It's one thing to lose the biggest game of your life in the final seconds when your team is on the verge of making history. It's another when it happens twice - to the same team... at the hands of the same guy. Add to that the "mission" to win one for the owner's beloved, recently deceased wife, the personal goal of vanquishing the demons from your psyche, thereby reaffirming your legacy as one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of the sport, and, lest we forget, the bitter, century-old rivalry between the two cities participating, and you can say this was the biggest of big games.
Recognizing the disappointment suffered by their star quarterback, and terrified that, this time, he may never recover, several loyal-yet-delusional New England Patriot fans have created a campaign on Internet funding site, Kickstarter.com, with the hopes of raising enough money to build Tom Brady a desperately needed time machine.
The campaign is the brainchild of diehard Pat, Redsox, Cubs, and all-things-cursed-in-general fan, Charlie Wiggums, 29, of Worcester, Mass. Speaking in an accent which belies his intelligence, Wiggums, a peanut vendor at Gillette Stadium, stated,"Befaw ya go and say, 'Oh, daat's ludicrous. Ya can't build a time machine, numnuts. Dat's impossible.' Unduhstand, weah not lookin' ta build one to take us back to prehistawic times - of caws, dat's impossible. And, we'd get eaten by dinosaws. Weah just tawkin' about twenty-faw howas, heah. Just lawng enough ta get ah stah quawtahback da win he deserves. We figya we can do it faw about ten grand. My brawtha Tawmy's already out at Radio Shack scopin' fa pahts."
One of the first contributors, a doctor from Braintree, Mass who wished to remain anonymous, commented, "This is not happening. There's no way Manning did this to us again. And, if I have anything to do with it, he won't."
As an incentive, those who contribute $500 will receive a Super Bowl 46 championship jersey autographed by the entire Patriot team. Contribute $1000 and you get to ride with Brady in the transport.
The largest contribution, a donation of $5,000, came from Madonna.
Whether or not the campaign is a success, one has to admire the support, loyalty, and denial these great fans demonstrate toward their team and its crestfallen leader. A smaller campaign to "un-bitch" Bill Belichick from Tom Coughlin is also underway.
Prospective donors can visit www.kickstarter.com to contribute.
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