Thanks NFL. Thanks ESPN. Thanks ex players who lost to Pats in big games. Thanks Felger and Mazz. This was the worst sports week I’ve had in a long time. I was completely discombobulated in my Zumba class. When the instructor went left, I went right. I just couldn’t concentrate. I kept thinking of deflated footballs. I kept thinking of the fun we could be having this week anticipating a great Super Bowl. But nooo, the Pats again are victims of their success. With too many victories, too many AFC championship games, too many trips to the Super Bowl, comes scrutiny given to no other teams. Were the Colts investigated for tanking the season to draft Andrew Luck? Were they investigated for piping in noise when other teams are on offense? Would that be considered a “competitive advantage”?
Was Aaron Rodgers investigated for over inflating footballs to his liking? He admitted it! Phil Simms reported it on national television! But no investigation. No criticism. Why? Because he inflated footballs BEFORE the refs checked them? If an illegal ball gets past the refs, so be it. Apparently it’s okay to cheat if you do it before the refs check the balls. With all the nefarious characters playing in the league, coaching, owning teams, the media is all over the Pats for deflated footballs!!!? What?!! Didn’t the Pats outscore the Colts 28 to nothing in the second half of the game with footballs okayed by the refs? The NFL should have immediately fined the Pats $25,000 and moved on to the Big Game. No big story. Move on. Nothing to see here. ESPN should have moved on to their usual big stories like Bret Favre’s next comeback or Peyton Manning’s regular season greatness. And worst of all, local sports guys like Felger and Mazz really annoyed me. Don’t get me wrong, I usually enjoy Felger and Mazz. They’re the best. But after the Pats demolished the Colts on Sunday, I expected a fun week listening to their game analysis. But Monday they talked 4 hours about deflated footballs. Tuesday the same. Wednesday again. By Thursday I gave up. Speaking for Pats fans , and I am, their show was not only aggravating and frustrating, but worst of all, boooring. So, only one thing to do. And I urge ALL Pats fans to also do it. I’m going on “radio silence” until the Super Bowl. I’m not going to listen to any local or national sports news. Fuckem. I’ll be ready on Super Sunday night at 640pm. Let’s hope the Pats are ready too. Let’s hope the Pats are as pissed off as we are. Let’s hope Bill channels the anger that he displayed at his last press conference. Make a great game plan Bill. Show the Pats Braveheart exhorting his fellow Scots: Would they rather die in their beds many years from now or kick the shit out of the Seahawks with properly inflated footballs?!!!?