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Let me take a wild, crazy, out-of-right-field guess: You're a "conservative" or "Republican."
Do you get double bonus stamps from the Limbaugh Club for every bash of the media you can come up with? Man, what a lack of imagination....
Just want to say that this Maine fan will be glued to the Patriots' game. Not to the Red Sox.
You guys do realize that there is no Red Sox game this Sunday right? Why do so many people cry about the Red Sox on this board? It reeks of jealousy, if you don't like them don't talk about them. This is a Pats board, I can go to SOSH if I want to hear and talk about the Sox. Can people be fans of both, it seems to be sacrilege around here.
Actually, the question on ESPN's SportsNation site was "What are you most interested in watching THIS WEEKEND?".
And yes, how the hometown media prioritizes the two teams DOES affect us. If you actually sat down and thought about it, you'd realize that the largest hometown newspaper automatically has the best access to the teams. You and I can't mosey on into Gillette and get info (if not from BB, then at least from Kraft, Pioli, etc).
When the largest hometown paper doesn't give a crap, we DO lose a potential source of information about the Patriots. For YEARS, the Globe (which HAS the money, power and depth to cover the team well if it wanted to) has abdicated that power so as to push it's own product - - the Red Sox on the masses - - even when there are independent polls out there clearly showing that there is as much, if not more, interest in the Patriots this weekend than the Red Sox.
Do you have a link to the poll?
Is it a scientific poll, or is it based on how people vote on the website?[/QUOTE
It was on the ESPN site yesterday, in the bottom right hand side where the SportsNation polls are. However, it's not there today.
I checked the "Archived" polls of SportsNation this morning and it says it last archived the polls on October 9th. So it looks as if it's not there now, but should be in the archived area very soon.
I think this has more to do with the popularity of the NFL over MLB than anything else.ESPN has a poll up right now:
"What Will You Be Most Interested In This Weekend?"
Red Sox vs. Indians 20%
D'Backs vs. Rockies 8%
Patriots vs. Cowboys 62%
Oklahoma vs. Missouri 7%
Total votes(currently): 37,801
It was on the ESPN site yesterday, in the bottom right hand side where the SportsNation polls are. However, it's not there today.
I checked the "Archived" polls of SportsNation this morning and it says it last archived the polls on October 9th. So it looks as if it's not there now, but should be in the archived area very soon.
Ah, ok. If it's like their other polls, it's not drawn from a random sample of Mass. residents, and therefore doesn't provide evidence that Mass. residents in general would rather watch the Pats than the Sox this weekend.
Too bad. I was hoping the tide was turning toward the Pats around here...
How about the FACT that head to head against the Sox-Yankees waning days of the playoff race the Patriots greatly out drew the Sox on the TV ratings?
Let me take a wild, crazy, out-of-right-field guess: You're a "conservative" or "Republican."
Do you get double bonus stamps from the Limbaugh Club for every bash of the media you can come up with? Man, what a lack of imagination....
Wasn't that nationwide, not MA-only?
No. It was for the Greater Boston area. Patriots beat the Red Sox, 28.5 to 19.9.
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2007/09/18/patriots_were_viewers_choice/
As the ESPN.com poll, they collect voters' IP addresses and sort the votes out by state. Hence the result, 55% of Massachusetts sports fans are more interested in the Pats-Cowboys regular season game, compared to 42% for the ALCS.
Gee, another angry/political rant from njpatsfan. Didn't see that one coming...
Why is politics being brought into this? If you dare to look at the poitical forum you will see that Patriots fans are far right, far left, and in the middle (not so much) politically.