NSDesign Blog » new york http://www.nsdesign.co.uk/blog interesting thoughts and other stuff... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:22:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 A Giant Victory http://www.nsdesign.co.uk/blog/2008/02/a-giant-victory/ http://www.nsdesign.co.uk/blog/2008/02/a-giant-victory/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:30:34 +0000 Gary http://www.nsdesign.co.uk/blog/2008/02/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:

David Tyree and “that catch”

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!!

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