It was all over. The Atlanta Falcons had won the Super Bowl. That was the thought of almost everyone. A 25-point lead with just 2:12 to run in the third quarter. Surely they had done enough.
As we all know, they had not. The New England Patriots launched a staggering comeback, surging back in the fourth quarter and ultimately winning with a James White touchdown in overtime. The Atlanta pain would persist.
That pain — the pain of not having won a championship in a major sport — extends all the way back to 1995. That was when the Atlanta Braves won the World Series.