Twitter Reacts to the ‘DeflateGate’ NFL Controversy
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How much this contributed to the 45-7 spanking the Pats dished out against the barely-present Colts is difficult to determine, but it certainly taints the win and if they go on to win the Super Bowl, the elephant in the room will only grow larger. This isn’t even the first time New England have been caught with their pants down. In 2007, the team’s head coach was fined $500,000 when the management were found to have been secretly recording the New York Jets to try and figure out their signals. It was dubbed ‘SpyGate’, which doesn't have quite the same ring as ‘DeflateGate’, but let’s be fair they’re both pretty good.
After an impressive run of Super Bowl wins in 2001, 2003 and 2004, the team have routinely fallen at the last hurdle year after year as their reputation for underhandedness has expanded. This won’t exactly help with that. They have since been weathering a vicious (and often hilarious) Twitter backlash that will likely only continue to gain moment in the run up to final in a couple of weeks. We've compiled some of our favourites below, but if you want a more in depth look, check out the hashtag feed.
Fully filled #DeflateGate pic.twitter.com/CRKA3G9ZcQ
— krispykreme (@krispykreme) January 21, 2015
Haha well yeah that's certainly one way of looking at it. #deflategate pic.twitter.com/vdKs5SoYNm
— Grant Afseth (@GrantAfseth) January 22, 2015
I would never deflate my balls. #DeflateGate
— Kaskade (@kaskade) January 20, 2015
You know... In case anyone needs one of these before the big game: http://t.co/Vw1S8X2ZdW #DeflateGate pic.twitter.com/5afRJqj4wg
— Bed Bath & Beyond (@BedBathBeyond) January 19, 2015
If there's one thing the Patriots do well, it's cheating when they probably don't even need to. #DeflateGate pic.twitter.com/HyZLohD5Xc
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) January 19, 2015
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Twitter Reacts to the ‘DeflateGate’ NFL Controversy
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