My Giants blogs aren’t gonna be as detailed as my Mets ones, as you can tell.  I don’t bring anything into the stadium with me to write with.  I did for one game, but it’s just too much for football.  Joe did show me a way to keep notes on my phone, so we’ll try this out.

Poor Uncle Mike couldn’t make again, so in his place was Anthony.  He didn’t find out until about a half hour before we were supposed to meet and he lives 40 minutes away, plus he had just woken up.  This gave me time to help Bobby and my buddy Neil from work meet up to make a ticket transaction.  Bobby had a couple extra, so Neil told me he had two people willing to buy.  They were in the same parking section, actually to be more specific, at the same tailgate!  So, I used my powers of 3-way calling to get the transaction completed. 

Meanwhile, the commute into the parking lot was better than opening night.  I knew this would happen considering the fact that people had been filing in for hours already.  Even though we left about 45 minutes later than planned, we still had plenty of time to plop ourselves down, have a few beers and some sandwiches.  Enough to prevent me from need to buy a beer or food in the stadium.  My Godmother, Carol and her husband John were also in attendance, but we decided to meet at half time.  Last, but not least, Adam is in attendance as well with tickets from a friend.  He came over to our tailgate to hang out.  Everyone knows Adam.  Everyone loves Adam.  So it’s easy for him to fit in to my parties.  He and Anthony have become good friends, so it’s cool to have such a great close college buddy, whom my family has virtually adopted.  Heck, he knows more about some of my aunts and uncles than I do!

Anyway, it’s game time!

1)      Looks like they opened up a trail from Gate A to Gate B so that people like us don’t have to walk all the way around the entire stadium.  (Finally I can compliment these people for something.)

2)      The PSL thing is basically all anyone is talking about.  (Geez, if they can just organize against the decision makers, then we might get somewhere.  If only they had a leader, or maybe a common place to meet and discuss a plan.  Oh, by the way, I created a group on Facebook called “Fans Against Private Seat License.” If you have a Facebook account, feel free to join!)

3)      Joe has taken notice of the very convenient placement of our seats, considering the Men’s Room, Cookie Stand and Beer stands within 75 feet of each other.  (My Uncle Mike did it right.)

4)      Joe just showed me the notepad feature.  Let’s see how this goes.  Quote from Joe: “They’re all for me”

5)      A girl and guy, clearly a couple come and sit down next to Joe.  He’s wearing neutral colors, but clearly cheering for the Bengals, she’s wearing the Chad Johnson, (pre-Ocho Cinco) jersey and the Yankees hat.  This is wear I noticed that those are two teams not making their respective playoffs this year.  (Yeah, I went there)

6)      I get the feeling the guy next to Joe is going to get on our nerves.  (I know he’s just cheering for his team, but it’s getting a little annoying.)

7)      Granted, he was getting real annoying, but did the people behind him have to throw beer at them?  That’s going too far.  We’re now on their side.  (If there’s one thing I don’t stand for, it’s wasting beer, especially at $8 a bottle.)

8)      “You know what I like about him?  He’s a fan cheering for his team, but he’s respectful”~ Compliment from the female Jets fan sitting in front of us about me, while rooting for the Bengals because she has Palmer and Ocho Cinco on her team.  (I guess that’s just the kinda guy I am.)

9)      Wow, Brandon Jacobs AGAIN just loves to bowl people over.  And we love him for it.

10)  I can’t believe I benched Chris Perry today.  “That guy could bench Chris Perry,”~Joe speaking about the very large man sitting in our section.

11)  Ronnie Brown has two touchdowns.  He’s also on my bench today.

12)  “Somebody’s paying her to do that.  She just doesn’t do that on her own.”~Me

13)  Hey look it’s L.T.  (The scary thing was, the guy wearing the LT jersey really did look like L.T.)

14)  Quote from Joe, “Why do they always date K-Fed look-alikes?”  (A good philosophical question.  One that I cannot answer, nor do I wanna know why.)

15)   “Dude’s wearing a Calgary Flames jersey.  What the f@#&?!?”~Adam via text.  (The only thing I can think of here is that he was trying to match Bengals colors.  It is 90 degrees though.)

16)  Three touchdowns for Ronnie Brown.  Well, at least the Giants are winning.

17)  Just got back from meeting Carol and John out by the ramps.  John and I bought beers for everyone.  I know I’m trying to keep from giving them another dime, but sometimes exceptions can be made.  Plus, I have a new tradition, the half time good luck Mrs. Fields cookies. 3 games, 3 victories so far, let’s see if we can get a fourth.

18)  My other good luck charm is my throwback Mark Bavaro jersey, also 3-0 on the year.  (I’m gonna have to wash this thing at some point.)

19)  Ronnie Brown has four touchdowns.  (Okay, I know I had a bad fantasy draft, but does God really need to be doing this to me?  My team is 0-2.  Neither of my keepers, Ronnie Brown and Rudi Johnson, came into the season as definites.  Rudi friggin changed teams!  I’m playing arguably the best team in the league with about 60 points sitting on my bench.  Great.)

20)  Wow, Derrick Ward is having himself a game.  See the advantage of having a bruising back like B-Jake is that you can throw a little scat back like Ward or Bradshaw at the defense and they have trouble adjusting.  (That’s this week’s edition to Coach Rick’s Corner.)

21)  The one downside to having a heavy blue throwback Giants jersey as a good luck charm is when you come to Giants Stadium in September, when it’s 90 degrees.  Time to roll up the sleeves.  (Whoa, whoa, whoa.  Do you have tickets to the gun show?)

22)  And now the Bengals have taken the lead late in the 4^th.  Still plenty of time left, but man, this day has taken a turn in a hurry.

23)  Joe just called me A-Rod.  I just proved him wrong.  He will never doubt me again.

24)  Like I said!  Plenty of time left!  TOUCHDOWN GIANTS! 

25)  Of course, in typical Giants fashion, the Bengals stage a drive to kick a field goal and force overtime.

26)  Ronnie Brown has 5 touchdowns.  There’s no way I’m winning in fantasy this week.

27)  Giants win the toss, but I still feel uneasy. 

28)  Punt.  GREAT.

29)  Three and out for the Bengals. Wow. (Oh, the Bungals.)

30)  Two plays and the Giants are on the Bengals 38.  I like what the Giants did here.  They looked deep off the bat.  No messing around.

31)  “It’s over”~Jets fan girl in front of us. “No, I’ve seen this team blow worse games.”~Me.

32)  What a catch by Toomer down the sideline.  He’s turning into Mr. Clutch Catch. 

33)  “Okay, NOW it’s over!” ~Me. 

34)  Kick is up and TRUE BLUE!!  Giants win!

So, including the preseason, 4 home games, 4 victories for me.  Now I know this won’t last forever, but it certainly has been fun so far.  I’m glad I bought these seats.  It wasn’t so much money that I couldn’t afford it.  I’m having a great time with friends and family and I’m enjoying the last days of Giants Stadium.  Screw the Tisch’s and Mara’s.  They can keep their new $1.8 Billion stadium.  I’ll take Giants Stadium and no Private Seat Licenses any day.

Oh by the way, I won in fantasy football.  Breezer’s Boozers are now 1-2. 

Next up is my trip to Shea during the final week of the season with my buddy Hirxy.  It’s gonna be a painful one.