Windsor Lions fans were prepared for an important day, however — stand by till the following year

Windsor Lions fans were prepared for an important day, however — stand by till the following year

Sarah Seymour of Detroit Jeremy Jarecki of Windsor cheer on the Detroit Lions during the NFC Title game at Absolute bottom Pub and restaurant Sunday, January 28, 2024. Photograph BY BRIAN MACLEOD/Windsor Star

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The Super Bowl watch party at Detroit's Passage Field should pause.

The Lions will not be playing in the major event after their sad misfortune to the San Francisco 49ers Sunday, however the fans who applauded them in Windsor were overflowing with idealism as the NFC Gathering Title game started off.

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Jeremy Jarecki of Windsor and Sarah Seymour of Detroit watched the game at Absolute bottom Pub and restaurant Sunday night.

As the Lions flooded into the lead in the principal quarter, it seemed to be their long periods of help was going to pay off.

"I'm certain," Seymour said about the group's possibilities. "They need it so terrible. They've been, tragically, so awful for such a long time that they merit it. I'm so glad to see them really winning.

"I think with the city and the state behind them, they have something to demonstrate to the wide range of various NFL groups — that we aren't terrible any longer. That we are competitors."

What's more, win they did, until Sunday night. The 12-5 Lions thundered past the Tampa Cove Pirates in their special case game to set up Sunday night's meeting title that finished with the Lions falling a field objective short.

Jarecki was pulling for the Lions, yet wasn't entirely certain a Super Bowl was underway. In any case, he thought a NFL title was conceivable under mentor Dan Campbell.

Gotten some information about the distinction in Detroit fans now that the group was winning, Jarecki said: "There's significantly more Detroit fans, that is without a doubt."

The Lions had only three successes in 2021, scarcely missed the end of the season games last year, and afterward won the NFC North division this year. In any case, the Lions' amazingly quick circle back left space for uncertainty.

"I'm somewhat wary," Jarecki said. "I couldn't say whether I need to get the ball rolling."

In any case, fans in the City of Detroit, and to be sure people all through the province of Michigan, got behind the Lions, said Seymour.

"There such a lot of publicity. Not even in that frame of mind of Detroit, from all of Michigan. Everyone, regardless of whether they weren't devotees of football, they're all buying into on the trend."

The caravan to the Super Bowl should stand by, however in light of the energy of Lions allies, they're up for the old abstain, "stand by till the following year."