January

By Eric Wilbur

1 minute to read

We could very well be looking at a first-round playoff game next weekend in Foxborough between the Patriots and the Denver Broncos, a rematch, of course, of what remains New England’s only playoff loss in the past six seasons.

Unfortunately that would mean another week like the one we suffered through last January as New England was made to suffer the yahoo antagonism of the Broncos fan base.


Now, look. Understand this isn’t a general realization of the entire Denver fanatic movement. But the trash talk during the second week of January between the two fan bases was nothing short of pathetic. Ever wonder who could make your average Pats fan sound like Gottfried Willhelm von Leibniz ? We got the answer in preparation of the Pats-Broncos divisional tilt. We might have had a better chance at witnessing stimulating debate at any local day care clinic over who brought the chocolate Teddy Grahams and who gets stuck with the cinnamon.
A YouTube search for “Broncos fan” revealed the following.

Enough said.
In other news…

  • Bode Miller told 60 Minutes how difficult it is to ski drunk. Ski areas of America respond by shunning Miller’s remarks in the anticipation of erecting more slopeside bars.
    By the way, here’s New Hampshire’s favorite pushing potato chips overseas. With more paprika. Yum.
  • Jed Hoyer and Ben Cherington’s reign as Red Sox co-general managers abruptly ends. The Theo Epstein saga comes to a merciful end. The realization by all parties concerned that the team still didn’t have a bullpen effectively ends any chance the team had.
  • The Patriots lose their divisional playoff game against the Broncos, despite the Herculean efforts of Ben Watson, whose memorable dash diagonally down the field momentarily saved a touchdown.
  • Peyton Manning doesn’t point fingers, but lays blame on his protection.
  • Manny Ramirez told a reporter he wanted to stay in Boston.