Here’s a bulletin board of quotes for the Pats and our fans to use as motivation this week against the Chargers:

“I think the Patriots actually live by the saying, ‘If you’re not cheatin, you’re not trying,’… I mean, I think that’s the way … they live off that statement. You keep hearing the different stories of people complaining about stuff that they do. So I’m not surprised.”

- Ladainian Tomlinson

“I would never, ever react in that way… You guys know me, I’m a very classy person. I wouldn’t have reacted like that, so yes, I was upset. Very upset. When you go to the middle of our field and you start doing the dance that Shawne Merriman is known for, that’s disrespectful to me and I can’t sit there and watch that. And so yeah, I was very upset. And just the fact the way they showed no class at all, absolutely no class, and maybe it comes from the head coach. There you have it.”

- Ladainian Tomlinson

So here we are… AFC Championship weekend is upon us, and the Pats are still alive for a chance to make their fourth Super Bowl in the last seven years. Last year at this time, I was gearing up for my trip to Indy where I thought the Pats would roll on their way to the big game in Miami. I’m not gonna lie. A part of me was really disappointed when the Chargers upset the Colts this past weekend.

I wanted the Colts bad.
I wanted revenge, and I wanted it on our turf and on our terms.

Beating the horseshoes once wasn’t good enough for me, I wanted to do it twice in a season and on the biggest stage the AFC has to offer. I wanted those fans to fully realize that last season was a fluke. PERIOD!

Am I still bitter? A little bit.
Am I still scarred? You betcha!

I actually love this matchup, because I relish in the fact that the Pats will have another opportunity to silence a team that thinks they have the right to talk trash in this league. Who have they beaten? The Colts? Well that’s all fine and dandy, but the Colts are just a second rate team that didn’t have the large extent of help from the referees that they usually are saved by. What have they accomplished? Nothing, absolutely nothing, they are just a bunch of cry babies that whine and moan their way to victories. What will they accomplish? Chances are that their days are numbered and they know it. On Sunday, they’re up against a team of destiny, a team that will grace the hallowed halls of Canton forever, a team that will be remembered for their dominance and execution for eternity. Stay classy San Diego! Yeah, okay.