A Time Traveler Visits 2016
2016 has been a weird year. A lot has happened this year that sucks, and even more that sucks depending on what side of whatever issue you happen to be on. There is a lot of negativity going around right now, and for some of us, things look bleak. But in one way, I think 2016 has had an interesting theme to it, and that’s the theme of the underdog prevailing.
In the early year, the Carolina Panthers were 17-1 and expected to roll over Denver and take the Championship. Instead, a hobbled, old Peyton Manning and an inspired defensive performance took Denver to the promised land, and the presumed favorite Panthers lost. We crowned the Panthers Champs too early, and the underdog prevailed.
In the NBA, the Golden State Warriors blew everyone off the map en route to a historic season. In the Finals, they took a 3-1 lead, and as the meme says, blew it, to a Cleveland team everyone expected to lose. The underdog prevailed against all odds. The NBA season also featured an upstart Thunder team beating the mighty Spurs and almost taking down Golden State to the point where Golden State actually was an underdog. The Portland Trailblazers also made some hay, being left for dead and reaching the second round partially thanks to angry Damian Lillard, who was overlooked for All Star.
The Cleveland Indians had no business being in the World Series to many pundits. They still blew everyone up on the way there. They faced possibly the most cursed team in history in the finals, who came back from a 3-1 deficit to win one of the greatest baseball games of all time. Cubs finally made it against all odds.
And in politics, whether you like him or not, Donald Trump was the underdog against the Republicans and beat them, then was an underdog for the presidency and won.
It’s been kind of an incredible year for underdog stories. If life has hit you hard, if you feel down and out, remember that. If you don’t think you have a chance, if you think it can’t get worse, or you won’t make it, remember that. If things feel hopeless, and you feel that it’s not worth it, remember that. 2016 has proven that no matter how hard things may get, nobody, and I mean nobody, should ever be truly counted out.
Except the Browns.
in cleveland, it’s like a balance, maybe
trade the possibility of a browns win for a title and a world series visit
side note: waiting to see what’s the worst thing 2016 can do. aside from pres-elect drumpf
Cowboys-Patriots Superbowl
The Indians only lost because we ran out of QBs to sacrifice to Jobu.
Well it wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been. We could’ve had Hillary as our president.
people who say drumpf are like people who say Barack HUSSEIN Obama.
he’s the president, get ogre it.
Don’t forget about Leicester City.
I normally don’t root for the underdog
“nobody, and I mean nobody, should ever be counted out.”
Except the Browns.
I have no clue what this means for the Patriots
Please meet the Giants in the Super Bowl.
Please meet the Giants in the Super Bowl.
Please meet the Giants in the Super Bowl.
Have you met the Giants?
Minus ODB, Elisha, and the 1-hand JPP, the Giants ARE the browns.
If the Browns were 7-3
Don’t worry! We’re good.
Just trying out McCown some more so we can really really really REALLY F’ING REALLY convince ourselves that he is not our QB of the future….
Al…most… there….
Then Nat Poole comes back to knock the vikes (edit, yinz-burgh) out of the playoffs so the Bengals can lose to the chiefs/broncos/raiders by Von-tizzle Burpfect in the wild card.
*gasp* In the future, Trump doesn’t have orange hair?!
He dyed it Seahawks 2009 neon-green
Come on now, Dave. A time traveler from 1995 would never be surprised by flannel and graphic tees everywhere.