Philadelphia Eagles and My Emotions

There have not been too many times when my emotions have gone from sky high to subterranean low. I mean as extreme as I can imagine. Not as bad as winning the lottery and then getting hit by a car, but close. The Philadelphia Eagles have not been playing well lately, and they needed this game to get "back on track." The team made tons of mistakes, including several by their sometimes brilliant and sometimes brain dead quarterback Donovan McNabb. Anyway, the game seemed lost, but with forty five seconds to go, the Eagles' terrific, but often injured running back, Brian Westbrook ran fifty some yards for an improbable touchdown. I was screaming and clapping alone in my condo. My wife was out shopping, but I screamed with pure joy all by myself. Thirty five seconds to go, and the game would be one of those last second steals. The Eagles didn't do a great job on the kickoff to Tampa Bay, who started on their own 36 yard line. To make a horrible story short, Tampa was down to their last play, and went for a 62 yard field goal for the win. A kick like this has only been done twice in NFL history, and the kicker, Matt Bryant wasn't even that good. The longest field goal of his career was like 50 yards. Making a 62 yard field goal would be like throwing a basketball from the opposite side of the court, and having it go in!
Do I really have to tell you what happened? The kick was GOOD!. The game was over, and I sat in shocked disbelief and dismay along with the rest of the city. Another day in the life of a Philadelphia sports fan.