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These Forever Giants
Feb 11th
Jumbo, Burt, Martin, Bavaro, Banks….
The names are engraved on the minds of every Giants fan, whispered across the years of this Super Bowl era.
Morris, Anderson, Oates, Carthon, Manuel…..
There have been many others who have played for the team during these 42 seasons. Some served much longer tenures as Giants. Others were much more talented or even statistically dominant at their given position.
Marshall, McConkey, Pepper, Hoss, Meggett…..
Their names that would become synonymous with Giants pride. Mere mention of them brought a wistful smile to any Giants fan’s face, for they had brought home football’s ultimate prize, a Super Bowl Championship. A good number of them had brought home two, the first in a rout, the second in a glorious upset.
Landeta, Banks, Carson, Simms, Taylor……
The list is not complete, simply some of the most notable. There are others who share their glory who go unmentioned here; these gridiron warriors, these champions, these forever Giants. For seventeen years they have stood alone much as the last set of champions before them had, a team that predated the Super Bowl era.
They are alone no longer.
They might be…..nay, they are Giants!
Jan 20th
I’ve been faced with something of a conundrum over the past few years. Anyone who knows me knows how loyal I am to the teams with whom I place my rooting allegiance. It is my place in the fandom of New York Giants football that has been the source of that conundrum.
Right at Home at the Igloo
Nov 22nd
To my beloved Devils, who I had ripped rather savagely in a post here just a few scant days ago, all I have to say is, “You’re Forgiven”.
Even you, Johnny Oduya, despite another brain cramp of a play that cost Marty his first shutout of the season. It didn’t lose the game and it is Thanksgiving, so I’m feeling rather magnanimous.
The evening started off with my brother and I heading into Pittsburgh. I chose to wear full Devils’ colors as I normally do. My brother chose not to call a lawyer to keep on standby even though we were going to be in opposition territory and I was going to be hard to miss.
Last Train to Loserville
Nov 17th
This was one rough week to be a Devils fan. Halfway to my preseason goal of seeing eight games in person already, with an away game the night before Thanksgiving to come, I’d like to say I’m happy with my team. I’d also like to say that I’m dating a Playboy centerfold. Neither statement would be anywhere near the truth of the matter. The real truth is that for the first time in many years, I’ve had the displeasure of watching the team play horribly with no real confidence that it’s going to get better. If someone were to make a movie of the games I saw in person this week, the consecutive losses to the hated Rangers and the annoying Islanders would be titled “The Apathy and the Incompetence”.
Seeing Red Over Big Blue
Nov 8th
The halfway point of the NFL season finds my Giants holding a 6 wins to 2 losses record. That fact is even more impressive given that they began the season dismally having lost their first two game while giving up over 80 points over the course of the losses. They’ve righted the ship, avoided the traps, and took care of business. There isn’t a useful cliche` for playing well that hasn’t been used to describe them. Going into Sunday’s NFC East showdown with the despised 7-1 Dallas Cowboys, one of the two teams to have already beaten them, I should be a very happy man. Instead, I’m seeing red……as in the color of the jerseys the Giants will be wearing while facing their divisional nemesis on Sunday.