Different Year, Same Big Blue(s)

Well, it’s that time of the year again where everyone in the tri-state (New Jersey, New York, Connecticut) get their hopes up to have them come crashing down in a burning ball of fire shot down from the football Gods. 

I mean honestly a game that was dominated by the Cowboys on Sunday night for the entire first half, I was just as surprised as was the entire country when the Giants went into the locker room with a 13-6 lead at the half but that’s what a couple of good bounces and the Cowboys using both of their challenges in the first half within a 3 minute period can do to a game.

Coming out of the second half I already started chomping at my fingernails.  Fast forward to the end of the 3^rd Quarter, and now I start to relax, it seems like every touchdown the Giants score, the Cowboys march down and only can get 3 points on the board so I’m feeling pretty comfortable right now.  Is it too soon to call the Giants the New York Mets of football?  Then again you have the New York Jets who in past years have just been brutal from everything from the “Butt Fumble” to just having atrocious records in the past 3 years, so anyway I get back to my night that I thought was going to end up great.

Lets fast word to the play that changed it all, in the 4^th Quarter, Giants have the ball at the 1 yard line, YES THE 1 YARD LINE.  Jesus Christmas I already know they’re going to blow it: First down, run, stopped, Second down, run, stopped.  Ok so third down you run the ball at THE 1 YARD LINE especially when the opposing team has NO timeouts left.  But no, we’re going to pass it, the play begins, Eli snaps the ball, play breaks down, Eli rolls out right to find absolutely no wide receiver in sight so he just took the sack to keep the time running right?  Why would he do that? It that would be the most logical thing to ever do in this situation so taking the sack so time keeps running would just be stupid according to Eli.  Anyway he rolls out right, and what does he do?  Eli decides to just heave it into the stands, maybe he saw someone wearing #13(and whoever is his barber needs to get fired) in the stands and thought that was his receiver?  Honestly, I would believe that.

So the Giants kick the field goal to make it a 6 point game, with the Cowboys now have possession at the 20 yard line, yup, you guessed it, march right down the field and score with: 17 in the 4^th quarter and the Giants lose.  WHAT A SUNDAY NIGHT.