Eagles vs. Giants Will Play Sunday @ 4:30PM

[phillymic2000]

Ok good, thanks IGY

[ice grillin you]

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/16396724.htm

Calling the play from the sidelinesCouple with craving for big-game seats will do 'it' for you, & it's mostly all up for grabs
By CHRISTINE OLLEY & DAVID GAMBACORTA
olleyc@phillynews.com 215-854-5184
IN TRUE Philly form, two local fans are taking their love for the Eagles way beyond a little green and white face paint.

According to an ad on craigslist.org, a "very attractive younger couple, both in grad school" are willing to let a complete stranger watch them have sex in exchange for two tickets to tomorrow's playoff showdown between the Birds and the New York Giants.

The couple, who say they couldn't afford the steep ticket prices, are even willing to let the ticket-holding voyeur call the plays for their bedroom romp.

"We've talked about it and figured we'd see if anyone had two tickets that would want to offer them up for watching us do what you choose in real life," said the ad, which was posted on the Web site Thursday.

There are some restrictions - "(no pain/potty/or anal, gf's [girlfriend's] rules)" - but for the most part, any other erotic ideas are fair game.

Eagles cornerback Sheldon Brown was stunned last night when he learned about the frisky fans' plans to take their devotion to the team to another level.

"It's typical of the fans' passion for the team," said Brown, who signed autographs during a raucous pep rally at Chickie's & Pete's in South Philly.

While hundreds of revved-up fans shouted "Giants suck! Giants suck!" in the background, Brown said it was amazing that the man and woman weren't embarrassed by their provocative offer. "I definitely wouldn't do something like that," he said.

Though the sex-for-tickets offer might be the most extreme offer out there, plenty of other passionate fans are lusting after playoff tickets.

Dave Wedzick, a seller on eBay. com, offered up tickets to the game but specified that he would consider bids only from Eagles fans.

"It would kill me to have Eagles fans sit next to a fan from another town," he said, noting that his tickets were sold to a die-hard Birds fan.

Wedzick, a former city resident who now lives in Erie, said he makes it to only a handful of games a year.

"These are my tickets and I specify Eagles fans only all the time because of that reason," he said. "If I can't get to a game, I want another Eagles fan to have them."

Tickets were still available last night on eBay.com, craigslist.org and www.razorgator.com, but the price was steep. A pair of tickets on the 50-yard line would set a buyer back $1,000. Seats in the nosebleed section fetched as much as $600 on some sites, and standing room only tickets were available for $200.

"The fact that Philadelphia fans are willing to be honest and get down on the team when they are not doing well makes them all the more passionate about them when they are doing well," Wedzick said.

[Quasimoto]

Where can I contact them?

[PhillyPhreak54]

That made the front cover of the DN today.

From today's Inky:

The 12th Man (and Woman)

Eaglesfans One of the gifts of this unexpected Eagles' post-season is that the national media can spend more time swinging at a favorite target: the Philadelphia fan. This is a sort of an evergreen, we understand. The column writes itself.

But some new material has come out lately. Good stuff.

Sports Illustrated has a piece on Giant running back Tiki Barber, who at 31 has said this is his last season. Why is he retiring?

The Illadelph blog brought this to our attention Thursday.  Blame (or credit) Eagles fans.

From SI:

There is a moment when you know, Tiki Barber discovers. When the idea, lurking unspoken in your subconscious, suddenly is fully formed, and you can put words to it. Barber is standing in the end zone at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field before the Sept. 17 game against the Eagles, waiting in line with the other New York Giants running backs to practice short pass routes. [...]

In the stands the green-clad Philly fans are shouting their usual stream of profane invective at the Giants, warning of impending violence, singling out Barber in particular. Barber looks at the mob, the men in their Trotter jerseys, the boys in their McNabbs, and doesn't feel a thing.

"You know what?" he says to Finn, his best friend on the team. "I'm done."

Then there was this tender tableau from the New York Daily News this week, in a Gary Myers column chronicling the bad blood between the division rivals:

What will the atmosphere be like on Sunday? "Probably like hell," Antonio Pierce said.

He expects to see plenty of middle fingers "from the little kids to the old people that can't even flip them and need somebody to hold their hand up," he said. "But I love it. You don't want to go anywhere else and play."

Thank God we have our defenders. Philadelphia Will Do this fall picked the wings off a column by a Penn student and Giants fan that portrayed Eagles fans uncharitably.

And we have U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.. Back in 2002, he used his office to write an angry letter to the New York Times. This, too, is an evergreen:

"On behalf of all Philadelphians, I take strong exception to your October 29, 2002 article, "To Eagles, Shockey is Public Enemy No. 1," Specter states in his letter to the Times. "The 1991 quote from Bill Parcells referring to Philadelphia as a "banana republic" is as inaccurate as it is stale. As any high school student knows, Philadelphia is not a "republic." It is the city where the "republic" known as the United States of America was founded."

"It is not hard to find incidents of unruly fans which are not representative of the people of the cities in which they live," Specter continues. "For example, there is the famous "snowball game" of December 23, 1995 in which Giants fans threw both snow and ice balls at San Diego Charger fans and players, one of which knocked the San Diego equipment manager unconscious. More than 200 fans were ejected and over 75 season tickets revoked. The New York Giants then ran an ad in San Diego papers apologizing."

"People living in glass houses should not throw snowballs," Specter concludes.

[SD_Eagle5]

Forecast for Philadelphia
  This Afternoon
Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. 
   Tonight
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. 
Sunday
Mostly sunny in the morning...then becoming mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 5 mph... becoming southeast in the afternoon.
   Sunday Night
Rain. Lows in the lower 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming north 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 80 percent

[mussa]

They had the week 2 matchup against the Giants just on NFL Network, NFL Replay.  God the first 3 quaters were domination, BUT Reid's inability to manage the clock and run the ball led to the downfall.  It is so elementary its sickening.  I am so glad they have adjusted.  I am glad we have Lito and Hood healthy.  There is no reason why we shouldn't trample the Giants tomorrow afternoon.  None.

[phillymic2000]

luckily for my TV they are s howing the game in NY now.

[Feva]

luckily for my TV they are s howing the game in NY now.

Yeah... I looked at my guide and it showed "NFL Game of the Week:  Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants... from Dec. 17th".  Since I didn't know they made a GOTW from the 2nd time we played them, I TiVo'd it.  I walked into the room about halfway through to find that they were showing the GOTW from week 2 instead so I shut that off with the quickness.  Then I saw that they were showing the game @ NJ on NFL Replay so I stayed to watch that good shtein.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Beat the Jints and they play in NO next Saturday at 8pm.

[PhilLeeD]

Hope the D crushes Eli!  This Dallas fan was saying how funny it would be if Payton got beat the 1st game and Eli went deep into the playoffs.  So much for Dallas and for Payton getting beat... 

What's the forecast for Philly?  I'm in Denver with 3 feet of snow : )

[BigEd76]

73 and sunny on Saturday
53 and possible rain on Sunday


BTW, I'm not liking the Saturday 8PM game for the Eagles because it's one less day of recovery/practice....

[PhilLeeD]

Thanks Big Ed! 

The Eagles have played well in the rain for the past few years.  Looks like possible good weather for Eli and Tiki to lose some balls. 

Pray for BIG WIN with no injuries!  Then next week.

[PhillyGirl]

Rain is supposed to start around 8-9pm today.

http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/19144

[PhillyPhreak54]

ON HIS OWN

SOLDIERS AREN'T INCLINED TO SAVE GEN. COUGHLIN

January 7, 2007 -- PHILADELPHIA - His body of work does not inspire New York to believe he will deliver it a championship any time soon. There isn't a Giant fan who longs for the young Bill Parcells, or even for the young Eric Mangini, who will tell you today that Tom Coughlin is a great coach.

It means he needs to coach a great game against the Eagles today to keep his job.

Coughlin has the same Us-Against-the-World scenario that Parcells had at Candlestick Park when he and Bill Belichick denied Joe Montana a threepeat in the 1990 NFC Championship Game.

Let's see what Coughlin can do with it.

Coughlin has the underdog team, the undermanned team, and no one who has been waiting 16 years for a third Lombardi Trophy particularly cares. A fan base that was promised a disciplined Super Bowl contender feels betrayed.

So this isn't just the Second Season for the Giants players: it is the Second Season for the Giants coach as well. The coach who wants everyone five minutes early to his meetings would have been five minutes late to the playoffs if Tiki Barber hadn't been right on time against the taterskins.

His record as he enters this back-alley brawl disguised as an NFC wild-card playoff game is 25-24. Giant fans were promised more than mediocrity when Coughlin was introduced and mentioned in the same sentence as Vince Lombardi three years ago. If Coughlin fails to deliver now, if his record falls to 25-25, a record that would include two first-round playoff losses, Giant fans again will be calling for his head, and Coughlin deserves to be Dead Coach Walking out the door. If the Giants do not show up, he is gone.

It wouldn't exactly bring a tear to the eyes of many of his players, who have grown weary of Coughlin's unwavering, joyless approach that has made it impossible to rally around him.

"He is set on discipline and on this schedule you guys cannot leave here until this time ... it's this way with the coaches and the players," one player said. "And damn if you get your work done early or what.

"Guys can't wait to get out of here, because we feel like we're being treated like adolescents. It's like he doesn't trust us to do our jobs."

Asked what percentage of the team feels that way, the player said:

"I'd say 95. And that five percent who don't are the rookies who don't know any better."

Yet if Coughlin somehow can beat Andy Reid, truly an elite coach, if he can devise the mother of all game plans and motivate his team to play above and beyond its means, he will get to stay for 2007, extension or no extension. All bets would be off after that while the new GM - the Patriots' Scott Pioli is the only way to go - waits for either Bill Belichick or Bill Cowher.

Coughlin rode roughshod over the Giants this week. His old-school style works only if he wins. "His take on it," one player said, "is, 'I'm trying to [tick] you guys off so you play better.'"

He got the spark he wanted from new offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride. He needs another one. The Second Season offers redemption for the downtrodden and dysfunctional. But understand that the last thing on the Giant players' minds is saving their coach. Coughlin better recognize that it's up to him to save himself.

steve.serby@nypost.com

[MDS]

Beat the Jints and they play in NO next Saturday at 8pm.

Thats what that Dallas lost cost them. It's one nights sleep and about 16 hours. Not too big a deal.