http://www.hulu.com/embed/GTd0nBDbBLiUHZZtauBIIg
2004 AFC Championship Game
I clearly remember watching this game, and just shaking my head because I couldn’t believe how badly we were beating them.
(Source: http://www.hulu.com/)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/2004-afc-championship-game-i-clearly-remember/
If you’re a football fan, no matter what team you root for, you should probably appreciate what kind of a player Troy Polamalu is. I saw this video a while back and dug it up today to share. It’s all about Polamalu’s weird ass training regimen.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/if-youre-a-football-fan-no-matter-what-team-you/
http://www.hulu.com/embed/oig671Nd-1a_f52OCor1og
A lot of people might forget about this Pats-Steelers regular season matchup in 2005. While the Pats won the battle it was the Steelers who eventually went on to win the war, and the fact that Pittsburgh ended the seasons of both Matt Light and Rodney Harrison in this game played a big part in that.
Had Light and Harrison both played in the 2005 AFCDG against the Broncos there’s a good chance the Pats would’ve pulled it out and then hosted the Steelers in the AFCCG. Of course that’s not how it worked out, but given a choice of facing Jake Plummer or Tom Brady I’m sure every Steeler fan would choose Plummer.
I will continue to harp on this all week but New England KNOWS HOW to beat Pittsburgh. It’s just going to be a matter of execution.
(Source: http://www.hulu.com/)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/a-lot-of-people-might-forget-about-this/
Stephen Gostkowski’s was placed on season ending IR today, and thus ends a fairly unspectacular season which started rough but did see him kick his first ever game winning overtime Field Goal.
Shayne Graham steps in to replace him. I find it hard to get all bent out of shape about losing a kicker. I know Ghost was a pro bowler and everything, but until Shayne Graham misses a big kick I’m having a hard time really feeling torn up about it.
Just another stud we’ll get back in 2011…
https://www.patspropaganda.com/stephen-gostkowskis-was-placed-on-season-ending/
The Steeler Sign That Gave Birth to a Patriots Blogger
It was 2007, the Patriots were in the midst of a perfect regular season and I had yet to see them. The WGA writers strike had crippled my real job, leaving me with a 25% pay cut and only half days to work. So I took off to hit what looked on paper like the last major roadblock between my beloved New England Patriots and 16-0.
As we tailgated in grey, slushy conditions near Gillette Stadium a plane overhead was pulling a sign that instantly caught the attention of every man, woman and hoodie outside (and I assume inside) the stadium. I took out my camera and clicked a picture:
Ah yes, a friendly Spygate reference. The catalyst for the 2007 Pats to lay waste to everyone they faced. An incredible and historic season that saw the Pats come within 3 minutes of being the undisputed best team of all time.
As I waited in line for a port-a-potty, a Steeler fan who had made the trip shook his head. He seemed to know that flying such a sign would pretty much ensure the Patriots would come out pissed off and ready to play.
And guess what? He was right.
I returned home after the game and, while scanning craigslist for a job that might get some more income coming in, I spotted an ad looking for bloggers to blog about their favorite sports teams.
Hmmm. I was a writer. I loved the Patriots. And I could even make one to two cents per day! I was sold. So for my first post I grabbed the picture I had clicked of the sign that had been flown over the stadium.
Thus began my blogging career and I have to say I owe at least part of it to the anonymous Steeler fan who felt compelled to poke the Patriots in the eye just before the game.