Patriots vs. Giants (preseason)

I slept yet again on the bus ride through the Hudson and eastern most part of New Jersey.

I was in the stadium about 40 minutes before kickoff and watched some players warm up on the field, its very hard to identify them from the east end upperdeck. From the spirals above gate C, one can take in quite a clear view of the Manhattan skyline - this is true on the night's horizon as well.

The child who is playing the title role of the national tours "Annie" revival sang the national anthem. wow wee wow wow. She was extraordinarily good. And her hair was straight too. That crowd got jacked up for that performance. It was wonderful. And I really don't like the national anthem, but this area has a tremendous amount of talent in the pool to choose from in events such as these.

A Tom Brady-less Patriots offense marched down the field on strong running and nice execution by some dude named Cassel. And, despite having a FG-attempt blocked to finish their first drive, the Giants dominated much of the play. This makes them perfect (4-0) for the preseason.

Back-up running back Brandon Jacobs (27) did a great job carrying the load for extended service. The Giants look good like a professional football team functioning/operating on a high level should. I don't particularly like the Giants unless they play the Redskins, but I can recognize this.

In a particularly profitable portion (for me) of the 3rd quarter the best edition of the wave I have ever been a part of went down. There were lots of kids in the stadium and I suppose this drove it. In Giants Stadium the lower level can go faster (similar to the centrifugal principles seen in track events), but in the moments when the 2 large level coincided there was tremendous energy for being only 60% full by then and added an odd intensity to a preseason game devoid of any known quantity 1st stringers.

Back to the wave for a minute, there was seeming full participation, like this doesn't normally go on in major sports stadiums or something. It was just the wave, kept staring at it in disbelief cus I have been there for international soccer crowds and never seen a wave with this furor and passion. I actually started yelling "Best wave ever!"

Then on the bus ride home I couldn't sleep through the girl behind me recollect the recent minutiae of her not so ugly as betty devil may care about prada existence and turn down an "industry" VMA party (see and I thought this took away from the crowd, but this city is so big it had Agassi winning another epic on the other side of town) and wack silly story of some dude she flirted with too much. Finally she and the spineless hipster/scenster (probably not cool enough for either) dude she was sitting next to opted for a cheaper more laid back time playing beer pong. its amazing how loud and honest people are when the unplugg the head phones and talk thinking everybody has them in still. So loud. But, the guy next to me did listen to shakira, "hips dont lie".

this was a FOOTBALL game right?



dollar slice is unbeatable off that bus, don't go, I like the line being short. Seriously, I am not telling you where it is. Shame on the guy that told me.



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