ADVERTISEMENT

Get the straight jacket ready for Outside Shooter.

I'm not gonna reveal my source.

I found it

tin-foil-hat.jpg
 
Yes, apparently NFL.com and espn.com incorrectly implicated the Vikings, because the Panthers were doing it, oddly, on the Vikings sidelines.

Both teams were warned, but Minnesota's warning was to prevent it from happening.

My apologies for passing on this misinformation, which was finally corrected for the first time in any media report just 12 days ago, many months after it was widely reported:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/14/actually-vikings-didnt-warm-footballs-in-november/

Minnesota ranks below average in NFL cheating rankings, well below more prolific cheaters such as the Colts:
http://yourteamcheats.com/cheaters/
Actually, if you go back and read the reports carefully, ESPN.com actually got it right (shocking!). It was Florio who F'd it up, which is not surprising, but disappointing considering he's purple and gold through and through.
 
Actually, if you go back and read the reports carefully, ESPN.com actually got it right (shocking!). It was Florio who F'd it up, which is not surprising, but disappointing considering he's purple and gold through and through.
Florio wouldnt screw up something like that...he write for NBC...they have standards!!!!!
 
Oh, and I'm absolutely shocked I haven't seen Cramer post this yet:
Horsehead.png

Technically there's no beating of the horse occuring there. The horse I would imagine was not beaten before the beheading and I would doubt very much that the horse would have been beaten post-mortem.

So no beating of a dead horse can either be seen implicitly or inferred in this case and thus the image does not fit the strict standards set in place to be used in the posting of a "beating a dead horse" image.
 
Technically there's no beating of the horse occuring there. The horse I would imagine was not beaten before the beheading and I would doubt very much that the horse would have been beaten post-mortem.

So no beating of a dead horse can either be seen implicitly or inferred in this case and thus the image does not fit the strict standards set in place to be used in the posting of a "beating a dead horse" image.
Don't try to defend yourself with technicalities. You sound like OS. You dropped the horse ball.
 
Don't try to defend yourself with technicalities. You sound like OS. You dropped the horse ball.

Come on, that's such an obvious reference that I'd be ashamed to use it. Low hanging fruit, which I left for the amateurs.

If I were to go the route you suggest I'd go deeper using something like:

simpson_caballo.jpg


or

comics-bogleech-parody-horse-658577.png


800px-Godfather_Rocking_Horse_Head.jpg


Perhaps you like to eat your dead horse's head? How about a festive cake!

9930c5c541fd6cae157e569e64ad76f8.jpg


Nothing says way to make it to 50 like a bloody horse's head. BTW, Trev has some pretty messed up friends there.

I think the change of scene in this particular one makes it whimsical:

shark-cartoon-105.jpg


And of course you've got to have the take on the Obama Poster:


corleone.jpg


Any one of those would have worked, and would have been better than just going straight to the horse head scene from Godfather (where again, there is no beating of a dead horse present.) I'd go on, but I really don't want to feel like I am

81GNdMj.gif
 
  • Like
Reactions: IUhottie
Actually, if you go back and read the reports carefully, ESPN.com actually got it right (shocking!).

ESPN has a nasty habit of going back and correcting errors in stories without ever indicating the date and time that they were edited. This practice has been captured many times in screenshots. They think it is OK, and they have now been without an ombudsman for a couple of years
 
"deflation" issues with the Pats since 2003.

It ACTUALLY dates back to 1960, with the first cold weather game in New England.

There have been similar under-pressurization issues in places like Buffalo, Chicago, Green Bay, but oddly not in ANY domed stadiums.

This was noted by your source, Colts ballboy Cletus Clyde, who pressure-checked an ice cold Patriots football in Foxboro in 2003:

His brother Clovus Clyde told him:
"Hold on there Cletus Clyde, it just might be low a-cause-da dis dolgarn-ded cold weather"

To which Cletus (internet name = "Moops") replied:
"Clovus Clyde, I ain't a-buyin' yer newfangled sciencey idears. Next thing yer a-gonna tell me bout EEEE-VO-LU-shun and say dat dinersoars wuz REAL. Preacher VanPasterMan sez dat they AIN'T real a-tall. I'm a-gonna tell big Jimmy I. bout this, next time I DEE-liver him some fresh crack"

Clovus:
"Cletus Clyde, you shoulda leanrt more in Miss LeBouf's science class. You wuz just starin' at her bazongas and not payin' no 'tension a-tall to whut she was a-sayin."

Cletus:
"Dem SHORE wuz some fine boobies, dey were. But she spake with the tongue of the devil! VanPasterMan says so, and he ain't never wrong, ceptin' when he is"
 
Last edited:
Tom Brady does indeed cheat. He cheated on his pregnant GF, then left her. Great guy. Doesn't seem like the type to lie at all.

Anyway Shooter, again, apply your passion to something that matters, before your family splits and you are building the Devil's Tower in your living room.

cemodel3-thumb-510x216-29498.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: Moops
It ACTUALLY dates back to 1960, with the first cold weather game in New England.

There have been similar under-pressurization issues in places like Buffalo, Chicago, Green Bay, but oddly not in ANY domed stadiums.

This was noted by your source, Colts ballboy Cletus Clyde, who pressure-checked an ice cold Patriots football in Foxboro in 2003:

His brother Clovus Clyde told him:
"Hold on there Cletus Clyde, it just might be low a-cause-da dis dolgarn-ded cold weather"

To which Cletus (internet name = "Moops") replied:
"Clovus Clyde, I ain't a-buyin' yer newfangled sciencey idears. Next thing yer a-gonna tell me bout EEEE-VO-LU-shun and say dat dinersoars wuz REAL. Preacher VanPasterMan sez dat they AIN'T real a-tall. I'm a-gonna tell big Jimmy I. bout this, next time I DEE-liver him some fresh crack"

Clovus:
"Cletus Clyde, you shoulda leanrt more in Miss LeBouf's science class. You wuz just starin' at her bazongas and not payin' no 'tension a-tall to whut she was a-sayin."

Cletus:
"Dem SHORE wuz some fine boobies, dey were. But she spake with the tongue of the devil! VanPasterMan says so, and he ain't never wrong, ceptin' when he is"

+1 for creativity...
 
  • Like
Reactions: outside shooter
It ACTUALLY dates back to 1960, with the first cold weather game in New England.

There have been similar under-pressurization issues in places like Buffalo, Chicago, Green Bay, but oddly not in ANY domed stadiums.

This was noted by your source, Colts ballboy Cletus Clyde, who pressure-checked an ice cold Patriots football in Foxboro in 2003:

His brother Clovus Clyde told him:
"Hold on there Cletus Clyde, it just might be low a-cause-da dis dolgarn-ded cold weather"

To which Cletus (internet name = "Moops") replied:
"Clovus Clyde, I ain't a-buyin' yer newfangled sciencey idears. Next thing yer a-gonna tell me bout EEEE-VO-LU-shun and say dat dinersoars wuz REAL. Preacher VanPasterMan sez dat they AIN'T real a-tall. I'm a-gonna tell big Jimmy I. bout this, next time I DEE-liver him some fresh crack"

Clovus:
"Cletus Clyde, you shoulda leanrt more in Miss LeBouf's science class. You wuz just starin' at her bazongas and not payin' no 'tension a-tall to whut she was a-sayin."

Cletus:
"Dem SHORE wuz some fine boobies, dey were. But she spake with the tongue of the devil! VanPasterMan says so, and he ain't never wrong, ceptin' when he is"
You deflect as well as Tom Brady deflates. And you have literally no idea what you're talking about. But that's old news.
 
you have literally no idea what you're talking about.

Dinosaurs existed
Evolution is real
The ideal gas law is actually a valid approximation of reality

I understand these things, Billy Joe Bob. You struggle. But that's old news.
 
Wells report page 70 said:
The pressure of the Patriots ball that had been intercepted by the Colts was separately tested three times and the measurements—11.45, 11.35 and 11.75 psi, respectively—were written on athletic tape that had been placed on the ball for identification.

the average of these three measurements is 11.52 psi

Wells report page 40 of the Exponent supplement said:
...using the most likely pressure and temperature values for the Patriots game balls on the day of the AFC Championship Game (i.e., a starting pressure of 12.5 psig, a starting temperature of between 67 and 71°F and a final temperature of 48°F prior to the balls being taken back into the Officials Locker Room), these equations predict that the Patriots balls should have measured between 11.52 and 11.32 psig at the end of the first half, just before they were brought back into the Officials Locker Room.

Thus this entire controversy was sparked by someone thinking
"11.52 is way way different then 12.5"

when, with a modicum of common sense, they would have been asking themselves
"Is 11.52 within the expected range of 11.32-11.52?"

practice hints (for Moops)
This is a number line:
images

Question? Is the number 3 between 0 and 5?
Answer: Why...yes, I believe it is!

inspirational-idea-schoolboy-standing-front-blackboard-bright-light-bulb-above-his-head-concept-innovation-36698927.jpg

http://data:image/png;base64,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
 
I only deal in facts. The facts are that the Patriots have the two highest fines for cheating in NFL history.

You need help with math and the number line too!

FACTS:
In December 2001, the Broncos were fined $968,000 and lost a third-round pick in the 2002 draft for violations reportedly relating to $29 million in deferred payments to quarterback John Elway and running back Terrell Davis. Three years LATER the league fined them $950,000 and they lost a third-round selection when additional violations were identified.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28969-2004Sep17.html

The Denver Broncos thus received a total fine of $950,000 + $968,000 = $1,918,000 (<<<<this is MATH, if you need help)

The Patriots in spygate received a fine of $250,000 and Bill Belichick a fine of $500,000.
$250,000 + $500,000 = $750,000 (<<<<more MATH)

$750,000 is LESS THAN $1,918,000
$1,000,000 is ALSO LESS THAN $1,918,000
(^^^ number line stuff, ovaltine might be able to help you, by now)
 
Haha, this is so easy it's pathetic. There are more then monetary fines. Lost draft picks are much more significant then the $. I'm sure Kraft could afford a $10000000 fine. The monetary fines are pretty much irrelevant for NFL team owners. The draft picks are far worse.

How can someone obviously capable of intelligent thought get so worked up about a football team? It's insane.

Is your desire to suck Tom Brady's schlong this strong? There is no other reasonable explanation.

People are mocking you because it's hard to believe a grown man can be so obsessed by a football team.

To tell the truth, I couldn't care less, but you strange obsession is entertaining.

The Pats cheated (probably dozens if not hundreds of times) twice, were caught and punished.

No amount of science can change that.

Haha
 
other facts you ignored, Zizkov:

The San Francisco 49ers NFL salary cap fines:
Carmen Policy $400,000
Dwight Clark $200,000
49ers team: $300,000 (plus two draft choices)

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=100132

400K + 200K + 300K =900K
$750,000 is ALSO LESS THAN $900,000
The principal issues involved provisions included in quarterback Jim Druckenmiller’s rookie contract, deals signed by linebacker Lee Woodall and tight end Brent Jones, and allegations of an undisclosed agreement involving quarterback Steve Young.

In a separate case, 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo was convicted in a Louisiana gambling scandal and was fined by NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue $1 million.
http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2013/04/youngstowns_eddie_debartolo_a.html


the FOUR largest penalties went to
1) Broncos- salary cap cheating
2) Patriots- framegate / BobKraftIsACoward-gate
3) 49ers- DeBartolo's Louisiana gambling scandal
4) 49ers - salary cap cheating


.
 
Sure, but you said "the Patriots have the two highest fines for cheating in NFL history", you stupid dumbass. YOU WERE WRONG!

If you want to go elsewhere, DeBartolo has been kept out of the NFL for 15 years now, after the felony conviction. He hopes to return someday, though: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap20...ill-fancies-nfl-return-in-the-right-situation
Again, Tom calls you trophy head, doesn't he? I'm sure he gets a look at that view. A lot. A whole lot.
helmet11n-1-web.jpg
 
Sure, but you said "the Patriots have the two highest fines for cheating in NFL history", you stupid dumbass. YOU WERE WRONG!

If you want to go elsewhere, DeBartolo has been kept out of the NFL for 15 years now, after the felony conviction. He hopes to return someday, though: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap20...ill-fancies-nfl-return-in-the-right-situation

Haha

OK OShole.

They cheat and they do it consistently. Name another team accused of cheating so often in the Brady years.

Spin it how you want. Use free board logic (you have used outanames exact argument for CTC). Be like UK fans all you want. However, no team has been caught cheating as much as the Pats in the Brady/Belicheat era.

I know I should stop, but it makes me laugh.
 
  • Like
Reactions: HoosierPeach
The best deflategate analogy:

You were clocked by cop #1, going 62 mph in a 60 mph zone.
But cop #2 clocked you going 58 mph in a 60 mph zone.
Neither one locked in the number, but "they remember those results, clearly".

You are then arrested, taken to court, the drunk judge fines you a month's pay, puts you in jail for 4 weeks, and you also lose your car for good.

They claim that cop #2's radar obviously was not working right, or that maybe his memory was just plain faulty. #1 was good, though. Trust them.
The main issue is that one of your friends often calls you "speedy".

Your boss has drinks with the judge and "reluctantly" tells you it will be better for everyone if you just accept all of the penalties. Immediately. Or else.
 
The best deflategate analogy:

You were clocked by cop #1, going 62 mph in a 60 mph zone.
But cop #2 clocked you going 58 mph in a 60 mph zone.
Neither one locked in the number, but "they remember those results, clearly".

You are then arrested, taken to court, the drunk judge fines you a month's pay, puts you in jail for 4 weeks, and you also lose your car for good.

They claim that cop #2's radar obviously was not working right, or that maybe his memory was just plain faulty. #1 was good, though. Trust them.
The main issue is that one of your friends often calls you "speedy".

Your boss has drinks with the judge and "reluctantly" tells you it will be better for everyone if you just accept all of the penalties. Immediately. Or else.
Better analogy:

Team A warns MLB that Team B's famous slugger Player C has corked bats.

At a game, they confiscate the bats. They weigh them using two different scales, and they come in low, but they never cut the bats open, and they disappear, so they never get a chance to find out for sure.

However, during the investigation, they find a bunch of text messages between two equipment handlers about Player C complaining about his bats being too heavy. One of the equipment handlers calls himself the "Corkmaster."

Team B and Player C are punished.
 
  • Like
Reactions: burnthemallralphie
several omissions...

Team A, known widely as paranoid whiners, warns MLB that Team B's famous slugger Player C may have a corked bat. When asked how they know this, they cannot say. They cite "general chatter". MLB execs ignore the complaint, but an MLB employee whose ex-wife is married to the slugger wants to "take up this noble cause".

At a game, the MLB employee whose ex-wife is married to the slugger confiscates the bats. He weighs them using an official scale, and they come in at exactly at the right weight. Confused, he looks for another scale and finds an old rusty one. It reads 0.1 oz. too low, with an error of plus or minus 0.5 oz. He shouts AHA!

He is furious and burns up the bats while muttering his ex-wife's name.

He realizes he may have screwed up, but he still insists that MLB throw the book at "the cheaters". With all of the evidence destroyed and with no written-down bat weights, the MLB president decides to press on after he remembers that his sister had once been dumped by the slugger.

During the investigation, MLB finds one text message exchange between two equipment handlers about Player C complaining to the equipment managers about how they had allowed a crooked gambling umpire to stock his bat rack with bats that were in fact so heavy that they were completely illegal to use, and how he hated them so much that he went 1-for-5 and his team had barely won.

In a text from the previous season, the MLB president scores his big GOTCHA MOMENT-- One of the equipment handlers calls himself "Corky." MLB ignores that the equipment manager is president of a wine club, and ignores in particular another text from him that said "Tell your sister to come on over and Corky will open a nice Chardonnay!"

Team B and Player C are called cheaters, the two guys are fired, and the player is suspended for 41 games.
 
Last edited:
several omissions...

Team A, known widely as paranoid whiners, warns MLB that Team B's famous slugger Player C may have a corked bat. When asked how they know this, they cannot say. They cite "general chatter". MLB execs ignore the complaint, but an MLB employee whose ex-wife is married to the slugger wants to "take up this noble cause".

At a game, the MLB employee whose ex-wife is married to the slugger confiscates the bats. He weighs them using an official scale, and they come in at exactly at the right weight. Confused, he looks for another scale and finds an old rusty one. It reads 0.1 oz. too low, with an error of plus or minus 0.5 oz. He shouts AHA!

He is furious and burns up the bats while muttering his ex-wife's name.

He realizes he may have screwed up, but he still insists that MLB throw the book at "the cheaters". With all of the evidence destroyed and with no written-down bat weights, the MLB president decides to press on after he remembers that his sister had once been dumped by the slugger.

During the investigation, MLB finds one text message exchange between two equipment handlers about Player C complaining to the equipment managers about how they had allowed a crooked gambling umpire to stock his bat rack with bats that were in fact so heavy that they were completely illegal to use, and how he hated them so much that he went 1-for-5 and his team had barely won.

In a text from the previous season, the MLB president scores his big GOTCHA MOMENT-- One of the equipment handlers calls himself "Corky." MLB ignores that the equipment manager is president of a wine club, and ignores in particular another text from him that said "Tell your sister to come on over and Corky will open a nice Chardonnay!"

Team B and Player C are called cheaters, the two guys are fired, and the player is suspended for 41 games.
Ummmmmm......

No.
 
  • Like
Reactions: HoosierPeach
Ummmmmm......

No.
Why not?

You do know that the leader of the investigation was Mike Kensil, son of the former Jets president, a guy who hired Bill Belichick as head coach for a hour, after which time Belichick resigned, after which the team president (his Dad) was fired?

You do know that the first thing Mike Kensil did after halftime was to run to the Patriots sideline with a chit-eating grin, yelling "you effers are so effing busted. We weighed (sic) the footballs at halftime" (curiously, you don't 'weigh" pressure)

You do know that Chris Mortensen's false report that 11 of 12 footballs were deflated by 2 psi was accompanied by an on-air comment from Mortensen that the NFL had "weighed" footballs at halftime, suggesting that Kensil had fed him this all-important lie that 11, rather then zero, footballs were 2 psi low.

You do know that Roger Goodell started off in the NFL as a Jets employee and co-worker of Mike Kensil?

It doesn't take a lot of people to pull off a gotcha exercise/frame job. Maybe just one guy- someone willing to lie and who is powerful/connected enough to make sure that nobody corrects his lie for over 3 months.
 
Why not?

You do know that the leader of the investigation was Mike Kensil, son of the former Jets president, a guy who hired Bill Belichick as head coach for a hour, after which time Belichick resigned, after which the team president (his Dad) was fired?

You do know that the first thing Mike Kensil did after halftime was to run to the Patriots sideline with a chit-eating grin, yelling "you effers are so effing busted. We weighed (sic) the footballs at halftime" (curiously, you don't 'weigh" pressure)

You do know that Chris Mortensen's false report that 11 of 12 footballs were deflated by 2 psi was accompanied by an on-air comment from Mortensen that the NFL had "weighed" footballs at halftime, suggesting that Kensil had fed him this all-important lie that 11, rather then zero, footballs were 2 psi low.

You do know that Roger Goodell started off in the NFL as a Jets employee and co-worker of Mike Kensil?

It doesn't take a lot of people to pull off a gotcha exercise/frame job. Maybe just one guy- someone willing to lie and who is powerful/connected enough to make sure that nobody corrects his lie for over 3 months.
I don't know any of that.

I do know you sound like my sister when she told me Nixon created the EPA as a way to steal land to put up for collateral to creditors after he dropped the gold standard.

In other words, cuckoo.
 
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT