Funny **** and no doubt one of the top / important topics beaten to death by the media!
ignorant question: what is the real originally story about Norv's paranoid security?
That pretty much is the story. He wouldn't reveal the plays to the players until an hour or two before game time. He kept them locked up because BB is a cheater. It was hysterical. Simmons had a funny snippet on it, let me see if I can find it.
man, I'm fast. Here is the quote from one of his picks columns.
Speaking of San Diego, I loved this e-mail from Tommy in Worcester, Mass.: "Just thought you'd be curious as to the Super Duper Triple Secret 15 Scripted Plays that Norv Turner kept locked in a hermetically sealed vault guarded by the Secret Service, as reported by Andrea Kremer, a script so secret that he'd only tell his players right before the game: Here are the 15 plays of sheer offensive genius:
"1) Throw interception to Colvin left
"2) Run Tomlinson off left tackle for 2 yards
"3) Throw incomplete pass down the right side to Davis
"4) Throw left to Gates short of the first down
"5) Punt
"6) Run Tomlinson off left guard for 2 yards
"7) Run Tomlinson off left guard for 8 yards
"8) Run Tomlinson off right guard for 2 yards
"9) Run Tomlinson up the middle for 4 yards
"10) Sweep Tomlinson right for minus-1 yards
"11) Throw left to Jackson for 14 yards
"12) Get sacked by Colvin, and fumble
"13) Run Tomlinson off left guard for 3 yards
"14) Throw right to Tomlinson for 6 yards
"15) Run Tomlinson off left guard for 0 yards
"Play 16 was a punt. Norv's offensive genius is just stunning, I'm amazed the Patriots survived that game."
