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Most here will read this article and pretend they lived through those days, but majority of guys here are 20something know it alls that make little noise at games unless we're scoring.
It is a fact that since we are winning so much, we have accumulated more bandwagon fans than even the Cowboys.
I argued with a 15 year old wearing a Brady jersey a couple of weeks ago, asked the kid if he could name five players instrumental in our history and he told me to go screw myself. That's what I'm referencing, pal.
[Originally Posted by MRBLAZE
It is a fact that since we are winning so much, we have accumulated more bandwagon fans than even the Cowboys.
I argued with a 15 year old wearing a Brady jersey a couple of weeks ago, asked the kid if he could name five players instrumental in our history and he told me to go screw myself. That's what I'm referencing, pal./QUOTE]
Yeah, Its kind of like in 2004 when you here some kid about 12 saying he has waited all his life for this when the Sox won the WS.
Did Super Bowl 28, the 2004 World Series, and Super Bowl 29 all happen within the same year? If so, that's pretty amazing and unprecedented. To think, New England may simultaneously hold the baseball and football titles again and possibly add the nba title to the ledger in June. Boston truly is The City of Champions.
The Patriots were founded by Billy Sullivan, who was barely able to scrounge up $25,000 and hustle it down to the Mercantile Bank & Trust in Dallas to stake his claim to the eighth and final AFL franchise in 1959.
I remember. Back then most of the people in New England followed a team that used to play in New York and now plays in New Jersey. However they still call themselves the New York Giants. It will be good to visit with them this weekend.
I remember reading in a sports paper, way before PFW was even an idea, that Joe Paterno was going to be the next Patriots coach and I thought finally we will have a great coach and a stable program.
I remember when Bill Parcells came and will always be thankful for what he contributed. He brought professionalism and stability for the first time. Something we never had and helped save the franchise.
And we were lucky that Robert Kraft prevented Anheuser-Busch scion Jim Orthwein, who tried and ultimately failed, to move the New England Patriots to St. Louis.
It is interesting to read comments from the current experts and current players who criticize us when we win by 20 points. I have NEVER forgotten getting beaten by San Diego 51-10, by Chicago 46-10 (BEARS TROUNCE PATRIOTS, 46-10, IN SUPER BOWL), the 1-15 and 2-14 seasons, nor the other painful losses. I don't recall any Patriot player or coach ever complaining or whining that the other team was "piling it on".
The TV announcers were quick to point out what goes around comes around at the beginning of the year when were winning and playing football for 60 minutes. Yes, it came around us year after year and now it is coming back to San Diego, and Chicago,and Miami, and Washington, and all of the other teams who couldn't wait to beat us when we were down.
I will never forget Jack Tatum. I truly enjoy beating the team he played for. If you don't know who he is or what role he played in our history, know that he never apologized for what he did.
Thanks Bob George for the article. Its great to be a Patriots Fan. It makes this year doubly sweet !! :rocker:
I argued with a 15 year old wearing a Brady jersey a couple of weeks ago, asked the kid if he could name five players instrumental in our history and he told me to go screw myself. That's what I'm referencing, pal.
It is a fact that since we are winning so much, we have accumulated more bandwagon fans than even the Cowboys.
I argued with a 15 year old wearing a Brady jersey a couple of weeks ago, asked the kid if he could name five players instrumental in our history and he told me to go screw myself. That's what I'm referencing, pal.
[Originally Posted by MRBLAZE
It is a fact that since we are winning so much, we have accumulated more bandwagon fans than even the Cowboys.
I argued with a 15 year old wearing a Brady jersey a couple of weeks ago, asked the kid if he could name five players instrumental in our history and he told me to go screw myself. That's what I'm referencing, pal./QUOTE]
Yeah, Its kind of like in 2004 when you here some kid about 12 saying he has waited all his life for this when the Sox won the WS.
1. your first problem: you argued with a 15 year old
2. your 2nd problem: he was 8 or 9 when Brady got his 1st start. I'd be impressed if he remembers who David Patten was...
3. . Im 28, and although i know the history quite well, I rememeber more of Hugh Millen and Scott Zolak than I do of Grogan or Eason