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Date Posted: 16:15:47 11/05/07 Mon
Report: Colts Accused Of Cheating Against Patriots
(WBZ) BOSTON Here’s a strange twist: According to a Yahoo.com report the Colts are being investigated for cheating in their game against the New England Patriots.
Jason Cole of Yahoo reports that Patriots are accusing the Colts of piping in crowd noise during Sunday’s game In Indianapolis. A game the Patriots won 24 to 20.
Cole’s article quotes NFL spokesman Greg Aiello as saying: "We’re aware of it and we’re looking into it. It may just be the TV feed from CBS, but we’re checking it out."
Cole points out that some people watching the much hyped game said there seemed to be a "skip" in sound, and that this might confirm that the Colts play loud crowd noise in an effort to distract opponents while the opposing team is on offense.
The Yahoo article says that Patriots President, Jonathan Kraft complained about it after the game to the league’s Vice President of Security, Milt Ahlerich. Ironically Alerich is the very same person who confiscated the videotape the Patriots made during a game earlier this season against the New York Jets. The team was accused of stealing signals made by the Jets coaches.
The NFL eventually fined the Patriots and docked them a first round draft pick for the offense. It also drew criticism from many people across sports, including the NFL.
Colts Coach, Tony Dungy called the Patriots spying scandal was a "sad day for the league" and likened the Patriots to Barry Bonds. Something Patriots Coach, Bill Belichick must have had in mind during the coaches far from cordial handshake after Sunday’s game.
This is the latest in a long line of animosity between the two bitter rivals. In the past Colts G.M., Bill Polian has complained that the Patriots have repeated bent the rules. Polian has also reportedly been explosive in the press box at Gillette Stadium, including a disturbing outburst during a Colts 40 to 21 win in 2006. Fox Sports quoted Polian as yelling "Break his leg!" as former Patriots Quarterback, Doug Flutie scrambled around during the last play of the game.
The Colts have long been suspected of piping in fake crowd noise as a home field advantage, but now the NFL is investigating. Cole quotes Aiello as saying "We’re aware of the accusations, but there has never been anything to substantiate it."
After the game, Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady was not directly asked whether the Colts cheated but did comment on the noise at the RCA Dome. Brady said: "The crowd noise is... I don’t know if there’s a levels of being deaf, but we couldn’t hear anything, and you really couldn’t hear anything at certain times, so we pretty much went exclusively with the wrist band, which is a challenge too."
According to the Yahoo.com article, a Patriots spokesman said Monday that the team plans no formal protest to the league.
Click on this link and scroll to the 2:25 time code in this to hear what appears to sound like some sort of skip in the audio.
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