TUESDAY, 06 NOVEMBER AD 2007

1741L MST

 Okay you clods. You fans of the New England Patriots. Let me get this off my chest right now. Y'all are the number one team in the NFL... Right now. Tom Brady is a great quarterback. Heck, he's even promoting a perfume. Randy Moss is a great receiver. I can't say anything bad about him. Bill Bellichump is a... Well, I won't go into that. I was quite angry that my team gave up the ghost in the fourth quarter against the almight Patriots. That was Sunday. Enjoy your win. Enjoy the media (most of them, especially the Mickey Mouse ESPN, located right up there in New England) adulation and glorification. Because, as a wise man once said, "This, too, shall pass." What that game on Sunday showed me was even though the Colts had fumbled badly, the Patriots weren't perfect, either. Tom Terrific throwing two interceptions? The defensive line permitting Joe Addai to take that pass to the end zone? Hmmm. Didn't look like the unbeatable team you claim they are.

By the way, thanks very much for the fire in the belly. As your team rests it up wherever they go to enjoy their week off, my Colts will be going to San Diego to play the Chargers. We'll see how much they spiral down. And I look forward to the Colts coming back to Foxboro and repeating what they did the last time they met. You do remember that, don't you? AFC championship???

SEMPER EXCUBITUM

MICHAEL B. SMITH