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Originally posted by plawrence:
It certainly helped, but it's hardly the only reason. Didn't they beat the Colts earlier in the season?
By four points, and since then they've improved a hellva fuckin' lot [even though they still didn't lose by much]. And they lost by ten points, and in the storm... Without the advantage, imagine how smaller that ten points would be. Really, the Colts would have won.

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Originally posted by plawrence:
It is an imense advantage, but hardly an unfair one. They earned it with a better record
I said it was borderline unfair. It was called right, etc., but the snow just gave the Pats almost too much of an advantage.

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Originally posted by Beth E:
Football is played in all kinds of weather. That should never be an excuse.
I was talking to a friend about this yesterday. Sure, weather should never be an excuse -- and I'm not saying the Pats are horrible. They played great, but alot of the reason WAS because they played in a snow storm, that's all I'm saying. Do you think the Colts would have played that bad if it wasn't a snow storm -- if it was a neutral stadium? Fuck no -- not in a million years. It's hard for a warm-weather team to adapt to that, and it has nothing to do with how good they are. That Pats wouldn't be as good as they are in snow if they didn't practice in it all the time, no matter how good they are. What are the Colts supposed to do, practice in a freezer? Sure, the Pats played well, but a big advantage was the snow, hands down.


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