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Super Bowl XXXVI - Pats 20, Rams 17 Congratulations Patriots!!!
NFL ^ | 2/3/02

Posted on 02/03/2002 2:25:46 PM PST by Dales

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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
To H_ll with the Patriots . . . most of their fans are so far left that our forefathers would disown any knowledge of them (their fans).

Your an idiot. A complete and Total idiot.

It's the NEW ENGLAND Patriots - that includes where I live, New Hampshire ( Bush Country ).

Not to mention the scores of great Americans like my dad who bleeds fighting patriot red and lives in Taxachusetts.

The Patriots ARE the best team in the NFL.

Just because we don't have flashy break dancing ad campaign types doesn't change that fact.

1,261 posted on 02/04/2002 6:37:45 AM PST by MassExodus
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To: Chances Are
Break out the tinfoil hats and pass them around. On the radio this morning I heard a conspiracy is taking shape. Apparently no one noticed that the THE CLOCK STARTED before the "winning" field goal and EVEN after the field goal kick there was STILL 2 seconds left on the clock but Madden on cue shouts "Game Over" and so it was. The RAMS never touched the ball again. Not to mention that it should have been the Raiders in the Superbowl but the NFL "fixed" it. Does it really suprise anyone that the PATRIOTS won the Superbowl?
1,262 posted on 02/04/2002 7:32:06 AM PST by Smogger
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
"...but I never expected such a dramatic, exciting game..."

No doubt about it, this game will go down in S.B. history as one of the very best ever played.

It had everything...

Against a backdrop of dramatic world events that lent a slight tension to being in a stadium, a crowd gathered to see what many (including myself) expected to be just another mugging by the favorite.

Instead, we got some great play, with white knuckle miscalculations and missed opportunities leading to a come-from-behind tie that threatened OT and concluding with an upset victory in the final seconds of the game.

Next year's S.B. will be (unfavorably) compared to this game no matter what happens.

1,263 posted on 02/04/2002 7:41:34 AM PST by DWSUWF
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To: Smogger
"Does it really suprise anyone that the PATRIOTS won the Superbowl? "

Unfortunately, I can only speak for myself.

NO!


This team amazed me all season long and today...the air smells a bit sweeter and the sun shines a bit brighter.
1,264 posted on 02/04/2002 8:05:12 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts
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To: MassExodus
"The Patriots ARE the best team in the NFL."

While going into the playoffs, I'd have argued against that assertion in favor of AT LEAST 4-5 other teams, there ain't no arguin' who're the National Champs until next January, when my Washington Redskins will be holding that Lombardi Trophy aloft in Triumph!!

Congrats on a great win, my FRiend...MUD

1,265 posted on 02/04/2002 8:25:24 AM PST by Mudboy Slim
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
...the air smells a bit sweeter and the sun shines a bit brighter...

... and the air is filled with the joyful sounds of gnashing teeth, and whine made from sour grapes... gotta love it... ;0)

1,266 posted on 02/04/2002 8:31:14 AM PST by Chad Fairbanks
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To: Illbay
But I did watch the SB last night, and was gratified to realize that it was NOT a typical Super Bowl. Usually, they are completely boring games unable to live up to the hype (Never could figure that out, either. Why can't the players get "up" for this ultimate game for all the marbles, like the World Series tends to be?)

Interesting question. I think the biggest problem was the 2-week gap between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl. With two weeks off, the teams get caught up in the circus atmosphere and lose focus of the game ahead. This time there was no two-week break and thus there was no time for fooling around on Bourbon Street. Both teams had to focus on the day ahead. I don't know about the Rams but Belichick kept the Patriots on a tight lease during the past week with curfews and strict orders on how to behave during the very little freetime they did get.

The Patriots were blown out of the Super Bowl in both 1986 and 1997. I know with the Bears game in 1986, many of the Patriots were partying during Super Bowl week. In fact one of them got so drunk that he had to be pulled to his feet by a sportswriter and placed in a cab. After that Super Bowl, there was a big drug scandal. You know what they say about how idleness is the devil's workshop. If the NFL wants to keep having great Super Bowls, than eliminate permanently the two-week break.

1,267 posted on 02/04/2002 8:46:07 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
You don't beat the Raiders, Steelers, and Rams back-to-back-to-back by being lucky.
1,268 posted on 02/04/2002 9:05:35 AM PST by baseballfanjm
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To: WyldKard
I've heard that MetLife is suing ATT over this...because MLife sounds "Too close" to MetLife....

They should!

The only reason I can think of AT&T doing this is that they may have ticked off too many people over the years who now won't use any product by them.

1,269 posted on 02/04/2002 10:21:22 AM PST by NYCVirago
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To: Chad Fairbanks
... and the air is filled with the joyful sounds of gnashing teeth, and whine made from sour grapes... gotta love it... ;0)

Many Pats fans thought this could happen. Here in Iowa you hardly ever see the Pats play, and I have to admit that the home-town hype of one Mr. Warner here in Cedar Rapids, Iowa had me convinced the Pats were overmatched. That was a great game, and a great outcome.

Go Pats!

1,270 posted on 02/04/2002 11:14:22 AM PST by LearnsFromMistakes
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To: LearnsFromMistakes
I hardly ever get to see them on TV out here (WA) either... My mom tapes them and sends 'em out... :0)
1,271 posted on 02/04/2002 11:21:26 AM PST by Chad Fairbanks
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To all those that doubted...

To all those that bet against...

To all those that said the Rams couldn't be stopped...

Kiss my freezing cold Bostonian...

1,272 posted on 02/04/2002 12:10:03 PM PST by ElectricStrawberry
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To: Chad Fairbanks
You are probably a bit more serious about them than I am. I became a fan in the late 70's or so, a converted Cowboy fan. Not everyone grows out of that, but I did...

I didn't realize that the Pats and Raiders had a history. First I have /heardseen of that terrible call in the 70's. And then the Jack Tatum/Daryl Stingly trajedy. Jack is probably my favorite Raider of all time, but that is a pretty short list...

1,273 posted on 02/04/2002 12:13:49 PM PST by LearnsFromMistakes
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To: LearnsFromMistakes
I became a fan about the same time, mid-70s, as a kid growing up in N.E... :0)

Unfortunately, I'm still a Red SOx fan, too ;0)

1,274 posted on 02/04/2002 12:21:37 PM PST by Chad Fairbanks
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To: Dan from Michigan
I was rooting for the Patriots anyway. The Rams got one already, and their owner is a bigtime anti-gunner.

Ask me how Miss Georgia wound up owning the Rams...

1,275 posted on 02/04/2002 11:27:16 PM PST by ambrose
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To: ambrose
How did she own the Rams, and do I want to know?
1,276 posted on 02/05/2002 4:59:35 AM PST by Dan from Michigan
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To: Dan from Michigan
She inherited the team after her hubbie died in rather strange Arkansas-like circumstances.
1,277 posted on 02/05/2002 11:50:11 AM PST by ambrose
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To: Smogger
You know, I noticed that there was at least 2 ticks left on the clock as the ball sailed through, and I was clinging on to the shred of a miracle TD return on the kickoff...I wonder at what point a field goal is whistled dead after it's made? Maybe it's discretionary....or maybe it's when the ball falls to the ground. Or passes the plane of the field goal posts maybe.
1,278 posted on 02/06/2002 6:52:31 PM PST by Proud2BAmerican
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