On January 18, 2009 the Arizona Cardinals played in their first NFC Championship game (as an AZ franchise).
The home tilt matched up the “worst team to ever make the playoffs,” in the Arizona Cardinals against the 9-6-1 Philadelphia Eagles.
The Cardinals had rode the arm of Kurt Warner and a masterclass performance from Larry Fitzgerald to this point, but they would need everything and everyone to finally breakthrough.
I was sitting at home, a 23 year old Cardinals fan, having suffered through a child hood of bad games at Sun Devil Stadium.