They’re rare but they’re out there: Stubborn, grouchy old fools who believe the Houston Texans are going to shock the Patriots — and, thus, the world — in tonight’s divisional playoff at Gillette Stadium.
These sky-is-falling types are the comic relief of tonight’s contest, the pregame show to the pregame show. They’re lounge acts, court jesters, sidewalk magicians outside Faneuil Hall on a warm summer night.
I was listening to the WEEI midday show yesterday, and host Glenn Ordway actually went into a break by teasing an upcoming call from some jamoke who wanted to share his reasons why he believes the Pats are going down.