Go Giants :)

[tmcg]

We're a big Giants household here, so today is a day of celebration. Me, I still can't believe we got into the Super Bowl. It's going to take me a couple of days to believe we won. One of the biggest upsets in NFL history, and it was our team! Not to mention that it was a fantastic game. We reserved a table for dinner at our local sports bar and went kitted out in our Giants gear (well, with me kitted out in K's spare Giants gear, since I couldn't turn up my jersey, which given the power of sports paraphernalia voodoo may have been for the best, since IIRC the last time I wore it was for the Giants-Ravens game that it's best not to speak of) and watched with a crowd of enthusiastic fans. It's a pretty wild experience--the massive TV screens, the sensory overload, the voices chanting "DEfense!" in unison, the primal roar of the clapping and pounding hands and feet, the strange temporary community of strangers--and on the way home we had what K called Pavlov's car horn: beep at any corner and a cheer would go up from all the people out on the streets. We could still hear the horns and revelry from the strip when we got back to the house. It was as if all of New York had gotten married.

Yeah, ultimately it's just entertainment and just a game, but there's an awful lot of suckage going around these days, and when glee comes to revel in, I'm reveling in it. Go Giants!!! :) :)

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[webfarmer.livejournal.com]

Heh. I remember when Oklahoma was the team we just couldn't beat back in the days of the Big Eight conference. When it happened, it was pretty wild.

Unfortunately, the bowl people decided it would be a great idea to have a repeat of that game and it kind of put a bitter taste on the season when the home team lost that one.

Then again, Nebraska has always felt the underdog in spite of the winning seasons. The recruiting ratings never got up to Notre Dame levels and lots of corn-fed locals got trained and coached up to a competitive level in lieu of that.

With the new coach, the tradition of walk-ons is back with a vengence. Also recruiting local guys that may not be the most highly rated. They make up for a lot of shortcomings in attitude.

Psychology can make up for a lot in football games. First hand experience of that from my high school days.

Looks like the NY Giants coach finally figured that out too. Just being a robot hardass typically doesn't get the maximum performance from a player.