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Everyone hates them for being proud of their achievement. What’s more, they don’t get the schtick. They saw Mercury Morris on ESPN talking about being on his block, or whatever. By now everyone saw the Perfectville commercial that was released:

Perfectville

But they also made a version of the commercial that WOULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED if the Patriots had won.

Perfectville (UNRELEASED)

Now can we please stop falling into the media created traps that they have a champagne party everytime the last undefeated team loses. To date, it’s happened twice - once Sunday night and once back in the 90’s or 80’s. And if you still believe these guys are really bitter old men - you are being played.

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Some would call this Karma for a team caught cheating on one occasion, and accused on several more. I call it a deserved ass kicking. The Patriots got found out, and were outlasted by a team that made fewer mistakes and was just as talented on defense as they were on offense. And in typical Patriot fashion, the classlessness was evident:

If he’s going to lose, Bill Belichick would rather be elsewhere

By MJD

Sunday, Feb 3, 2008 11:12 pm EST

On more than one occasion this year, Bill Belichick and the Patriots have run up the score on an overmatched opponent, and forced an opposing coach to sit there and watch his beaten team go through the motions while their heineys were being handed to them.

But when the shoe’s on the other foot, and Bill Belichick’s team has been beaten, he can’t sit there and take the pain for a few seconds.

With :02 left on the clock, and his team just having failed on a last chance 4th down effort, Bill Belichick ran onto the field for a quick handshake, and then bolted for the locker room. Belichick’s an important guy and everything, but I wasn’t aware that the league had given him the authority to decide when games end.

There’s time left on the clock, his team’s been humbled, outplayed, and lost their chance at history … and Bill Belichick doesn’t have the stomach to sit there and absorb the pain until the clock read 0:00.

That’s unsportsmanlike at best, disrespectful at least, and at worst, it makes him a big sissy.

There’ll be lots of time to hate on Bill Bellyache tomorrow. Today is for celebrating the 72 Dolphins - STILL the only undefeated championship team in the history of the NFL. Preach on, Merc! Oh yeah - and the Giants won too.

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I posted most of this over at WithLeather’s 72 Dolphins Hate-a-thon. Mercury Morris turned up the volume (and rightfully so, I believe) about the whole “Are you scared the Patriots wil beat your record” crap:

And of course the common refrain when bashing the 72 Dolphins is: they didn’t play anyone. They played all teams with losing records. Like this is college football. Everyone seems to forget that the 72 Fins:

* Had 2 1000 yard rushers with Csonka and Morris

* Lost their Hall Of Fame starting QB for more than half the season and into the playoffs.

* Played the AFC title game ON THE ROAD

* Were the hump year of 3 consecutive Super Bowl trips

* Won the Super Bowl again the next year

Everyone wants to talk about winning percentage whenever they talk about the 72 Dolphins but every other great team before Rozelle’s and free agency’s parity had a chance to go undefeated - going back to the days when they played both ways and no one did it. Why do you have to hate this team for taking pride in it?

Is it because Chris Berman and all these shitty reporters perpetuate the myth of champagne celebrations that probably happened one time back in 85? Or is it because they are an easy target to make the enemies of the anti-asterisk Patriot fans. Come on - like someone said - they don’t seek out the cameras everytime a team goes 7-0. The cameras seek them out.

I’m sick of the anti-72 Dolphins vibe out there and I applaud Mercury for saying a big FU to all those people looking to hate others’ accomplishments.

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