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Giants win secret coin toss to play 1st game in New Stadium

yankees78 : 3/15/2010 12:00 pm
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The Giants have emerged with the first victory at the New Meadowlands Stadium they are building as 50-50 partners with the Jets. They have won the honor of hosting the first regular season game in September, the Daily News has learned.

NY Daily News - ( New Window )
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FU Jets,  
Britt in VA : 3/15/2010 12:00 pm : link
and Jet fans.
haha  
Britt in VA : 3/15/2010 12:02 pm : link
Quote:
Sources said Jets owner Woody Johnson was "outraged" - not because the Jets lost but because no team representatives were present.


Goodell was probably like, "we've already got the Giants scheduled, just tell Woody and Co. that we flipped the coin already"....
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yankees78 : 3/15/2010 12:02 pm : link
Calm down Woody:

Quote:
Sources said Jets owner Woody Johnson was "outraged" - not because the Jets lost but because no team reprsentatives were present.
And a bigger F U  
GMen-in-SC : 3/15/2010 12:02 pm : link
to Craig Carton.
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yankees78 : 3/15/2010 12:03 pm : link
whoops! Beat me to it Britt. Ha
We've gotta show some  
Go Terps : 3/15/2010 12:03 pm : link
balls and host either Dallas or Philly in the opener.
Luca Brazzi held...  
Chris in Philly : 3/15/2010 12:03 pm : link
a gun to Rex Ryan's head, and John Mara assured him that either his signature or his brains would be on the contract for first game right...
It's Luca Brazzi? Huh.  
Kulish29 : 3/15/2010 12:05 pm : link
I always thought it was Lou Gabrazzi...
...  
Danny Kanell : 3/15/2010 12:05 pm : link
Terps, wasn't there rumors we are hosting the Bears for the home opener?
Great News...  
B in Tallyho : 3/15/2010 12:06 pm : link
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Terps  
chrispisano66 : 3/15/2010 12:07 pm : link
It has to be Philly!
I thought that there was going to be no coin toss.  
Ralph.C : 3/15/2010 12:07 pm : link
Anyway, who cares as long as the Giants get to open it.
Put that on your website.  
Motley Blue : 3/15/2010 12:09 pm : link
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I agree with Terps  
Kulish29 : 3/15/2010 12:10 pm : link
Pick either the Cowboys or Eagles or make it the Colts or Saints.

The Giants would have to open on the road for them to play the Saints or Colts b/c those two will be playing each other to open up the season, right?
LOL  
ZogZerg : 3/15/2010 12:11 pm : link
Obviously the NFL never tossed a coin and wanted the Giants to open up at home in their new stadium.

It looks like the Jets will be second fiddle in this stadium as well.
Good  
bois : 3/15/2010 12:11 pm : link
Even better to hear that Woody was upset.
Kulish...  
Chris in Philly : 3/15/2010 12:12 pm : link
If we opened on the road, then the Jets would almost certainly open the stadium...
strange considering yesterday..  
tikisbarber : 3/15/2010 12:13 pm : link
there was no truth to the rumor..i dont like how the jets are getting all pushy all of a sudden..one afc championship in however long and all of a sudden they are trying to steal our shine..
Quit your whining Woody  
Jim in Fairfax : 3/15/2010 12:14 pm : link
You had a fair chance: Heads the Giants win, Tails the Jets lose.
Bwahahahaha!  
Dave in Hoboken : 3/15/2010 12:20 pm : link
The Jets push for this idea, and they wind up on the short end of the stick.

Priceless.
CiP  
Kulish29 : 3/15/2010 12:24 pm : link
You're right. Ok, Cowboys or Eagles it is. Or the Browns.
The first ever game is on SNF anyway  
MetsAreBack : 3/15/2010 12:27 pm : link
if its the Jets, they dont allow their fans to drink on home night games anyway, so i doubt their fans even want this.

And I dont believe in this showing balls stuff - I am fine playing the Lions on opening day and getting the season started right.

But the Bears would be a fun opening game too.
i dont understand  
sshin05 : 3/15/2010 12:31 pm : link
do you guys really cared who opened the stadium first? i certainly didnt.
I certainly never stop enjoying witnessing the Jets flop  
Ten Ton Hammer : 3/15/2010 12:32 pm : link
Those fans are animals.
It will be against Dallas  
NYG007 : 3/15/2010 12:43 pm : link
we made a deal with them to open their new park, them open ours
Same old Jets  
Spackler : 3/15/2010 12:45 pm : link
DOH!!! ;)
I heard it against Peppers and the Bears  
G_V_P 4 MVP : 3/15/2010 12:46 pm : link
renewing the old Giants-Bears rivalry
I still can't believe this became this big of an issue  
sjnyfan : 3/15/2010 12:48 pm : link
The Jets got to close GIANTS STADIUM. It had our name on it and they got to close it. A stadium they didn't move into until 8 years after it opened because they couldn't strike a deal with Shea Stadium. I repeat, they couldn't make a deal to stay in Shea. Mind you, they're playing in the new stadium because they couldn't strike a deal to open a stadium of their own. And they got the fuckin' nerve--still--to feel like they have the right to open this one? Fuck the Jets!! And besides, it's not like they still couldn't play their first game at home by opening MNF.
It's Luca Brasi.  
Bloody Lethal : 3/15/2010 12:57 pm : link
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Best option  
Karma : 3/15/2010 1:08 pm : link
would have been a game between the 2, Giants and Jets at home for season bragging rights.. course then there would have been a problem for fans, see how much these PSLs are worth with 2 fans to each seat!
Sure that article's  
Upstate_Giants_fan : 3/15/2010 1:28 pm : link
not from The Onion?
;)
Salazzo gives you the heads-up on Luca Brasi's name....  
Greg from LI : 3/15/2010 1:29 pm : link
....when he tells Tom Hagen "Let me worry about Luca. You just concentrate on getting Sonny to make the deal."
Thank you for the honor of opening night  
Davisian : 3/15/2010 1:34 pm : link
on this, the day of your teams stadium opening.
And may that first game be a masculine game!  
Greg from LI : 3/15/2010 1:34 pm : link
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Show Courage  
thevett : 3/15/2010 1:43 pm : link
Bring on the Saints
Dude..  
John in CharlotteNC : 3/15/2010 1:45 pm : link
as SB champs..the Saints are not opening on the road...
The article makes no mention  
Run with 81 : 3/15/2010 1:52 pm : link
if the Jets were even invited? (I can't imagine they weren't)
I would have preferred it to read:

"No Jets representatives were present after being notified last week of the coin toss"... & owner Woody Johnson was "outraged"
the jets closed  
GFiLA : 3/15/2010 1:56 pm : link
Giants stadium what more do they want?
Given how the Giants played in their last Giants Stadium game....  
Greg from LI : 3/15/2010 2:02 pm : link
....I'm just as happy that they didn't close the place.
Here's why it had to be a coin toss:  
Marty in Albany : 3/15/2010 2:04 pm : link
If the decision were made merely on historical grounds, the Giant would go first for all the reasons that have previously been mentioned. However, since the debut of the new stadium will be a financial windfall to the team that opens the stadium, and since the Giants and the Jets are equal partners, it had to be a coin toss.

Of course my preference would be to give it to the winner of a 40 yard sprint between the Coughlin and Rex Ryan.
Hard to believe  
OC : 3/15/2010 2:04 pm : link
No Jets reps were there. But, if true, well... glad to see they have there shit together. Hahaha. Book it gents, Dallass will be 1st.
Enjoy reading  
Josh in the City : 3/15/2010 2:06 pm : link
the fan meltdown over this on Jets Insider...

http://jetsinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210446
link  
Josh in the City : 3/15/2010 2:07 pm : link
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Jets Insider - ( New Window )
oh brother..  
yankees78 : 3/15/2010 2:11 pm : link
Quote:
@NJ_Giants

The word from the #NFL is we will have a statement from them at some point today on this #NYG-#NYJ coin toss fiasco.
Hahaha  
OC : 3/15/2010 2:16 pm : link
Thanks for the link Josh. I needed some Mon. comic relief. Too bad they couldn't their sorry asses back to Queens & fking stay there.
thevett  
BB2K5 : 3/15/2010 2:20 pm : link
We don't play the Saints this year
The Jets  
PaulN : 3/15/2010 2:21 pm : link
Had the last game in the old stadium, so the Giants should get the first game, they do not want to be second fiddle. Then stop acting like you are. Talk about a fuckin baby.
Look at you, all stickied.  
Beez : 3/15/2010 2:21 pm : link
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Im savoring the outrage on that Jets message board  
j_rud : 3/15/2010 2:29 pm : link
like a bowl of Scott Tennermans parents chili.
I guess  
Thomas : 3/15/2010 2:30 pm : link
Woody's invitation got lost in the mail.

We put hats on people.
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