Henry Raymond
Fairfax News => Current News & Events => Topic started by: MikeF9 on January 29, 2012, 11:33:32 PM
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Okay football fans, it's Super Bowl Week!
And this year Vermont gets split down the middle as fans of both teams live here.
On one side you have the New England Patriots. Bill Belicheck. Tom Brady. The Gronk. Truth be told, before the year 2000, Patriot fans were kinda sparce in this area. They weren't really that good a team. Three Super Bowl wins later with a pin-up poster boy quarterback, and even women are Patriot fans.
On the other side, the New York Giants. They used to have their training camp at St. Michael's College back in the 50's and 60's, so there are strong ties with the older fans. The team is coached by Tom Coughlin, whose job seems to be always on the line every year. There's Peyton Manning's younger brother, Eli, who has been great down the stretch.
So....who ya rooting for?
As a Raiders fan, I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I'd like to see the Patriots win this one. The Giants won the last match-up four years ago, and also beat the Pats in the regular season. I think it will be another close game, and both teams need to play better than they did in their repsective conference championships.
Patriots, 30-27
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did you watch that pro blow i mean bowl ?it was a pathetic display of football,i started calling it fag football just because they were playing like ladies
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I see myself as a Patriot so Patriots all the way!!!
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Truth be told, before the year 2000, Patriot fans were kinda sparce in this area. They weren't really that good a team. Three Super Bowl wins later with a pin-up poster boy quarterback, and even women are Patriot fans.
Mike I'll finish this statement for you . . . . So now the area is full of bandwagon pats fans ;-)
G G G GMen!! Giants are on Cruz Control!
Giants 27 Pats 17
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No Bandwagon fan here, born and raised in and around Boston, supporting the Pats through the good and the bad years!! GO PATS!!! 31-23
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Gotta go with the Pats!
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New York Football Giants -- all the way -- 28-17
And .. I still own a Giants jacket, bright Blue Satin Finish -- although it doesn't fit me -- my 8th grader wears it during games.
Eli, Cruz and
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GO PAtS!! Im a huge Patriots fan. If the Patriots bring the game they played against denver no worries for us. However if they play like they played against the Ravens we may be in trouble.
Have a great Day
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MSM Last that I remember your Mom was a huge Patriot fan .....do you still discuss the game with her ??? Have you bet on it with her ???
Mike C. Kind of hate to admit it , but at my age , so what ??? .... Back in the day , drove up from Bethel to St. Mike's to watch Andy , Sam , Rosey & the boys , and traveled to Albany back in the 90's to watch Toomer , Hillard & the rest of the gang so with that span of interest , got to cheer for the Giants .
( Only team from NY that I cheer for , though . )
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G Men...
I have a feeling we will be hearing a lot about Manning during the game.
Not the one playing though.
I'm hoping for a good game and it should be.
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To Rod: ............."fag football and playing like ladies".......... hush that mouth!!
So not impressed.
Mike F9---Patriots :-)
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I am depressed that two of my least favorite teams made it to the Super Bowl. The only match-up that would be worse for me would be a Giants-Jets game. As it is, the Patriots don't make me want to vomit as much as the Giants. It's close, but slightly less, so I guess I would have to root for them.
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sorry ment to say flag football
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Always have and always will be cheering on the Patriots! GO PATS!
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Giants will hit that big tight end at the line and the four man NY rush will give Brady little time.
I look for Welker to have a lot of catches, but none for significant yardage.
If Brady can slip away, Ochocinco may factor in downfield.
New England needs to establish a running game to slow the rush.
Manning should have a field day against that rag-tag NE secondary.
Which will allow Bradshaw, Jacobs and Ware lots of rushing yards.
NY beat an undefeated NE in a prior SB.
NY beat a NE team in Foxboro recently that had a 20 game home win streak snapped.
Can you say "Who's your Daddy ?"
New York Giants 45, New England Patriots 24.
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Ed, The pro bowl was definitely like Flag Football......
I was born and raised a Patriots fan, and Pats fans definitely existed WAY before 2000 up here!
I have to say that I am a Buccaneers fan as well, but we don't make the "big show" often. You can imagine my mother's surprise the day I told her that! She did say, "Well atleast it is not a NY team!" I am thinking I would have been made to attend a rehab if I had said that. LOL
GO PATRIOTS!!!!!!
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Eli will be in worse shape than his brother after this game...the overrated Giants will end up like the Broncos and the supposed second coming (Tebow)...Pats offense and defense will dominate this game...final score: Pats 52 Giants 9...
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GO GIANTS!!!!
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Today's BFP references a time when many Giant fans from around Vermont drove to the St. Mike's campus in the first part of August , 1958 , to watch them practice ( no parking fees either ) . This was the team that would play in the NFL's " Greatest Game " of course , and end up being beaten by the original Baltimore Colts in overtime when Johnny Unitas picked them apart in the 4th quarter and the extra session ....... Will Brady do the same ????
I count myself fortunate to have driven up from Central Vermont to see a professional football team in action ( gasoline was .30/gallon ) . Later , in 1961 , when I was a student at URI , we chipped in for gas money and four of us drove down to Yankee Stadium ( in a VW Bug, no less ) to watch my " hometown " team play the Eagles . Cost all of $ 5.00 to sit near the End Zone ( in what was the rightfield stands for a baseball game ) . As Archie Bunker used to say , " those were the days " .