-yard field goal (the longest in the franchise’ history) win the game. Today, I got to witness rookie quarterback Vince Young play a game in which he looked exactly as he did last year when he led the University of Texas to a national championship. I lost count, but he converted at least four long-yardage third downs with runs that, for some reason, the Colts could not counter. [...]