Hey America, Here's how we like our balls!

Picture these scenarios and ask yourself are they figments of a delusional Patriots fan's frenzied imagination ... or could they indeed be the ghosts of Superbowl present.

The Patriots are down by 7 at the start of halftime and the sidelines reporter asks Bill Belichick going off the field, "What does your team have to do to get back in the game?"

"Do our job," Belichick says. "We'll be OK if we do our job."

The sidelines reporter follows him toward the locker room tunnel. "Brady threw two interceptions in the first half. Is that because he can't grip the football?"

Belichick trying to escape pushes by her but she blocks his path and he unwittingly knocks her to the ground as the cameras roll.

Or,

The game is over and the Patriots, who recaptured the lead early in the fourth quarter, succumb to a Marshawn Lynch 70-yard touchdown run in the final minute, to win the game.

As the confetti streams and Seahawks players strut about out on the playing field with their children hoisted above their heads, the sidelines reporter, no better yet, Bob Costas heads to the Patriots locker room. A devilish smile curls his upper lip.

"So what happened, Bill?" he asks as he corners Belichick outside a bathroom near a maze of lockers.

"We didn't make the plays," Belichick says dryly, a faraway look in his eyes. "We didn't do our job."

Without a pause, like a bullfighter performing a flawless escotada on a tired, but brave bull, Costas continues without a beat, "So is now the time to tell us about Deflate-gate, just own up to it, Bill?"

Belichick, mute with rage, stands up abruptly walks past Costas to the inner sanctum of the locker room, but Costas blocks his way, seeking a follow-up question, which never gets out of his mouth as the proud coach unwittingly knocks the NBC sports anchor to the cement locker room floor where he is tended to by his cameraman.

As you can see, if you are a Patriots fan, both of these scenarios are untenable.

With 90 percent of the nation's media behaving badly with regards to deflate-gate, losing is no longer an option if you're a Patriots fan. I repeat, LOSING IS NOT AN OPTION.

Ask any Patriots fan if you would've rather them beaten the Giants the last two times they were in the Superbowl and lost to Seattle on Sunday, and they would say NO.

This is the one we want.

Why? Because if we win and "they" (the naysayers) continue to talk deflate-gate trash, they're the ones with the sour grapes.

I'm not worried about deflate-gate. I know deep in my heart that they will be exonerated.

Hines Ward, the former Pittsburg Steeler, said on the Today show on Friday that the NFL wants nothing more than for Seattle to win, because if Seattle wins, deflate-gate goes away.

Does that mean that now, since the Ravens released Ray Rice, and are out of the playoffs, that domestic abuse by NFL players is no longer a worrisome issue for the league?

The Patriots face their greatest challenge ever tomorrow in their battle against Seattle, a truly great football team.

The Patriots are on the cusp of unrivaled greatness or disgrace.

They're not only fighting a great team, they're fighting against ignorance and media jackals who know nothing about football except that many of their readers across the country are tired of the Patriots' success.

What the Patriots have achieved is from their hard work, commitment, determination, discipline and passion.

Now, in the past week or so, there are those who have taken great delight in torturing them with unnamed media leaks, innuendo, false narratives and hyperbole.

From Saturday Night Live skits to giggling adolescent network newswomen talking about how Brady likes his "balls," ignorant comments have run the gamut from poor taste to sleazy to unconscionable.

And for all those dubious reporters who giggled about how Brady and the Pats like their balls, come closer, here' s the answer: They like 'em 22 inches tall, standing on a pedestal, weighing seven pounds and made entirely of sterling silver.

Also known as the Vince Lombardi trophy.

Go Pats, We know you can do it.