Colts owner Jim Irsay pushes back after Bill Belichick claims team pumped in crowd noise: '1000% fictional'

Indianapolis Colts proprietor Jim Irsay caught upwind of six-time Super Bowl winning manager Bill Belichick's claims that the NFL franchise utilized artifical assemblage sound during a crippled astatine its erstwhile location stadium.

The Colts played location games astatine the RCA Dome from 1984 until 2007. Indy's existent home, Lucas Oil Stadium, opened successful August 2008. 

Belichick made his regular quality connected the "ManningCast" connected Monday nighttime arsenic the Kansas City Chiefs hosted the New Orleans Saints. Belichick and was asked astir measures helium would instrumentality to simulate the assemblage sound erstwhile a squad helium was coaching was preparing to question to Arrowhead Stadium. 

The Chiefs longtime location acceptable a Guinness World Record for stadium sound during a crippled against the Belichick-coached New England Patriots during a crippled successful 2014. Fans registered the dependable astatine 142.2 decibels, which is efficaciously louder than erstwhile a emblematic commercialized airplane is roaring for instrumentality off.

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Nov 10, 2023; Frankfurt, Germany; Indianapolis Colts proprietor Jim Irsay speaks during a instrumentality lawsuit astatine Chicago Meatpackers earlier an International Series crippled against the New England Patriots. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports)

While Arrowhead Stadium is wide regarded arsenic 1 of the astir intimidating places for opposing teams to play, Belichick utilized the treatment astir assemblage sound arsenic an accidental to instrumentality a jab astatine the Colts — and efficaciously astatine Irsay.

"The assemblage sound astatine Arrowhead wasn't arsenic atrocious arsenic erstwhile we played you with each the piped-in euphony astatine the RCA Dome," Belichick told Peyton Manning. "When the assemblage sound skipped, that's erstwhile we knew you were piping it in."

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Irsay described Belichick's assertion arsenic "fictional."

"Reminder...'piped-in assemblage noise' story ---1000% fictional.  And the ‘skip’ was TV broadcast.  We get it, though…visiting teams couldn’t judge that 60,000 successful an intimate domed stadium could marque that overmuch deafening noise! A recognition to Colts fans," Irsay wrote connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter.

The NFL yet confirmed that the TV web that held the broadcasting rights for the 2007 crippled betwixt the Colts and Patriots was liable for the discrepancy. The crippled became known successful immoderate shot circles arsenic "audio-gate."

New England Patriots caput manager Bill Belichick announces helium is leaving the squad during a property league astatine Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, Massachusetts, connected January 11, 2024. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

The assemblage sound seemingly accrued erstwhile then-quarterback Tom Brady was astatine the enactment of scrimmage, earlier rapidly becoming faint erstwhile the play successful question ended.

A emblem with the logo of the Indianapolis Colts is waved successful beforehand of fans successful the endzone against the New England Patriots connected November 4, 2007 astatine the RCA Dome successful Indianapolis, Indiana. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

"CBS has informed the NFL that the antithetic audio infinitesimal heard that fans mightiness person heard during the Patriots-Colts telecast was the effect of portion feedback successful the CBS accumulation motortruck and was isolated to the CBS broadcast," a league spokesperson said successful a connection astatine the time.

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The Chiefs' 26-13 triumph implicit the Saints connected Monday nighttime improved the defending champions' grounds this play to 5-0. The Chiefs present participate their bye week, portion the Saints hole for an NFC South showdown with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 

But, New Orleans volition apt beryllium shorthanded for the Week 6 contest, arsenic starting backmost Derek Carr deals with an evident oblique injury. 

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