I have to concur with the overall thread here: while the Pats' record is an astounding, historic achievement, it couldn't have happened to a less deserving bunch of sports fans of late. Boston-area sports fans are dreadful--not because of arrogance, or racism, or pride in their team, as these are all found in abundance in other fans. It's because their insistence on thinking that (1) everyone's really rooting for them; (2) the constant mythologizing about how "hahd" it is to be a fan of teams who have been winning consistent championships now after years of futility; (3) how because of those two things, every championship they get is something they "deserve" as fans, the implication being that other fans don't deserve this. And of course by pointing any of these things out, you're just hating on them, right? It's appalling. Perhaps years from now all of us who aren't Boston-area sports fans will delight in an improbable perfect season Super Bowl run made by the Browns, Cards, Bengals, Rams, or Bills. Now THAT I could get behind.