Sunday, January 20, 2008

Giants Among Men

There are football games.

There are classics.

And then, there is Ice Bowl the Second: The Curse of the Missed Field Goal


I'm not a Giants fan. I don't hate the Giants, they aren't a bitter rival like the Red Sox, Rangers or Patriots, they're just not my team.

So I watched the NFC championship game today with a bit of an open mind. Mad respect for the Packers and their history, and Brett Favre, for sure, but also respect for the Giants. They are, after all, a New York team that was playing for the possibility of playing New England...

It seems like such a long time ago that the Giants and the Jets both started the season at 0-2 and the analysts said the Jets would be the ones to pull out of it...

For the first time since 2003, a local team has a chance to win a major title, and they can beat New England while doing it.

Again, I'm not a Giants fan. Any other AFC team in the Super Bowl than the Patriots, I'd be rooting for the AFC team, but the Patriots are a New England team, and most of you know how that sits with Yankee fans.

So on that basis, LET'S GO GIANTS, and bring a little sports glory back home, where it belongs.




By the way, I froze just watching that game. Are the linebackers insane playing with bare arms?


Wait, I'm not sure I want that one answered...

3 comments:

  1. Where would the Giants ticker-tape parade if they needed one will be?

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  2. "So on that basis, LET'S GO GIANTS, and bring a little sports glory back home, where it belongs."
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    As all of America feels NY deserves all kudos, awards, championships and titles.
    We realize when a non-NY team wins any championship it is an exception.
    (above is sarcasm for you NY people, but many of you would not see it that way). Entitlement to all championships for NY, the rest of the world are just pawns.
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    And that your football team didn't even make the playoffs and one of the NJ teams did... that's another story, isn't it?
    ==

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  3. "Where would the Giants ticker-tape parade if they needed one will be?"

    Buffalo, where the NY football franchise is located... oh wait, maybe not.
    Newark?
    A rest area on your turnpike?

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