[xtrslots]

Pats fans a cut above

Giants outclassed on the field and in the stands

By Jessica Heslam
Friday, January 25, 2008 - Updated 1h ago

Boston Herald Media Reporter
Reporter Jessica Heslam covers the media for the Boston Herald.

New England Patriots [team stats] fans are smarter, classier and healthier and own pricier homes than the riff-raff who root for the New York Giants - and now we’ve got the research to back it up.

Some 62 percent of Pats fans living in the Boston area earned a bachelor’s or postgraduate degree or have some higher-education experience, compared to 59 percent of Giants fans, according to the latest marketing data provided by the Nielsen Co., the TV ratings firm.
Likewise, 72 percent of Pats fans live in homes worth north of $200,000, compared to 63 percent of Giants yahoos, the Nielsen data show.

That’s just for starters.
Pats fans consistently show better taste than their Gotham counterparts, according to Nielsen.
We drink Amstel Light, not Bud Light. Giants fans slug back lots of whiskey.
We are likely to read connoisseur magazines like Wine Spectator. Gotham fans like to pig out on junk food like pretzels, chips and nuts. They’re also less likely to favor organic food than other New Yorkers.

Giants tailgaters are conspicuous consumers who party off the backs of Land Rovers and showy BMW SUVs. Pats fans are more likely to tailgate off the back of an understated Lexus or a sturdy Volvo SUV.
When Pats revelers aren’t watching football, they’re hitting the slopes skiing or going for a sail. They’re also more likely to belong to country clubs.
When Giants fans aren’t booing Giants coach Tom Coughlin or punk quarterback Eli Manning in that New Jersey stadium they call home, they’re out practicing their tennis backhands in the backyard.

None of these marketing revelations came as a surprise to Mike Schuster, 45, who lives in the shadow of Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.
“Boston fans are much classier,” said Schuster, a real estate agent and software consultant who is heading out to Arizona for the Super Bowl. “Have you ever been to Yankee stadium? I mean, they boo their own players.”

“Bostonians, in general, are better educated,” Schuster added. “New Yorkers have to send their kids to Boston to educate them.”
It’s also worth noting that the Patriots are an equal opportunity franchise, drawing more female fans than the competition. Nearly half of all Pats backers - about 43 percent - are women. In Giants country, just 31 percent of the fans are female.

Pats fans are also more Web savvy, some 63 percent have broadband Internet connection.
Of course, though we may hate to admit it, fans on both sides of the turf do have some similarities. The Nielsen data indicate that Pats and Giants fans are both likely to live in “affluent” suburbs or rural neighborhoods. They both buy “above average” amounts of beer, too, and they like to garden.

[CevepBiageCefm]

^ What ever get you through your day New Englanders.

Keep running your mouths the way the Cowboy fans did....please do.

[Flatlytaize]

You know what's really sad... I have a friend who is a hardcore Yankee fan, yet she is rooting for the Pats... ew....

[10traistintarry]

Pats fans a cut above

Giants outclassed on the field and in the stands

By Jessica Heslam How classy. Someone should teach her how to pat herself on the back without consuming 600 words and five minutes of my time.

[Fausqueuego]

Pretentious snob demonstrates Bostonions' preoccupation with New York.

[pageup85]

This stadium makes an architectural statement.

[JulieSmithXIV]

It must get crazy LOUD inside there when they slide that roof shut.

[sbrscnds]

Stadium website

[Rqqneujr]

Pretentious snob demonstrates Bostonions' preoccupation with New York.

I've been meaning to ask this for a few days. Can anyone tell me why Bostonions' hate NYC so much??

[Gabbavnf]

Provincialism... of NYers

[Domovoy]

Patriots, NFL Deny New Spying Allegation

Associated Press
Feb 2, 2008

PHOENIX (AP) - A member of the New England Patriots' video staff taped the St. Louis Rams' last walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl, a Boston newspaper reported Saturday. The NFL, however, said it was satisfied this was not another Spygate.

"We were aware of the rumor months ago and looked into it. There was no evidence of it on the tapes or in the notes produced by the Patriots, and the Patriots told us it was not true," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told The Associated Press.

Citing an unidentified source, the Boston Herald reported that a Patriots employee recorded the Rams' walkthrough at the Superdome in the New Orleans a day before the Super Bowl. New England beat the heavily favored Rams 20-17 its first NFL title.

The Herald reported that a source close to the Patriots in the 2001 season said the team held a walkthrough at the Superdome in New Orleans before the game on Feb. 3, 2002. After the Patriots took a team picture, a member of their video department stayed inside the stadium and taped the Rams' session.

It was not known whether the cameraman was told by the Patriots to film the practice or what he did with the tape, the Herald said. The Rams were two-touchdown favorites, but lost on Adam Vinatieri's last- second field goal.

"The suggestion that the New England Patriots recorded the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough on the day before Super Bowl XXXVI is absolutely false. Any suggestion to the contrary is untrue," Patriots spokesman Stacey James told the AP.

Rams spokesman Rick Smith, reading a statement from team president John Shaw, said, "At this point, we have no comment."

The unbeaten Patriots will try to win their fourth Super Bowl in seven seasons Sunday when they play the New York Giants.

Early this season, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell fined New England coach Bill Belichick $500,000 and docked the team $250,000 and a first-round draft pick after the Spygate scandal. The Patriots were accused of videotaping New York Jets defensive coaches as they signaled to players.

New England did not have a walkthrough Saturday. The Giants held one at the Arizona Cardinals' practice facility.

A walkthrough is done without pads or helmets, giving teams a chance to practice their formations.

Goodell spent much of his state of the game address Friday talking about that episode. He said he did not think the Patriots used such tapes to win previous titles.

"There was no indication that it benefited them in any of the Super Bowl victories," he said.

Goodell also defended his decision to destroy notes and videotapes linked to the Spygate, saying "there was no purpose for them."

Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who sent Goodell a letter asking for explanation, said Goodell's response "didn't make any sense at all."

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.

[Paladin]

If the Patriots do manage to go undefeated this season should there be an asterisk in the records book?

[TerAlelmlor]

Dont worry Lofter, all its going to say is 18-1.

[sauppyshurb]

Time to head out and watch the game and tilt a few lagers. Go Giants!!

[hauptdaunnila]

Still 19 seconds left in the game, but about 2 minutes ago Drudge Report put up this headline on the site ...

NOT PERFECT
NY GIANTS TAKE SUPER BOWL

[Taunteefrurge]

Dont worry Lofter, all its going to say is 18-1.

Still 19 seconds left in the game, but about 2 minutes ago Drudge Report put up this headline on the site ...

NOT PERFECT
NY GIANTS TAKE SUPER BOWL

"Regardless of the year {the Patriots} had, the records they set, if they don't win the Super Bowl .... that means this season was ultimately a FAILURE."

[meencegic]

Dont worry Lofter, all its going to say is 18-1.

GO GIANTS!!!

[vypusknye]

YES!

Prophetic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMugmlnvCkI

[flowersnewacq]

I want to see the newspaper headline tomorrow with 18-1 and that pic.






Legendary.

****ing Legendary.

[BokerokyBan]

I am so happy, it's been over three hours and I still haven't stopped smiling yet.