Saint Dungy employing illegal tactics? Very clear skipping sound on the CBS broadcast.

what is the exact rule that this would violate??

C'mon Mike! The possibility was first raised on several message boards including the one run by the company you work for--by "ordinary fans". It was picked up from there. You're about 16 hours late to the party. Some beat reporter you are.

Tagliabue issued a memo in 2006 stating that any team found guilty of piping in noise to stadiums could forfeit draft picks.

Busted!

Tony Dungy 9/17/07

"I guess it depends on who you're rooting for, but I know how Jim Irsay feels about it and how he runs this organization. As happy and excited as we were to win our Super Bowl, I don't think Jim would have taken any satisfaction in winning if he felt I was breaking the rules to do it. I'm glad I work for an owner who feels that way and not only doesn't put that type of pressure on us to "win at all costs," but would be very upset if we knowingly violated any NFL rules. So I think it does matter how you win and I hope we, as a league, continue to send that message to young players and coaches who are watching us."

i wasn't going to comment on the noise as cheating until i heard that they were investigated before, so it has to be cheating

Wait - the Colts? The NFL's 'good guys'?

What will Tom Jackson say this upcoming weekend on ESPN? I thought only the Patriots cheated?

To me it sounded like feedback/regeneration with a time delay that may have happenned in the broadcast feed. Visual analogy is if you take a video camera and point it at the screen that is showing the image from the camera. Or sometimes you'll get a similar effect when there's feedback caused by the referee's microphone.

If possible, check the radio broadcast to see if the same effect was heard there.

The rule it would violate is the rule that says you're not allowed to use fake crowd noise. Pretty cut and dry... same as the rule the Patriots (Bellichick) broke.

Hate to say it, and would LOVE the Colts to get caught cheating, but my money's on CBS using fake crowd noise for their broadcast. Not being piped in to the stadium...you didn't think live TV was actually all LIVE, did you?! ;)

The sound is obvious on the CBS broadcast, but I have not heard anyone at the game mention it. Did Mike Reiss or any other member of the Boston media hear it in the press box?

Finally. Take the halo off of Dungy's head, and call him Barry Bonds for tainting the integrity of the game. Doesn't sound so nice now, does it Tony?

bob - did you have the same attitude when the Pats were accused of cheating - or were you calling for blood ??

I believe it would be considered an Unfair Act (http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/unfairacts).

The owner turning up the sound to interfere with the visiting team's player communications does seem to violate the general spirit of having equal field conditions for the home and visiting teams.

I knew it! We're not the only ones who know how to cheat!

I heard that. It sounded like someone just flipped a switch...

Can we call this "soundgate"?

You know it really does matter. I could hear just by sitting at my computer looking at the clips. I am going to wait and see what the NFL has to say. It sit in the same way has what happen to the Pats.

Can we call this "soundgate"?

If this was the NE Pats pumping in NOISE in Gillette, somehow I would think it wouldn't be CBS's fault and this would be the PATS fault. this is HOGWASH, I don't believe it.
Between the NFL REFS/calls/NON-calls yesterday, what a disgrace watching this NFL game. this is right up there w/the Pitt/Colts game and even the Pitt/Sea superbowl. Simply terrible. Something is NOT on the uP n Up in this league.

For those thinking that the Colts are above the gamesmanship, remember the AFC Championship Game, when several members of the Pats had the flu; remember how the fans were fanning themselves in the stands because the dome was so hot. Members of the Pats D were on the sideline getting IV's to replenish fluids, while normal healthy players were able to play through it.

Hey, the Colts earned that home-field advantage, and leveraged it. Hats off to them. But let's not act like they are saints, like that hack Easterbrook on ESPN does.

To me it sounded like a cd skipping.

The stadium may not use the pa system while the play clock is running and the visiting teams offense is on the field.

On a related note...There were 2 other strange audio incidents. Did anyone notice during Manning's fumble/interception near the end of the game that crowd kept cheering? Normally, there's either a collective groan or a quick silence;instead, it seemed like the fans kept cheering. I even mentioned it to my buddy while we were watching the game live because it seemed so strange. The same kind of thing happened when Welker scored to make it 20-17. Maybe it was CBS punching up the background noise, but as a previous poster mentioned, comparison to the radio feed would probably give some answers.

Tony - any journalist worth his/her salt would wait until there was corroboration from a legitimate source - he would most definitely not rely on cheap gossip from 'message boards'

Wow. You all have too much time on your hands. You, meaning the Patriots, won the game. Let it go! And let's not even start on who the real "Cheater" is. He was so arrogant as to blow off Dungy's handshake post game. What a role model!

Wow. You all have too much time on your hands. You, meaning the Patriots, won the game. Let it go! And let's not even start on who the real "Cheater" is. He was so arrogant as to blow off Dungy's handshake post game. What a role model!

if you arenot going to post why ask for comments???

You could hear the "noise" on the CBS broadcast as well as the radio feed. So it was in the stadium...not just the CBS feed.

We will see if the NFL covers this one up to protect the Colts. Isn't it obvious that with the poor penalty calls and this sound problem occuring only when the Patriots had the ball, that the NFL does not want to see the Patriots succeed. I am not even a Patriots fan and common sense dictates all this. The fact that Bill Polian is on the rules committee is an obvious joke too. I hope the Patriots run the table.

If it was from CBS, then why was all the other audio fine, anouncers, player noise, etc...... except the crowd noise. Along with the fact that once the issue was corrected, the crowd noise was almost nonexistant.

Who cares! The Pats won. Let's move on.

I am calling this MilliVanilliGate

I am not a audio guy nor an idiot either. How can a "CBS feedback issue" only effect the background sound. Where is the technical difficulty with the announcing crew? Does one not effect the other?

colts r cheaters all the way
those d interference calls were a disgrace refs r always on colts side

Boooo HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Let's find something to bitch about even though we won. TYPICAL BOSTON FANS!!!!!!!! Makes me sick!!!!! CBS SAID IT WAS THEIR OWN TECHNICAL GLITCH! GIVE IT UP!!! I've been in the stadium at Indy...MANNING CONTROLS THE PLACE! Loud noise and hearing a pin drop...whatever he wants!!!! Give up the conspiracy theories...NE is the team with the cameras pointed in the wrong direction! (Looks like an asterix for this year to me!)

Give it up!

We'll see you in January!

How much pressure could the NFL put on CBS to 'make this go away'? What if CBS fell on the grenade so that it wouldn't further tarnish the NFL brand? With a wink and a back room nod this all goes away...

Must have been RCA amps running the sound system, it didn't stop the Pats! LOL!