Tennessee Titans 2009: Is This the Year They Close It Out Right?

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Published: May 14, 2009

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... close to being crowned World Champions.

Twice they have faced a team that they had the ability, and in fact had been picked, to beat.  

Twice they have gone into the waning minutes of the fourth quarter tied.

Twice they have let one get away.

After closing out their 1998 inaugural season in Nashville with an 8-8 record, the Tennessee Titans came alive in 1999, racking up an impressive, if not totally expected, 13-3 record on the way to a Wildcard berth.

After they "miraculously" outlasted Buffalo at home, they traveled to Indianapolis and stunned the pundits with a 19-16 victory over heavily favored Peyton Manning and the Colts.  They then closed out their postseason run with a decisive 33-14 victory over the hapless Jaguars, earning them the right to play the St. Louis Rams in the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance.

As most of you know, St. Louis, with "The Greatest Show on Turf," took th...

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