New England Patriots Fandom
Rooting for New England since the '85 Super Bowl beatdown — rural New Mexico dial-up, Bledsoe-era Foxboro dreams, Curtis Martin and Ty Law. Forever NE.
New England Patriots Fandom
My first football memory is rooting for the 1985 Patriots as they got pummeled in the Super Bowl.
In elementary school we were the Ronald Reagan Patriots. Out in rural New Mexico, the Bledsoe-era Patriots had better coverage than any other team — the first pro sports website and the original podcast reached us before anyone else.
I mowed lawns dreaming, unrealistically, of getting to old Foxboro Stadium.
All-time favorites: Curtis Martin, Chris Slade, Ty Law, Patrick Chung, Marcus Jones.
Check out my Python reference library, taught through examples built around the 2004 Patriots: