Spy Gate II-Easterbrook's Revenge
18 to 88 —
For those who haven't heard, Spygate is breaking loose all over again. This time the Patriots are accused of video taping a private pre-Super Bowl walkthrough prior to their game against the Rams in 2002. There's not much new to say about this other than: 1. Are we really surprised? 2. There had better be serious penalties if the allegations are proved. Belichick should be suspended for at least one year. The franchise should be forced to forfeit their title. 3. The bloom is off this rose. The Patriots 'dynasty' will forever be remembered as cheaters on a Nixonian level. They could reestablish diplomatic relations with China, and it ...
Cheating returns just in time for Super Bowl 42
Stampede Blue —
I really dislike the term "Spygate." In fact, adding the word "gate" to any supposed conspiracy or act of wrongdoing seems to trivialize news reports on such subjects. It makes them sound about as mature as all the "Bennifer" or "Bradjelina" stories we get shoved in our collective faces. Sports journalism seems to have officially fallen into the gutter along with Ryan Seacrest and the E! Channel. ...
Easterbrook: 'If True, This Would Be the Worst Sports Scandal Since the Black Sox'
FanHouse —
Filed under: Patriots, Rams, Boston, Super Bowl, St. Louis, ESPN Notes on a trip to the Super Bowl. Everyone here in Arizona is talking about the latest spygate allegations, but no one is speaking as strongly as Gregg Easterbrook of ESPN.com, who was one of the harshest critics of the Patriots and the NFL when the allegations first emerged and now seems to feel vindicated that the story is coming back. Easterbrook writes today: Also Saturday, Mike Fish reported on ESPN that St. Louis' [pre-Super Bowl XXXVI] walk-through was devoted to red zone plays -- all new plays ...
New England Patriots, NFL - Getting What They Deserve
wrigleyville23 —
Here on Super Bowl Sunday, there's lots of squawking about the New England Patriots being cheater, cheater pumpkin eaters - from opportunistic senators and even hometown newspapers. While I'm inclined to think: "Let it go, already" ... the Patriots and the NFL have it coming for the team's arrogant lack of contrition and the league's ...
WORST SCANDAL SINCE THE BLACK SOX?
ProFootballTalk.com —
Most Patriots fans dismiss the opinions of ESPN.com’s Gregg Easterbrook regarding “Spygate I” and/or “Spygate II” (which is the first sequel that actually was a prequel). And, at times, we’ve disagreed with the zeal he has displayed in criticizing the Patriots’ actual and suspected cheating and the league’s handling of the situation. But Easterbook’s latest column regarding the allegation that the Patriots videotaped the Rams’ final walk-through practice prior to Super Bowl XXXVI is the best analysis of the situation that we’ve seen ...
Today, Sensationalism Is Spelled G-R-E-G-G
One More Dying Quail —
(I wrote part of this before tonight's Super Bowl and part of it after. With any luck, you can't tell where the break occurs.) Since it broke five months ago, I haven't had anything to say about the spying scandal surrounding the New England Patriots, mainly because while I feel that it has become an overblown story driven largely by the media and anti-Patriots fans, I'm not smart or organized enough to back that opinion up with a logical argument. Unfortunately, saying, "Just because," is not exactly a valid argument. Today, however, I read something at The FanHouse that almost made me laugh, it was so ridiculous. Michael David Smith wrote a ...
Sanchez and the Eve of a Monumental Collapse
Doubt About It —
... , the NFL will be meeting with Matt Walsh, the videographer who claims he has new information on Spygate. The traditional media hasn't been downplaying it, but other than Gregg Easterbrook, who really has to feel quite proud of himself for never letting this go in the face of criticism, there has not been much talk about the repercussions of what everyone says Matt Walsh will be revealing; that the Patriots taped the Rams walkthrough before Superbowl XXVI. Just because the certified journalists won't speculate, doesn't mean we won't. ...
Belichick has cheated since 2000
Stampede Blue —
Bill Belichick: Cheating you since 2000 Tip to KingRichard for blogging about this first. After a long meeting with US Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell admitted that New England coach Bill Belichick has been illegally taping opposing teams ...
Lingering "Spygate" should not simply go away
Stampede Blue —
... Back in late 2007, when the "Spygate" saga began, Bill Belichick was fined and the Patriots were docked a first round draft pick for taping the NY Jets in Week One. After the punishment was leveed, Belichcik was ordered to hand over to the league all tapes that showed New England recording opponents signals. Belichick gave up six tapes, which the league destroyed. None of the tapes Walsh handed over were duplicates of those original six tapes. The NFL's response to Walsh's tapes is: ...
