BOSTON (AP) -- A New England Patriots fan was a bit premature when he got a tattoo declaring the team champions of a game they never reached - yet he says he has no regrets.
Thirty-one-year-old Burke O'Connell says he strongly believed the Patriots would win the AFC Championship and advance to the Super Bowl.
The Massachusetts native had a friend ink the celebratory tattoo across his calf two days before the Patriots lost to the Denver Broncos.
The black-and-white tattoo depicts a Lombardi Trophy rising above the Patriots' logo, along with the number ''50'' and the word ''Champs.