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Kiszla: Go home, chowderheads - Broncos don't want you here
By Mark Kiszla
The Denver Post
No offense to proper Bostonians or any wicked arrogant fan of the New England Patriots. But the Broncos do not want you here in Denver. The local NFL franchise did not give blood, sweat and tears all season long to surrender its home-field advantage to an invasion of loudmouths from New England. No chowderheads allowed.
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For the AFC championship game, the home team has secured its stadium with a ticket policy that discourages Tom Brady-loving interlopers from entering the gates of Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
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The Broncos, however, took one more measure in a clever attempt to ban Bostonians in Denver. When tickets were offered for the AFC championship game to the general public, there was one very strict rule: Orders were only processed to billing addresses in eight states. Colorado and Montana were included on the approved list. Massachusetts was not.
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On a sunny, 54-degree afternoon in January 2006, everything was beautiful at the stadium, except for the ugly swarm of yellow Terrible Towels twirled by thousands of Steelers fans who purchased tickets to the game. The home-field advantage for Denver was wrecked so extensively it shook up veteran players....
http://www.denverpost.com/kiszla/ci_24930711/go-home-chowderheads-broncos-patriots
The Denver Post
No offense to proper Bostonians or any wicked arrogant fan of the New England Patriots. But the Broncos do not want you here in Denver. The local NFL franchise did not give blood, sweat and tears all season long to surrender its home-field advantage to an invasion of loudmouths from New England. No chowderheads allowed.
(snip)
For the AFC championship game, the home team has secured its stadium with a ticket policy that discourages Tom Brady-loving interlopers from entering the gates of Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
(snip)
The Broncos, however, took one more measure in a clever attempt to ban Bostonians in Denver. When tickets were offered for the AFC championship game to the general public, there was one very strict rule: Orders were only processed to billing addresses in eight states. Colorado and Montana were included on the approved list. Massachusetts was not.
(snip)
On a sunny, 54-degree afternoon in January 2006, everything was beautiful at the stadium, except for the ugly swarm of yellow Terrible Towels twirled by thousands of Steelers fans who purchased tickets to the game. The home-field advantage for Denver was wrecked so extensively it shook up veteran players....
http://www.denverpost.com/kiszla/ci_24930711/go-home-chowderheads-broncos-patriots
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What a chickenshit approach to competition. Ptoooey. They have the courage & honor & class of, well I guess I have to say it: a pack of Republicons.
