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In defense of the bandwagon Patriots fan

This Super Bowl, we want all the help we can get

By Eileen McEleney Woods

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  February 05, 2012

It’s been four years since the Patriots were in the Super Bowl, and that sound you hear is a legion of bandwagon fans collectively brushing the dust from its pink hats.

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