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Pat Patriot Hikes Again

Tonight the New England Patriots will play their season opener against division rivals the Buffalo Bills. Questions abound: Will Tom Brady return to his brilliant, beautiful form? Will the Patriots’ rookie defense be effective? Will Terrell Owens shut the eff up, already?

More importantly, what’s up with those uniforms? Gone are the dark blue uniforms with the red piping and silver-white trim, emblazoned with the stone-faced “Flying Elvis” logo. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Patriots football, the Patriots and the Bills will don replicas of the uniforms that they wore from 1961 until 1996 (here for articl

They’re so… red. Studies have shown that team wearing red have a slight competitive advantage, perhaps because the color harkens bloodlust and carnage. And the helmets are adorned with Pat Patriot, the relic mascot who enjoys a sentimental following in New England among those retro football fashionistas who disdain the slickness of the Flying Elvis.

Pat Patriot. Now there’s a mascot. A revolutionary minuteman who looks determined to shove that football in your end zone.

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