A Giant Victory
Completely unrelated to anything NSDesign, I just wanted to post a short blog on the recent New York Giants Superbowl win last Sunday (Monday at 3.20am to be correct).
Having been I Giants fan since the age of 8 (a childhood holiday to New York got me hooked) , I’ve been lucky enough to see 2 previous “big blue” (not related to IBM) superbowl victories, but the win I watched on Sunday night was a class above.
Symbolic of the entire game, and the Giant effort in the dying seconds to secure the win (and end the New England Patriots unbeating 18-game streak) was Quarterback Eli Manning’s scrambling pass to David Tyree - play of the season contender for sure:
Somewhat more relevant - the Giants kicker - Lawrence Tynes, is a Greenock boy (born in Campbeltown)!! Ok, so he emigrated to Florida at a very young age, but as with all things Scottish - we’ll take national pride when we can… Here in the office, Kenny tells me it’s nothing unusual for Greenockians to shine on the world stage, but at least - if nothing else, his part in the dramatic win (Tynes, not our Kenny), scoring on the night, and winning the “semi-final” in overtime, has at least elevated the sport of Gridiron and it’s publicity to new heights. At least for this week anyway!!
Tags: giants, greenock, lawrence tynes, new york, sport, superbowl
February 7th, 2008 at 10:30 am
It really is a confusing team, isn’t it? Scotland tries to claim Lawrence Tynes although quite clearly he gave up all links to Scotland as a child (Jackie Birds attempts to reclaim him not withstanding) whilst New York tries to claim the Giants, even though they quite clearly operate out of The Garden State.
Yes, they originated in New York, but as the Duke of Wellington pointed out, a dog born in a stable is not a horse.
So congratulations to the Giants of New Jersey.
JERSEY REPRESENTS!