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We really are spoiled. We're the only fan-base in the world that could be taunted about going undefeated in the regular season and then making the Super Bowl. "18-1" was an insult. I think Browns fans would take that.
That said, of course you're nervous (or per the above, excited.) We're Shroedinger's freaking Cat here. We're both the prospective winners and the prospective loser tomorrow. But in the bigger picture, we're both 6-2 and 5-3 in Super Bowls in the last 16 years, prospectively; in either event that adds up to 8, so we've been "nervous" or "excited" (or should have been) every other year, on average, for 16 bloody years.
It doesn't get better than what we've got - that said if we don't win I will be one unhappy camper, just because. That's the deal: you irrationally invest emotionally. You pay the piper if it goes south. It's not under your control. On the bright side, you get a free shot of dopamine if we win.
That said, of course you're nervous (or per the above, excited.) We're Shroedinger's freaking Cat here. We're both the prospective winners and the prospective loser tomorrow. But in the bigger picture, we're both 6-2 and 5-3 in Super Bowls in the last 16 years, prospectively; in either event that adds up to 8, so we've been "nervous" or "excited" (or should have been) every other year, on average, for 16 bloody years.
It doesn't get better than what we've got - that said if we don't win I will be one unhappy camper, just because. That's the deal: you irrationally invest emotionally. You pay the piper if it goes south. It's not under your control. On the bright side, you get a free shot of dopamine if we win.