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Nonetheless, Tarkenton has gone to the Super Bowl twice before and come back twice in defeat. For quarterback and team, there is hollowness—and hope. Says Tarkenton: "Football is not the end of creation for me. But it's big, and not winning the Super Bowl has made me feel empty because that is the highest you can go in pro football, and our team hasn't experienced that. We are going to go there January 9. We are going to win."