Every Super Bowl Sunday reminds me of a few things, especially arriving in the US not knowing a thing about football, and the problems with believing in conventional wisdom.
I learned about football in a few months watching Bart Starr hand off to Jim Taylor.
I learned about the pitfalls of conventional wisdom, too.
Back in January 1969, conventional wisdom had the Colts destroying the Jets in Super Bowl III. However, the Jets upset the Colts 16-7 and Joe Namath forced us to take the AFL seriously.
I learned about football in a few months watching Bart Starr hand off to Jim Taylor.
I learned about the pitfalls of conventional wisdom, too.
Back in January 1969, conventional wisdom had the Colts destroying the Jets in Super Bowl III. However, the Jets upset the Colts 16-7 and Joe Namath forced us to take the AFL seriously.
Let me say it again. Every Super Bowl reminds me of that Sunday afternoon in Wisconsin when my dad, brother and I watched Joe Namath prove the experts wrong.
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