Football, Olympics Have Patriotic Fever

I never thought I’d find myself saying that I was a New England Patriot fan, but I must admit that I’m now a believer. Anybody who can dump on Al Davis and Georgia Frontiere within a two-week period is tops in my book.

Allen E. Kahn

Playa del Rey

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Seems to me the think tank at the NFL office could at least try to cover their tracks better for such blatant patriotic propaganda presented as an excuse for a football game. The Colt-Jet fix was at least easier to swallow than this latest edition of the XFL.

Steve Schmerberg

Monrovia

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A funny thing happened on the way to the St. Louis Rams’ coronation. They got beat.

What a shame for all the writers waiting to ask if this team is better than the Steelers, the Dolphins or the Packers.

The one thing we know for sure is that they are not better than the Patriots.

Michael Vallante

Pasadena

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Postgame quotes I didn’t see:

Paul Tagliabue: “For the integrity of the game, I command both teams to come back out on the field to play the final two seconds.�

Georgia Frontiere: “I gave it everything I had out there.�

Leonard Braddock

Los Angeles

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Fox, you got rid of the wrong tired old man.

Terry Bradshaw sings his favorite Beatles song, “It’s been a hard days night, and I’ve been working like a log.�

Well, Terry is sort of right; he works like a log!

Sam Rizzardo

Harbor City

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Question: What was the most annoying part about Fox’s Super Bowl broadcast on Sunday? Was it the stupefying questions posed by the Fox Interactive Poll, or the thought of the geeks who actually answer them?

Results: Questions 50%, Geeks 50%

Jim Patton

Hermosa Beach

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I trust that the Patriots, if they have a decent bone in their collective bodies, will vote referee Walt Coleman a full share of the championship loot. He was, after all, the one indispensable element in their journey to the top.

Burt Prelutsky

North Hills