Other than Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter's quest for the truth, most everybody else is done with Spygate. Even Mike Martz, the recipient of the Super Bowl XXXVI beatdown, courtesy of the then-upstart New England Patriots.
Today Martz released a statement through his current employer, the San Francisco 49ers, and offered this:
"I had the opportunity to talk to Commissioner [Roger] Goodell yesterday and I was very satisfied with the NFL's efforts to investigate the situation with Matt Walsh as it related to Super Bowl XXXVI. I'm very confident that there was no impropriety. I believed Bill Belichick when he said there wasn't and I took that at face value."Martz added, perhaps to emphasize his point to certain single-minded individuals, that the Rams lost to the Patriots because they "turned the ball over three times." So that's that -- or at least it should be if not for that meddling busybody, Specter.
And while Martz is ready to move on from Spygate, he had some very pointed remarks for Walsh:
"I was stunned at Matt Walsh's allegation that he was on the sideline in New England Patriots apparel during our walk-thru. I find that insulting, disturbing and a slap in the face to both our team security and NFL security, who both do outstanding jobs. I promise you that if he was on the sideline, he was not in New England Patriots apparel because he would have been identified."So Matt Walsh was undercover? Interesting theory. Maybe there was a second cameraman-sans-camera too. From reading Walsh's comments, you get the sense that he understood what he was doing was wrong, but I'm not sure how that is "insulting, disturbing and a slap in the fact to ... security." If anything, doesn't it point to how easy it is to evade security?
I'm guessing walk-thrus were limited to team personnel, which theoretically should make security's job easier. This presumes, of course, that Belichick didn't entrust Walsh with the magic hoodie.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-15-2008 @ 9:32PM
bgs3402 said...
Walsh and Spector are two pathetic examples of people who think there is no such thing as "Bad Press" so they want to use the publicity to write a book, get a movie or get re-elected.
We should take them as seriously as Hilary and they should just go away!!
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5-15-2008 @ 11:34PM
yamahawatercraft said...
2 PETHATIC PEOPLE WALSH & SPECTOR WHAT DOES MATT WALSH HAVE TO GAIN THROUGH THIS IS THE GOOD OLD FASHION $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ JUST LIEK THE REST OF GREEDY PEOPLE WANT
SPECTOR WHAT DOES HE THINK THAT TEH NFL IS GOING TO GIVE THE SUPERBOWL TROPHY AND CHANGE ALL THE BOOKS TO SAY THE RAMS, EAGLES , PANTHERS WON THE GAMES NOW GET A LIFE IT IS OVER DONE WITH
AND IF EVERY FOOTBALL MINDED PERSON THINKS FOR ONE MINUTE THAT EVERY TEAM IN EVERY SORT DOES NOT LOOK FOR WAYS TO GET TEAMS SIGNALS AND PLAYS CALLS WHAT EVER YOU SHOULD GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR ASS'S PLAIN AND SIMPLE
THE PATRIOTS WENT 16 - 0 THRU THE SEASON AFTER BEING WHATCH LIKE HAWKS OVER THEM THE WHOLE YEAR FACE IT ALL YOU HATERS THEY ARE A GREAT TEAM
THE GIANTS WON THE SUPERBOWL AFTER PLAYING GREAT I MEAN GREAT ON DEFENSE CONGRATS TO THE GMEN
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5-15-2008 @ 11:35PM
George B Vieto said...
Matt Walsh must have been a disgruntled former employee who had an ax to grind with the Patriots over Spygate.
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5-16-2008 @ 5:36AM
truth said...
can't wait to see arlen spector and mike greenberg start a new show on espn called loser and loser in the morning
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5-16-2008 @ 6:00AM
truth said...
" spygate" is being perpetuated by the jealous new york media who cant face the truth that they are not the epicenter of sporting dominance
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5-16-2008 @ 7:50AM
claytor said...
lol, i wonder if its yet to cross the puny minds of diehard cheatriots fans that maybe if their coach wasnt such a nefarious rulebender in the first place, they wouldnt be in this pickle, dealing with walshes and specters?
then again, i guess its not like pats fan to tuck and run, er duck and run.
overly hopped on steroids washed up players suddenly playing like superstars? check.
coach willing to bend rules(and for good ol joe wallace...name an offense another team committed ON the field, BESIDES the 70's steelers, who i dont rate very high just for that fact.) ON THE FIELD for sole purpose of a clear cut advantage? check.
whiney qb who doesnt blast espn when they hug his nuts, yet suddenly theyre the devil when spygates reported? check.
personally, i think youre super bowl against the eagles is tainted due to the fact that harrison made a key pick in that game that uh, wouldnt have counted if ohhhhh...HE WASNT ABLE TO PLAY DUE TO A PED SUSPENSION HE DIDNT RECEIVE UNTIL TWO YEARS LATER FROM HGH SHIPMENTS HE RECEIVED FOUR DAYS PRIOR TO THE SUPER BOWL.
i hope i made that clear for you loser southie pat worshipping clowns?
good for you, mike martz, you havent been relevant since...well, ever. stole vermeils blueprint, inherited his team, and have accomplished...squat ever since. you rock. maybe he should concentrate on something other than himself, im not shocked if walsh WAS on the sidelines in pats gear, seeing as how ol mikeroo cant see past his fluke "genius" long enough to understand how football really works.
he should stick to maybe uh....learning the game? like developing plays that involve this little thing called, um, pass protection? alex smith is a dead man walking. he just doesnt know it yet.
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5-16-2008 @ 1:07PM
Steve V. said...
Arlen Specter has gathered and released more information about spygate than the media. I hope he keeps going because there are still a lot of unanswered questions: I'd like to hear the Pats players answer some questions about how those signals were used before I can say the cheating didn't matter.
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5-16-2008 @ 8:07PM
joe wallace said...
You poor, poor haters. You continue to think that Goodell, who gave the pats the biggest penalty in history, somehow is in the Pats' pockets. because, you know, the best way to tell a judge is on the take is if he throws the book at the defendant. there must be something wrong, there. LOL.
But that's okay. When the Pats run the table again this year, you can cling to your conspiracy theories to help mollify your lost season.
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5-20-2008 @ 6:40PM
Trey said...
The fact that you think the Pats will "run the table" again this year amuses me.
They will be licky if they win 10 games.
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