Broncos Country remains #UnitedInBlue
“Pat Bowlen and his family, along with John Elway, will continue to provide their coaches with the tools to succeed. Yes, this was an awful loss – a supremely painful loss. But in the grand scheme of things it’s only one small part of the Denver Bronco legacy.”
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As Seattle prepares for a victory parade the weather forecast there calls for sunshine and unseasonably warm weather. Meanwhile, Denver is bracing for one of the coldest weeks of wintertime, and more snow. It’s a sad, grey place and fans of the Denver Broncos are “United in Blue“.
It’s not the slogan we planned for.
We really do live and die by our Denver Broncos. It’s a funny thing. As fans we can’t take the field or call the plays or in any way affect what happens in a football game yet there is egg on our faces, too. The Broncos didn’t just lose Super Bowl 48. They were trounced. It’s a blister on our civic pride even though we could not have done anything to change it.
We were United in Orange and we all know how that worked out.
Now we all share a strange and special kind of sadness. There’s no real light at the end of the tunnel. We’re embarrassed – whether or not Peyton Manning is. We relive the pain of watching our Broncos get destroyed with every passing moment of the day.
Like all memories, these will fade. Still, an indelible record of the Super Bowl exists. It’s part of history now and we will be reminded of what happened from now until eternity. It’s a permanent part of Broncos lore, woven into the fabric of who we are as sports fans.
Those of us who are old enough to have been cognizant of what happened to the Elway-lead Broncos of the 1980’s have felt this way before. There’s only one cure for this malaise and it’s a Lombardi trophy. Only when the Broncos finally won Super Bowl 32 were we able to lay our burden down. 1998 would not have been as magical if not for ’87, ’88 and ’90. Perhaps that’s the silver lining. When the Broncos do get back to the Super Bowl and win it the bitterness that we all feel now will make victory taste that much sweeter.
The Broncos will return to the Super Bowl.
One reason that Broncos Country can continue to stand proud is that our team is one of the most well run in football. The Broncos have a proud winning tradition rivaled only by a small handful of clubs. Denver has now been to the Super Bowl seven times. Only the Patriots, Cowboys and Steelers have made as many appearances.
Pat Bowlen and his family, along with John Elway, will continue to provide their coaches with the tools to succeed. Yes, this was an awful loss – a supremely painful loss. But in the grand scheme of things it’s only one small part of the Denver Bronco legacy.
