CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- An open letter to Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn:
Dear Coach,
You may have heard of something called the “Super Bowl Hangover.’’ You may not be superstitious, but trust me, it’s real. I experienced it firsthand with the Carolina Panthers this past season and in 2004 following Carolina’s loss to New England in Houston, where your team just suffered a colossal collapse to the Patriots. Sorry, it was colossal.
If you haven’t heard of the Hangover, Coach, let me fill you in. Not since the Buffalo Bills during the 1992-93 seasons has a team that lost the Super Bowl returned to the title game the next year.