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Fans rip Garth Brooks for Barry Sanders jersey, thinking it was for Bernie Sanders

Garth Brooks showed Detroit love in a lot of ways last weekend when he stopped by Ford Field and performed a high-energy concert in front of 70,000-plus.

One of those ways was with what he was wearing: A Barry Sanders No. 20 jersey, in tribute to the legendary Detroit Lions running back.

But Sanders played a generation ago.

And this happens to be an election season.

And there happens to be a man named Bernie Sanders among the Democratic candidates for president.

And it also happens to be 2020.

So you can imagine the sort of confusion that took place when Brooks posted a photo on his official Instagram account of himself, back turned toward the camera, with "Sanders" and "20" on the back of his jersey.