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Jets fans make most of an unexpected season
Tomorrow (7am Melbourne time, ESPN), the Jets meet the Indianapolis Colts in a conference-championship game, the equivalent of an AFL preliminary final. The other conference championship sees the New Orleans Saints host the Minnesota Vikings (10.40am, Fox Sports), with the two winners to meet in Super Bowl XLIV in Miami in a fortnight.The Jets, this season, are marking their 50th anniversary, a half-century characterised mostly by futility, which might help explain the despair, fear and angst of so many of their supporters.''As a Jets fan, even when you're ahead, you're waiting for the other shoe to drop,'' long-time fan Stu Feiner told The New York Times. ''You're waiti...
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