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Speaking of the bottom of things, I'm all for further investigations if they turn up more footage of the San Diego cheerleaders!

Ladies and gentlemen, we have an early front-runner for "comment contest winner." Well said, GT.

"Speaking of the bottom of things, I'm all for further investigations if they turn up more footage of the San Diego cheerleaders!"

I, for one, am no longer interested in anymore footage of the S.D. Cheerleaders. Most of their footage stinks.
Now...if the continued investigation raises the specter of some additional leggage, buttage and most importantly cleavage, well then I say GO FOR IT, you hardworking Congressmen.

America yearns for your leadership.

I have been accused of being a San Diego Cheerleader. You don't want to see any footage of me.

The Pat's cheating needs an outside look. Goodell's carpet is pretty lumpy.

Koot's

"You don't want to see any footage of me."

Correct....although I have always appreciated watching someone fall off a tree stump at 330AM in what was then (80's) a precursor of a misguided Tyree attempt at pulling the chord with one hand on his Lowenbrau and the other one flailing above his dazed dome.

Apparently, Belicek's Seals never spent any time on Spenard.

It all comes down to EXECUTION Charlie.
Even the best card counters of 6 deck shoes in Vegas are STILL at the mercy of the flop of the next drawn card.

This story is Shakesperean....Much Ado About Nothing.

Charlie Koot's,

Allow me to put this whole saga in some personal perspective.
I have played baseball for the better part of my life. I have always been considered a very good hitter. (I say that with humility).

Baseball "allows" runners on 2nd base to "steal signs" from the catcher and transmit them to the batter (me).
I always told my teammates to never do that when I was hitting.
I didn't want to know. Cuz it affected MY focus on the pitcher. I told teammates...don't tell me...cuz I play my own mind games.
And I was usually more effective that way.

Knowing what was coming can be detrimental to your own game.
You tend to withdraw a little and REACT instead of relying on INSTINCTS.
And when you are reacting as an athlete you are always gonna be a step behind.

In a nutshell? I think Bellycheck was nuts for "cheating".
He got lucky with the success that his team accomplished in spite of it.
Perhaps he just had some really good football players.
And let's give credit where credit is due.

I am waiting for SOMEONE to interview the PAT PLAYERS and ask them whether they think the "videos" made a hill of beans of difference to them.

My guess is NOT.
Rarely does anyone in this day and age give the players the benefit of their own abilities.

And there is the "problem" with this story.

Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

"Find Ken Starr!"

BTW...the last sighting of Ken Starr was in a Cigar Bar in Taos NM 15 miles from Dick Cheney's mini-ranch 10 days ago where public smoking is prohibited because of forest fire dangers.

James Watt, Tree-huggers USA, Save the Owl and equally endowed Peta members were in attendance and were proud.

Nobodies reputation or clothes were stained.

"Nobodies reputation or clothes were stained."

Despite a 7 minute before closing time appearance by Patrick Kennedy, of PBI fame, and bad uncle's poor press conference about a no bumpers bridge.

END MINDLESS JOURNALISM!!!!!!

I-505,

Dude, you're on a roll here. And I'm beginning to think you might have been one of my efficiency-mates in that 8-room place I lived in at 4357 Spenard Rd. And I give credit to your grey matter for having retained the asundry details that so colorfully litter that trail.

Meanwhile, back to the game. I appreciate your comparison of the Pats videotapping and stealing signs in baseball. But it is a little bit apples v. oranges. I don't have any problem with the idea that someone might be watching the coach on the other side signal the play to run. And if they pick one up, I say take advantage of it. But the level of sophistication that the Pats (and probably other teams) took this to cannot be tolerated, and that's why Goodell imposed the sanctions he did earlier this year. My point is that the NFL is largely self-policing, and I'm not convinced that all that the public should know is being revealed. Nor do I think that the Pats got what they deserved.

As the camera guy said, the Pats took to running a no huddle scheme in order to force the opponent to not only leave the same players on the field, but also to make the coach signal the D play soon enough to decipher and transmit to the QB headset the right play to run. BadBadBad.

Alas, as you so rightly point out, knowing you're going to be seeing a big bender starting out heading in the direction of your dome doesn't really make it any easier to keep your feet planted and take a big swing somewhere in the vicinity of where the ball will end up crossing the plate.

And one last thing: when that Samoan from North San Diego County cut through the hole created by the pulling guard last January in Freezing Cold Foxboro and tackled my boy Turner to leave no choice but to kick another field goal, he didn't rely on any video tape advantage. Trust me.

And by the way, I happen to think that LT has an unfair advantage with his tinted visor. Unless he's sitting on the heated bench wrapped in blankets.

Ban tinted visors! The eyes tell no lies!

"Dude, you're on a roll here. And I'm beginning to think you might have been one of my efficiency-mates in that 8-room place I lived in at 4357 Spenard Rd."

Nope....never lived ON Spenard, although most of my nocturnal time was spent there. And who didn't enjoy window shopping the more "gentlemanly" establishments on Spenard across from the old Barrett Inn.
(Some of THE BEST street sign advertising ever written -anywhere)

"And I give credit to your grey matter for having retained the asundry details that so colorfully litter that trail."

Some memories are simply etched in the marble, unable to be erased by any chemicals