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Film/camera gate now to noise gate...when will it all end...let the play do the talking....

CBS has taken the blame for this . . .

"CBS has informed us that the unusual audio moment heard by fans during the Patriots-Colts game was the result of tape feedback in the CBS production truck and was isolated to the CBS broadcast," the league said. "It was in no way related to any sound within the stadium and could not be heard in the stadium."

. . . not that I expect the rabid Pats fans to believe it.

The owner asks the VP of the NFL to look in to it, but the Pats team spokes person says they never asked...I would say if the owner asks, then that is about official as a request can get...It had nothing to do with the outcome of the game. I think the Pats are just a little sensitive to issues regarding illegal conduct during games...Move on-everybody.

Coach to QB radio was out all game too.

As far as the rabid Pats fans go, I am not at all surprised to see some of us jump on this. What would one expect after your team is characterized as "pure evil," and the Colts cast as "pure good?" Are the Pats evil, and are the Colts pious and good? Each has their nasty side: see Bill Polian, or even Dungy's support and fundraising for the Indiana Family Institute over the summer (a noted anti-g ay hate group).

The point is that the evil/good dichotomy was pure bull, latched onto by a media desperate to promote the latest Game of the Century, and by a group of fans entirely too willing to believe their team to be righteous soldiers of good. I teach my students that one of the most important aspects to successful academic writing is to move outside of binary thought patterns, and into a more dimensional mode of perception. Unfortunately, for some, binary arrangments--such as good v. evil--are just much easier to handle: they are less challenging, often more comfortable, and certainly less sophisticated.

Pats have the gall to make an accusation concerning fair play?

Funny - why would NE want an investigation, they won. You misread Jazinho - NE didnt ask for the investigation.
Why would they pump noise into a sold out house?The Panthers should consider doing this because they cant win at home and half the stadium is empty in the 3rd qtr................GREAT IDEA

It was pretty impressive how loud the fans were - and how quiet they could get when Peyton was doing his thing. The commentators even mentioned it, calling the fans "well trained". That can't be an easy barn to go into and play, so good on the Pats for leaving with a win. This claim sounds like garbage to me, and its good that its been dropped (if it happened at all). The REAL controversy from that game should be the phantom pass interference calls, but I guess they can be swept under the rug since the victim won anyway

who's crying now..

come on people, what's wrong with you? tony "God" dungy would never ever cheat.

Well misery loves company. The Pats did not want to be known as the only cheaters in the NFL, so they went after the Colts.

Nice point Urnze, as usual. I don't care about who asked the NFL to look into it and at what level of formality it was at.
The officiating was terrible. I'll state the pass interference on Samuel (for 37 yards) was the right call, but the one on Hobbs was utter krap. That one was for 40 yards on a third down stop, and set up a field goal.
Ferrell as to our whining. When by affiliation, a group is described as "evil", and their main rival is described as "good", we are forced to defend ourselves. I pointed out yesterday, that Dennis Green admitted to using the speakers to amplify the volume in the Metrodome, and Dungy along with two Colts coaches, the offensive coordinator, and the Defensive line coach worked for Green at that time, so the possibility exists that they would be up to their old tricks. This is a reflexive response to the nonstop accusations of "cheating" and tainted records, by the media and fans of other teams. When Dungy was quoted about the filming of defensive signals, he cast himself in the role of good guy. And now the comments are about the length and sincerity of the post-game handshake. What do they want, a long hug and a pat on the behind? I've watched a lot of football over the last 40 odd years, and I've never heard crowd noise skip like a scratched CD on a broadcast.

See you in January, Colts. In cold and snowy Foxboro. Hope your sideline heaters malfunction.

yo, did any one actually went to the game and notice that "blip" ? So far all I heard about is from the broadcast.

Maybe Jonathan Kraft wouldnt have mentioned it to the VP of NFL Security if the Colts hadnt been accused of it multiple times before?

Sweet Jesus, football used to be about bearded, beer swilling gargantuans smashing into each other like runaway Mack trucks. Now it's all about feelings and class and whining, whining, whining. What the hell happened? Gawd, it's almost enough to make me go back to hockey (almost). Please, fellow fans, stop being tools of the media and ruining this lovely, brutal game. Football is a contact sport, not Melrose Place. Put the skirts back in the closet and grow that leg hair back out!

Did "Thanks Dad" Kraft rat out the Colts, or didn't he?

I thought Patriot Nation was upset with Mangenius singing like a canary to the NFL!

Could there be a stoolie in Foxboro?