{"id":19628,"date":"2017-02-06T22:52:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T22:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=19628"},"modified":"2017-02-06T22:52:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T22:52:31","slug":"admitting-a-big-mistake-regarding-the-big-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=19628","title":{"rendered":"Admitting a big mistake regarding The Big Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tom-brady-nfl-suspension.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19629\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tom-brady-nfl-suspension-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tom-brady-nfl-suspension-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tom-brady-nfl-suspension-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tom-brady-nfl-suspension-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tom-brady-nfl-suspension.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am in the mood for admitting a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Last night I made a big one.<\/p>\n<p>I watched much of the first half of the Super Bowl. I watched the Atlanta Falcons run up that big halftime lead over the New England Patriots. I watched Lady Gaga&#8217;s knockout halftime show. She wowed me, man!<\/p>\n<p>Then I figured: Well, that&#8217;s the ballgame. The Falcons look too good, too fast, too strong, too everything.<\/p>\n<p>I turned in. Went to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Then I awoke this morning, looked at my I-phone and saw the headline: <em>&#8220;Patriots win in epic comeback!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I am so ashamed. I figure if I say so out loud in this forum that I&#8217;ll attract some forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Are there others out there?<\/p>\n<p>Now, is New England quarterback Tom Brady &#8220;the greatest QB in the history of Planet Earth?&#8221; That remains to be debated for as long as people can still remember the likes of, oh, Joe Montana, Roger Staubach, John Elway &#8230; to name just three pretty good flingers.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Brady is a great one. The greatest ever?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe. 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