Philadelphia v. Tampa Bay Redux

Little Boy: [watching the Warlock play a handheld football game] Hey, you can't punt on first down; no-one punts on first down, not even Tampa Bay!

--Warlock, 1989

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Incidentally, the actor child in that scene probably doesn't know it, but he's distantly related to me.

Once again Tampa Bay has proven victorious over Philadelphia. On Thursday it was hockey vs. the Flyers; today it was in football against the Eagles. It was a squeaker, too, with a 62-yard field goal in the last four seconds of the game that put the Bucs ahead. Prior to this game, Matt Bryant, the kicker, has been having trouble hitting field goals of more than 40 yards. Today he's got the record for third-longest field goal (two others have tied at 63 yards) EVER.

Which means that my brother, superstitious guy that he is, may have to fly me down here every weekend, where I'll wear his Mike Alstott jersey during the games. I'm willing to make that sacrifice if that's what it takes.