Like I said before, things have been extremely busy for me, so I haven’t been able to keep up with the postings. Now that football season is here, I’m going to have to kick it up a notch. BAM! Sorry Emeril fans. Anyway, due to work schedule conflicts, I was only able to make one preseason game this year and if there is one that I had to get to, it was the last ever meeting between the Jets and the Giants in Giants Stadium. Who else could I take with my ticket, but Hi-C, a lifelong Jets fan. This should get interesting.
1) First thing’s first, everyone knows where I stand with the Private Seat License, so let’s just get the 800 pound gorilla in the room out of the way now and say that the Giants’ ownership gets no love from me and if I ever meet them in person, I will sneer and turn my back to them. Someone else will have to explain to them why as I’ve wasted too much air already. Nobody wants to listen, so screw everyone. Moving on….
2) As I said, C and I are on opposite sides of this debate. We’ve actually set a wager on this game. This could end really well or really badly.
3) Due to the weather concerns and the fact that I was consumed with my big fantasy draft that day, we kept the tailgate small and simple with just sandwiches and beers. The sandwiches were pretty phenomenal, I can’t take credit for them.
4) So we now have a new way in. Instead of making a right off of Route 3 and following the traffic, we go away from the traffic towards Route 120 and take the back way in by the arena. It’s weird to be on the east side of the stadium.
5) Damn that sandwich was good.
6) Just as we were packing up and about to walk in, a young couple came up to us and asked if they could place their backpack under our car. Apparently security does not allow umbrellas in the stadium, so they had no place to put them. I can understand the policy here. You don’t want people to be taking umbrellas in where they could block other fans’ views. On the other hand, a lot of people take mass transit now. They have no place to put their umbrellas if they come on a rainy, unlike those who drive. I’m not gonna kill security for this one. It’s a Catch 22.
7) In a bad job by the girl in front of us on line, she gets caught trying to sneak Coronas into the stadium. (Amateur)
8) C likes our seats, the location, access to the gate, bathrooms and beer!
9) “Who kicks off out of bounds? The Jets!!”~Hi-C. She does not have high hopes for this team.
10) “The Giants are like the Yankees. They deliver when you need them to. The Jets are like the Mets, they blow.”~C. (Ouch on so many levels. Clearly she’s not Giants fan, so she doesn’t know how many times the Giants have NOT come through.)
11) “Timeout
12) Touchdown Giants!!!! Hahhhhhhhhhh!!!! Hahhhhhhh!!!!! Hahhhhhhhhhh!!!!
13) In a very mature response to my very mature celebration, C decided to try to give me Indian burns. It didn’t work out so well for her.
14) Steve Smith just dropped a would be 80 yard bomb. I wasted my 12th round pick on him earlier in the afternoon.
15) I had no idea illegal formation on a kickoff was possible. Everyone line up in a line on either side of the kicker. That’s it! Guess who’s about to get cut?
16) What just happened? I’m sorry, what? The Jets just took the lead? And the Giants fans are stunned here in the Meadowlands!
17) She wanted me to take a picture of the scoreboard to prove that at one point the Jets were winning.
18) FIGHT!!!! FIGHT!!!! FIGHT!!! Whoa, wait a minute, it’s Giants fans on Giants fans. (Seriously guys?!)
19) I love the halftime Welcome Back the National Guard. And me wearing my Dale Earnhardt Jr National Guard hat! I’ll be wearing this to every game now.
20) I tell ya, the Giants have really failed to impress tonight. The defense didn’t even get Sanchez dirty and the receivers look terrible.
21) David Carr is in. Time to throw in the towel.
22) If this doesn’t end soon, I might have to use the safety word. APPLE SAUCE!!!
23) Everyone knows I’m not a fan of the wave, but tonight’s was impressive with all three levels going in sync.
24) Me: I’m beyond the wave.
C: I’m not
25) “Alright there, Show boaty Boatster!”~C showing her displeasure for one of the Jets reserves showing off.
26) WOW what a catch by the rookie Nicks. This kid is gonna be something special. Mark my words. Suddenly, C is a little worried about losing a bet she never thought she’d have a chance to win in the first place.
27) Wow, one play and the Jets score right back. Game over. FML.
28) Of course we had to take a picture as the game was ending of us. This sparked a war on Facebook.
And so that was that. Inexplicably, the Giants lost this game and cost me my bet. Oh well, we’re both competitive enough that I’m sure there will be more bets on sporting events, and such in the future, including the fact that we’re both in a survivor pool. We won our Week 1 games, both picking the Ravens. It was a team effort for Week 1, since neither one of us had time to research. From here on out, she’s on her own.
Coming up next is a recap of Kickoff Weekend 2009- Giants v Redskins.
