Saints v. Giants 7:30p.m.
taterskins v. Cowboys. 9:00 p.m.
Saints just opened by getting cute with a reverse on the opening kickoff return. Coughed up the ball to the Giants. The crowd roared.
It was at that point that you could tell that nevermind all the talk...this is a home game for the Giants. The Saints don't have the crowd. Far from it. The crowd roared.
Brandon Jacobs takes it in.
Gints look pretty good on offense. I'm scurred.
OK I just turned on the game and already Joe Theisman is pissing me off!! The only reason he has a job is because we've all seen his leg bend backwards about a million times!! :=) just got a sack.
There's only one thing worse than listening to Patrick, Leg and McGwire on Sunday night and that's listening to them on Monday night. :puke
leg... :-D
:-D Tom Coughlin's head is about to explode. He is throwing an absolute temper tantrum on the sidelines right now. :-D
Thing I like about watching Giants games is that there's always the distinct chance that the Hoyda they have for a coach will pop his own head off screaming like a bitch about how awful his team is.
I need a TD for either Shockey or Barber to pull of an amazing win in one of leagues. :paranoid
Mcguire had to say it at least once tonight.
After Barber got a carry a few minutes ago he said DID YOU SEE HIS LEGS?
Every game he says something about LOOK AT HIS LEGS FOLKS, THEY DON'T STOP MOVING. It's like it's scripted. Patrick tonight mixed up the stations about 10 times. These guys are unwatchable.
I love them.
Quote from: Avenger on September 19, 2005, 10:40:15 PMPatrick tonight mixed up the stations about 10 times.
They have no idea what channel each game is on.
Patrick=Summerall with too much energy.
Brooks had 375 yds passing and they only scored 10 points... :-D
Quote from: Diomedes on September 19, 2005, 10:45:36 PM
Quote from: Avenger on September 19, 2005, 10:40:15 PMPatrick tonight mixed up the stations about 10 times.
They have no idea what channel each game is on.
In the Gulf states (and maybe a few other areas), ABC stations stayed with the NY-NO game instead of switching over. It may not have been a mix-up on Patrick's part.
He's always old and senial, and has no idea how to work on of them teleyvasions.
Quote from: MDS on September 20, 2005, 07:57:26 AM
He's always old and senial, and has no idea how to work on of them teleyvasions.
Damn, MDS...that was some hackjob of the English language! :-D
Suzy Kolber in the opening segment talked about Joe Horns cell phone incident and said "ISNT IT OK SOMETIMES TO SAY LOOK AT WHAT I DID" so Joe Horn is now forgiven for his on the field thing because his house burned down when he was 6. ok.
Quote from: MURP on September 20, 2005, 08:01:18 AM
Suzy Kolber in the opening segment talked about Joe Horns cell phone incident and said "ISNT IT OK SOMETIMES TO SAY LOOK AT WHAT I DID" so Joe Horn is now forgiven for his on the field thing because his house burned down when he was 6. ok.
TO must have burned down the house.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/SamiB/TOsfault.jpg)
Quote from: PhillyGirl on September 20, 2005, 07:58:47 AM
Quote from: MDS on September 20, 2005, 07:57:26 AM
He's always old and senial, and has no idea how to work on of them teleyvasions.
Damn, MDS...that was some hackjob of the English language! :-D
I think I feel asleep at about 4. I have to sit through an hour+ lecture about the communication process soon. Not my day.
Quote from: MDS on September 20, 2005, 08:08:55 AM
I have to sit through an hour+ lecture about the communication process soon. Not my day.
Perhaps you might want to take notes on that one, Bowa/Manuel hater. :P
Even if I learn how to communicate, it won't stop me from hating on two idiot managers. And Art.
QuoteThe Giants Really Did Get An Unfair Advantage.
Look, we know that the Giants at Saints at Giants game landed in New York under dire circumstances. Indeed, we've heard that the decision to send the game that would have been played in the Superdome fits with the M.O. of the Commish, who initially wanted to ship the first Giants home game after 9-11 to the field of the visiting team.
But in a league that is obsessive-compulsive about competitive balance, giving a ninth home game to any team is unfair to all of the others.
Don't give us that "anywhere would have been a road game for the Saints" nonsense. They could have played the game in Houston, where the Saints would have enjoyed the vast majority of support from local fans who are already fed up with their own home team. They could have played it on Sunday afternoon in Dallas, where the fans have every reason to root against the Giants.
As one reader suggested, moving the game to Philly would have guaranteed a hostile crowd for the Eagles' division rivals.
In the end, the decision to play in New York likely was the result of an assumption that the game would sell out. That assumption turned out to be more than 10,000 seats light.
And although the NFL lifted the blackout so that the game would be televised in New York, we've heard of at least one secondary market in which ESPN apparently didn't get the memo. In that market, the first half of the Giants-Saints game was indeed shown on ABC, but when it was time to jump to ESPN for the rest of the game, the viewers were greeted with a blackout message.
Shtein, I would have gone to that game if it was in Philly.
They should've had the game in Houston and given free tickets to every single person in the Astrodome (if they could go) and in other shelters in the area. NFL did this for money, straight up.
Quote from: MDS on September 20, 2005, 01:45:40 PMNFL did this for money, straight up.
Of course they did. They're a corporation. What are you, some kind of Marxist? Greed is God.
I could use some of that money.
Having to listen to Tagliabue try to give actual REASONING behind his decision to make the game in NY made me ill last night.
It really bothers me and I felt terrible for the Saints to have to deal with that shtein. They are on the road all year long, dont' farging put them in an OPPOSING teams' stadium. >:(
Not to mention, the Giants fans are so farging pathetic. Can you IMAGINE if that game was in Philly? Even IF the Eagles weren't playing, it would have sold out in a heartbeat.
That stadium was f'ing empty last night. Pathetic.
Win or lose, the Giants fans always take off early. Jets fans, not as much.
Saints (rightfully) pissed at the NFL (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/4883108)
and had the saints won? they would have continued on with the "we on a mission" stuff...
Quote from: Wingspan on September 20, 2005, 04:58:00 PM
and had the saints won? they would have continued on with the "we on a mission" stuff...
Who won the game doesn't matter.
The Giants had an extra home game. Period. NINE HOME GAMES. ONE MORE THAN THE REST OF THE NFL.
Unfair and ridiculous.
It was like an Arizona home game, that should hardly count.
I couldn't care less about the Giants playing at home. I care more about forcing the Saints to travel all over the country for their games. 13 away games is WAY more unfair than 9 home games for a couple of teams.
Giants won't sniff the playoffs. It's unfair, but oh well. In the end things always find a way of evening out.
Quote from: rjs246 on September 20, 2005, 05:01:45 PM
I couldn't care less about the Giants playing at home. I care more about forcing the Saints to travel all over the country for their games. 13 away games is WAY more unfair than 9 home games for a couple of teams.
I totally agree with that, but to make matters worse, they stuck them in the opposing team's stadium instead of a neutral site.
If you look at the standings breakdown...the Jints are listed at 1-0 at home and 1-0 on the road.
:-D
really...where else could they have played it to generate so much money if not new york?
hell, they probably sold more tickets to this game than would have been there had katrina never happened. it's really all the NFL cares about(what did the league donate 1 million? a multi BILLION DOLLAR A YEAR ENTERPRISE). they are DREADING the games in baton rouge and san antonio...what will they sell there 30, 40,000 seats at most? who in san antonio gives a flying farg about the saints?
the nfl would schedule ALL the saint home games in opposing stadiums if it could. it's all about the money. nothing else matters.
The NFL is not about money.
Ask Drew Rosenhaus.
Quote from: Wingspan on September 20, 2005, 05:11:31 PM
really...where else could they have played it to generate so much money if not new york?
hell, they probably sold more tickets to this game than would have been there had katrina never happened. it's really all the NFL cares about(what did the league donate 1 million? a multi BILLION DOLLAR A YEAR ENTERPRISE). they are DREADING the games in baton rouge and san antonio...what will they sell there 30, 40,000 seats at most? who in san antonio gives a flying farg about the saints?
the nfl would schedule ALL the saint home games in opposing stadiums if it could. it's all about the money. nothing else matters.
No shtein its about the money, that's what I am ill about and why this whole thing is so wrong.
Not me. I like money. It would be hypocritical of me to tell somebody else they can't like money.
Sheep ain't cheap.