... time NFL adages. One being, ‘On any given Sunday'. The Loins showed in the 3rd quarter that even the weakest dog (cat?) can jump up and bite you. Yes, the Big Red came home with a ‘W’, but they did so sweating it out late in the game for what amounts to two breakdowns in the 3rd quarter.

As a fan of a team that spent decades stinking, I consider myself somewhat an expert on the subject. And one thing I’ve learned is that when you give a bad team a glimmer of hope, and a reason to believe in themselves, they can and often will pull off an upset.

Another thing is bad teams tend to play to their opposition. They often get ‘up’ for good, or ‘elite’ teams. This explains why, even as perennial cellar dwellers, Cardina...

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