Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has accused six-time Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Belichick of using artificial crowd noise during games at their former home stadium. I heard the argument.
The Colts played their home games at the RCA Dome from 1984 to 2007. Indy's current home, Lucas Oil Stadium, opened in August 2008.
Belichick made his customary appearance on the Manning Cast on Monday night when the Kansas City Chiefs hosted the New Orleans Saints. Belichick was asked about the measures he will take to simulate crowd noise as the team he coaches prepares to travel to Arrowhead Stadium.
The longtime home of the Chiefs set a Guinness World Record for stadium noise during a 2014 game against Belichick's New England Patriots. The fan recorded the noise at 142.2 decibels, which is substantially louder than a typical commercial aircraft roaring. Take off.
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November 10, 2023. Frankfurt, Germany. Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay spoke at a Chicago Meatpackers fan event before the International Series game against the New England Patriots. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports)
Arrowhead Stadium is widely considered one of the most intimidating places for opposing teams to play, but Belichick used the crowd noise debate as an opportunity to take a shot at the Colts, and effectively, Irsay. I used it.
“The Crowd Noise at Arrowhead wasn't as bad as it was at the RCA Dome when they kept the music coming from the pipes,” Belichick told Peyton Manning. “When the crowd noise died down, we knew you were blowing it in.”
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Irsay described Belichick's claims as “fiction.”
“Be careful…the 'crowd noise coming in through the pipes' myth — 1000% fiction. And that 'skip' was a TV broadcast. But we get it.” ..the visiting team could not believe that 60,000 people could gather in an intimate domed stadium with deafening noise! Credit to the Colts fans,” Irsay wrote on X (formerly Twitter). Ta.
The NFL ultimately admitted that the television networks that held the rights to broadcast the 2007 Colts-Patriots game were responsible for the discrepancy. The game became known in some soccer circles as “Audiogate”.
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick announced his departure from the team during a press conference at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts on January 11, 2024. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)
The buzz in the crowd seemed to get louder when then-quarterback Tom Brady was at the line of scrimmage, but quickly died down after the play in question.
A flag with the Indianapolis Colts logo waves in front of fans in the end zone during a game against the New England Patriots at the RCA Dome on November 4, 2007 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
“CBS told the NFL that any anomalous audio that fans may have heard during the Patriots vs. Colts telecast was the result of tape feedback within a CBS production truck and was separate from the CBS broadcast. “We have notified the NFL that this is the case,” a league spokesperson said in a statement. at that time.
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The Chiefs defeated the Saints 26-13 on Monday night, improving the defending champions' record to 5-0 on the season. The Chiefs are entering their bye week, and the Saints are preparing for an NFC South showdown with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
However, New Orleans will likely be short-handed for the Week 6 contest with starting quarterback Derek Carr dealing with an oblique injury.
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