Four scores and seven seconds to go
The game is on the line. Pats are down but a field goal will win them their second Super Bowl in three years. Who else but Adam Vinatieri strides onto the field. Pats fans across the nation take a deep breath, while Carolina fans scatter, hiding in fear. Vinatieri is thinking of a number. What is it?
The number 4, of course. It's his uniform number.
The entries for this contest were as scarce as confident Panthers fans, so we picked this one gem from Mike in Concord, MA to win the cheesy prize.
He would be thinking of the number "4". "4" used to be the number of quarts in a gallon. "4" was the number of bad pitches you have to watch before moving on to first base. But that was before the playoffs. That was before the kick, before the blizzard, before the kid from South Dakota State told Old Man Winter to pack up his bags and get out of the way of destiny. Now there are three things in life you can count on: death, taxes, and Vinatieri. He took the number "4" and made it "4."
