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Joel Hefley: “they said it could not be done. Thirty-eight years as a team without winning the big one, and they said it could not be…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 1998
they said it could not be done. Thirty-eight years as a team without winning the big one, and they said it could not be done. For 13 years the National Football Conference dominated the American Conference in the Super Bowl and they said the American Football Conference could not do it. Four previous times the thundering herd from the Mile High City had charged up to the summit only to come down with a thud, and some said it could not be done. When they lost the last three games of the season, many said they were finished, another year of disappointment. Again, it could not be done. Wild card teams do not get to the big game, they sure do not win it. Well, the experts said they cannot do it. But I say to my colleagues, these that said it could not be done were wrong. They did it. The Broncos are world champions. I guess it could be done after all.
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Joel Hefley
Republican · Colorado
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Celebrating the Denver Broncos' Super Bowl victory and overcoming doubts about their success.

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