<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>It was bad enough losing to New England, but the way the Patriots reacted to their AFC divisional playoff win is what made LaDainian Tomlinson lose his cool.The San Diego Chargers' running back, upset that some Patriots were dancing on the Chargers' logo at midfield after they had silenced the record crowd of 68,810 at Qualcomm Stadium, went after an unidentified Patriots player, yelling and pointing, and had to be restrained by a teammate and former Charger Reche Caldwell, who had a huge game for the Patriots."I would never react in that way. I was very upset," Tomlinson said. "When you go to the middle of our field and start doing the dance Shawne Merriman is known for, that is disrespectful. They showed no class and maybe that comes from the head coach."Merriman, nicknamed "Lights Out," did a spasmodic dance to celebrate each of his NFL-high 17 sacks. Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers said he saw some Patriots pointing to the scoreboard, mimicking the dance and stomping on the Chargers' logo at midfield."I think what got LT, and I was right there, was just a little of the taunting," Rivers said, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. "Hey, celebrate -- we'd have been sprinting on the field, too, I guarantee you. But it was a little finger-pointing and I don't know where it came from.""It was upsetting to see because they won three Super Bowls," Merriman said, according to the Boston Herald. "It's like a guy on a fast break in basketball and dunking the ball and getting excited. You've won three Super Bowls. You don't do that."The Patriots rallied from eight points down in the fourth quarter. Tom Brady threw a touchdown pass to Caldwell with under five minutes remaining, then executed a fake on a direct snap to running back Kevin Faulk that helped spring the tying two-point conversion. Stephen Gostkowski added a field goal with 1:10 to play to give the Patriots a 24-21 lead, and Chargers kicker Nate Kaeding missed his 54-yard attempt to tie in the final seconds.The bottom line: No matter how they responded to the win, the Patriots are headed to next week's AFC Championship Game in Indianapolis against the Colts."They won and they deserve a lot of credit," Rivers said, according to the Union-Tribune. "Personally I was disappointed in the way they handled winning. ? But that's neither here nor there. They're playing next week and we're not.""We lost to a better team today," Tomlinson said. "Hopefully the next opportunity we have we'll learn something from this."Tomlinson ran for 123 yards and two scores, and caught two passes for 64 yards in the loss.The Patriots and Chargers are scheduled to meet again in Foxborough next season, and some Chargers already have the date circled."Every time I will play New England it will be a personal grudge," linebacker Shaun Phillips said, according to the Union-Tribune. "That was very classless. ? When we went in and beat their head in New England [last season] ? we did nothing but compliment them and say they were a good team. We would never disrespect a team like that."At least one Patriots player did not think the lack of class was so one-sided."[The San Diego players] talked from the beginning to the end," linebacker Rosevelt Colvin said, according to the Union-Tribune. "We'll take the win."</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs06/n...tory?id=2731727
Boo hoo? Dancing is illegal now? Ray Lewis copied by TO and it was no big deal to anyone, so why is it that it's disrespectful to dance like steroid boy?
Good. I'm so happy that this is finally getting publicity. I've been saying things along these lines since they beat the Eagles in the Superbowl, and David Givens/Mike Vrabel were mocking us with the wing flap. They have no sportsmanship whatsoever, and Belichick is finally getting exposed as a dick and a half.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GaMeTiMe @ Jan 16 2007, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Good. I'm so happy that this is finally getting publicity. I've been saying things along these lines since they beat the Eagles in the Superbowl, and David Givens/Mike Vrabel were mocking us with the wing flap. They have no sportsmanship whatsoever, and Belichick is finally getting exposed as a dick and a half.</div>Heh, Just ask any Jets fan...it goes wayyyyyyy back between us and the Patriots and we've known Belicheck is classless for a while now.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Jan 16 2007, 07:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GaMeTiMe @ Jan 16 2007, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Good. I'm so happy that this is finally getting publicity. I've been saying things along these lines since they beat the Eagles in the Superbowl, and David Givens/Mike Vrabel were mocking us with the wing flap. They have no sportsmanship whatsoever, and Belichick is finally getting exposed as a dick and a half.</div>Heh, Just ask any Jets fan...it goes wayyyyyyy back between us and the Patriots and we've known Belicheck is classless for a while now.</div>Dont worry, I'm a New Yorker and I hear plenty about it.
...and Mike Ditka agrees!<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>You'd think former Bears and Saints coach Mike Ditka, who now works as an ESPN commentator, would be talking about, you know, the upcoming Bears-Saints NFC Championship Game. But Ditka went on ESPN radio this morning and said he agreed with what LaDainian Tomlinson had to say about the Patriots showing no class."That's the Patriots," Ditka said. "They get away with it."We're clearly seeing an-anti Patriots backlash. The media fell in love with the Patriots in recent years, and it was just a matter of time before this happened. I'm a little surprised it's coming from Ditka, though, as he's not the kind of guy who generally takes sides in this type of issue. In any event, this is a story that isn't going away -- until this weekend's games give us something new to get agitated about.</div>
So who cares? Really, how many times have people immitated others, or disrespected other teams and fans even worse... Ronnie Heard fined for pushing TO after he spikes the Ball in the middle of the star at Texas Stadium. People like Taylor spitting at people, others to, and as I said before, Ray Lewis copied by TO and the Eagles game where they copied Dawkins and his little wing flapping. What does this matter? As if Mike Vick flipping his own fans off had more media? There was what, a quick article on each site like ESPN and Yahoo?
