Now that I am a bit more coherent, I have a bit more to say about the Superbowl, however, I would like to start this post with two quotes. The first was said by the character Tony D’Amato played by Al Pacino in the movie Any Given Sunday: “On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is - can you win or lose like a man?” In light of the behavior of Patriots coach Bill Belicheck, that quote is quite appropriate. Walking off the field before the game is officially over was quite rude. The 2nd quote is one from Couch Coughlin from the begining of the season that he had t-shirts made up of, “Talk is cheap. Play the game.” I think more than anything, that represents the Giants this season. I could go on and on, but there are plenty of web sites out there that are already doing that, so I will just end with this message to the entire New York Giants organization:

Thank you.

Go GIANTS!

Tom aka “Lord Lillis” and I will be at Faddy Malones in Levittown to enjoy the game. After the Gitans win, expect a sloppy drunken post here about how great the game was.

n August, They said they were a mediocre team at best.
In September, They said they were done for after two weeks of the season.
In October, They questioned the longevity of the quarterback.
In November, They questioned the longevity of the coach.
In December, despite their turnaround, They gave up on them.

Yet, in January the New York Giants were still playing football, despite all that They had said and predicted. But They still had no faith in them.

In the Wild Card game vs Tampa, They said the Bucs would win. They were wrong.

Then it was off to face America’s Team. The #1 NFC playoff seed. The almighty 13-3 Dallas Cowboys who had beaten them 2 times during the season. They said it couldn’t be done, hell it had NEVER been done. The #1 NFC seed (since they started the current playoff format in 1990) had NEVER lost the Divisional Playoff game. No team in the history of the NFL had ever won 9 games straight on the road. The ‘Boys were 7pt favorites. Jerry Jones had already given out player tickets to NFC Championship game that everyone assumed would be played in Dallas against the Green Bay Packers.

So there I sat, with my fellow fans

and watched as the NY Giants showed the world that

THEY

WERE

WRONG!

GO GIANTS!

My NY Giants won today beating the Tampa Bay Bucaneers 24-14. I was at a friend’s daughter’s birthday party watching the pre-game show on Fox and saw that the whole staff all picked the Bucs to win. I think they all need to apologize to the Giants for having no faith. There was no way the Giants were losing this game, especially after the way they played last week against New England. What a bunch of losers. Next week we go to Dallas, should be a good game. Maybe we Giants fans should chip in and make sure Jessica Simpson is at the game…..

Meanwhile, I want to know what was said to the NY GIants defense during halftime last week in DC. For 2.5 games the NY Giants defense could not have stopped a pee-wee football offense from running all over them. They were pitiful in Weeks 1 and 2 against Dallas and Green Bay. Hell, they made Brett Farve look like he was still in his prime. Then last week they let the Redskins score 17 points in the first half and when they went in at halftime I thought “well, this game is over”. Then they came out and shut them down. I was like, where the hell did these guys come from?! And again this week against the Eagles who scored over 50pts last week, they destroyed them.

12 Sacks!!! 12!!! That ties an NFL record. And Osi had 6 of them, which beats the franchise single game record. Who the hell are these guys? All I know is that if the defense keeps playing like that for the rest of the season they may never lose again.

Sometimes it is tough to be a NY sports fan. The Mets have lost 4 straight games, the last two by simply playing like the Bad News Bears. The Giants and the Jets have started the season 0-2. And the Yankees are in 2nd place, which to me is a good thing. Oh, and I lost the first week in the GruntvillE Fantasy Football league, but since we only ended up with 4 players, we have all secured playoff berths already!

One of the amazing things about having an infant is the amount of time you get to watch TV.

Seriously. Here is what I mean. I get to dothe final feeding of the day for Marissa, at about 10pm each night I give her a bottle. Then I get her to fall asleep and put her to bed. This whole process takes anywhere from 60-90 minutes and there is not much to do other than watch TV. So I have taken to watching one of three things normally, the NY Mets, Discovery HD Theater, and The National Geographic Channel in HD. Yeah, sometimes I watch something else, but it is usually one of those three.

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By some small miracle, okay, perhaps it was a large one, both the NY Jets and NY Giants are in the playoffs this year. Not only that, but they are both playing today, the Jets at 1:30 in New England and the Giants at 4:30 in Philly. Both teams playing against fierce division rivals, it’s a good day for football.

Go Giants!