THE RUSSIAN’S ARE NOT TO BE PLAYED WITH OR TRUSTED!!!!

Surreal, thy name is Patriots.

The founder of the team plunges in blind and broke and spends 28 years trying to climb out of debt as a result.
Bed sheets for game films.
Game delayed two days because of a hurricane that never arrives.
Mike Holovak told he’s been hired as coach by Ron Hobson after a practice session.
Clive Rush getting a massive jolt of electricity at a press conference.
Rush having a nervous breakdown before and after a game against the Oilers.
Toilets backing up in the new stadium in Foxboro.
The BS Patriots of 1971.
The coach is fired before the regular season finale, then inexplicably rehired to face the Oilers in the playoffs.
The Snowplow Game – and Shula’s still POed.
The coach fires his defensive coordinator even though he lacks the authority to do so.
Fans steal the goalpost after a playoff-clinching win and it shocks some of them after it touches electrical wires.
A concert tour bankrupts the owner’s son and forces the team to be sold.
The team is purchased by a shaving magnate – and two decades later it is the quasi-official football enterprise of ANOTHER shaving company (Remington Stadium just doesn’t cut it).
SI’s Leigh Montville interviews the stadium owner about buying the team, and the stadium owner says he won’t because it’s not worth it – this is 1992 and Montville thanks Bob Kraft for his time.
The quarterback throws 70 passes in a 1994 overtime win, and the organization hasn’t stopped winning since.
The stadium lights go out during the 1996 AFC Championship Game.
The new coach of a division rival resigns at his inaugural press conference and takes the Patriots job.
The starting quarterback nearly loses his life in a sideline hit, and his backup has to take over.
An obscure possession rule becomes the focal point of one of the bitterest rules debates in sports history.
The quarterback of the Superbowl opponant erases a 14-point gap in the fourth quarter – and doesn’t win another game until 2004.
The big name safety is cut days after the preseason, is signed by a division rival, the Patriots get croaked in the ensuing game – and it’s the best thing that could have happened.
A key game against Tennessee plays second fiddle to the fanbase for a Red Sox playoff game taking place at the same time.
The defense is one of the best in league history – and never once makes a game-winning Superbowl play.
The turf is replaced halfway through the season – and the offense is changed competely for years after.
The league launches a jihad against the team over a rule the commisioner has not read – the team wins 18 straight as a result.
An obscure defensive player for Kansas City wipes out the starter’s season, and his backup becomes a $14 million man afterward.
The Superbowl champion quarterback has babies in consecutive seasons where his team plays Tennessee and Carolina.
A fan wearing a five-year-old Halloween mask of a wide receiver becomes a stadium jumbotron sensation.
A high draft choice running back falters and then gets benched for injury – and a running back whose name is like that of a law firm becomes a much-loved symbol of hard work and hard charging.
An ex-KGB honcho steals a Superbowl ring.

Am I the only one who thinks that that is Rupert Murdoch standing in between them? Perhaps even more odd…

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