You know what, now I remember the answer to my own question. When I was in middle school in southern Oregon, Portland started out 0-3 against Dallas (pretty sure it was Dallas), and they took them to game 7 and lost. But all the newspapers and local tv stations were all taking about how Portland was on the verge of making history, etc.
History is meant to be made. It may be easy to say it's over now (because history says so) but it's really not over till it's over. Anything can happen. Who knows, our Pels might be the ones who make history. Just trying to be the grand optimist. It's good for the soul on a night like tonight.