Big Blue Huddle

Quote from: ozzie on April 22, 2024, 01:38:54 PMSad. He was a hero.

At the time a huge loss. A true hero if there ever was one. To give up your football career to fight for your country.

Quote from: AZGiantFan on April 23, 2024, 10:00:58 PMI had always been a dog person and indulged in stupid speciesist humor like, 'the more times you run over a cat the flatter it gets'.

But after we had been retired for about 5 years, one night at dinner I told my wife that I'd like to have one last pet before my time came.  A dog would just take too much energy with walking and needing someone to take them when we traveled, so putting aside our bias, we decided to get a cat.  We went down to PetCo where they had rescue cats and picked out an orange tabby and about 200 bucks worth of paraphernalia.

I named him Eli.  Interestingly, the people I knew who knew about cats said males made the best pets.  It became pretty evident, after an adjustment period in which he realized just what an improvement his life experienced, that he was 'my' cat, even though my wife was the one who fed him.

I called him a puppy cat because a lot of his behavior was very puppy like.  And he is insanely friendly when people come to my house, including complete strangers.  I have a handyman and a housekeep who come in and do for me and he follows them around and supervises them

His real value as a companion came when my wife passed away unexpectedly in February of 2023.  For a while it was strange as he would walk around as if he was looking for her.  But he got more cuddly with me and it's a rare night when he's not up on the bed sleeping with me.  He's been a real and continuing life-changer.

I am also very sorry to hear about the sudden passing of your wife. I know it is over a year now but I'm sure the pain never goes away.

As I said in another post, over the years the people who post here have shared so much of their personal lives that sort of makes us a small family. We share the good and the bad and we try and be there for each other in this sort of strange way

Glad you get some comfort from the cat.

Quote from: spiderblue43 on April 23, 2024, 06:10:39 PMLost to the Bears 23-21 in the championship,Lenn. Ouch.

Hell, I'd settle for that this year.

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Still remember Parcels deferred on the coin toss before deferring was the thing to do. We took the wind and the rest is history.

Love it. They should go with those helmets exactly, no face guard.

How did the 1933 team do? If they did good let's wear those darn things all year.

Quote from: Brooklyn Dave on April 22, 2024, 09:29:30 PMYou beat me to the punch . I was going to say Phil Simms from Moorehead State

Phil who?????

I can still see all those papers swirling around and the glorious feeling we all had.
Believe me you had to live thru those 20 years of just bad football and then achieve this victory. The only thing better at that time was beating the Broncos and winning the SB.

You just never know in the draft.

Gosh where to start.

I guess the biggest surprise was Cedric Jones. The Giants and George Young had their eye on 4 guys and he figured to get one of them with the 5th pick. He was taken completely by surprise when all 4 went before we picked. He had to make a pick and it was Jones. He never even knew he was legally blind in one eye.

And if we really want to be surprised, no one was more surprised when Young selected that QB out of Morehead State and fellow by the name of Simms.

IMVHO. They couldn't have done any better than.

 I am still spending most of my free time watching 'The Wire'. I am almost finished with season 3 and it continues to keep me fascinated. Many storylines but one main theme. Should have watched this years ago, but this time is as good as any. Would definitely recommend it, but it is violent, with lots of cursing, sex, and everything else to keep more males glued to the TV.

Like Ed, it took me forever to get this but I did get it in 6. Should had it in 3 but all those wrong guesses.

https://www.newsday.com/sports/football/giants/eli-manning-giants-nfl-draft-n099eo6r

Wednesday marks the 20th anniversary of the Giants' acquisition of Eli Manning from San Diego in a draft day trade that forever changed the franchise.


Great read and great memories.

Eli being Eli, he stopped for a sandwich before his pro day.

Both yours and mine would be so politically incorrect today that there would probably be protests about them.

Still funny though.

 Making a trade like that would be, a miracle for the Giants. PLEASE don't get my hopes up.