A Giant Victory
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008Completely 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!!













