NY GIANTS V NE PATRIOTS

Duane, Big Zach, Jonney Irons, Me, Bud & Alexandra

The Davidson Boys in Front of the IZOD Center

The Davidson boys made the trek to the Tr-State for the second time in as many years to catch a New York Giants game and celebrate the New Year. It would be hard to top the previous years' epic debauchery that was New Years Eve 2007 but we certainly tried. I will have dive into that in a later post...on to the GIANTS game!! To give you some background, the G-Men came into the game 10-5 and have recently wrapped up the wild card slot in the NFC. More importantly the New England Patriots came into the game with an historic record of 15-0. The Pats were trying to become the fourth team in NFL history to end the regular season undefeated. Since the boys were in town to get another taste of NY, I thought, what better event to attend than a big Giants game in the Meadowlands. The three Davidson pricks (Duane, Big Zach & Bud) and my amazing sister Alexandra bundled up, packed into the Jeep and made the 45 minute trip taking us over the G.W Bridge and into North Jersey. After meeting up with long time friend Jonney "Irons" Kaczka and his college football teammate at Bentley we proceeded to destroy an award winning tailgate spread and as many beverages as we could squeeze in the Cherokee. After partying with some season ticket holders (pics bottom right) and berating every Patriots fan that came in shouting distance we headed into The Giant Stadium.

Alexandra and Me

The Giants Game Crew with some 'Locals'

                                       


      

 



  



The game lived up to all expectations as the Giants and Patriots clashed for four quarters of great football. Some of the highlights included 2 touchdown catches by Plaxico Burress, a punt return for a TD by Domenik Hixon and an overall great performance by Eli Manning. Unfortunately, the Pats had some plays that were not only impressive but broke NFL records. Tom Brady broke Peyton Manning's record of 49 touchdown passes in a season and Randy Moss broke Jerry Rice's record of 22 TD receptions. The game went back and forth all night until NE finally sealed the deal for a 38-35 win. It was a tough lose to a great team, but the near victory gave the G-Men the confidence they would need going into the playoffs. Besides the 'instant classic' taking place on the field their were three memories that I will carry away from the Meadowlands. The first was how fricken cold it was in those upper level bleachers while trying to scrape ice off our seats, the second was Big Zach, Bud and I having to protect Duane "easy target southerner " Gregg from being beaten up by some loser Pats fans (who only started talking crap to Duane after the rest of us got up to make a beer run, and promptly stopped upon our return), and third was the overwhelming snowball fight that broke out after every bad call, Giant punt, Giant touchdown and when the final whistle blew. What a night with my sister and some of my best friends in the world, it was one of those games/nights I will never forget.

Me, Duane and Bud

               Though the Giants lost it gave them the confidence they needed to win three straight road playoff games (@ Tampa, @ Dallas and @Green Bay) and take down the undefeated Patriots in the Super Bowl. Unbelievable! Check out some highlights below...

Me, Big Zach, Bud, and Duane