I think most people remember the knockout punch and the touchdown pass more than the post-game analysis and he lost several opportunities for those.
But I sincerely hope you are right. We need to win this thing. It is truly the last chance for survival of a free Republic, which is already on life support.
But the time on the field literally IS the only time that the ball players have. Nothing else is part of the contest.
Anyone who thinks that about a POLITICAL contest has a faulty model, to say the least.
This isn’t Jimmy Carter vs. Ronald Reagan. This is the Wicked Witch of the West vs. Dorothy, and Dorothy only needs to locate the bucket of water.