I ain't to proud to Patriots

First off I'm not a Patriots fan.  Also I’m not a Madden god I lose all the time and am in no way trying to come off like I am the best cause I’m not. 

 

The title of this entry is about Madden 09 and tournament play.   I have a buddy who is convinced he's ready for the Madden bus.  We enter local contests and sometimes travel to other cities near our area to play in there tournaments.  Yet every year he gets his ass handed to him because he's too proud to pick the teams with top player ratings example the Colts.  Last Tuesday we entered a tournament and he ended up getting whooped by a 15 year old who used??????  

 

You guessed it the Patriots.   My buddy’s team?   The Oakland Raiders whom if you follow football you know that there is a huge difference in talent on both those squads.   So of course my friends skills may have been better (I’m not saying the kid wasn’t good because he played a solid no cheese game) but you could tell my friend was the better player he just couldn’t overcome the talent factor.    Of course my friend walks away from the controller defeated and gives his classic excuse. If he wouldn’t have used the Patriots he wouldn’t have won.    Well probably not but if the kid would have used any of the other 90+ rated teams he more then likely would have won with them as well. 

 

Now at a friends house or over Live or PSN it's not a big deal in my eyes to keep with your favorite team and no matter the statistics play with them and learn to utilize there strengths to the fullest but for myself when it's a tournament.  I coined the phrase "Ain't to proud to Patriots"  basically meaning why hamstring yourself when there is true prizes/competition on the line by picking a lesser team because you are either a die hard fan of the team, or have a inflated view of your skills.    Usually in a tournament I will try to match the ratings of my opponent with a team of equal strength.  Because at least then you know if you lose it wasn't because you have a corner whose rating is 85 going up against Randy Moss with a rating of 99.   

 

Of course the argument rages on but I think he may be finally seeing the light. Cause recently he started using the Jaguars with the intent to make them his tournament team.    

As to his Raiders he still uses them against me so that I can beat him with the Dolphins .