New England Patriots (6/32)

September 26, 2010

Matchup: New England Patriots (w) - Buffalo Bills

Game Highlights:

• On the field before the game while the players warmed up
• Sideline seats lower level 
• Wedding gift from Young, Dan and Feds
• Day after our wedding!
• Congrats message to us on the billboard/scoreboard!
• We were seen on TV celebrating when Randy Moss scored a TD
• Danny Woodhead had 2 TD's

Award: Best Integration into a Game
(scoreboard msg, sidelines visit, on TV)

Houston Texans (5/32)

January 3rd 2010

Matchup: Houston Texans (w) vs. New England Patriots

Setting: 

• Endzone seats

Game Highlights: 

• Wes welker tore ACL
• Patriots blew lead in the fourth quarter
• We stayed at tiny hotel near by.
• Ran into a player in the lobby of our hotel
• Matt Schuab and Tom Brady
• Met up with Justin (friend)

Trip Memories: 

• Rented car to visit NASA
• City was empty! 
• Late night trip to downtown to go to aquarium restaurant

Award: Worst Injury We've Witnessed

What In The World???

How the tides change. 2007 was the year of 'big-name wide receivers'. Fantasy players gave left arms to have these bad boys on their team. No one could deny that these QB-WR combos became unstoppable.

• Brady to Moss
• Eli to Plaxico
• Romo to TO

They were the talk - and the top- of the leagues. Moss - Plaxico - TO. They were unstoppable. They towered above defenders. They leaped better than frogs. Their hands had glue and magnets, connecting to every ball. They made the QB's jobs easy (or at least easier).

But this year... what has happened? No one is throwing to them! I understand that Brad Johnson might be blind from old-age and may have trouble connecting to the right team - let alone to a specific player.... Cassel can't seem to throw more than 10 yards.... and Eli? Well Dad won't let Eli throw to Plaxico because of a personal grudge and problem. (Damnit Tom, get over missing one practice).

It's ridiculous. Another thing you might have noticed that these players had in common is their reputation as rebels, trouble-makers, and thugs. But each one of these teams has tamed their wild star. Plaxico went above and beyond making an effort (playing injured for a 1/3 of the year). Moss chilled and you never heard a peep. And TO? My gosh, TO was CRYING on TV over his love for Jessica's lover.

I'm sorry for ranting but ignoring these players seems ridiculous to me. Absolutely ridiculous. They are going to revert backwards and become a problem. TO has been the first to already break. If they leave, I won't be surprised... nor will I blame them. If you won't use them, I'm sure there are plenty of teams who would.

Maybe they can go to TN. :)

SO SORRY

For 10 days, instead of blogging about the NFL, I had to blog about Fashion Week for work. Therefore I have missed a whole SCHLEW of topics I wanted to talk about. Here's the quick and dirty:

1. Philly eagles: Oh, Eagles, I wish you had beat the Cowboys. But how can you when the refs no longer call facemask penalties?

2. Tom Brady: Do I need to comment? It seems like everyone else in the world already has so I'll refrain.

3. Jets: I think the past few games have proven the Jets are better with Farve, but they still suck overall.

4. Giants: Well firstly, they should have never come that close to Cinncy... and the reason they did was because they did not use Plaxico... AT ALL. WTF??!?!

5. RedSkins game: Another reason I was unavailable to blog in the last two weeks is because I was actually traveling attending a game! The Redskins - Saints game. What a fantastic game. I'll do another post with pictures. It's worth expanding on.

6. QBs of the NFL: No one is safe.

7. My Fantasy Teams: OMG, this year i have three teams... so hard to keep track of. But in one league i'm kicking ass, in another i'm sucking ass, and another is the middle of the road.

8. Suicide Pool: I'm already out. Damn you Seattle.

Sexy, Rex-y Move-Over

First let me say, I don't know who first created the nickname "Sexy Rexy" because I don't think it applies. Second, according to the Boston Globe (who heard it from a In Touch Weekly)... the word on the street is that the one, the only Tom Brady has been offerd $1 million dollars to pose in his underwear for Calvin Klein.

So instead of offering an opinion that could very well get me in trouble, I rather pose a few questions...

Do you admire him more or less now? More attractive or gay? Is it cool that he's gotten the offer over Peyton, or is this the first step in becoming more like Peyton with all the endorsements and commercials? But most of all...

Will you buy Calvin Klein underwear now?

Giants - Patriots (1/32)

Saturday, December 2007

It's week 17 and the Patriots have gone the entire season undefeated!  When Steve and I bought the tickets as a Christmas gift for our families, we had no idea it would be such an important and exciting game!  Unfortunately for the New Yorkers, the Patriots won, but it was not without its excitement!

Records:

• Brady record for most TDs/season 
• Moss record for most TDs / season 
• Patriots end the regular season 16-0 

Highlights:

• Giants score a TD on a kick return  
• [Added later]  We had no idea that what we were watching would turn out to be a preview of the Superbowl matchup 

Trip memories:

• Nothing like the limo driver bumping another car on the way home... 

Setting:

• worst seats possible: Last Row of the 300's on an end zone (meadowlands stadium)
• none the less, it was an intense, exciting game with everyone standing the entire time
• weather was biting and cold but tolerable

Mission: first game of our goal to see all 32 teams! 
Game Award : highest level of play