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Our media blew that story up as if it was real.
I think the origins for this are enmity toward Billy Sullivan. Willie McD had it - yet, he had to admit that we had the best team in '76.Scumbags. ..and our media fell for it.
Any normal person would respond to Tomase's absurd story in '08 with "Well, that's obviously total B.S."
Or, perhaps, "Well, I'm not a Patriots fan, but that sounds highly dubious, and is an accusation which warrants at least minimal verification..."
A History Of Bullsh*t
We weren't really that good in 1974.
Who knew we were in the playoffs in 1976? Only active, regular football fans. And they had to dig.
Nine years later, we weren't 'really' the best team in the AFC (we were).
I wouldn't say our local media just 'fall' for it, so much as I'd say our local media intentionally 'fall' for any and everything which casts a negative light on the team. Which is usually bullsh*t.
They've trained national media to go right along with it.