that what i'm about to say is the attitude of a loser.... I do not agree.
I did not weep after that loss to the Steelers. Sad? Absolutely... but the sadness never overtook the pride I had in that team... not immediately after, not during the drive home, (I was at the game), nor today.
Then, and now, I think that 79' team was the 'weakest' of the great Ram 70's teams. If you think that's a knock on the 79' team you couldn't be more mistaken. What they accomplished in that season, and especially in that SB game, was near 'miraculous' in my eyes.
My ex-brother-in-law was with me at that game... a diehard Viking fan. You can imagine the 'bad blood'. During the drive home he kept muttering over and over, "I thought they were going to get blown out... they fought harder than any team I've ever seen play the game". I smiled... he didn't have to tell me that, though it was nice hearing it.
I'm perhaps the only Ram fan in the world that looks back to that game and feels 'pride' first, sadness second. - JamesJM
