{"id":4692,"date":"2024-10-23T16:16:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T12:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=4692"},"modified":"2024-10-23T16:19:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T12:19:39","slug":"__trashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=4692","title":{"rendered":"You thought I’d forgotten…"},"content":{"rendered":"

For several weeks I\u2019d been in the habit of posting about my local NFL team (that would be the Washington Commanders) following their wins.
\nYeah, if you can believe it they won again Sunday, a one-sided slogging of the Carolina Panthers.<\/p>\n

I did know about it, of course.<\/p>\n

Because I was there.<\/p>\n

Unbelievably it was my first Commanders game seen in person, and not just Commanders but any of their previous team names or stadium names. And first NFL game at\u00a0any<\/em> stadium as a matter of fact. Yeah, 35 years of being a football fan and somehow I’d never actually been to a game. Go figure.<\/p>\n

Well, I can’t make that ironic statement any more, and on next week’s episode of\u00a0Math and Musings<\/em> you’ll hear all about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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