Congratulations to the New York Giants for their road playoff win yesterday over the Green Bay Packers. It’s the second time in 4 years the Giants have won in Lambeau during the post-season.
In our neighborhood we had both Jets and Giants fans. I think Patty Byrnes was a Dallas Cowboys fan and I do believe there were a few Green Bay Packers scattered around the area. As a kid, I never really had a favorite NFL team like most kids. But how could you not enjoy watching the Giants every Sunday?
When I think of the Giants football team guys like Lawrence Taylor, Bill Parcells, Phil Simms and Joe Farrell all come to mind.
What! You don’t know Joe Farrell?
Joe was better known as ‘Fonz’, a huge Giants fan from the neighborhood.
He was also my basketball and baseball coach when I was in the 6th grade.
I will always recall him talking about the G-Men with anyone that would listen.
There was also a group of guys from Farrell’s that were big Giants fans; they had a bunch of regulars that would go to the games both home and away.
Congratulations to the Giants and all their fans from the neighborhood.
Good luck in San Francisco next week against the 49ers.
Respectfully,
Steve
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great game yesterday- I am a Saints fan, and wish the game on Saturday had been about 10 seconds shorter, but, hey- we went down swinging- now, I feel like my brother is going to beat up the guy who beat up my boyfriend, lol- rooting for the Giants to go all the way!
Jets fan, but gotta back the G-Men!!
Yes you do…
It comes down to being a “New York” fan now.
Biggest NY Giants fan EVER….Eddie Farrell…RIP
Thanks Robert…
Life long Dallas Cowboys Fan, just can’t like them Giants.
Go 49er’s
TONY,
I feel ya on your love for your team. Amazing how many kids from the neighborhood loved the Cowboys.
What was it about them?
Tom Landry?
Roger Staubach?
The Cheerleaders?
All of the above. they are “America’s Team”
Tony,
They have 1 playoff win in the last 15 years!!!
Steve- I’m a 1971 baby— growing up and becoming a football fan in the late 70′s early 80′s ( playing tackle in the Lot ) always makes me laugh at the “front-runners” in our neighborhood. All these guys were Cowboys and Steelers fans because those were the 2 best teams every year in the late 70′s, early 80′s. Same thing happened with my younger brother’s crowd in the late 80′s, early 90′s—-all Niner’s fans. Listen, I don’t love the Jets but how could you root against NY ???? Go Giants !!!!!!!!
Thanks Eddie,
Solid stuff you add there my friend.
You right about the Steelers too; I remember a lot of guys on their jocks.
BTW- My first football jersey was a Larry Csonka Giants jersey
Eddie I was born in the mid 50′s
Did you know the Cowboys are the only NFL team to have 20 consecutive winning seasons 66 to 85 in which they only missed the playoffs twice .Which is an unchallenged record to date. Oh yea and they won 5 of 8 x’s they appeared in the superbowl 2nd only to the Steelers.
FRONTRUNNER INDEED
I THINK WHEN THE COWBOY’S GOT RID OF TOM LANDRY A CURSE FELL UPON THE COWBOYS. GO BIG BLUE
I think they held on to Wade Phillips way toooooooo long . I can’t for the life of me understand why he even got the job in the first place. It was like watching death with that guy he did nothing
My favorite coach in Dallas was Barry Switzer…
I remember the Cowboy fans and some Minnesota Viking fans (Windsor Place’s Timmy Horan comes to mind). Most of the 1970s , neither the Giants or Jets had good years. Come playoff time, I would pick a team and root for them to keep it interesting. Most of the time I rooted for the Steelers or Raiders. Always hated the Cowboys and Dolphins. It always amazed me that even when the Jets and Giants were bad , they played the Dolphins and Cowboys tough…..