GOING TO MY FIRST GAME IN ARIZONA... ABOUT THE SAME RIDE AS IT WAS TO THE MEADOWLANDS BACK IN NEW JERSEY... A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS. I PARKED FOR FREE AND WAS ABLE TO WALK TO THE STADIUM FROM THE LOT...(NO SHUTTLE BUS)... THEY OPENED THE WILL CALL WINDOW AT NOON AND I GOT MY TICKET, BUT I HAD TO GO BACK OUTSIDE AND WAIT FOR THEM TO OPEN THE GATES OFFICIALLY... SO I GOT TO BE SEARCHED TWICE... GREAT STADIUM! BUT THEY DIDN'T OPEN THE ROOF! HERE I'M WEARING MY GIANT BLUE SLEEVELESS TEE AND MY CARDINALS HAT AND THE AIR CONDITIONING IS ON! MY SEAT WAS ON THE 20 YARD LINE AT THE VERY TOP OF THE STADIUM...(LAST ROW)...
LET ME TELL YOU, I KNOW ARIZONA IS A MELTING POT OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY BUT THERE WERE A TON OF GIANT FANS EVERYWHERE IN THE STANDS...WHEN THE TEAMS CAME OUT TO STRETCH BEFORE THE GAME THE CHEERS WERE EQUALLY LOUD FOR BOTH TEAMS. LOTS OF RED, BUT A LOT OF BIG BLUE ALSO... SAT NEXT TO A GUY AND HIS WIFE FROM WILLINGBORO, NJ...
THE FIRST HALF WAS PRETTY CLOSE, BUT YOU COULD TELL THE GIANTS COULD PRETTY MUCH MOVE UP AND DOWN AT WILL... BRANDON JACOBS WASN'T AVAILABLE SO ELI MANNING THREW THE BALL ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THE CARDS COULDN'T STOP THEM... THE SECOND HALF WAS ALL GIANTS... THEY CAUSED A FUMBLE, TOOK IT IN AND SCORED... INTERCEPTION, MORE POINTS... BUT THE SPECIAL TEAMS KILLED THE CARDS... (HIXON HAD ALMOST 300 ALL PURPOSE YARDS, 200 PLUS ON RETURNS ALONE...) EXCEPT FOR A ZEBRA AIDED LATE DRIVE BY THE CARDS, THE GAME WAS PRETTY MUCH IN THE BAG...
SEEING THE GIANTS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL THE LAST 2 WEEKS REALLY OPENED MY EYES TO HOW GOOD THEY REALLY ARE... AGAINST BALTIMORE (WHOSE DEFENSE I THOUGHT MATCHED THE GIANTS), THE GIANTS RAN THE BALL DOWN THEIR THROATS AND DID WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO... AGAINST THE CARDINALS, THE RUNNING GAME WAS DEPLETED, SO THE GIANTS RELIED ON THE PASS TO BEAT THEM... THE THING THAT IMPRESSES ME MOST IS THEIR ABILITY TO ADJUST DURING THE GAME AND THE FACT THAT THEY DON'T MAKE MISTAKES WITH THE BALL... I REALLY HATE PRAISING THE GIANTS, BUT THEY DESERVE ALL THE RESPECT THAT THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY EARNED...
BUT, HOW ABOUT THOSE J-E-T-S, JETS, JETS, JETS? NOT ONLY DO THEY BEAT THE HATED PATRIOTS BUT THEY GO DOWN TO TENNESSEE AND MANHANDLE THE PREVIOUSLY UNBEATEN TITANS...GO JETS...
ANOTHER SIMILARITY TO THE MEADOWLANDS...TRAFFIC GETTING OUT AND GOING HOME WAS HORRENDOUS... OVER 2 HOURS TO GET HOME, 45 MINUTES TO GET THERE... LIFE IN THE BIG CITY...
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