Where's Fearless? Where you'd expect.

Welcome to Gillette Stadium for today's game between the 6-3 Patirots and the 4-5 New York Jets. After a beautiful start to the day, it's clouded over and the temperature has dropped to 48 degrees. Forecasts are for partly (looks like mostly now) cloudy skies and only a 10 percent chance of precipitation from 4 p.m. to 8, with temperatures dropping to about 42.

There's a consistent breeze running from the lighthouse end of the field to the enclosed end ... enough to lift the streamers at the tops of the goalposts, but not keep them extended.

As reported earlier, I'm on alone from the sports side and Keith Nordstrom will be handling the photography. Juliet Pennington is here from the news side.

I will be blogging throughout this game, because that's my job. There has been some debate over the frequency of my posts because they are hosted on a site separately from The Sun Chronicle's Web page, which is where most of you access this blog. Rest assured that my efforts to blog pertinent information in this game will remain the same as they've been in the past. Those on the "Southeastern Mass. Online Community" who feel inconvenienced by the frequency of the posts should click on "All Posts" and you'll see everything that everyone has posted.

Actually, that debate suggested an improvement in the coverage. One of the critics suggested that I had been posting so much, I was commenting upon how much Gatorade had been consumed by the Patriots. I hadn't done that, but that gave me an excellent idea.

I asked Stacey James, the media relations director of the Patriots, how much Gatorade a team consumed in the course of an NFL game. It took him a day to track down the training staff, but he told me that the Patriots make anywhere between 30 and 45 gallons of Gatorade for each game, depending upon the hydration needs of the team.

Given that it's a little warmer today than the average late November game, I'll guess that 40 gallons were made for the game -- and at each quarter break, you'll see the little Gatorade Gauge (as seen at left) to show you how much of the electrolyte-replenishment drink has been consumed by the Patriots.

For in-game blogging, please go to www.thesunchronicle.com/farinella. We'll be back after the game here with hots and nots and game notes. Thanks for coming.