Conspiracy Theory of the Week

Apparently some folks believe that the New England Patriots lost the Super Bowl because Tom Brady’s girlfriend, supermodel Gisele Bündchen, was drinking red wine rather than beer in her sky box. Really.

Posted on Friday, February 22 2008 | Permalink

No, not really.

Referring to comments mentioned in a WSJ story, the Wine Spectator says, “Some even insinuated that it was Bündchen and her wine that caused New England’s loss.” But the WSJ writer cited only 1) “one of the doormen in our building” who “wondered if the sight of her had proved distracting,” and 2) an obviously tongue-in-cheek blog post by Jeff Boswell.

Posted by Scrutineer  on  02/23  at  01:21 AM

Picky, picky.

Posted by Prrofessor Bainbridge  on  02/23  at  01:28 AM

Admittedly she is very distracting.

Posted by  on  02/23  at  03:14 AM

"Picky, picky.”

No one in any of the linked pieces suggests that NE lost because “Bündchen was drinking red wine rather than beer in her sky box.” How is it “picky” to observe that your post is completely wrong?

Posted by Scrutineer  on  02/23  at  10:14 AM

I thought the threat posted after this one was the “conspiracy of the week.” You can’t have two.

Posted by  on  02/24  at  10:22 AM

I say that’s not a negative.  If Bündchen’s wine consumption is what caused the Patriot’s loss, I say that is yet another positive in wine’s column.

And I say this as someone who likes both wine and beer - both are fun, flavorful drinks, but wine is better.

Posted by B. Minich  on  02/25  at  11:03 AM
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