"&(*!!$(*#$*$%! you, Scott!"

In honor of tomorrow’s Super Bowl, STBY brings you the story of former Buffalo Bills placekicker Scott Norwood. Eighteen Super Bowls ago, Mr. Norwood missed a 47-yard last-second field goal, giving the New York Giants the win and all Bills fans a sharp stab in the heart.

It was a kick that will live in infamy.

You see, after the oh-so-near miss, the Bills went on to lose four straight Super Bowls. None were as close as the game Norwood coulda, shoulda won. And, if you ask any Bills  fan, Scotty is solely responsible for the 18 sucky years that followed.

He jinxed them.

Football historians rank Norwood’s choke job as among the best (or worst) in Super Bowl history.

It was so bad, in fact, Wikipedia has a separate listing, describing his one single kick.

But that’s not why it sucks to be Scott Norwood. It sucks to be Scott Norwood because every year, exactly at this time,  he looks out his window and finds on his front porch a throng of  reporters looking to trudge up the memories and a gaggle of drunken pissed off Bills fans looking for revenge.

“What would you have done differently, Scott?” (Uh, made it.)

“Can you tell us your feeling after the miss?” (Uh, pretty much like they are right now…shitty)

“Do you have any words for Bills fans?” (Yeah, quit throwing eggs at my awnings.)

So, Scott, this week, for the 18th time, it sucks to be you. But look on the bright side — in a month it’s baseball season. And we can start harassing Bill Buckner again.