Boston is adrift in a waving sea of celebrating green. The mood in the purple and gold Southland is not quite so cheerful. What happened? What went wrong? Everyone's got an opinion. Here's a roundup of the armchair punditry.

• The LA Times
• More LA Times
• ESPN
• New York Times
• Sporting News
• Boston Globe
• USA Today
• Time Magazine
• Bleeding Purple & Gold

Got a theory of your own? Want to tell the world exactly what you think of Boston? Pay a visit to the LA Forum and sound off.

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