Why do the gods keep interfering in football championships?
And which gods?
I'd think Loki, by default.
But Manning's throw away really smells of Ãðinn - he always had a macabre sense of humour about bringing down established fighters through mischance or misjudgement.
'cause, y'know, when football players invoke the gods in their victory, you really have to think first about "which god?"
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