Jim Irsay Fires Back at Bill Belichick's Accusation That Colts 'Piped In' Crowd Noise

Ryan Phillips | Oct 8, 2024

Irsay didn't like Belichick's comments about the Colts using piped-in crowd noise. / Robert Scheer/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK

Jim Irsay is not a fan of Bill Belichick taking a shot at his Indianapolis Colts.

On Tuesday, the Colts' owner fired back at Belichick's comments from Monday night's episode of ESPN's ManningCast.

Belichick claimed Peyton Manning and the Colts used to pipe in crowd noise when his New England Patriots would come to town, then cited a time when the noise actually skipped.

Video of the clip is below.

Bill Belichick called out the Colts for pumping in fake crowd noise against the Pats 😭 @EliManning pic.twitter.com/9sKDLpVBT3

— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) October 8, 2024

And here's the moment during a Colts-Patriots game Belichick was referring to.

Ironic coming from a colts fan. It was hilarious when the pumped in artificial crowd noise started skipping mid game 😂 https://t.co/reHRQnP8Gz pic.twitter.com/M3LepyVVBz

— RandomTomBradyHighlights (@TomBradyDaily) October 20, 2023

Irsay took to X (formerly Twitter) to fire back at Belichick's accusation. He said, "Reminder..."piped-in crowd noise" myth --- 1000% fictional. And the "skip" was TV broadcast. We get it, though...visiting teams couldn't believe that 60,000 in an intimate domed stadium could make that much deafening noise! A credit to Colts fans."

Reminder..."piped-in crowd noise" myth ---1000% fictional. And the "skip" was TV broadcast. We get it, though…visiting teams couldn’t believe that 60,000 in an intimate domed stadium could make that much deafening noise! 👋🙂 A credit to Colts fans.

— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) October 8, 2024

The classic Colts-Patriots rivalry is apparently still alive.

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