The two circles of sports fan Hell
Is it really better to keep coming close and falling just short than to never come close at all?
There are two NFL teams which have played in the Super Bowl four times, and lost every single one: the Buffalo Bills (who lost four in a row) and the Minnesota Vikings.
Of the Bills’ four appearances, three were blowouts in which they weren’t really given much of a chance to win in the first place. You never really hear about those. The first game, which went down to the wire and was lost on a missed field goal? That’s the one that still hurts.
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