For Football Fans - Just For Fun

1969 New York Mets & New York Jets.

1979 Pittsburgh Pirates & Pittsburgh Steelers.

2004 Boston Red Sox & New England Patriots.

 

Actually, I think technically, they would have to win out, i.e. win the Superbowl. So that would be 9 more games, the 6 regular season, the 2 playoffs and the Superbowl. Otherwise the 16 -0 while impressive will leave those '72 dolphins with something to snicker about.

 

The question was;

"How many more chances do the Patriots have to screw up a (so far) perfect regular season?"

So, I just gave the regular season numbers.

The 1972 Dolphins won't be snickering or sipping champagne this year.

 

Why would the 1972 Dolphins snicker? And what about the 1985 Bears?

 

The Bears had just one loss that year, December 13, 1985 to the Miami Dolphins (38-24) before destroying my Pats in Superbowl XX.

 

The casinos are in Connecticut, which of course, as a suburb of Boston is generally Patriots/Red Sox territory (except down in that evil southwestern corner where some are rumored to even root for (shudder) THE METS!)

 

The '72 Dolphins did accomplish something impressive, an undefeated season. But if you look at the stats I'm sure you'll realize that when the Patriots go 16 - 0 it will be more impressive. Why? Back in '72 the Dolphins only faced two teams with winning records. All the other teams they beat were losing teams (at the time the games were played). The Patriots will have gone undefeated against a stronger set of opponents

 

Here's one answer to that question,

http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Sports/OtherSports/2007/11/24/4681293-sun.html

 

Hey Bruce! Let me know if I left something out:

Welcome to Bawstin???? ( Boston )

For those of you who have never been to "Bawstin", this is a good guideline. I hope you will consider coming to "Beantown" in the near future. For those who call New England home, this is just plain great!?
Information on Boston and the surrounding area:

There's no school on School Street , no court on Court Street, no dock on Dock Square , no water on Water Street . Back Bay streets are in alphabetical "oddah": ! Arlington , Berkeley , Clarendon, Dartmouth , etc. So are South Boston streets: A, B, C, D, etc. If the streets are named after trees ( e.g. Walnut, Chestnut, Cedar), you're on Beacon Hill . If they're named after poets, you're in Wellesley .
Massachusetts Ave is Mass Ave ; Commonwealth Ave is Comm Ave ; South Boston is Southie. The South End is the South End.?
East Boston is Eastie. The North End is east of the former West End . The West End and Scollay Square are no more; a guy named Rappaport got rid of them one night. Roxbury is The Burry, Jamaica Plain is J.P.

How to say these Massachusetts city names correctly:?
**Say it wrong, be shunned**
Worcester : Wuhsta (or Wistah)
Gloucester : Glawsta
Leicester Lesta
Woburn : Wooban
Dedham : Dead-um
Revere : Re-vee-ah
Quincy : Quinzee
Tewksbury : Tooks berry
Leominster : Lemin-sta?
Peabody : Pee-ba-dee
Waltham : Walth-ham
Chatham : Chaddum
Samoset: Sam-oh-set or Sum-aw-set but nevah Summerset!
Defi n itions:
Frappes have ice cream, milkshakes don't.
If it is fizzy and flavored, it's tonic.?
Soda is CLUB SODA.
"Pop" is Dad.
When we want Tonic WATER, we will ask for Tonic WATER.
The smallest beer is a pint.
Scrod is whatever they tell you it is, usually fish. If you paid more than $6/pound, you got scrod.?
It's not a water fountain; it's a bubblah.
It's not a trashcan; it's a barrel.
It's not a spucky, a hero or grinder,... it's a sub.
It's not a shopping cart; it's a carriage.
It's not a purse; it's a pockabook.
They're not franks; they're haht dahgs; Franks are money in Switzahland.

Police don't drive patrol units or black and whites they drive a "crooza". If you take the bus, your on the "looza crooza". It's not a rubber band, it's an elastic. It's not a traffic circle, it's a rotary. "Going to the islands" means Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket.?

The Sox = The Red Sox
The C's = The Celtics
The B's = The Bruins
Things not to do:

Don't pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd .. they'll tow it to Meffa ( Medford ) or Summahville (Somerville).?
Don't sleep on the Common. ( Boston Common)
Don't wear Orange in Southie on St. Patrick's Day.
?
Things you should know:

There are two State Houses, two City Halls, two courthouses, two Hancock buildings (one old, one new for each).?

The colored lights on top the old Hancock tell the weatha':
"Solid blue, clear view...."
"Flashing blue, clouds due...."
"Solid red, rain ahead...."
"Flashing red, snow instead...." - (except in summer; flashing red means the Red Sox game was rained out)?

Route 12 8 is also I-95 south. It's also I-93 north.
Most people live here all their life and still don't know what the hell is going on with this one.

The underground train is not a subway. It's the "T", and it doesn't run all night (fah chrysakes, this ain't Noo Yawk).?
Order the "cold tea" in China Town after 2:00 am you'll get a kettle full of beer.

Bostonians.... think that it's their God-given right to cut off someone in traffic.
Bostonians...think that there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (no R's -?except in "idea"?).
Bostonians...think that three straight days of 90+ temperatures is a heat wave.
Bostonians...refer to six inches of snow as a "dusting."?
Bostonians...always "bang a left" as soon as the light turns green, and oncoming traffic always expects it.
Bostonians...believe that using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.
Bostonians...think that 63-degree ocean water is warm.?
Bostonians...think Rhode Island accents are annoying.

 

I saw the question mark, so allow me to explain; the majority of South Boston residents are Irish-Catholic (though that is changing), and wearing orange is interpreted as showing allegiance to the Orange Order, a Protestant fraternal group active in Northern Ireland;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Institution

Other things about Boston; large liquor stores are "likka staws" while smaller stores which sell alcohol are "packies" (package stores).

A living room is a "parlor", and the front steps of your house is your "stoop".

If you carry something tucked into the front of your pants, it's in your "budge"; "The cops got Neezo with a gun in his budge".

City of Haverhill is pronounced "Haverell".

 

What a splendid post. A delight to read. Is there any other US city about which such a post could be made?

--John Bear, who used to try to visit my
daughter in Chelmsford, but ended up
spending most of my time lost on the Lowell Connector

 

By the way, Chelmsford = Chemsfid

 

Didn't the Bears have an undefeated season in the 1980s sometime? Some guy in a bar was insisting to me rather vehemently that the Bears were the only undefeated professional football team since the beginning of the Super Bowl. I gave him the bad news that that couldn't be true because the Dolphins had an undefeated Super Bowl team in the 1970s.

 

The Bears went 15-1 in the 1985 regular season, ironically losing to the Miami Dolphins in Week 13.

 

So, my acquaintance from the saloons was incorrect in insisting that the Bears had an undefeated season?

 

Ted - You are skilled at internet searches. Why do you ask a question when you already know the answer?

 

The Bears had an undefeated season back in 1934, but that was well before the Super Bowl era.

 

So the Pats win again but by a much smaller margin. Andy Reid outcoached Bill Belichick. Asante Samuel won the game for the Pats with his two interceptions. Next week the Pats face the Ravens. Did Andy Reid create a blueprint for beating the Patriots? Maybe. But you've got to have the players who can do the job if your plan is going to work.

The Pats are vulnerable. Can anyone take advantage?

 

As I am typing this, Bill Belichick is creating a blueprint that will defeat Andy Reid's blueprint.

 

A short trivia diversion

Last night's triumphant last-minute 3-0 win by the Steelers prompts me to wonder if anyone (else) knows (without looking it up) what the lowest possible score is, in an NFL game.

John (Think of all the important stuff I might know if my head wasn't filled with stuff like this) Bear