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Senator wants Patriots to explain themselves

Feb. 1 - 9:52 am et
Senator Arlen Specter wants NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to explain why the league destroyed tapes from the Patriots spygate scandal.
Specter, the ranking republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said that Goodell would eventually be called before the committee, and that it was possible coaches and players could also have to testify. One person who might face the committee would be Matt Walsh, a Patriots employee between 1996-2003 who worked in the video department. "If I ever got brought in for a deposition or something, then I would just face the whole gauntlet of questions. There would be things I’d be forced to answer that some people haven’t taken responsibility for," Walsh said. Feb. 1 - 9:52 am et
Source: The New York Times

Pressure the Hell out of Brady and someone will need to cover Wes Welker...

It seems like the Giants have a little swagger to them too...

I have never rooted for a NY team in my life....until NOW.

Got that right Roman. For me its the warm weather and the pursuit of PERFECTION factors. I love an underdog, but I like perfection even better. I am rooting for the Pats because they are the best at every position that matters. For them this is more than a superbowl, its history and immortalization. This is one of those feats like the Bulls 72 win campaign. Its not even about the opponent. And I for one want to be on the side of a historic moment in time. Will be a VERY long time before you see this again. And someone has to put those Dolphins to rest! They ruined my 1985 perfect season and Sunday is payback!

And the weather is the reason I feel this game will be blown open. The good weather is sure to be the cure for what ails Randy Moss. Look for him to break out of his slump and make sure the Giants don't cover the spread. I am intrigued to see if Eli will keep his poise under pressure. I would like to think the big game had something to do with Rex's problems last year, but I doubt it. I think Eli is better in every way. So it will be interesting.

NFL's New England Patriots and Iraq's weapons of mass destruction....yeah...So...what's your point?

To induce vomiting watch a Patriots game?

There's a Sucker born every minute?

Jeopardy answer....What are things that are rigged or fixed?

Take the Giants and the points...but don't waste X amount of hours of your life watching that garbage...

Belichick is the same guy who failed in Cleveland...and now he's a F-ing cheater....and coach of the year?....lol, Genius

Last game of the year was meaningless - Giants were already in the playoffs and could play fast and loose. Pats came in tight and it showed. Depsite this, the game was never really in doubt. Take away the garbage TD the Giants got at the end, and it's a 10 point win, on the road, huge crowd, against a team that could play loose.
Giants DBs will get burned early and often. Big game will hit Eli and company hard...Pats by 24...at least.

Considering that most of the country has already crowned the Pats SB champions wouldn't that cause the Giants to play as loose as they did in the season finale? After all the pressure is on the Pats not the Giants and I for one would love to see them upset.

That's your Guest Blog topic, Culzie? Bor-ing! You've gotten so many responses.........

Hitman, are you seriously not going to watch the Super Bowl? Geez you are fickle. It should be a good game, and at the very least it's a decent excuse to have a few drinks, if you need an excuse. There has literally never been a tougher opponent than the Patriots, so the Giants will have their hands full. I'm not going to pick them to win though, because:

A. I don't need to make the sexy pick, clearly.
B. I'm not stupid (no offense to stupid people).
C. Tom Brady is Hot.

I think I should've taken the action when it was 14 pts.

Giants can be competitive if:

They can score first.
Run, run, run once they have the lead.
Force Brady to throw to only one side of field or to mostly one receiver (what they did effectively against Favre and Romo)
Bang Brady a lot -- I mean "Richard Seymour" him (ie, when he's not looking, when he's walking off the field, etc.)
Make better adjustments at half time than the Patriots.

If the Patriots score first or score often early, the Giants will have to rely on Eli "But Julie B says Tom's the Cheesecake" Manning to get them back in the game and that ain't gonna happen.

If I were the Giants, I'd go a little "cheap" in the early stages of the game. I would hit Brady hard and/or potentially late, nail Moss extra hard and incredibly late, etc. It might be worth the penalties to set a tone. The Giants have the defense to do that and it might not be a bad idea to put an idea into the Patriots very early that while they may win, they are going to pay. If the Giants are close after halftime, that aggressive attitude might cause a few errant passes and dropped balls.

It would be poetic justice for Tiki Barber to have roasted Eli earlier this year only to now watch them win a Super Bowl.

I don't know that there's that much poetry or justice in Arizona.

I just know that Belichick will punch the first reporter who asks him "what happened out there?" after a loss -- and I would love to see that.

So I'm pulling for the Giants -- 17-14.

it wasnt an official guest blog, i just use that term loosly now when i post a hot story!

I think its a huge story...

why do the Pats get a pass..

Harrison has taken more steroids and HGH than anyone...

half the team are cheap shot artists.

they cheated, got caught and then NFL destroyed evidence...??

and.....

The Bears beat them by the largest margin in SuperBowl History and they will forever be a second class team to me.

Culzie - tis a thought-provocing post. Told you how much people really care about HGH. They dont...

The Pats should roll, they will be in perfect conditions for "Tommy Terrific" to play pitch and catch with Moss. Take Moss away and there are still several weapons.
As for "spygate" Howie Long is reporting that other Teams were caught as well, but in order to "nip it in the bud" came down heavy on the Pats, and tossed away the evidence. BTW the Pats will be picking 7th over all because they lost their first rounder, but got to keep the one from San Fran. Oh, for the Bears to have an owner like Bob Kraft.
The rich just keep getting richer! GO PATS!!!!

Um, yes - I can tell the difference between an official Guest Blogging spot and you typing the words "Guest Blog" and putting the little parenthesis around it to make it look official. Besides, I'm going to be the first official Guest Blogger. My topic will definitely garner more responses than yours, that being one (1) and you can't really count Keith, so that's zero (0).

Kman informative post! See how the NFL handles things. I'd bet they are collectively laughing at baseball. They are a JOKE.

Stop pulling my hair!

no JB..I'm seriously not watching the SB....I've seen quite enough this year...wow..it's really early...geezuz

so..I'm fickle and I like dollies....wow..I'm a blank's hair away from a significant breakthrough I think...

yep culzie..that would be one h e double hockey sticks of a story to write and I triple double dog some one to write it...little kids in Boston crying....famous footage of 7 year old all out sobbing....'say it isn't so' ..."The Outfield" becomes big again ..I write a book....."Snowplow to Superbowl"...people aah ahguing fo yee-O's about it in Bahst'n....screw the pats

I'm watchin movies all weekend...Bears 46 Patriots 10

Most Super Bowls have been boring, overhyped affairs, so I doubt if this one will be even half as entertaining as their final regular season game. That one was a corker.

It seems as though the majority of these games are decided rather early; the team that's down at the half usually stays there. Last year was the exception. Everything went wrong for the Colts from the opening kick-off to the halftime whistle, and they still pulled it out. Then again ... look who they were up against.

I know that Brady has the experience and talent to weather a bad start, but if Eli digs his team a hole, I doubt that he'll be able to pull them out of it. Manning will have to play mistake free football, on the biggest stage in the land. My money says that he wilts under the lights.

If the score is 14, 17, or 21 - zip in favor of the Patriots after one quarter, I'll probably be switching to The History Channel.

White Men Can't Jump, but __________________

Snipes Acquitted of Tax Fraud

Friday February 1, 4:45 pm ET
By Travis Reed, Associated Press Writer
Actor Wesley Snipes Acquitted of Tax Fraud, but Convicted of Failing to File a Tax Return

OCALA, Fla. (AP) -- Action star Wesley Snipes was found not guilty of federal tax-fraud and conspiracy charges Friday, but was convicted on three misdemeanor counts of failing to file a tax return.
Snipes and two co-defendants, a delicensed accountant and a tax protest leader, were indicted in 2006. Snipes faced six additional counts of willful failure to file a tax return from 1999-2004, a period in which he signed two contracts for more than $10 million on sequels in the "Blade" trilogy. He was acquitted on three of those and convicted on the others. He could be sentenced to three years in prison after originally facing a possible 16 years.

Co-defendants Eddie Ray Kahn, the founder of a tax protest group, and Douglas P. Rosile, a delicensed accountant, were convicted by the same jury of tax fraud and conspiracy.

Snipes, who starred in the "Blade" films and "White Men Can't Jump," is among the most famous targets of an IRS criminal investigation, and his prosecution was key for the government. The actor used tax protest arguments long rejected by courts but still continuing to find adherents.

For example, Snipes said the IRS's own code meant no citizen had to pay taxes on income earned in this country, and the agency had no legal authority to collect wages anyway, because it is not a proper

I'll bite the bullet and go with the Giants. They're due, and Eli has been as smart as his brother lately. Brady gets rattled when he's rushed, which almost never happens, but the Giant defense should be all over him in spite of the Pats' offensive line, which is due for a letdown. The Giants' running game should be a factor too.

BCulz:

I think the Patriots need a pre-game inspirational talk from a real American Hero... Roger Clemens. He can discuss how good, honest guys always win over cheaters and low lifes. He's even sworn on 60 Minutes about how honest he is. You can't get more honest than that.

Belichick would cry like a baby.

YOu mean Billicheat?

NE 38 NYG 20

Manning goes 21-49-243-4 (2 tds)

Brady is MVP goes 24-36-328-1 (4 tds)

Moss-2, Welker-1, Vrabel-1, Maroney-1 rushing

Buddy Ryan comes out of the stands to punch Kevin Gilbride for bad play calling and sucker punches him, again!

You're right B about the Pats cheating being a big scandal that gets scuttled by the NFL. Goodell isn't the great Chief like we or should I say, people have thought he was. I remember when he was throwing the book at THUGs and people were saying how he was so great for the NFL. I implied then that he did the obvious thing to them but I would wait until he butt heads with an owner and put them in their place before I anoint him anything special. And after the way he buried that imcriminating evidence against the Pats I will say that he is a fraud like the Iraqi war. And I am scratching my hairless head trying to figure out what Wesley Snipes being acquitted of tax fraud has to do with the NFL and the Superbowl blog. I think you meant to put that in People magazine's or The Star's nosy neighbor blog. I can see putting it in a blog that has lost it's steam but we're only at 20th entry and you're dropping that in. Heavans to Murgatroid I'm talking about my Billy Blast-off from 1971 later today during the Superbowl and hopefully he will be relavent then. Anyway, it's going to be a close game early because no one will get any type of rhythm because of the constant TV timeouts and once they slow down the Pats will speed up and dispatch the Giants before the end of the 3rd Quarter. 31-17 Pats. Although I wish the Giants would do it because I hate to see one team and the AFC steam-roll the big game like this. GO BEARS!!!

"I will say that he is a fraud like the Iraqi war"
WRD

(well..this clearly belongs in an NFL blog too then right??)

Actually...I meant to post the Snipes article in the Dying Hoops thread. and it woulda worked on the White Men Can't Jump/Hinrich level!

Thanks for the back though....I heard Godell on Mike and Mike this morning....and they asked him why he destroyed the tapes...and his reasoning was more circular than yours usually is Willy. Made you look like Stephen Hawkins...

SUPERBOWL INSIDER REPORT FROM ARIZONA

Well...good morning sportsfans...welcome to Sunny (rainy) and warm (chilly) Arizona. I hope everyone is as hung over as I am. If you didnt have a chance to make it to Kendra's Playboy party, or Fiddys soire' at the Sanctuary.....or...if you couldnt get over to see Tommy Lee and Puffy hook up with Lienart and Paris Hilton....well...you just werent trying hard enough.

There is so much celebrity power in the house this weekend, that even if Fat Elvis jumpsuit and Liberace's living room had a baby, you wouldnt find more Star Studded objects in one place!

Did I mention its 40 and rainy?

Well...I know its only 8:25am, but since the Game is in Glendale...(40mins away) and there is no where to park, I figure I should probably get going. I was going to catch a ride with Lienart, but he forgot his playbook in Tony Romo's after hours....which...had his directions to the stadium in the back...so...now we need to catch a cab...see ya all later.

YO TAXI!

Now that I think about it....Since this is a Blog about Patriots....i guess a reference to the Iraq war would be fitting then....sorry Willy.

Hey...William....when you refer to the War in Iraq.....who are we figthing by the way? Do you even know?

Here...here is the face of your enemy......nice guys huh?

BAGHDAD (AP) - Two mentally retarded women strapped with remote-control explosives—and possibly used as unwitting suicide bombers—brought carnage Friday to two pet bazaars, killing at 73 people in the deadliest day since Washington flooded the capital with extra troops last spring.

Last Years SB made history featuring the first SB with an African-American Head Coach and there were 2 making it even a little more historic. This year everyone is focused on a possible historic 19-0 season by the Pats erasing The Dolphins 17-0 record. But there could be something more historic in the making that no one seems to have even mentioned. Should the Giants win, it would be the first time two brothers playing quarterback lead their respective teams to a SB victory in consecutive years. That is a record I would much rather see. GO Giants!

William sez: " And I am scratching my hairless head trying to figure out what Wesley Snipes being acquitted of tax fraud has to do with the NFL and the Superbowl blog."

Allow me to explain and enlighten:

It's because he truly believes that this is his own personal blog, and that whatever happens to cross his mind is both relevant, and interesting; regardless of any disconnect to the topic at hand.

Rest assured; he'll reply with some pithy and salient (in his own mind) post, explaining the convoluted logic behind his Wesley Snipes reference. But the fact remains that this soothsayer is quite smitten with himself.

As soon as he hit's the "Post" button he probably says, "Oh my God, that was brilliant!", has an orgasm, and then runs off in search of a mirror in which to admire his reflection.

Years ago I heard a song that was written for Culz. It went like this.

Oh, I love me,
I love me,
I love myself to death.
I love me,
I love me,
'Till I'm all out of breath.

I stop at every pop machine,
That I should chance to pass,
And give myself a hug and squeeze,
As I look in the glass!

I love me,
I love me,
I'm wild about myself.
I love me,
I love me,
My picture's on my shelf .......

*ducking*

I just know that Culzie wants the rest of the lyrics to that old Eddie Cantor song, so here they are:

When people write their songs of love they write of one another.
It's always sis, or ma, or pa, or sweetheart, wife, or brother.
But love songs that they've aimed at me have all gone on the shelf.
I don't think that it's fair, so now I'll write one for myself.

I love me, I love me, I love myself to death
I love me, I love me, till I'm all out of breath
I stop at every slot machine that I should chance to pass
And give myself a hug and squeeze as I look in the glass!
Oh, I love me, I love me, I'm wild about sweet me
I love me, only me, so I'm content you see,
I like myself with such delight
I take me right straight home each night
And sleep with me till broad day light
I'm wild about myself.

I love me, I love me, my birthday's once a year
I love me, Only me, and when my birthday's near
I go with me and buy myself some gifts to put away
Then I surprise myself with them when I wakes up that day!
I love me, I love me, I'll marry me some day
Right away, Saturday, I'll give me all my pay
With me I like to make a date
To meet myself at half-past eight
If I'm not there I never wait
I'm wild about myself.

I know a girl who has the boys proposing by the dozen
Among her lists are rich and poor and even one lone cousin
But when she speaks of love to me I treat her with disdain
I loudly shout, "There's someone else!"
And then this wild refrain:

Oh I love me, I love me, and every place I go
I love me, I love me, and at the movie show
I take myself right by the arm and push me through the crowd
And listen to myself repeat the titles right out loud.
I love me, I love me, I love to squeeze my hand
I love me, I love me, It always feels so grand
With me I get right in my tub
I let myself give me a rub
Oh how I love to feel me scrub
I'm wild about myself.

I love me, I love me, I'm wild about myself
I love me, I love me, my picture's on my shelf.
You may not think I look so good, but me thinks I'm divine
It's grand when I look in my eyes and know I'm mine, all mine!
I love me, I love me, and my love doesn't bore
Day by day in every way I love me more and more.
I take me to a quiet place
I put my arm around my waist...
If me gets fresh I slap my face!
I'm wild about myself.

Feces on EBay....It's Gross man

When the ball is kicked off at the Superbowl today....a bidding war will begin. And although the Spectacle could probably handle another event...This particular event will be held on EBay, and has to do with "last years Superbowl"... The Auction..already being called “Super Skidmark Sunday”...will be featuring Feces Rex Grossman has left in his uniform pants during games...

Two recently fired Chicago Bears equipment managers came up with the Idea a year ago and explained how they discovered the profitable poop...”It was simple, really...every time Rex Grossman faced a blitzing team, we had to rotate out his pants during half-time...well..during halftime of the AZ game..a pile of doody fell out of a pant leg onto my shoe....and that's when it first hit me.”(he laughs)..”I said to my partner..'hey, lets throw this against the wall and see what sticks'..and it hit me again.....after that.... we just gave it to friends... and they started throwing it....at people wearing #8 Chicago Bears Jerseys....and that's when it stuck..."

"Rex isn't money...but his Feces is...and he makes lots.."

Although the two have collected numerous stool samples since then..the three doodies expected to bring the most interest and money are the Jason Taylor Doody (called the exposer), The Zero QB Rating Doodies (called the verification), and The Super Doody from last years Superbowl... Said to be shaped like 'a certain part of a male's anatomy' ...And is being called the Lombardi Trophy..

Thanks for bringing the trophy home, Rexy..

The Doodies will come mounted onto the outside rear of the originally soiled game pants.... For the purpose of Bearing the original skidmarks left in the crotch...and preserving the true size of the original mess made..

Even Rex Grossman's fan is expected to bid. That fan...was interviewed...and said, “Hey, I spent a lot of money on this #8 Jersey...if I can win one of the mounted feces..I can at least make a lamp or something.”

I don't suggest tucking the Jersey into your new lamp...Mrs Grossman

Asked when Super Skidmark Sunday would end, one of the Feces owners quipped... “When Rex Grossman is out of the NFL”...

The Super Skidmark Sunday Auction begins and ends from kickoff to final gun during today's game...

Meanwhile; back to the topic at hand.

Here we are, on the brink of what could possibly be a Super Bowl victory of historic proportions for the Patriots, OR the Giants.

And what is Jay / Henny Penny / Chicken Little / "The Sky Is Falling" / Doom And Gloom / It's The End Of The World As We Know It / Mariotti doing?

He's doing his absolute best to find the dark cloud that he believes is lurking behind the silver lining.

What a miserable, joyless a$$hole he is. First he devotes a column to the trials and tribulations of a second stringer's drug addicted father. But the "feel good" stories don't stop there. In today's rant he all but nullifies the significance of a possible Patriot victory before the game is even played.

This jerk could find something negative to write about Mother Teresa. And he'd probably give her a stupid sounding nick name while he was at it.

If and when the Sun Times goes under, you can send your thank you notes directly to Jay. And if the Trib is dumb enough to hire him, Chicago will become the largest major city in the country without a newspaper, because he'll put them out of business too.

The pats are 18 -0 but how have they looked lately? I do not look at this as an automatic win for the Pats. The game they played against the banged up Chargers should give anyone an indication that this game will be close. There were some close games down the stretch against Philly, Ravens and Giants.

People are looking at the whole season and not at the current trend. Brady had 3 picks 2 weeks ago. They also played in the weakest division in football.

At the same time Eli could look horrible and that would be it.

Irrelevant blogs are coming all over the place, are you still editing anything, Roman?

Keith sez: "And the weather is the reason I feel this game will be blown open. The good weather is sure to be the cure for what ails Randy Moss. Look for him to break out of his slump and make sure the Giants don't cover the spread."

I don't think that Moss is in a slump at all.

He does as much for the Pat's passing game by being double covered as he does by catching the ball, because when the opposing defense is so focused on denying him, it opens up the rest of the field for Brady. This is a concept that guys like Terrell Owens will never be able to grasp.

It's kinda like Hester being able to improve the Bear's field position by simply being out on the field. When they kick it away from him and out of bounds, we usually end up 10 or 15 yards closer due to their attempt to avoid letting him get a shot at a return.

Walter sez: "Buddy Ryan comes out of the stands to punch Kevin Gilbride for bad play calling and sucker punches him, again!"

Afterwards, he claims to have been channeling Woody Hayes at the time, and denies any responsibility for the altercation.

This WILL be a good game!

The Patriots only two weaknesses vs. the Giants strenghths.

The Giants have the horses and the coordinator to put pressure on Brady and the power running game to tire the linebackers and keep possession from Brady.

Giants win turnover battle to keep game close but Pats braintrust (SPYGATE LTD.) prevails: 27-23.

"Cheating...Historic proportions...Irrelevant!!"

HaHa..looks like I rode Villano and Manter's tunnel vision all the way to tomorrow's headline winner!!!!

Ive never been serenaded before....thanks Mark...a bit creepy and obsessive, but thanks anyways.

Are you just mad, cause NO ONE EVER starts their posts.....

"Hey Mark..."

HAHAHAHAHA

ha ha ha it's 7-3 start of the 4th and Pats don't look like the 19-0 team......

Makes me wonder if Giants switching paractice fiels this week had anything to do with it.

Pats are a normal team without their "spygate" plan. They are good, but not that good.