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I was quick on the draw, so I pushed him off my leg immediately. :o
 
NewYorkSpider said:
^^That's hilarious.

I was at a friends apartment watching the Super Bowl. There was a Giants fan there. I swear that kid did not say one word during the entire game. Seriously.
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Why? Was he the only NY fan?
 
No probably because he was waiting for the other shoe to drop the entire game, even after Eli threw the TD. I was too.
 
There were about 12 people at the house I was at... no Giants fans, but one Patriot fan.

The kid was stunned, and turned off his phone! :woot:
 
Fran said:
There were about 12 people at the house I was at... no Giants fans, but one Patriot fan.

The kid was stunned, and turned off his phone! :woot:
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u're not a giants fan? I would to if i were him. how sad for NE frachise.
 
I'm a Rams fan.

But if they suck another year, I'm considering a move to the G-Men, because of Burress. I love him.
 
Fran said:
I'm a Rams fan.

But if they suck another year, I'm considering a move to the G-Men, because of Burress. I love him.
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I liked kurt warner, marshall faulk, and isaac bruce. Good team. I wish kurt didn't fizzle away. I like him.
 
Erzengel said:
That would be any "insert" city here. Fans are fickle, low on patience and shorter memories.
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True, but places like New York, Boston, and Philly set themselves apart with their particular brand of insanity. (Most recent example but doesn't really relate to what I just said. It's more a nipitck if anything: Bill Simmons. A man who has long since lost his way from being unique, spends the whole year touting the Pats in all their glory. Or mabye it's because he's getting paid by ESPN to write a national sports column....about Boston based teams mostly?)
 
cyborg ninja 14 said:
True, but places like New York, Boston, and Philly set themselves apart with their particular brand of insanity. (Most recent example but doesn't really relate to what I just said. It's more a nipitck if anything: Bill Simmons. A man who has long since lost his way from being unique, spends the whole year touting the Pats in all their glory. Or mabye it's because he's getting paid by ESPN to write a national sports column....about Boston based teams mostly?)
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BlackLantern said:
Philly sports fans are scum.....
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NewYorkSpider said:
Most of them are, but not all of them.
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Philly fans are probably chomping at the bit. Especially since most of their wins in all sports were in the early 80s, except for the Eagles.

It's funny Jersey is split in 2. Northern and Central are pretty much NY fans and Southern Jersey is Philadelphia fans.
 
Dark Donnie said:
haha, lets not start with the name calling, you are a Giants Fan, but any case elaborate please why we are scum?
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You boo Santa Claus and any athlete thats worth a damn...... and they end up leaving and having better success elsewhere.......and its going to happen again when McNabb leaves, either now or after next season, and goes to Chicago
 
so both Tom Brady and Randy Moss will not play in the Pro Bowl....I understand, the Pats have been at full speed all season and they can finally rest, but the Pro Bowl is for the fans and this is their job so im kinda split about it
 
Well Brady's ankle has been the topic of question for 2 weeks before the Superbowl and allegedly Moss hurt himself during.

*shrug*

Part of me is like sh't happens, but another part of me wonders if they are being spoiled.
 
BlackLantern said:
You boo Santa Claus and any athlete thats worth a damn...... and they end up leaving and having better success elsewhere.......and its going to happen again when McNabb leaves, either now or after next season, and goes to Chicago
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That Santa thing really needs to die already....it's not even entirely true.

If McNabb leaves it won't be anything us fans ever did...the guy has been injury 3 of the last 4 seasons. He is injury prone of late. We HAD to draft a future QB because at this rate he might not have to much left.
McNabb has gone on record that he wants to stay, and likely will unless the Eagles are blown away by some offer. The Eagles will never trade him to Chicago....they'll send him to the AFC if anywhere.

What other athlete have we drove out of town that has gone on to be successful. NY fans act the same way, they boo when your struggling and cheer when your winning. It's the same everywhere.
 
not in terms of championships, but both Charles Barkeley and Allen Iverson have done better with teams they went to after leaving Philly....Reggie White left the Eagles and went to the Packers
 
Before the Superbowl, I heard a Boston news/sports caster stating how obnoxious NY fans were in victory and even more so in defeat.

After reading some of the stuff off the Boston Globe, let's just say those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. I empathize but I don't sympathize.
 
A mixture of pride and joy - and, let's face it, a day off work and school - sent New York Giants fans flocking to lower Manhattan on Tuesday for a ticker-tape parade to honor the Super Bowl heroes.

Nick Mascarelli, 12, a seventh-grader from Staten Island, arrived early for the midday parade with his mother, twin brother and friends. "It's great not going to school," conceded Nick, his face painted half red and half blue.

The parade will begin at the tip of lower Manhattan in Battery Park and proceed north on Broadway, going past the financial district and the site of the World Trade Center before finishing at City Hall Park. The stretch is known as the "Canyon of Heroes."

As the team assembled at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., for the bus ride into Manhattan, many players carried video cameras to record personal images of the parade, which was expected to draw upwards of 1 million fans.

"I still can't believe it," defensive end Michael Strahan said. "I'm still in some kind of shock."

The Giants last won the Super Bowl in 1991, and the last New York team to win a championship in any of the four major sports was the New York Yankees in 2000.

The Giants will be showered with some 50 tons of confetti, and Bloomberg will give team officials the key to the city after the parade.

All the while, New Yorkers will be casting their ballots for president. New York and the 23 other Super Tuesday states are holding primaries that could collectively seal the fates of the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates.

Just south of City Hall, politics and the parade crossed paths as signs for Democratic candidate Barack Obama were surrounded by fans wearing Giants red, white and blue.

The city had tons of shredded paper on hand for the parade, but some fans came prepared with toilet paper. An hour before the parade, several street lamps along Broadway were covered in streams of white tissue.

Justice Rodriguez, 11, of Brooklyn, was up at 3 a.m. with his father and half-dozen friends to secure a spot along Broadway complete with chairs, food and a camcorder.

"I want to see Eli Manning," said the boy, who wore a Manning No. 10 shirt over a puffy down jacket.

"It's exciting for him," said Justice's father, Juan Rodriguez, who took the day off from his car wash job. "You never know when they'll win again."
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I am a huge Washington Redskins fan and I think in 2008 they will be alot better, with everything they went through this year and the distractions and injuries and the death of Sean Taylor I am surprised they made the playoffs.

But with Campbell & McIntosh back and healthy it will be a fun and improving year for the Skins... They could even post 10, maybe 11 wins

One thing that always bothers me is how the so called experts always dump on the NFC East and say what a weak division it is, funny thing is it's not. They play some rough and tough football and great defense. And 3 of the 4 NFC teams made the playoffs. One had the best record in the NFC (Cowboys) and the other won the Superbowl (Giants)
 
BlackLantern said:
not in terms of championships, but both Charles Barkeley and Allen Iverson have done better with teams they went to after leaving Philly....Reggie White left the Eagles and went to the Packers
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Reggie White:
Reggie White wasn'y driven out of town, he was beloved. We didn't have the money to sign White. Christ he's the only Eagle to have there own shrine at the new staduim.
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Iverson
Allen Iverson had nothing but off the court problems. Many around the NBA believed we held onto him to long. He quit on Mo Cheeks last year. The simple fact is Iverson didn't make anyone around him better. The fans knew he played his heart out, which is why he was always cheered. Every interview Iverson does, all he says is how much he loves the Philly fans.
Barkley
Barkely wanted out of Philly because management didn't make the team better. He wasn't driven out at all. Also I think people forget the amount of trouble Barkely got into with the fights and spitting on people but anyway, heres an article:
"Barkley spent eight seasons in Philadelphia, but the team's best showing during his tenure was in his first year, when the Sixers went 58-24 in the regular season and advanced all the way to the 1985 Eastern Conference Finals, where they lost to the Boston Celtics in five games. After several disappointing early-round playoff defeats, the Sixers failed to make the postseason in 1991–92 and Barkley wanted out of the City of Brotherly Love.

Barkley's time in Philly brought headlines and headaches. The incidents were many, such as the infamous spitting incident during a game against the New Jersey Nets where Barkley's expectorant, aimed at a heckler, landed on a young girl at the Meadowlands Arena."

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