Super Bowl: who will you be rooting for?

[Brikks]

I hadn't made this thread yet because I didn't want to be hypocritical (no way I would have rooted against the skins if they had made it to the superbowl against the pats), and then I kinda just got lazy and didn't post sooner .

I started rooting for the Pats right after the Baltimore game. In addition to getting ever closer to the perfect mark, they were on pace to break numerous single season records. I found myself rooting for the Ravens during that game, but I sure am glad the Pats pulled it off at the end.

Why?

Because every time a team goes beyond 9-0 the Dolphins are brought up. For I don't know how many weeks they had a different member of that Dolphins team on TV asking them about the Patriots. They achieved their record in the 70's, yet every time a team starts sniffing the possibility of getting close to such a feat they're brought up (rightfully so).

So who am I to root against a team that's going for perfection? In a MUCH more dominant fashion that the Dolphins ever did. I forget the details, but was the Pats-Giants game not THE (or at least one of the) highest rated regular season games in history?

The NFL doesn't really need the help, but a team like the Patriots is GOOD for the sport. If you're a fan of footall you WILL root for the Pats. It doesn't matter if you don't like the players or the coach, because you're on this site reading this thread, so I assume you LOVE football.

Regardless of how you feel about the Patriots, you are about to witness history. Something that has NEVER been done before. We're not talking about a 14-2 or 15-1 team winning out.

You're in the position to be part of a historic moment for the NFL. A moment that will be talked about for decades to come. To root against history being made is an outright crime.


PS: This whole concept of rooting for perfection (and annoyance at people who eternally root for the underdog) first occured to me during the Mayweather - Hatton fight.

[hesscl34]

Cannot root for cheaters. Them making history is a farce. How do we know how long they were cheating before they were caught? It could have been years. I just don't think they deserve it, period. In my eyes, if they win they will always be known as the greatest team ever, that got caught cheating.... that will never be "perfect" in my book.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Brikks

You're in the position to be part of a historic moment for the NFL. A moment that will be talked about for decades to come. To root against history being made is an outright crime.

I don't want to see a record go to people like Belichick and Brady. The record deserves better representatives.


I suppose you'd be rooting for Dallas too if they were in the position NE is.


Nope. Won't do it. Can't do it. Sorry.

[Brikks]

Thanks for moving my thread (in hindsight, i should have put it in here to begin with).

Originally Posted by hesscl34

Cannot root for cheaters. Them making history is a farce. How do we know how long they were cheating before they were caught? It could have been years. I just don't think they deserve it, period. In my eyes, if they win they will always be known as the greatest team ever, that got caught cheating.... that will never be "perfect" in my book.

That's actually a good point and I hadn't quite thought about it. Unfortunately we don't have enough details about the extent of their cheating. The NFL chose not to reveal a lot. We DON'T know how long they were cheating, so we can't judge.

And is cheating cheating? If a player on your team is suspended for a certain amount of games for substance abuse/steroids, how should the games he participated in prior to the suspension be viewed as? What about previous seasons?

What about artificial stadium noise? Do the Seahawks deserve their home victories? Do the Redskins home wins for that matter still count? (it's been alleged that we too pump noise through the speakers...by our own fans).

How do we know what teams get away with what? Everyone tries to cheat in some way (from getting away with a hold to possibly having taped your opponents sidelines for the past decade.)

Again, it's a good points, but since we lack so much information (by it not being revealed by the NFL) and there is so much "potential" cheating, we must simply accept the punishments and penalties given by the league and consider teams/players having paid their "dues".

Originally Posted by Buster

I don't want to see a record go to people like Belichick and Brady. The record deserves better representatives.


I suppose you'd be rooting for Dallas too if they were in the position NE is.


Nope. Won't do it. Can't do it. Sorry.

exactly what type of people are Belichick and Brady? successful? cocky? bad tempered? wouldn't you say Laron Landry has all those qualities on the field? would you want him any other way?

And as for rooting for dallas? I don't know how I would feel if it happened. Technically I should root for them, but I just don't know. Luckily only one team has done it before and only one other team is now in the position to achieve (and trump) that achievement. So chances are I'll never be presented that dilemma.

[hesscl34]

Originally Posted by Buster

I don't want to see a record go to people like Belichick and Brady. The record deserves better representatives.

I second that!!!