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That was in the divisional round. The Raiders still had to beat the Steelers to get to the Super Bowl after that. (The Steelers were missing both Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier in that game).

Ha, that Super Bowl was the first pro game I ever saw on TV (the Raiders beating Vikings), and I must admit all these years I thought that was in the AFC championship game. It was actually a small part of the reason I became a pats fan---pretty funny. :) (I grew up in OR, but wanted to pick a team whose uniforms I liked, and who no one else I knew rooted for--and I didn't like the raiders and I knew they had won a controversial game to get to the SB, so that influenced me to some extent). For a few years, the Chargers were my co-favorite team (I settled on NE exclusively three or four years later, because it was too hard not having a clear cut favorite) partly because of the raiders beating them in that cheap Holy Roller player. lol
 
If we make it to the Super Bowl, then the mainstream may raise its focus on Deflategate--and it wouldn't be a bad thing.
 
If we make it to the Super Bowl, then the mainstream may raise its focus on Deflategate--and it wouldn't be a bad thing.
Karma. May she be a ***** slap to Roger and his cronies.
 
I saw guys like peter king retweeting this saying good job. Why didnt he write this?
Too close to the story. Which is another way of saying, he is Goodell's *****.

Might be better to have it coming from mainstream media not sports media, and then have the sports media pick it up and amplify it.
 
If we make it to the Super Bowl, then the mainstream may raise its focus on Deflategate--and it wouldn't be a bad thing.
Although true, this fact also provides the NFL management strong personal reasons for ensuring that the Patriots do not make it to the Super Bowl: because the NFL management's actions would not withstand the glare of objective public scrutiny, they will do what they can to minimize that scrutiny.
 
I just wish Patriots fans would show some bollocks and take the NFL head on to get the million they stole and the picks back.

It saddens me more that the fans are just letting them get on with what they are doing, whilst raging daily on MBs. Get of your arses and be properly proactive. Not a stupid poll online, bring all the Patriots MBs together and write a letter that all can copy and paste to anyone that will listen...

I appreciate your Responses, but I'm calling ********.

You squeal and squawk at all of us for lacking the "bollocks" to "take the NFL head on", and then you squawk and squeal at us to "get off your arses and be properly proactive", but when you're challenged to tell us what you'd suggest, your answer is to get everybody together and...write a freaking letter??
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Yeah.

That'll show'm. :rolleyes:

The only one with enough Leverage to have a Chance to defeat this Atrocity was Kraft, who once again showed, it gives me no Pleasure to say, that he lacked the Courage to take on the rest of the League.

The Idea that the Fans of 1 Team could somehow overwhelm the League by writing a Letter is pathetic.

All you're doing is pissing and moaning about the pissing and moaning, yet declaring that it somehow means that you've got more guts than the rest of us. And that, my friend, is ********.
 
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If Gash was injured, it was news to him. He's stated numerous times he the most surprised of anyone to not have been active.

Wow, that's the first I've heard of it. If true, then that was a bad move by Parcells.
I thought that Parcells mentioned Gash by name during the AFCC presentation?

Edit: Sorry, didn't mean to pile on; I only read Grid's post after I posted the above.
 
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If Gash was injured, it was news to him. He's stated numerous times he the most surprised of anyone to not have been active.

Wow, that's the first I've heard of it. If true, then that was a bad move by Parcells.
I thought that Parcells mentioned Gash by name during the AFCC presentation?

From the previous Page, Brother Stone:

No offense, Brother Broonz, but you remembered that very wrong. Do you not remember Parcell's Speech from the FoxBoro Field after we won the AFC Championship Game over the Jaguars?

It Was A Moment For Gash

I detest Parcells for the Evil he did, but Sam Gash was my favorite Player on that Team, bar none.

For Parcells to give a Shout Out to a guy in an hospital bed at that triumphant moment ~ the guy who I thought best represented the Ferocity of that tremendous Team ~ was awesome. :cool:

*Thanks for giving me an excuse to re-post my Praise of Sam Gash!! :D
 
Removing troll comments, or racist comments, or nasty comments from a privately owned site is not censorship of free speech. The concept of free speech doesn't apply on a privately owned medium.
While the definition of "troll" and "nasty" could be debated or even litigate, most forms of "racist" speech are generally not "protected" speech.
 
While the definition of "troll" and "nasty" could be debated or even litigate, most forms of "racist" speech are generally not "protected" speech.
No speech is 'protected' speech on a private site. That's the point.
 
I appreciate your Responses, but I'm calling ********.

You squeal and squawk at all of us for lacking the "bollocks" to "take the NFL head on", and then you squawk and squeal at us to "get off your arses and be properly proactive", but when you're challenged to tell us what you'd suggest, your answer is to get everybody together and...write a freaking letter??
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Yeah.

That'll show'm. :rolleyes:

The only one with enough Leverage to have a Chance to defeat this Atrocity was Kraft, who once again showed, it gives me no Pleasure to say, that he lacked the Courage to take on the rest of the League.

The Idea that the Fans of 1 Team could somehow overwhelm the League by writing a Letter is pathetic.

All you're doing is pissing and moaning about the pissing and moaning, yet declaring that it somehow means that you've got more guts than the rest of us. And that, my friend, is ********.

I have an idea to take the NFL head on. If we can get some Patriots fans who are lawyers, we can get a class action lawsuit going against the NFL to at least try and get our picks back. There is so much hard evidence that proves that the Patriots are innocent and the Ideal Gas Law was to blame for the balls losing pressure. What do we have to lose?
 
No speech is 'protected' speech on a private site. That's the point.
If you're a First Amendment Lawyer, I'll take your word for that, but it is my understanding that racist or hate language is not protected on a site that can be accessed by the public.
 
Thanks for clarifying, but I was really centered on "I can describe Kraft's success as an owner in two words. Brady and Belichick.".

No Kraft = No Belichick.

And he was still the most successful Pats owner even before he went to crazy lengths and a 1st rounder to get that "duplicitous pond scum" of a loser head coach.......

But I do apologize since my rant may have been a bit harsh. It wasn't directed at you personally but at the school of thought that wants to throw out everything Kraft has done for 21 years over two (admittedly) major bad decisions.

Thanks shmessy, but you weren't as bad as you think you were. I went over the top a little myself. Now let's go watch our team, one of the greatest in NFL history, kick some horses asses.
 
Too close to the story. Which is another way of saying, he is Goodell's *****.

Might be better to have it coming from mainstream media not sports media, and then have the sports media pick it up and amplify it.


Exactly. NBC needs broadcast rights from the NFL (Florio is really an adjunct to NBC with his PFT).

You'll never see the real journalism on this from Fox, CBS, BSPN or NBC.

THAT'S why this was seen in the NY Times.
 
If you're a First Amendment Lawyer, I'll take your word for that, but it is my understanding that racist or hate language is not protected on a site that can be accessed by the public.
Of course not. But my point is that NO speech is protected on a privately owned site. It doesn't matter at all that the public can access it. You can have your posts here deleted for any reason whatsoever. The same way on blogs. And its the same way at Florio's site. His site, his rules. Protected speech only applies to the government.
 
If you're a First Amendment Lawyer, I'll take your word for that, but it is my understanding that racist or hate language is not protected on a site that can be accessed by the public.

There is no first amendment exception of any kind for racist or hate speech. It is fully protected under the first amendment. Regardless of what pissant [insert 3-letter acronym]s would prefer.

The govt can create a forum and declare it to be about something and delete off-topic stuff, sure. But within that topic they can't privilege some viewpoints over others.
 
Yes and as noted 1st amendment has nothing to say about private sites like this one.
GFY fnord!
 
There is no first amendment exception of any kind for racist or hate speech. It is fully protected under the first amendment. Regardless of what pissant [insert 3-letter acronym]s would prefer.

The govt can create a forum and declare it to be about something and delete off-topic stuff, sure. But within that topic they can't privilege some viewpoints over others.
Ok. I was wrong
 
Of course not. But my point is that NO speech is protected on a privately owned site. It doesn't matter at all that the public can access it. You can have your posts here deleted for any reason whatsoever. The same way on blogs. And its the same way at Florio's site. His site, his rules. Protected speech only applies to the government.
Ok I was wrong
 
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