When the Patriots cut the Falcon lead to 16 points my wife got up and left the room saying "it's over". Everyone knows. Several of us laughed but behind our laughs didn't we all know it was over. Be honest. We all thought "this is it".
The entire episode reminded me of those lyrics from Cohen's "Everybody Knows"
"Everybody knows the dice is loaded
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed, the poor stay poorer, the the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows"
