COLTS DON’T DENY THEY PIPED IN DIN AGAINST PATRIOTS: The accusation that the Colts contributed to a considerable din inside their dome last Sunday has been roundly denied by CBS and the NFL - but still not by the Colts themselves.

The club put out this statement today, in an attempt to mop up the last faction of disbelievers staunchly lodged in New England: “We trust this will put an end to the ridiculous and unfounded accusations that the Colts artificially enhanced crowd noise at the RCA Dome in any way.“As Drew from Fark.com points out, the carefully-worded defense doesn’t include a denial of any kind.

Additionally, we wish we could say we were surprised that no one in the mainstream media has brought up this story:

ESPN’s Ed Werder also reported on the Steelers accusations in 2005, but there has been nary a mention about that past piece by Chris Berman and Chris Mortensen, who have done little more than take the NFL’s word for it that the Colts didn’t cheat again.Meanwhile, the BOSTON HERALD reports today that Bill Belichick said his team’s coach-to-quarterback communication hookup on Sunday was inoperable (while the Colts apparently had no such problem).

In the aftermath of Pats getting slapped for apparently attempting to capture the malevolent ghostly presence of Rich Kotite onto celluloid (we kid), we’re sure the subsequent events are complete coincidence.