Patriots or Colts: which team is less loathsome?
Universal Hub points us over to Deadspin, where the masses are discussing how they will watch a game in which neither team — the Pats or the Colts — is liked outside of its hometown.
People outside Indianapolis dislike the Colts because of Peyton Manning’s ubiquity (4 separate commercials for different brands during the Pats/Chargers game!). People outside New England dislike the Pats because they just keep winning. After a while, no one roots for Goliath.
If the Pats and Saints win this weekend (as I think they will), no one outside 495 will be rooting for New England. And that’s ok. I can’t wait to see how Belichick will turn this into a motivator for the team. “Wait a second? Are we being disrespected? We’ll show them. We’ll shock the world!”
