Who Dat!

[Joe Allonby]

Well, Foxboro Patriots doesn't have much of a ring to it.

I'm wearing a Patriots cap right now. Don't forget that before The New
Orleans 'Aints there were the Boston Patsies. Boston football fans
suffered for decades with mediocre to terrible teams and downright
bizarre ownership. The move to Foxboro (to a sheet metal and concrete
stadium that was just an over-sized high school field combined with a
wind tunnel) was idiotic. Somehow the Jackson 5 Reunion Tour almost
bankrupted the team. I'm not kidding. This is true. The cool Pat
Patriot logo was changed to something like a cross between the Nike
swoosh and a mutant sperm cell. Players sexually harassed a female
reporter and the new whackjob owner defended them. In the Year of the
Quarterback, they drafted Tony Eason who is remembered as a nice guy
with a lot of talent and a complete lack of the courage necessary to
play a violent contact sport.

The first time they made it to the Super Bowl, it was because of
opportunistic special teams play. They were absolutely crushed by the
Chicago Bears. The next day Coach Berry announced that it was because
they were all on drugs. Seriously. This actually happened.

The second time they made it to the Super Bowl (the Parcells/Bledsoe
Era), Coach Parcells announced his resignation the day of the game.
Really. That was the day that Brett Favre became a superstar. For you
non-football fans, Favre wasn't playing for the New England Patriots.

Then came Pete Carrol. Nice guy. Great college coach. Complete lack of
understanding of the pro game.

I haven't even mentioned Chuck Fairbanks, or trading away Jim
Plunkett, or sending Drew Bledsoe out to run an offense with a line
consisting of two tight ends and three guys who suck. Or the Monday
Night Football game when there was a riot and some guy in the stands
was killed by a model airplane. Once again, I'm not making this up.

So if you think New England Patriots fans are spoiled or arrogant,
consider what we've had to sit through over the years with our jaws
hanging open asking "Did that really just happen?"


On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Henry Musikar <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, damn Patriots! Most teams are named after a city, some after a state,
> but oh, no, "New England Patriots!"  That said, there's always "America's
> Team" Dallas Cowboys.  Yeah, the team America loves to hate!
>
> As if I really care,
>
> Henry Mu
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> From: owner rich
>
> Eli's got one ring, too that stellar win over those damn patriots in 2007
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 2:23 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> The Manning family is our football dynasty.  And Peyton is the current
> brightest star of that constellation.  But he's had his Superbowl win,
> so I think Archie wasn't feeling much bitter in our sweet.  And for
> those who've not been paying attention, our Drew Brees is a truly
> stellar person, much more than a great quarterback.
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Joe Allonby wrote:
>>
>> I thought that the interesting back story to this SB was the Manning
>> family and their ties to the city of New Orleans. My friends from the
>> Garden District claim that the three Manning boys wwere always very
>> polite and nice despite their father's celebrity. The Saints victory
>> must have been bittersweet for Archie.
>
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