And Now for Something Silly
While watching my friends E and Tank deteriorate from enthusiastic, child-like euphoria into drunken bitter animals during this past Sunday’s Jet game (both die hards) at Duffy’s in New Jersey (great wings) I was approached by another Jet fan. When I say fan I mean, half fan, half insane lunatic (the redundancy doesn’t begin to describe how crazy this guy looked). He came up to me and just began talking as if we had been there together all day. Clearly he was too drunk to realize I had no idea who he was. He proposed this scenario to me and I thought I would pass it along.
What if instead of playing the whole year your team gets one play, a 4th and 1. If you pick up the first you go to the playoffs, if not, your out. What do you do?
My response – this is the direct quote, and remember I said all this while wearing a Giant Jersey. ”Well it’s clear the Giants would pick it up because big blue has Brandon Jacobs who is half Andre the Giant, half Bald Bull and half Rhinoceros (yep I was a little drunk, and yes I realize the math isn’t quite right). That said (I say that said in every sports argument I ever make) I wouldn’t do it. Call me selfish but I need to watch the Giants every Sunday, good or bad, I would die without them. ”
At this point the crazed jet fan came too and said this;
“Wait your a Giants fan? F you (again I am wearing a Giants jersey) and what the hell is a Bald Bull (very disappointed he did not get my Mike Tyson’s punchout reference, wondering if I should have gone with King Hippo). Ok, here’s what I do, I let the Jets do it. They go empty backfield, Brad Smith in motion, Washington shifts out to flanker, Favre goes with a hard count, and after all the histrionics (absolutely stunned this drunk wing nut just said histrionics) he throws a 40 yard bomb into triple coverage gets picked and I find a noose to put me out of my misery. Here’s to you Giant fan. (this last part was definitely said sarcastically and then he finished what appeared to be a glass of scotch but it easily could have been his own urine)”
He then bought me a three wise men shot and said “F you if you can’t take a joke.” And with that he was gone into the night.
I promised myself I would propose this scenario to the readers of giantsfootballblog.com if I could remember it. What do you guys think, 4th and 1 for the playoffs, in or out?
Here’s to you crazy Jet fan guy.
