Sheeple Magazine December Archive

Unsportsmanlike Conduct

By Jamin Greensbury at 12/11/07 15:24

I don't really know if this blog belongs on Sheeple Magazine, but I feel that its an important matter to discuss. Let's start off with the situation of the New England Patriots. They are on pace to have an undefeated record this year and have a great chance of attaining it. But that's not the part that bothers me. I will admit they have an amazing team this year, but what bothers me is what happens when they win. They run up the score like crazy. They have many lopsided victories with roughly 45 point differences. Let me remind you that this is el futbol americano (for you Spanish illiterates, that is football). Do they not realize that their opposing teams aren't going to beat them? Why continue to score when the other team has no chance? When victories like that occur, many teams put in their second string players. But not the Patriots.

I'm not shunning the players because they are phenomenal athletes. Its more like I'm singleing out their coach, Bill Belichick. He's already been caught cheating and now it seems he is trying to prove he can win without his cheating ways. Given the best offense in football, he continually calls pass plays to excel his team down the field to score. That's how he runs up the score. Instead of calling run plays to run down the clock, he does this instead. I knew he was doing this, but it never occured to me until the Patriots played my favorite team, the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Patriots had the lead during the game and after the score became 24-13, I noticed the offense was still running on all eight cylinders. This puzzled me after their final touchdown which made the score 31-13 (The Patriots still managed to kick another field goal). Why does Belichick feel the need for complete and utter dominance? His image has just sunk into the shadows if you ask me. Its probably that way for a lot of people too.