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It was definitely this Super Bowl as the Pats didn't just lose the championship, they also lost the perfect season and title as the best team of all-time. Brady would have been considered the best QB of all-time and while he is still high on the list, he too lost that title, at least for the time being.
So who'd he lose it to troll?
The Sox losses in '86 and '03 were both worse because of the curse. '03 was the worst of all because it wasn't a physical mistake, and it was game 7 against the Yankees, and it was the most incredibly mindnumbing mental mistake in the history of sports. And everybody knew it except one absolute moron of a manager. Ownership in the stands knew it. Fans knew it. His own pitching coach knew it. Just couldn't stop it. From there on it was like watching a slow motion train wreck and knowing there wasn't a damn thing anyone could do about it. People couldn't even speak of it for days. And when they finally did, there was less disappointment than seething anger...
They won the following year, but aside from lifting a curse it wasn't nearly as satisfying because in the process they had become the Yankees. I think that's what I love most about the Pat's - they haven't. Although a segment of the fan base has...
I don't follow the Sox any longer, but to this day I still cannot watch that game. '86 was like a bitter tease. '03 was devastation. 42 was our 5th trip to the Superbowl in 11 years...and you can't expect to win 'em all.
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