I'm come right out and say it

It sucks serious donkey nuts that your Patriots are not in the playoffs.

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No, I'm not kidding. 11-5 and not in the playoffs? WTF is that bullshit. While I do not have that much of a beef with how the NFL playoff selection is done, the fact that an 8-8 team from a crap division is hosting a playoff game while an 11-5 team from a tough division isn't even in is R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D.

Please understand, I still hate your team and your coach. I think your owner's son is a prissy bitch who likes to make up frivolous accusations about piped in crowd noise because he likes to hear the sound of his own voice, and I think Randy Moss is a quitter who will never sniff the Hall of Fame.

But, despite all that, the Patriots were as tough a team this year as they ever were. They used 42 different players, re-schemed their entire offense, and are developing Jerod Mayo into a beast. And they deserved to be in the post-season this year.

I mean seriously guys. I had dreams of both Indy and New England steamrolling their way through the playoffs via the Wild Card rounds, only to meet once again in the AFCCG, which to the annoyance of every other football fan on the planet. And, while at that game, Pats and Colts fans could give a big collective F YOU to the rest of the league for daring to dismiss our clubs in 2008.

Sadly, the Pats aren't there for us to hate. And it sucks.

So, we Colts fans wil just pretend that the opponent is the Patriots, and hate them as much as we hated your guys, because the playoffs are not the same without the New England Patriots.