Big Blue Huddle

Nice work, G-Girl.  And pilamaya!

(President) Rick and wife Phyllis plan to attend.

coming from Ohio, we can bring desserts [brownies, etc.] and paper towels.

and....it looks like there will be four from the Owens family.  Our son Brian and his [soon to be] bride Adrianna [wedding is July 23!!] will be joining us.     We'll bring extra desserts.

I would have taken Pouncey with #15 as a high value and solid need especially in 2011-2012 and beyond, and saved the DE - DT- LB picks for later in rounds 2,3,4, with no safety in rounds 1-4..

Lenn:  we'll miss you and the kosher dogs...much healthier!
And the others who cannot attend this year...we'll hoist one for you. 
Be safe.  Go Giants.

we were taking dates to the Barnsider *^#@)*%+ years ago.  but enough of that.

Phyllis and I have to take my Mom to dinner that night in hudson and cannot attend.
we'll see everyone on saturday though.  have a great time.

if it's ok, we'll bring desserts again, likely lemon cakes or brownies or cookies or some of 2 or 3 of those ..... hey, I don't do the baking or shopping   
and some paper towels

I'm still hoping our son will be able to attend this year with us.  He won't know about work until closer to Aug.  Rick

a good read about the Giants of that Tark-Sherman-Jones era was an Eliot Asimov [spelling] book titled Seven Days to Sunday.

Jones was tight end size back then.  today, he'd be a typical big WR but not then.  our TE aaron thomas was maybe 220 at tight end; joe walton before him maybe 180-185 at TE.   Bob Tucker who fllowed thomas may have been 230-235.  BUT,  Homer could fly.  In Seven Days to Sunday, elliot assimov [sp??] quoted tark as saying throwing to homer was like throwing to a man with a butterfly net on a speeding mororcycle.

Let's also add some props for HC Allie Sherman whose wide open offense and willingness to let the boys play some ball out there also factored into Jones' and Tark's success.  Our O put up points, but sadly the D gave up more back then.  Jones was super though.  

PS.   I am proud to say I never sang 'goodbye Allie,' either at yankee stadium or at home watching on tv.  I have never booed a Giant in my life.  Win or lose, it's my team, your team, too, guys, I know.  This season should be fun.  Go Giants.

he was a phenon...and if I believe the lore correctly, didn't Homer also invent the endzone TD spike? 

at the time, RB's at 220-230 lbs were almost unheard of, so when the Giants drafted Fredrickson and added Koy, Mercein, etc, all guys 220 +, someone dubbed them the baby bulls.  not a one of them could run like Brandon jacobs though.

Also, Frederickson was an all american LB and FB in college [auburn??].  the injuries ruined his career but he was never more than an average RB in the nfl.  He didn't have the speed.

That year when the Giants took Tucker, I believe they passed on a couple of guys named Joe Namath and Gale Sayers.

I was thinking the same thing, Mighty Giants.  Here in Buckeye country I have seen JL play a lot and he always seems to be quick to the ball.  He is a good hitter and a better elader.  Also fairly smart they say, and seems fairly articulate in interviews.  basically a good kid who is also a fine athlete.  Nice NYGiants prospect in my book, esp. in a year where I'd be looking MLB in round one, even if i had to [gulp, I'm going to day it] move up 5-9 slots to get him.

so cool.  can we thumbtack this on the board forever?  Go Giants.

sal's ultimate conclusion is highly flawed.     the nfl and pro football would have still ben the same bonanza without lombardi in green bay.  some other coach would have had starr, taylor, hornung, that defense.  and the growth of TV [from 9% of US homes in 1950 to 87% in 1960] guaranteed that a sport as right for tv as football would succeed.  as for markets, the money was in the big markets [ny, chicago, la, etc] and there were many secondary markets without an nfl team [which is where the afl went...san diego, miami, cincy, kc, denver, plus second teams in the bay area and ny].   any competent coach would have had good teams in green bay [maybe not vince's teams, but decent ones] and the demographics and tv would have taken care of the rest.

best SB ever.  best game ever.  Super!

President Rick

Name:      Dr. Richard Owens
We live in Columbus, Ohio.  Giants fan all my life [since the 50's]. 
So is my wife, and our son & daughter.   Birthday Nov. 1.   Go Giants.

Former president of 2 universities, trustee of another.  Now [again] a professor of history, and author:

Potomac (historical novel, 2012)  ISBN 1-60797-2557

Knightime (historical novel, 2006) ISBN  1-4241-4580-5

Conspiracy of Terror (novel, 2001) ISBN  1-59286-247-0

Vigilance and Virtue: A Biography of General and Ambassador Horace Porter.
(history, 2002) ISBN 0-7734-7242-8; 978-0-7734-7242-6

The Neutrality Imperative (history, 2008) ISBN 0-7618-4306-X.

Peaceful Warrior: Horace Porter and American Foreign Relations.
(history, 1990)  ISBN: 0824081951 

Joey Jupiter, Super Sleuth, and the Case of the Dead Goldfish  2011,  ISBN  1-4241-4580-5
(Volume one in a series of Joey Jupiter stories).

Joey Jupiter, Super Sleuth, and the Case of the Dog-Gone Dog
(childrens