For those of you who have had your head in the clouds you may not have heard how John Tomase pulled a Dan Rather only rather then going after the most powerful man in United States politics, George W. Bush, he went after the most powerful professional sports franchise, the New England Patriots.
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13 May 2008
9 January 2008
No defending NFL champ has ever been so overlooked as the Colts are this year and (not to say that Belichick and the Pats are overlooking anybody), Indy will be ready to wreak havoc at Gillette Stadium. You think the Patriots used SpyGate and Anthony Smith for fuel? Wait ‘til you see an Indianapolis team that will enter the game as underdogs. Now that’s fuel! Any time two solid teams square off in the regular season and then have a rematch in the playoffs, always give the edge to the loser of the previous meeting. They will be hungrier, they will be playing with a bigger chip on their shoulder, and the earlier victor will be more likely to relax or swap preparation for ego. I know the Patriots are the most disciplined team in the league and not a single man on their roster or coaching staff would consciously take their foot off the pedal until after the season is over. But they are also all human beings and knowing that you haven’t lost a game all season and knowing that you’ve already beat your current opponent once before can make anybody drop their guard. An expectation to win can often be an invitation to lose.
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14 December 2007
It’s seemingly appropriate, therefore, that on the same day 101 years later Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots will attempt to recreate much the same level of punishment on his former manboy Eric Mangini and the New York Jets. As most of the world now knows, the so-called Mangenius’ biggest accomplishment of the year was snitching out the Patriots to the NFL after the first game of the season for videotaping defensive signals. If Mangini’s goal was to both turn himself into a pariah among the NFL coaching fraternity and enrage the Patriots into humiliating every opponent they play, mission accomplished. Ask the Redskins, who probably couldn’t have been beaten any worse if 97-year old Joe Gibbs had decided to play quarterback himself. Yes, the Baltimore Ravens gave the Pats a good game, but with all due respect to former U. Miami Student-Athlete Jonathan Vilma, the Jets defense is not that of the Ravens. No, every sign points to this one turning out like an episode of Oz, with
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