It was just past 9:30 on the evening of Jan. 23, 2011, the end of a bitter, bruising battle on the grass at Heinz Field. There were 66,662 people in the crowd, most of them clad in black, most of them waving Terrible Towels. But there was also a small but vocal contingent of invaders wearing green.
They demanded to be heard as the two-minute warning arrived.
What they couldn’t possibly know was, they were about to enjoy the last truly relevant moments in their lives as Jets fans for a long, long while. They wouldn’t have believed you anyway.