"Shucks folks. I'm speechless.""'Fortitudine Vincimus,' 'by endurance we conquer'" -- Ernest Shackleton
"Lions, Bengals, and Bears, Oh My!"
The newly acclaimed Sports Authority Field at Mile High looked more like the yellow brick road than it did a football field last night. With the Raiders penalized 15 times alone, the referees threw more yellow bricks than either quarterback threw touchdowns which paved the way for a game of frustration and slow play leaving many of the "so-called" Bronco fans wishing they could have joined Dorothy and the gang on their adventure to the Emerald City in hopes of meeting the wizard and asking him for a new quarterback (Tim Tebow)
Although I am not sure that Kyle Orton is going to be the Broncos Ruby Red slippers (3 clicks of the heels and we're in the Superbowl) I don't think that it's time that we take on the role of the Wicked Witch booing him after every mistake the team made. Didn't anyone realize that as the boos got louder the worse Orton began to play and our hopes for victory were suddenly squashed like the Witch of the East. If only we would have played the role of the munchkins; greeting the orange and blue with well wishes, praise and cheer we might have come out on top. Instead we found our hopes melting away as the raindrops began to pour... "I'm melting..." So for those of you Bronco fans eager to meet the Wizard be sure to ask him for a couple other things too...
A Brain...
If we only had a brain
The Broncos might be one and nuffin'
Our competition we could be gruffin'
Our hearts wouldn't be overcome by pain
We would dance and be merry
We would sing and be cheering
If we only had a brain
A Heart...
Just to register some emotion, understand fan loyalty and devotion
And really play the part
We could stay young and chipper
Cheering, 'This one's for the gipper'
If we only had a heart
Courage...
Courage! What makes a boy out of a man?
Courage! What makes the quarterback do it when no one else believes he can?
Courage! What makes him charge his squad into the endzone of the other team as all the rowdy fans watch and scream?
What makes the fans of football beam?
Courage! What makes the ooponents scowl and wonder?
Courage! What makes the the crowd roar, and bring out Thunder?
Courage! What makes the other teams so hot? What puts the trot in the referees bad spot?
What have those fans got that we don't got?
COURAGE!
I've always been proud to call myself a Bronco fan because I think that we are one of the best 12th man fans in the nation but as I watched the game from the comforts of my own home last night I was disappointed by other fan behavior. Seeing so many people turn their backs on Orton and boo the boys of blue, all I can say is...
"Toto, I don't think we're in Denver anymore!"
"Inches make a champion." -- Vince Lombardi
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