In a humorously ironic twist, fans of the New England Patriots are demanding that the NFL investigate the final 1:40 of Super Bowl XLII because -- get this -- they feel cheated.And no, this is not a joke.
According to the disgruntled Patriots fan who created the original petition on petitiononline.com, the game clock should not have stopped following Brandon Jacobs' fourth-and-one plunge and thus, the game should have ended on the sack of Eli Manning with 50 seconds remaining.
This fan, and the other 7,815 (and counting) who have apparently signed this ridiculous petition, were obviously too busy crying in their beer to realize that it was an administrative time-out. The referees were determining whether or not to measure the spot -- something that requires a clocks-stoppage under NFL rules. Once the first down was determined without a measurement, the clock was wound and continued to run.
If anything, using the fan's logic, this petition proves that New England shouldn't have had 35 seconds left on their next possession. If anything, they should have had 29 seconds or less.
But hey, what can you expect from fans who say they love their team at 18-0 and then claim they were bored to tears during the greatest Super Bowl of all time?
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 33)
1. these people that are crying about the clock being stop well they should be crying about why no penalty was called when brady got hit in the head. when on different play after ball was knock out of bradys hand said player after brady put his are down by his leg the player grab bardys wrist and try to yank his arm out of its socket,oh i forgot the pats are the cheaters and the dirty players so those do not count. and the same goes for the pe3nalty that was called on the pts for a false start when the replay clearly shows that the penalty should have been against the defencive end of the gaints.how about the two lets say judgement plays that both went in favor of giants when twice the possesion of the ball was in the hands of the pats then went to giants.Oh i guess i should not forget the two elegal contacts that were clearly visable to all, all except the refs. that is.one being when the bur guy ran into mr.gay before pealing off to make catch. the other be the tumor gut making ljke a running back and straite arming the defencive back for five yards but of course the offical did not see it . thats football stuff happens but if your going to gry about some make it something real.
Posted at 12:18PM on Feb 9th 2008 by jerry richer
2. Is that the way you really spell your name or did you misspell that too..............
Posted at 12:37PM on Feb 9th 2008 by mdisptch11
3. Maybe Goodell can investigate this after he gets done with Spygate Version 2.0.
Posted at 12:41PM on Feb 9th 2008 by mdisptch11
4. WE WHERE CHEATED AND THE GIANTS CHEATED IN THAT GAME, TYREE HAD VALCRO ON HIS HELMET, THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT AND BLEEPING STRAHAN WANTED TO KILL BRADY. i THINK THE REFS GAVE THE GAME TO THE GIANTS, THE WIN WAS A FLUKE. I HOPE THE CHEATERS/THE GIANTS DON'T MAKE THE PLAYOFFS NEXT SEASON
Posted at 1:21PM on Feb 9th 2008 by PATS FAN
5. So the cheaters are crying. Hilarious. It's over, the Giants are the Superbowl champions and they won WITHOUT cheating, something the pats are unable to do. You should be crying about the biggest chokejob in history!
Posted at 1:34PM on Feb 9th 2008 by Jenga
6. Hey Jerry...go back to school and learn how to spell. My middle school students can spell better than you. Just stop your whining and grow up.
Posted at 1:44PM on Feb 9th 2008 by Dan
7. Matthew - Classy comment. Kudos to you, my friend.
Posted at 1:51PM on Feb 9th 2008 by Dan Benton
8. Cry me a river you Pats fans, you obnoxious, arrogant scuzzes. Oh, Good game by the Pats -O-...LMAO !!!!!!!!
Posted at 1:58PM on Feb 9th 2008 by aaorn W
9. If there was cheating, why don't they just check the video tape. I'm sure the Patriots have one.
Posted at 2:08PM on Feb 9th 2008 by Martin
10. hey #6 good comment it was a great game and you have class!
Posted at 2:24PM on Feb 9th 2008 by drum4u65
11. Pats fans have no class...I think they get it from their coach.
Posted at 2:28PM on Feb 9th 2008 by ladainian tomlinson
12. You silly goose! Didn't you read the comments by the signers? About 90% of them are satirical (to put it kindly). I personally signed it as "Whitey Bulger".
Posted at 2:33PM on Feb 9th 2008 by Sean Haugh
13. Only New Yorkers would have trouble with facts. Fact is the rules states the petition to be 100% correct. You didn't win this game and your whining is actually what is laughable.
Don't call anyone cheaters when your entire Champion Yankees team of the 90's was on steroids. Your hypocrites and exactly why the entire Country hates New Yorkers and I am not even a Patriots fan
Posted at 2:55PM on Feb 9th 2008 by wrong
14. To say 7815 people signed the petition is a true but misleading. Once the word of the petition got out (around signature 150) it just became a free for all of NFL fans mocking whiny Pats fans.
Posted at 3:09PM on Feb 9th 2008 by Biebs
15. As a Pats fan,I havent heard any crying or whining from anyone here in New England.The Giants defensive line outplayed the Pats offensive line. PERIOD Giants played a great game and won. Conrgats and enjoy your win. The only one's doing any complining and STILL talking about the game and why the Pats lost are nitwits like Dan Benton who is just trying to make a name for himself. Nothing better to write about Dan?? My three year old has forgotten more about sports that you will ever know.
Posted at 3:25PM on Feb 9th 2008 by dA
16. boston area sports fans are the pissiest sports fans there are. new england blew it tyree made the greatesr catch in super bowl history and hobbs blew coverage on burress last time i checked none of those things were against the rules. by the way show some class and shake the other coaches hand next time you get your ass handed to you sideline to sideline belechik. pathetic this is why the whole world outside of massachusetts hats the patriots
Posted at 4:00PM on Feb 9th 2008 by theseandundar24
17. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the LAUGH Dan! I checked it out and there are 9110 signature jokes! If the NFL does see this they will have the laugh of a lifetime!
The SB is over with, can't you patsie fans just take a loss with dignity? Come on already!
Stay classy NE!
Posted at 4:04PM on Feb 9th 2008 by incognito
18. dA - Sounds like your three-year old should put in an application to FanHouse!
Posted at 4:07PM on Feb 9th 2008 by Dan Benton
19. JUST WIN BABY!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
GIANTS!!!! 18-1
Posted at 5:04PM on Feb 9th 2008 by phil ardito
20. Stop crying already! I am still waiting for the Houston Oilers to get to the SB. At least the pats got there.
Posted at 6:02PM on Feb 9th 2008 by djkqport