- Giant Fans (60%)
- Patriots Fans (5%)
- General football fans -- those that don't have a horse in the race but wanted to watch the game (10%)
- Dolphin Fans -- those who were rooting against the Patriots to preserve the Dolphins Perfect Season exclusivity (25%)
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2/04/2008
Miami Dolphins win!
I went to the local bar to watch the game, and needless to say, it was crowded. There were 4 types of Football watchers last night (keep in mind that I live in NJ where the Giants play):
What a Game!!!
The NY Giants win the Superbowl! Most people believed this was almost impossible, highly improbable at the least.
NE Patriots had a phenomenal season and looked invincible. They are a tremendous team, one of the best I've ever seen, and Tom Brady (when not spouting inane politics) is among the quarterback greats. During their season, however, there were times when being great wasn't good enough; they needed the other team to screw up so they could win. Philadelphia and Baltimore showed everyone how to play and beat the Pats, but they both gave up bad penalties late in the game to allow Brady to do his thing. These teams lost the game, as opposed to the Pats winning the game.
Even the Giants played the Pats well in week 17, but came up just short.
as for the Giants, something happened to Eli Manning during Week 16 playing Washington. He went from a tier 2 quarterback (at best) to a tier 1 QB, but no one recognized this. He played the Pats virtually mistake free and almost won the game. TB wasn't a real problem for the Giants. Next up was Dallas. No one thought they could beat Dallas, but they did. No one thought they could beat Green Bay, but they did. And still, most people didn't give the G-Men their due.
Nobody thought the Giants could beat the Pats. Last night, Tom Brady got knocked around more than the entire season combined. The Giant defense played extremely well and kept Randy Moss out of the game. They put pressure on Brady that he couldn't find a rhythm, thus he had to rely on the short pass to Welker the entire night. That play to Welker was run about a dozen times, and still the Giants couldn't defend against it. But, you can't win a game with this one play.
This game was among the best games I have ever seen. It was even better than the Giants vs. Bills Superbowl XXV when the Giants won in the last minutes with a Matt Bahr Field goal, and then a Scott Norwood Miss from 47 yards with 4 seconds left. The reason: The Bills lost that game. Last night, the Giants Won because they outplayed the Pats.
What a game!
NE Patriots had a phenomenal season and looked invincible. They are a tremendous team, one of the best I've ever seen, and Tom Brady (when not spouting inane politics) is among the quarterback greats. During their season, however, there were times when being great wasn't good enough; they needed the other team to screw up so they could win. Philadelphia and Baltimore showed everyone how to play and beat the Pats, but they both gave up bad penalties late in the game to allow Brady to do his thing. These teams lost the game, as opposed to the Pats winning the game.
Even the Giants played the Pats well in week 17, but came up just short.
as for the Giants, something happened to Eli Manning during Week 16 playing Washington. He went from a tier 2 quarterback (at best) to a tier 1 QB, but no one recognized this. He played the Pats virtually mistake free and almost won the game. TB wasn't a real problem for the Giants. Next up was Dallas. No one thought they could beat Dallas, but they did. No one thought they could beat Green Bay, but they did. And still, most people didn't give the G-Men their due.
Nobody thought the Giants could beat the Pats. Last night, Tom Brady got knocked around more than the entire season combined. The Giant defense played extremely well and kept Randy Moss out of the game. They put pressure on Brady that he couldn't find a rhythm, thus he had to rely on the short pass to Welker the entire night. That play to Welker was run about a dozen times, and still the Giants couldn't defend against it. But, you can't win a game with this one play.
This game was among the best games I have ever seen. It was even better than the Giants vs. Bills Superbowl XXV when the Giants won in the last minutes with a Matt Bahr Field goal, and then a Scott Norwood Miss from 47 yards with 4 seconds left. The reason: The Bills lost that game. Last night, the Giants Won because they outplayed the Pats.
What a game!
1/21/2008
Go Giants!
I am a Giant Fan (as well as a Steeler fan). Nobody, and I mean NOBODY had given the Giants any thought that the Giants would reach the Superbowl, including myself. I thought they would beat the Cowboys, but lose to the Packers in frigid Green Bay. From all of the analysis, Eli Manning could not play in cold weather. I bought into this as well.
What I saw last night was astounding: A quarterback playing as if it was 50 degrees while the other quarterback played as if the cold was the worst thing (this is not the astounding part); the astounding part is that it was Favre who played to the cold and Manning who ignored it!
Manning played yet another near-flawless game. during the regular season, Eli was almost written off as a mediocre (at best) qb that will never reach the ranks of his older brother. Give the guy some time. From the last few games, he has showed us something bordering on greatness.
On to Arizona and the Patriots. As the saying goes... '...any given Sunday'. GO GIANTS!
What I saw last night was astounding: A quarterback playing as if it was 50 degrees while the other quarterback played as if the cold was the worst thing (this is not the astounding part); the astounding part is that it was Favre who played to the cold and Manning who ignored it!
Manning played yet another near-flawless game. during the regular season, Eli was almost written off as a mediocre (at best) qb that will never reach the ranks of his older brother. Give the guy some time. From the last few games, he has showed us something bordering on greatness.
On to Arizona and the Patriots. As the saying goes... '...any given Sunday'. GO GIANTS!
1/11/2008
Marion Barry (part 2)
I think 6 months is too lenient. She cheated and lied, she embarrassed her teammates but what is worse, she embarrassed the USA by representing us at the Olympics.
Using drugs to enhance an athletes performance is extremely unfair to all of the athletes who compete against that person. It completely tilts the play field. Those athletes who DON'T take drugs but witness it should be screaming very loudly, even if they are teammates.
Using drugs to enhance an athletes performance is extremely unfair to all of the athletes who compete against that person. It completely tilts the play field. Those athletes who DON'T take drugs but witness it should be screaming very loudly, even if they are teammates.
- It is like racing with a motorcycle in a bicycle race;
- Using a powerboat in a sailboat race;
- pitting a professional hockey team against a high school team;
- Using a heavy beach ball for bowling;
- taking a gun to a knife fight;
- Like playing football against the Jets
Please add any more analogies in the comment section. I'll put them up into this post.
1/04/2008
Superbowl Predictions
Here are my Superbowl predictions:
Wildcard Weekend
Steelers over Jaguars
Chargers over Titans
Giants over Bucs (Ronde who?)
Redskins over Seattle
Divisional Playoffs
Patriots over Steelers
Colts over San Diego
Giants over Cowboys (3rd time's a charm)
Packers over Redskins
Conference Championships
Colts over Patriots (Can't win 'em all)
Green Bay over Giants (too cold for Eli)
Superbowl
Green Bay over Colts (What a great way for Favre to retire)
Wildcard Weekend
Steelers over Jaguars
Chargers over Titans
Giants over Bucs (Ronde who?)
Redskins over Seattle
Divisional Playoffs
Patriots over Steelers
Colts over San Diego
Giants over Cowboys (3rd time's a charm)
Packers over Redskins
Conference Championships
Colts over Patriots (Can't win 'em all)
Green Bay over Giants (too cold for Eli)
Superbowl
Green Bay over Colts (What a great way for Favre to retire)
12/31/2007
Great Football Weekend
This weekend was a great football weekend for me, but not a perfect one.
a) Dallas lost I don't care who wins, as long as Dallas loses
b) Although the Giants lost, they played a very good game, and Ely was as good as Ive ever seen him
c) Jets win The obligatory statement for those of us who live in Northern NJ
Why its not perfect? Because the Steelers lost.
a) Dallas lost I don't care who wins, as long as Dallas loses
b) Although the Giants lost, they played a very good game, and Ely was as good as Ive ever seen him
c) Jets win The obligatory statement for those of us who live in Northern NJ
Why its not perfect? Because the Steelers lost.
12/28/2007
NJ Jets
... nevermind. Enough said.... must... resist... Nope, cant do it.
Why are they playing a 3-4 defense when the linemen and linebackers were all drafted for a 4-3 defense? It's like watching fish out of water. The took a great middle linebacker like Jonathan Vilma and put him as an ILB. Now the other teams can runaway from him (until he got hurt, and now they can run anywhere). You need a great, and I mean GREAT nose tackle to even have a hope of a 3-4 working.
Why are they playing a 3-4 defense when the linemen and linebackers were all drafted for a 4-3 defense? It's like watching fish out of water. The took a great middle linebacker like Jonathan Vilma and put him as an ILB. Now the other teams can runaway from him (until he got hurt, and now they can run anywhere). You need a great, and I mean GREAT nose tackle to even have a hope of a 3-4 working.
NY Giants
I live in New Jersey. Technically, we have no football teams, at least we in New Jersey have to pretend that the Jets and Giants play elsewhere. In reality, they both play in New jersey at the same stadium called 'Giants Stadium' at least for now until some major company puts major money to put their major name on the Stadium sitting on NJ soil. In the same complex sits an indoor arena that when it opened, it was called 'Byrne Arena', then it became the 'Continental Arena' and now it is the 'Izod Arena'. I thought Izod was out of fashion in the '80's. Who Knew?
My office actually overlooks the Meadowlands Sports Complex (more on this on another post). I commute about 45 minutes each way so I have plenty of time to listen to the radio. Lately Ive been listening to WFAN ever since the blowhard left that station. Ive considered Imus non-listenable for about 20 years. His stupid comment, and then the stupidity that resulted from it was ... well... stupid.
Everyone is talking about the Giants-Pats game, and how the Giants should play the game. They all feel that the Giants should rest the players and allow the Pats to win because after all, the Giants aren't really expected to go very far in the playoffs with Dallas and Green Bay playing very well this year. So the theory goes.
I have a different take... As far as the Giants are concerned (and any other team) the goal is to win the superbowl. The Giants should view this game as practice for winning the superbowl. What better opportunity to test out the Patriots offense and defensive strategies than to play them as hard as you can. What better way to test out the Giant's tactics to see what works and what doesnt? You can't do this with the benchwarmers.
My office actually overlooks the Meadowlands Sports Complex (more on this on another post). I commute about 45 minutes each way so I have plenty of time to listen to the radio. Lately Ive been listening to WFAN ever since the blowhard left that station. Ive considered Imus non-listenable for about 20 years. His stupid comment, and then the stupidity that resulted from it was ... well... stupid.
Everyone is talking about the Giants-Pats game, and how the Giants should play the game. They all feel that the Giants should rest the players and allow the Pats to win because after all, the Giants aren't really expected to go very far in the playoffs with Dallas and Green Bay playing very well this year. So the theory goes.
I have a different take... As far as the Giants are concerned (and any other team) the goal is to win the superbowl. The Giants should view this game as practice for winning the superbowl. What better opportunity to test out the Patriots offense and defensive strategies than to play them as hard as you can. What better way to test out the Giant's tactics to see what works and what doesnt? You can't do this with the benchwarmers.
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