Don Shula wants an asterisk on the New England Patriots record if they finish the NFL Season perfect?

Yep, that's what Don Shula, coach of the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins said, sort of.

Well, although we shouldn't give a rat's ass about any sports talk that comes out of anyone from Miami these days, considering how bad the Dolphins have been this 2007-08 NFL football season and how pathetic the Heat are playing in the NBA, Don Shula still is a Hall of Famer and we probably have to listen to whatever it is he wants to say.

In this case, however, we were, sort of, confused on what Shula is really trying to say. Yep, the coach of the 1972 Miami Dolphins had something to say about the New England Patriots and their quest to remain undefeated this season. And while he seemed un-PATRIOT-ic at one point, he softened up a little bit the last time he talked to the media.

Don Shula originally claimed that this year's version of the New England Patriots blemished EVERYTHING they've accomplished and ANYTHING they will accomplish after the ''spying scandal'' that hit them following their win over the New York Jets to kick off the season.

''The Spygate thing has diminished what they've accomplished,'' Don Shula said. ''You would hate to have that attached to your accomplishments. They've got it.''

THEN, after a hot cup of coffee and probably a warm shower, Don Shula said that if the Patriots go finish this season undefeated, they should be considered as the best team in football and should be recognized for accomplishing the greatest feat in sports.

''If they run the table, and they win all the games, then they are doing it within the rules of the National Football League,'' Don Shula said. ''And there shouldn't be any asterisk to it. That would be the accomplishment that they made. It would be the best in all of sports.''

Don Shula is a moron.

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