PromisedLand

Some of the threads here are truly symptomatic of the withdrawal syndromes true Pats fans endure during the long off-season... it's clear from some of the thread titles that a lot of us are having a difficult time finding a way to fill the void ... threads about chess, who Brady should be dating, favorite uniform number, favorite Samoan Patriot (RayClay, I'm not picking on you buddy, those are actually pretty funny threads!)

So my question - what if you could be placed into suspended animation during the offseason? Assuming it was cheap and safe, would you do it? How about if you could get a brief wakeup for March 1st to 15th and again for draft weekend?

Seriously, I bet a lot of us would do it!

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Michigan Dave

Nah. I would only do so from about mid-June (end of NBA/NHL) until camp starts, but then I would miss out on one of the few summer months we midwesterners have!

Seriously, while I LOVE football more than anything, once the season ends we have March Madness, then the NBA/NHL Playoffs (aka: Pistons/Wings chokefest) then it's time to get ready for football again. Plus, I love the draft, minicamps, and training camp.

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PromisedLand

I wouldn't either - I'd miss too much of life beyond football - but I bet there are some here that would! Come on guys, admit it, we know who you are...

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richpats

No way. I'm emotionally spent after the season ends. Need lots of time to recuperate and look forward to a new season.

Fixit

Baseball. I need the Sox to drive me friggin' nuts in the Summer. It's our little tradition.

patsfanofNC12

I love the football season, but I wouldn't do it, because then I would miss the Red Sox season

Michigan Dave

I have an honest question for you guys, and I really don't intend to start a big debate if it gets this way, but I want to know the Boston opinion on this. As an outsider, I plan my trips to Boston to coincide with the Pats (coincide? OK. So the Pats are the reason I go. But I digress) games. I like cold, so I go late November. Maybe I'm listening to the wrong stations, but it seems it's all Red Sox talk all the time. I mean, the Bears were in town for the game I was going to, the NFL races were heating up, and they were talking about the Red Sox rotation. Now I hate when people bring up Pistons v. Wings, what not here, because you can and should be a fan of both. But have I been that unlucky in my visitings, or is there really that much more media coverage of baseball, even when the Pats are in season? In Detroit, our sports media is typically seasonal, and goes off-season only when major events occur, or they are doing a weekly beat.

Sorry to venture so far OT...

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Fixit

As far as I remember it, that's pretty much the case. It's a Sox town. Always has been, always will be.

Michigan Dave

Fair enough. Detroit is very fairweather. We are a Tigers town now, and have been Wings/Pistons town recently. There are always idiots talking Lions, but I tune them out. I guess I figured that with the Pats being as good as they are, I would hear more on the radio.

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edzo44

Simple answer - - - Yes there really IS that much more media coverage of baseball, even when the Pats are in season! Fact of life here and really sucks for non-Red Sox fans.

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