Patriots Redown: September 2010

Game 1 – Sunday 12 September 2010 – Patriots won - Home

New England Patriots: 10 14 7 7 - 38
Cincinnati Bengals: 0 3 14 7 - 24

Total game points equal 62. Patriots 61.29% of the points. Bengals 38.71% of the points:


Game 2 – Sunday 19 September 2010 – Patriots lost - Away

New England Patriots: 0 14 0 0 - 14
New York Jets: 0 10 11 7 - 28

Total game points equal 42. Patriots 33.33% of the points. Jets 66.67% of the points


Game 3 – Sunday 26 September 2010 – Patriots won - Home

New England Patriots: 7 10 14 7 - 38
Buffalo Bills: 3 13 7 7 - 30

Total game points equal 68. Patriots 55.88% of the points. Bills 44.12% of the points.


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It’s Another New England Patriots First Down!!!

It’s 9:00 a.m. and I’m at Sonny McLean’s waiting for the first New England Patriots football game of the 2010-2011 season to begin in an hour. Sitting in my favorite booth, I see that Andrew, Lauren, and Sharon are working as well as a couple of other waitresses I don’t know. Because Mike, the manager abruptly left at the beginning of the month and Hammy deciding to watch Patriots games at South this season, I wonder if anyone I know will show up this morning. No familiar face among the early arrivals. Will assuredly be a different atmosphere than usual today and going forward. Aha, a familiar face has arrived - Fellow Red Sox fan Rich. At the bar I give him a copy of a baseball bucket list I came across last week and since Rich is doing baseball road trips, he liked the list.

Over the next hour more people arrive, including a guy named Tom and his girlfriend who sit across from me at the high table. I order the Sonny’s breakfast and for a brief time Stephen and a friend of his, Damon, join me in the booth. Damon is a Denver Broncos fan and Stephen goes in search of a television for him. The noise level has risen substantially, making conversation difficult so I just enjoy my breakfast. Stephen finds a television for Damon and eventually others (people I don’t know) join me in the booth. Although the usual Patriots fans (Lisa, Morry, Tessie, Dave, Wayne, and a number of Mikes) haven’t shown up, Sonny’s is very crowded for the Patriots game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

The game is a much better one than the last Patriots game I watched at Sonny’s. New England plays well and comes away with a win to start the season off on a positive note. Really missed having the halftime raffle – how else am I going to get free Patriots paraphernalia? However, there were sporadic chants of “It’s another New England Patriots first down” when appropriate; though it’s not the same without Hammy doing it. Towards the end of the game I saw that Stacie had arrived. Talked to her afterwards and she is doing well – her boyfriend is on location and he flew her out there for her birthday. Such a good guy. Also talked to Kateri who is around for awhile. Good to see her. With a Patriots victory to start the day, I stayed at Sonny’s to watch the Red Sox game against the Athletics. They were also victorious, winning 5 to 3. A great day for New England sports!

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