Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The Boston Globe's Line of Scrimmage

Offside!

"Super Bowl loyalties divided in Connecticut" January 28, 2012|By David Filipov

PLAINVILLE , Conn. - An invisible line wends its way along the Connecticut River Valley south of Hartford. It divides husbands and wives, parents and their children, business partners and longtime buddies.

It runs right through the two glowing neon signs in the window at the entrance of Sliders Grill & Bar, one depicting the helmet of the New England Patriots, the other that of the New York Giants.

And on a recent night, it bisected a table of five close friends, two who will root for the Giants to win Super Bowl XLVI, two diehard Patriots fans, and one undecided. For this is the DMZ between Boston and New York sports fans, the part of the Constitution State where allegiances are in a constant state of confusion.

“This is your Mason-Dixon line,’’ said Mike Landry, of Plainville, who will be cheering on the Giants on Sunday. His friends, Rob Perrone and Donna Scott glowered with rage, Silvia Rydecki smiled, and his wife, Kara shrugged indifferently....

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Related: Fans rally at Super Bowl sendoff for the New England Patriots 

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WTF?  

Third time a charm?

Fans rally at Super Bowl send-off for the New England

First down, I guess. Either way I'm punting this post.