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View Poll Results: Are you proud of ashmamed of 18-1
Week 2 vs SD - we had to validate 6 years in 60 minutes in front of a national audience
Week 6 at Dal - "Duel in Dallas" anyone?
Week 9 at Indy- "Super Bowl 41.5" - need I say more?
Week 17 at NYG- this game was carried by 4 channels in Boston, unreal
SB42 - the "real" Super Bowl, but our 5th of the season
Out of all of those, I think the Dallas game was the most fun to watch (because my friend is a Cowboys fan and bet me $100 on the game). Very close second was the Indy game (no money on this one) which was exciting because we were getting pounded all game long and came back in the 4th quarter.
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Yesterday I was giving a friend a hard time about Auburn-Alabama (he's a huge Auburn fan, I root for Saban) and he said if I keep it up he's going to buy an 18-1 shirt to irritate me.
I was on a Browns' board and a Pats fan (not me) posted something and a Browns' fan replied : 18-1.
Now, don't get me wrong, I would have killed for 19-0 or 18-1 with the 1 not being the last game. But like I told my Auburn friend, there's a lot worse that you can go through as an NFL fan (on the field, forget the stupid camera) than what we saw last year. The first 16-0 regular season ever. A Super Bowl appearance. It still grinds at me that we lost but last year was still a badge of honor for the Patriots and their fans, not a black mark of embarrassment.
If you give him a hard time about his team, that sounds OK to me. 18-1 is fair game, Bill Belichick cheated his way to three Superbowls certainly isn't.
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They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Well, Pats fans should be invincible by now. [Fitzy, 16 November 2009]
16-0 is still one of the greatest accomplishments in [regular season] sports. The mere fact that we can even talk about the possibility of going 19-0 going into this season without laughing is a testament to what this team achieved last season. I never thought a team would run the table, and for the regular season - we did. It is most certainly something to be proud of as a fan.
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18-1 and the best Super Bowl game I've ever seen in my life. Yeah, we lost, but we still won 18 games in a row on the way to it, and that's not changing.
Name me a team that has done that, and I'll listen to their fans talk **** for eternity.
The Pats 2007 season was like Raiders of the Lost Ark and going into the Super Bowl undefeated was like finding the Ark. But once they opened it up......
Out of all of those, I think the Dallas game was the most fun to watch (because my friend is a Cowboys fan and bet me $100 on the game). Very close second was the Indy game (no money on this one) which was exciting because we were getting pounded all game long and came back in the 4th quarter.
The Dallas game was special for me (other than the fact that I was there) because the Pats evolved from this great team to something incredible. After that game, I really thought the Pats might run the table.
Agreed - also with Deus Irae - but opposing fans seem to think we should be ashamed of it. It's REALLY weird.
It's just their way of trying to tear down the opponent. The Patriots are on the greatest winning clip NFL history, and have had the greatest period of success in the Super Bowl era. The fans of the other teams all know that they'll likely be looking at the Patriots vying for the title against this season, and that pisses them off. It's one of the reasons why 'spygate' got so ridiculous, and it's why 18-1 is something they pin their 'logic' on.
Wear 18-1 with pride, and gently (or not so gently) point out to those giving you grief about it that the Patriots are 86-26 (.76785) from 2001-present, with 3 Super Bowl wins, 4 Super Bowl appearances and 5 AFCCG appearances in those 7 seasons.
Even the Steelers, in their best 7 years of the 70's (1973-1979), were only .76767. The Steelers 8 year run was 88-27 (.76521). So, New England can top that 8 year run with a 12 win season. No matter what fans of other teams say, New England is one of the 5 great dynasties of the Super Bowl Era:
Patriots (86-26 .76785, 3 SBs in 7 years)
Steelers (88-27 .76521, 4 SBs in 8 years)
49ers (191-63 .75196, 4 SBs in 16 years)
Dolphins (104-39 .72727, 2 SBs in 10 years)
Cowboys (86-42 .6718, 3 SBs in 8 years)
So, when they give you grief about 18-1, let them stew.
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I may be alone in this but I couldn't wait until last season was over. With all the talk about undefeated season, running up the score, spygate, and the F-U season, it really wasn't all that enjoyable for me. Each game felt like a potential stumbling block that we simply had to get by and I always felt relief instead of accomplishment when they won. They HAD to win all their games and they HAD to win the superbowl. It was just like a build up to that one big game. I couldn't wait until it was over and it shouldn't have felt that way.
Now looking back, I can actually appreciate the season for how great it was. It will never be as great as I wanted it to be but that is only because our standards have maybe grown to large. However, when other fans through the 18-1 at me I tell them "thanks, it was a great season wasn't it?".
I may be alone in this but I couldn't wait until last season was over. With all the talk about undefeated season, running up the score, spygate, and the F-U season, it really wasn't all that enjoyable for me. Each game felt like a potential stumbling block that we simply had to get by and I always felt relief instead of accomplishment when they won. They HAD to win all their games and they HAD to win the superbowl. It was just like a build up to that one big game. I couldn't wait until it was over and it shouldn't have felt that way.
I just ignored ESPN for the most part, starting around week 9. You'd be surprised how much of the crap you can miss doing that.
Question to anyone. Would you trade the 16-0 for a Super Bowl win?
I would. How about this one:
If you could replay one of these two moments from last year which one would you chose:
1. Before the Jets game, Belichick decides the whole videotapping program and they are never caught. Spygate never happens and the tarnish on their past accomplishments and legacy never happens. The remainder of the season plays out exactly the same and they still lose in the superbowl to go 18-1.
2. Assante Samuel intercepts Manning and then runs out of bounds. TB comes in to kneel three times and they win the superbowl to go 19-0. Spygate, however, continues along with the hate and bad press that comes with it.
Give me option #2 all the way. How cares what the haters say.
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