Thanks for letting me trash your blog Patriots fans

by BigBlueShoe on Nov 14, 2009 11:00 AM EST in Opinion Comment 7 comments

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So, thanks for ~~being stupid enough~~ kind enough to let me run your blog for a few days, Patriots fans. Though your liquor cabinet is bare, your toilet seat is coated in piss stains, and the living room carpet as a nice, warm present waiting for you when you get home, I'm sure you enjoyed my two days of blogging here. I appreciate all the fine comments and the insight. This is a smart, intelligent Pats fan community here (well, except for andrew29910, but even Pats fans are making fun of him), and it has been a joy to see the Colts and Patriots blog communities really come together and enjoy this great sports rivalry.

I leave you with a great quote from Colts center Jeff Saturday, who was interviewed by Colts.com. You might remember him as the guy who pancaked Vince Wilfork into the endzone on Joseph Addai's game-winning TD in the 2006 AFC Championship Game. Saturday, who is likely a future Hall of Famer, has a great quote about this upcoming game that I hope both players and fans take to heart (emphasis mine):

Question: Is it fun to play games like this [Against the Patriots]?

Jeff Saturday: Absolutely! I think the thing you do want to take away from this week is enjoy the week. Understand, this is cool. This is what you play football for. You don't play for the 0-5 teams, or the 0-8 teams. You play for the two best teams in the division, or in the conference, playing each other and battling it out. I mean, there's no hiding. We'll see where we are Sunday night. I think that's exciting. I think players that enjoy this game understand how fun these times are and how few times you really get this opportunity. So, you might as well go out and make the most of it.

I hope you enjoyed this week as much as Jeff Saturday seems to have. Enjoy the game Sunday everyone.

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see you Sunday night

Hope you find a bit of time to pop in the open game thread, though we understand if you’d rather watch in your own “house” :)

by jctsai12 on Nov 14, 2009 1:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

A lot of us over at

Stampede Blue try to pop in and out of the opposing teams open thread. So Im sure you will see a few of us over here!

Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!

by coltsfan723 on Nov 14, 2009 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

This week was pretty cool and handled well (considering the alternatives.)

But you know what they say about having guests in your home: It’s like fish, they both begin to stink after three days.

Nawwwww, just kidding BBS. Good job at the Pulpit. Enjoy the game all.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Nov 14, 2009 1:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

MaPatsFan...come back

Don't question my fandominium.
"the notorious D.I.B."- samdaman

by dolphinsinbuffalo on Nov 14, 2009 5:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Differences this year

Hey BBS, I was wondering, from a Pats perspective, or just an NFL perspective really, what do you think are the differences this year with the new coaching staff? Or are there any? Are the Colts essentially still running the show almost exactly like Tony did? Or do you see any significant changes, additions, etc. to the schemes, approaches, playcallig, anything? I haven’t seen a significant amount of Colts’ ball this year, but in what I have seen, i haven’t noticed anything. What’s your take, d

by furiousd on Nov 14, 2009 10:26 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Some...

Manning still effectively runs the show on offence – being a Colts offensive coordinator must be the cruisiest job in football. It seems to me that the Colts are blitzing more on defence, which is perhaps a change due to the new coaching staff. Otherwise, though, if Manning is still running the show the offence will look the same. And the defence had a significant change in personnel, especially in the secondary, it was bound to look and act different anyway.

Hard to really put down any change to the coaching staff – especially when it’s at 8-0. They might’ve changed things if they were losing, but when you’re 8-0, why fix it?

Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.

by Comedic.Sans on Nov 14, 2009 11:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs