Colts piping in crowd noise?

Radio stations seem to be spreading this rumor / story. I heard this reported on WAAF this morning, where they played the audio of what sounds like a CD of crowd noise skipping in the background of the game at the RCA Dome last night. Now, looking for a citation, I found it on another radio station's blog (they have audio as well).

If this turns out to be true, it doesn't make Colts fans look too good (especially when just last season Peyton Manning was begging them not to sell their tickets to the AFC Championship game to Patriots fans). But even if it's true, I personally don't plan to make a big deal of it, for one thing because we're obviously in a glass house this year with Camera-Gate.

But also because, the more I see of the NFL this year, the more I've come to believe that there's been a cultural shift in how teams operate. I believe that under Goodell's rule, nefarious practices that had become the norm and were swept under the rug by every team are being exposed. This might just be the Colts' pecadillo, and I'm sure every team has a skeleton in the closet. The way things are going we might see them all by season's end.

All that should matter to fans, then, is that this stuff is getting caught and hopefully corrected. That's all that matters to me, at least, and I'm not getting into a pissing contest over whose team is more evil.

Now if we could only do something about the officiating...

Update: According to a Newsday report, the NFL has determined the crowd noise came from a glitch in the CBS broadcast.

Comments

[Kevros]

I like your theory of all this cheating being exposed in the Goodell era. Most people seem to be coming from the angle that this is a new thing. I agree that its probably just being picked up more now...

[Brian]

"Radio stations seem to be spreading this rumor / story"

Thank you for clarifying what turned out to a rumor. Tom Brady was amazed at the noise level? I think he needs to walk over to MIT sometime. They can explain how sound travels in a dome vs an outdoor stadium.

"If this turns out to be true, it doesn’t make Colts fans look too good "

Piped in noise wouldn't make Colt's fans look bad, it would make Colts management look bad. I don't think fans would have access to pipe in "crowd noise"

"Now if we could only do something about the officiating…"

Randy Moss does some pushing off of his own. but two brutally obvious calls went against New England. One went turned into 3 points for the Colts. The other Moss was clearly held. Also I couldn't believe two officials were right on top of an out of bounds call and they both blew it. Belichick dropped the red flag and the bad call was overturned. Yeesh they were brutal.

Was that the weakest leg whip you've ever seen? Looked like a second grader.

[beth]

//Piped in noise wouldn’t make Colt’s fans look bad, it would make Colts management look bad. I don’t think fans would have access to pipe in “crowd noise”//

yes, but why would colts management be piping in crowd noise if their own crowd was sufficient?

[Patrick Patterson]

The very definition of irony: A Pats fan complaining about the officials.

[beth]

give me a break. did you watch that game? i don't care what happened against the oakland raiders five years ago. defensive pass interference =/= BEING TACKLED by the wide receiver. and yet to those refs in indianapolis it did. i don't care what team we're talking about, some of those calls on BOTH sides last sunday were complete and utter BS.

but if it's the patriots, it's different? because of the tuck rule call that happened once? or because the patriots are undefeated this year? because a patriots fan is saying it?