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Describe your day for each Giants Super Bowl

Route 9 in LEH : 1/23/2015 10:56 am
and where you were

1986- wasn't born yet. Hard to describe.

1990- I think I was sick that Super Bowl. I do remember it. Watching it at my grandma's house.

2000-Went to my aunts house in Hackensack. I think it was at that moment I realized that I don't like watching games with large groups of people. Someone spilled Mountain Dew all over the floor.

2007-stayed home and watched it with my ex who showed no emotion and didn't care. She was probably pissed that the game brought me more excitement than she ever did. LOL. I then that day decided never to watch a super bowl with a girlfriend unless she's a fan.

2011- watched it at my house with my mom who is a huge fan. I then went to modells that night to get my loot bag of championship gear.
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Got to go to the first game......  
jsuds : 1/23/2015 11:57 am : link
1986- Rose Bowl- Section F, Row 3, Seat 2. Got the tickets included with room package for $750 for the weekend at Westin South Coast Plaza hotel where Giants stayed. Seats were ten rows behind Giants bench at 50 yard line. Rosey Grier sitting in our row. Darryl Strawberry a row behind us. After the game there was a big party at the hotel and we met a lot of players. Saw Parcells in one elevator ride and congratulated him. Also saw Phil McConkey and I said "Phil, congatulations on your superbowl touchdown!" He replied "I wanted two!"
Lots of previous NFL stars, hollywood stars, and groupies around. Met Emilio Esteves, Lester Hayes, and even got Mark Bavaro to talk to us.
LT came down elevator to attend the private dinner wearing sunglasses with his wife on one arm, and some other beauty on the other. Fans gathered around chanting "LT, LT, LT." He looked up and said "Fuck This" and turned around and went back up the elevator.

1990- Normal Day. Hung around house watching some pregame etc. Nantucket, MA watching game at home with two friends.

2000- Normal Day. Hung around house watching some pregame etc. Monkton, Vermont, watching it at home with family and friends.

2007- Normal Day. Hung around house watching some pregame etc. Charlotte, VT at home watching it alone after my family was asleep

2011- Normal Day. Hung around house watching some pregame etc. Charlotte, VT at home with family
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ij_reilly : 1/23/2015 11:59 am : link
1986 - Drunk beyond drunk. With my brother and a couple of his friends. I barely remember it.

1990 - In treatment for being drunk since 1986. Watched it with fellow drunks.

2000 - At home. Sober, wishing I was drunk. Saw Glenn Parker say to Kerry Collins, on the sidelines, "Looks like you could use a meeting!"

2007 - Sober. Glad I wasn't drunk. Loving every moment. At home with family.

2011 - Sober. Glad I wasn't drunk. Loving every moment. At home with family.
Remember each one well  
Greg from LI : 1/23/2015 12:03 pm : link
XXI - I was ten years old. Mom made a big batch of chili and beer bread for dinner. We starting getting what turned out to be a blizzard during the broadcast, which ended up getting me out of school for a while. Ordinarily, that would have been great but I couldn't wait to get back to school to stick it in all the Redskins and Cowboys fans' faces. My parents let me stay up late to watch all of the postgame festivities.

XXV - I was in 9th grade and my grades sucked - worst of my entire scholastic career, by far - so I was forbidden from watching anything but the game itself. No pregame, no celebration afterwards. I was in my room studying the rest of the day and night.

XLII - My wife was 8 months pregnant with our son. She wasn't feeling her best, so she was in bed before kickoff. Our bedroom was right off the living room in our house at the time, so I had to watch the entire game with the TV on mute. As was my custom when we lived in Florida, I was on the phone with my dad the entire game, but I had to whisper. His feed was about 5-10 seconds ahead of mine, so before the ball was snapped on the Plax TD I heard my dad yell "Oh my God, they're going to win the Super Bowl!"

XLVI - My sister had a Super Bowl party at her house, mostly Giants fans. Tried to get my then-three year old son to be interested in the game, but he couldn't have cared less. My sister made some amazing nachos and wings.
oh, and I have successfully blocked out of my mind all memories of  
Greg from LI : 1/23/2015 12:03 pm : link
SB XXXV
Some great memories and one not so good one...  
jcn56 : 1/23/2015 12:12 pm : link
XXI - after years of being derided by the local Cowboy and Steeler fans (frontrunning fuckwits), the Giants finally brought one home, and I had them in my living room, front and center to watch it. Had a bet going in that didn't look so good at halftime, that if I lost I'd have to go to school wearing my friend's Cowboy jersey, instead, there were a few extra 56s in school that week.

XXV - watched with my grandfather and my brother. By that point, we had already established an on the floor prayer routine that accompanied big kicks, so the first hint of a Giants victory I got was Al Michaels saying 'Wide right!'.

XXXV - I had a similar experience to BBB, had a party all set up for some coworkers and friends, and a ton of food. Well, a work related emergency left pretty much the coworker side of the floor empty, and with twice as much food as people we watched the worst SB of all time in virtual silence.

XXII - Half my friends decided to go to the Glendale, but I had been watching with my son, and got a kick out of how much the little guy loved the game and could focus on it, even at 3, so I decided to throw a party at home for my friends and family. Can still practically kill my wife for insisting we expand the group, to include some other friends and a bunch of kids that I would end up having to kick out of the room at one point. Only my wife could end up half filling the place with annoying children and Jets and Pats fans.

XLVI - Intent on not repeating the XLII annoyance, I had a SB party with a very limited invitee list. Just family and a few friends this time, but only people who actually cared about the game, and enjoyed the whole experience a lot more this time around.

One thing I've noticed about the SB - if we're in it, I don't want to be anywhere else. I want to be home, in front of my TV, with my family. Unless the opportunity presented itself to actually go to the game (I looked into taking my son to XLVI, but the bill came to $12k and I decided to fork over a few extra bucks and buy a boat instead). Having a crowd might sound like fun, but it's work, and half the time most of them couldn't give a shit what's happening during the actual game. When you consider how rare it is, it's an opportunity wasted with casual observers or non-fans.
Cool thread  
mstyles22.0 : 1/23/2015 12:31 pm : link
1986 - I was in my neighbors basement in Verona NJ, 6 years old. I still remember the mood being very jovial and confident. That was the best Giants team ever.

1990 - A different neighbors basement. When Norwood went to attempt the kick, we hid in the closest upstairs and I saw the miss out of the corner of my eye on a B&W TV. Ran downstairs and people were flipping out, including my Mom crying.

2000 - Drove back from URI my Sophmore year watch it at my buddies house. From the opening kickoff we knew it was going to be a long night. Drove 3.5 hours back to campus because I had a Monday morning class at 9. Not a fun night.

2007 - Living in NYC at the time. Every game of that playoff run we watched at my buddies apartment on 28th and 2nd. When the Giants won, we looked out his balcony and saw people flooding the streets. We ran down, closed out a bar and I was thankful that I called out of work on Monday in advance. Got back to my apartment at 4:30 and re-watched the whole game. My DVR cut out right after the Alford sack, haha. Went to sleep for a few hours, woke up and bought every paper. Then sat on my couch and watched Mike and the Mad Dog while drinking champagne.

2011 - Now living in Huntington Beach, CA. Drove down to Fat Fish in San Diego which is a Giants bar. After grinding out the first 3 playoff games from my house, I wanted to be with more Giants fans, win or lose, for the Super Bowl. I remember you could hear a pin drop in that place going into halftime since we outplayed them but were losing. Of course that's when my Mom calls me and points out that we've been trailing at the half of every Super Bowl win. The whole 2nd half I was huddled with about 20 Giants fans that I'd just met. Such an intense game. I'll never forget there were 3 Pats fans there...at a Giants bar, when there was actually at Pats bar like 2 blocks away. What a bunch of losers.
Didn't realize how young you all are  
exiled : 1/23/2015 12:35 pm : link
So many fans were little kids or not born yet in '86...

For 42, I listening to sports-talk radio on my way to NJ from Massachusetts (no way I was going to watch that game in enemy territory). All the fans calling in were so excited and positive, and I remember feeling sorry for them, thinking, "These poor bastards really think the Giants are going to win. They're all going to be so disappointed."

There was just no way in my mind that our boys could win that game. And then they did!

Magic!

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YAJ2112 : 1/23/2015 12:44 pm : link
XXI - Spent the day leading up to it watching all the SB highlight shows on ESPN (do they even show those any more?). Watched the game with my sister and mom who weren't that into it. Was supremely confident we'd win, and even when we were down early it was just a matter of when not if we would start winning.

XXV - Watched the game with my college roommates who were all Giants fans except for one Bills fan who was talking shit all week. We got a beer ball for the game right before the store closed, but forgot we needed a tap for it. So we had to break it open and scoop beer (and bits of plastic) out. As Norwood lined up to kick, the whole room was on their knees watching and all except one were leaping and celebrating the kick drifting away Wide Right. Knew we had a good shot that day, but was definitely worried until it was over.

XXXV - Watched at my normal football Sunday bar in south Charlotte. Only good thing that happened was winning a halftime raffle where I got a football shaped cooler with the SB logo on it. I can't believe I still have that thing. Was supremely confident going in that day off of 41-0, even though the Ravens were the one team I didn't want us to play. Still remember Shannon Sharpe making that long TD catch against Oakland and thinking that was a bad thing. And fuck that defensive holding call on Keith.

XLII - Watched at home with my now wife, 2 weeks before our wedding. Was a nervous wreck the whole time. On the Tyree I play, I couldn't celebrate it until I saw a shot that confirmed the ball never touched the ground. Once that was clear, I realized we were going to win the game. Had been cautiously optimistic going in. After the game was over, I did a few barefoot laps around my house screaming. My neighbors still love me for that.

XLVI - Pretty much the same as XLII (down to the victory laps), except I was nowhere near as nervous. In fact once I saw Brady mugging for the cameras in his introduction, I was confident there was no way we'd lose.
Hm...  
idol-mind : 1/23/2015 12:48 pm : link
1986: Too young to watch.

1990: Went from being high on the Giants' win vs. San Francisco to worried the Bills were going to embarrass them on national TV. Got so worked up that I made myself sick and had to go to bed with the Giants down 12-3. Woke up just as Norwood missed the kick.

2000: In college. Chatted with a friend on instant messenger until the Giants fell behind 24-7. Suffered in silence through the rest of the game.

2007: I had mentioned to my sister-in-law (a Patriots fan) that me watching a Giants game on TV was usually bad luck for them. She made a cake just for me in exchange for coming to her house to watch. My niece put a Patriots blanket on me just before Tuck forced Brady to fumble before halftime and I kept it on for the rest of the game. Had to apologize to everyone afterward because of how much I celebrated after the final drive.

2011: Went to the same Patriots fan household again. This time remained much more collected. Missed a large chunk of the 3rd and 4th quarter because I had to read a bedtime story to my son. Came downstairs just after the Manningham catch and danced like a madman when Brady's Hail Mary fell incomplete. By this time I had learned to take the day after a Giants Super Bowl off from work, so spent most of the night celebrating.
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RC02XX : 1/23/2015 12:51 pm : link
1986: Wasn't aware of this sport called football since I was a ragamuffin living in Korea

1990: First football game I ever saw; watched it because my uncle had it on TV (he wasn't a big football fan but always watched the Super Bowl) and immediately decided that I was going to be a Giants fan because of the way the defense played

2000: Watched it with a bunch of my company-mates in the wardroom while at the Naval Academy; they knew I was a rabid Giants fan, so half of them were talking shit to me and the other half were consoling me

2007: Actually attended this game because of a generous friend; made it home just four days before the game from my fourth deployment; amazing experience at the game and at the after party

2011: Had a Super Bowl party at my house with some friends and neighbors; shared this day with my six month old daughter; tuned most of my guests out at various points in the game
Here's mine  
Bold Ruler : Mod : 1/23/2015 12:55 pm : link
SB XXI - I was 11 and remember watching it with my Grandpa and I was surprised that the Giants were pulling away in the second half.

SB XXV - I was 15 and watched it with my best friend. Both of us were on our knees praying that Norwood would miss. When it went wide right I jumped up and ran out of the room. Hardly remember anything from the post game show after that.

SB XXXV - Living in Vermont having graduated college a few years prior. Watched it with my girlfriend and from the get go knew it was going to be bad.

SB 42 - My daughter was born a few months before this game. When Eli -> Tyree happened I jumped up and made some sort og 'glarff' sound and woke her up, she cried. When Eli tossed the game winner to Plax I fell on ground silently cheering.

SB 46 - Living in the home I bought a couple years before. I thought the game was oddly not as stressful. Last drive seemed almost 'easy' not counting Manningham on sideline.
I've been alive for three  
Audible : 1/23/2015 1:01 pm : link
1986: Not alive yet.
1990: Still too young to understand what football is. May or may not have watched any of it.
2007: In Boston, at a party thrown by a college friend (and Cowboys fan). Maybe two dozen other people there, all of whom are Pats fans save for me, my friend, and one other Giants fan. Probably the most amazing fan experience I'll ever have.
2011: At a very well-catered SB party in a Lower East Side apartment. Great game to watch, but the experience didn't come close to 2007.
Climbing  
OC2.0 : 1/23/2015 1:09 pm : link
The fking walls until game time.
ok  
natefit : 1/23/2015 1:21 pm : link
86 - was there in Pasadena. Night before the game my Dad and I had burgers and beers with George Young at Barney's Beanery. No football talk.
90- was there in Tampa. Stayed at Giants hotel, up and down in the elevator with the players. Rained 4 days straight. Took the charter bus to the game with Hoss' parents.
The others I watched on TV.
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Torn Tendon : 1/23/2015 1:23 pm : link
1986 - At childhood home in Oak Ridge, NJ
1990 - Working in a Red Lobster kitchen watching on a mini tv
2000 - Apartment with GF, she kept wanting me to switch it to something on MTV during commercials.
2007 - My friend's house
2011 - At home
Lots of great memories  
Victor in CT : 1/23/2015 1:24 pm : link
XXI - 22 years old, just out of college. At home as usual on Sundays with my dad and my brother. Tense with nervous anticipation. Mom and my sister made dinner early as per our usual "eat before the game". No outsiders allowed. My father couldn't wait, they were finally in a title game again. It was the first one for my brother and I. Just an incredible release of joy when they pulled away in the 3rd qtr. My mother even watched at the end and she NEVER did.

XXV - Same location and scenario. I was worried that without Simms they wouldn't score enough to win. What a finish. I remember all of us kneeling silently waiting for Norwood to miss and then just screaming like crazy after.

XXXV - Sorry I have no recollection of this game.

XLII - First one that my son was old enough to watch. He was 8 and after the big win in GB was excited. On the phone with my father and brother throughout the game. Then in the 4th, I was on the floor with my son sitting on my lap when the Tyree play happened and we both jumped like crazy men. When it was over I kept thinking of Brady saying "we only get 17?"

XLVI - Same as 42 really, but older. And thinking how that holding call in the 1st qtr was going to screw us. Then "THE PASS" from Eli to Manningham. Maybe the best pass I have ever seen. 50 yds on the button to the only spot where it could be caught. And Mario having the stones to keep his eyes on it and get clocked to make the play.
'86 - Don't remember, i was only 3  
Mellowmood92 : 1/23/2015 1:40 pm : link
'90 - this is one of the few games i really remember from my childhood. I watched the first house from my grandparents house who threw a big party. I remember lots of giants balloons and napkins (odd memory). Then i vividly remember Norwood's missed kick.

'00 - I remember being pissed off half of my friends skipped my party for some random keg party. Also remember being particularly pissed the giants completely mailed it in.

'07 - My favorite season all time as a giants fan. My parents hosted each playoff game, and we had a good group of big giants fans at each game. I remember calling the Dallas win "our super bowl". During the super bowl i completely lost my shit on a good friend of mine who started yelling that we won after the Plax TD, i was convinced he jinxed it for us.

'11 - The first football season with my wife, ever since that game she is convinced me, my dad and brother are completely insane (but she married me anyway)
86 I was three years old,  
RicFlair : 1/23/2015 1:48 pm : link
'90 I remember I was living in Florida at the time, remember celebrating with my dad when they won.

'07 I was working in a convenience store, watching on a tiny tiny tv my coworker's husband brought in for me, was awesome.

'11 Probably my favorite, was at my uncles house with my cousin and him. Danced like a weirdo for like 20 minutes after the win.
SB XLII  
12aob : 1/23/2015 1:51 pm : link
Crazy day. My then 82 year old uncle was visiting from Phoenix and fell that morning. Gradually develops bad pain in left side of chest/upper abdomen. Take him to ER and find out he fractured a rib and lacerated his spleen. Thankfully the bleeding was contained by the capsule of the spleen (otherwise he might have bled to death shortly after the fall). So he's admitted for observation - or maybe surgery. Discussion back and forth with his children and doctors. He wants to fly home as planned the next day but wiser heads prevailed and he was scheduled for surgery later that day. His children arrive and finally I can leave the hospital and head to my friend's man-cave to watch the game. Got there 5 minutes before kick-off and watched the game, mesmerized by what unfolded. An absolutely awesome finish to what started as a terrible day.
My Super Bowls  
Matt in SGS : 1/23/2015 1:59 pm : link
1986- I was about 13 years old and was very superstitious then (not much has changed). I started watching the Giant games in my room rather than in our basement with the better TV after the Giants lost to Seattle. So riding an 11 game winning streak and going into the Super Bowl, I kept to my routine. Tape the game on the VCR on the downstairs TV so I can go back and rewatch it later (and refer to it again in 25 years, as I would find out), put on my Carl Banks jersey and watched the championship there.

1990- Again, watched from my room, as I had perfected this technique by this point, but this time wore a 1986 Championship shirt for good luck. I remember taking a knee by my bed and not watching the Bahr kick vs. the Niners the week before, and did the same thing when Norwood kicked.

2000- Saw this game at my future in-laws house. I had warned my then girlfriend that this was a bad idea and I was messing with the Gods since the Giants were 2-0 when I watched at my own home. I tried to warn as many party goes and future family members that I probably would not talk to any of them so don't take it personally. However, as the game went along, it became clear that I should never have gone there. I let out a huge barrage of curses when Armstead's pick 6 was overturned on the Hamilton holding penalty. And for a moment when things looked better after Dixon's kickoff return TD, it got worse with the Jermaine Lewis return. I walked over to my wife's parents, said that I'm sorry, I need to go, and I left. So I have told my wife, she had her shot to not marry this mess when she saw me at my worst, so don't complain about Giants' games;)

2007- We were now about 6 years into our new home, my older son was 3 years old. We had a tradition of hosting a Super Bowl party and had friends over. By this time, I had found my comfort zone to watch in the house and my good luck spots. Based on the lessons learned from 2000, we limited the invite list only to a smaller group and those over were all die hard Giants fans, no floaters who will ask "who is the QB of the Giants". I had no tolerance for that shit when the Giants are in it to win a Super Bowl. I had downloaded that awful song "proud to be a NY Giant" that they used to play at Giants' Stadium, but damned if it wasn't good luck. So I had that thing going on in the pre-game and when Plax scored, I think I jumped up into one of our friends arms. As soon as the game ended, my phone was ringing off the hook, since I was radio silent as the game went on for good luck.

2011- This time my older son was 7 and had a better understanding of the game. My younger guy was 3, so not so much. We increased the invite list a tad, with the promise that most of the non-fans would be gone by halftime. I was given one of those inflatable Giants things by a guest before the game and for some reason, even though I could have seen it as a jinx, I set that damn thing up on my front lawn like a Christmas decoration. I left it up for about 2 weeks after that, mainly to taunt my neighbors, who are Packers and Bears fans (not sure how that happened, but whatever).
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BH28 : 1/23/2015 2:00 pm : link
86 - don't remember was only 4.

90 - the only thing I really remember about this one was my brother and I both kneeling in front of the TV as the giants were doing, waiting for the kick and watching it sail wide right.

00 - first year of college up in Boston. Watched it with my new college friends, this was my first taste of how they despised all thing NY even though up to that point the giants and pats never even had a rivalry.

07 - still living in Boston. I was afraid to watch with my Boston friends due to potential fighting, so i drove to NJ to watch in friendly territory. Watched it at my grandfathers bar and just remember how intense the entire game was, even the crowd at the game seemed to be more vested than usual. Through all the chaos of the final drive, I didn't even realize the magnitude of the Tyree play. I remember when Plax caught the TD, I jumped up and started running only to be tackled by one of my friends in pure joy. In hindsight it was a great decision to watch the game in friendly territory especially with how the game played out.

11-At this point I had fled Boston, and moved to CA. I didn't know how many times the Giants were going to make it back so I said 'eff it' and bought tickets off of stubhub and went with my mom. To this day, I have never felt a moment of more pure giddiness/anticipation for an event in my life. I was like a kid on Christmas times 10.
I had the prefect view of the brady intentional grounding safety, you could hear us in the crowd start grumbling about a receiver not anywhere within 20 yds of brady. It was so obvious at the game, but much less on TV when i watch replays. The rest is history as they say, the hail mary was right at my endzone and then party time in Indy.
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GP : 1/23/2015 2:03 pm : link
1986 - Wasn't born, but watched my grandfather's old VHS copy a couple years back.

1990 - See above, except substitute "wasn't born" with "was only three years old"

2000 - Watched this one with my family, no big event or anything. I was so excited after the 41-0 beatdown, this was a big letdown for a 13 year old who just got seriously invested in the Giants around this time, but I stayed loyal obviously.

2007 - We weren't supposed to be very good this season (ESPN told me so). Definitely not Super Bowl worthy. I remember around training camp time I realized that the Super Bowl was on my 21st birthday, 2/3/08. I turned to my father and said, "wouldn't it be awesome if the Giants gave me that gift this year". His reply was something between a chuckle and "get real... but yeah that would be something."

The day came and I just felt so confident (I think a lot of us felt that way, despite the 18-0 beast we were facing). I was with my wife (then girlfriend) at the time, and she and a friend partied in the basement all night with my sister. I stayed upstairs at my parent's house and had one beer during the game. The game needed my laser focus! Pure joy when Gibril batted that ball down. Long phone call with my aforementioned grandfather and then one more beer and took advantage of my drunk girlfriend. Good night.

2011 - Excellent playoff run led to a similarly confident feeling, yet not as strong as it was in 2008. Watched each game that playoffs with an old empty NY Jets Bud Light can. Why? Because my mother accidentally bought Jets Bud Lights for the Giants/Jets game and it became a bit of a good-luck charm after Cruz's 99 yard throat stomp.

Back at my parent's place for the Super Bowl, and my grandfather brought his new girlfriend over to watch the game with us. Obviously, that was fine, but I remember she wouldn't shut up during the game and I don't take too kindly to that during NYG Super Bowls. This wasn't a Super Bowl party, this was a Super Bowl viewing. I was getting increasingly frustrated and semi-snapped at her after a while. I think my grandfather and brother were relieved someone stepped up to do it. I felt a bit bad afterward, but she's an Eagles fan and we won, so all was good in the world again!
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Del Shofner : 1/23/2015 2:12 pm : link
1986 and 1990 - had young kids in both cases, watched one at home and one at our close friends' apartment near by (can't remember which was which).

2000 - at home. Bleh.

2007 - this was very memorable - I was in Berlin, Germany with one of our sons. The game came on at like 1 am and went until 4 am. We watched it in our hotel room in German, with no ads - the camera just stayed on the players standing around during the breaks - it's a soccer culture, they don't cut away from games. The announcers kept talking about Domenik Hixon because he was born in Germany, so that was funny. We barely slept as we had to get on an early plane to Munich.

2011 - by now our oldest (daughter) was married and she and our son-in-law's place was nearby, so we watched it there with a bunch of their friends, which was fun.
GP  
Route 9 in LEH : 1/23/2015 2:14 pm : link
You're about 2 months older than me
RE: GP  
GP : 1/23/2015 2:19 pm : link
In comment 12106768 Route 9 in LEH said:
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You're about 2 months older than me


Not a bad time to grow up a Giants fan, right?!
one other thing I remember from 1990  
Matt in SGS : 1/23/2015 2:22 pm : link
by that time I was in high school, and pretty much a well known as a Giants fan among the teachers and students (shocking). Anyway, we had exams the Monday after the Super Bowl and my math teacher was also a huge Giants fan. I remember stressing and grumbling the week leading up about the test and I wouldn't be able to study or focus, win or lose, the next day. So I remember my teacher after class the Friday before the Super Bowl, asked me and a few other guys (all big Giants fans) to see him. He was also a big Giants fan and he said to us, "I'll make you guys a deal, I will pass you a blank sheet during the test. You sit there and pretend to take it but don't say a word and I'm also trusting you won't get the answers from anyone else afterwards. I want you all to come in at 7:30 AM on Tuesday so you can take it then. Go Giants". Now that's an awesome teacher.

What a Great Read  
tator : 1/23/2015 2:24 pm : link
XXI- Senior year at Syracuse. Watched in my apt on my 19" TV. Watched it alone as I told my GF to go find somewhere else to go.
I will never forget being on the phone with my dad as the final seconds counted down. We have been season ticket holders since 1963. We never thought it would happen.

XXV- lived in Arizona. Again watched it alone. I cant watch with most people. Again was on phone with my dad as Norwood lined up to attempt his kick.


XXXV- Was in Tampa. Other than that, rather not talk about it.


XXXXII-I have been living in dallas for a few years. I proudly wear Giants BLUE. Lets say that playoff run was special. The friday before the game, my wife surprises me by telling me she invited some people over to watch the game with us. Lets just say that didnt happen and after watching me watch the game, I think she agreed. Watching that game with my 2 boys was something special as we had Dad on speaker as time ticked down.


XXXXVI- No parties planned just the family. Dad had died that Sept. It was first season ever with out him. In the Atl game that year, when Nicks broke those tackles and scored that TD righ in front of our seats. My sis and I turned and knew it was destiny. Never doubted we would beat that Pats that day. The best part is once game ended, I walked outside and gave a big scream and let all my cowboy fan neighbor s who won the game. Just in case they were not sure.

Well the next morning, my neighbor comes up to me. He had paused the game on the drive just before Bradshaw scored to put his kids to bed. He told me he had no need to watch the end.

Tator
My experiences...  
PSIMMS 22-25-268 : 1/23/2015 2:28 pm : link
SB XXI - Freshman year of college in St. Louis watching in a Frat House with all the NY/NJ guys rooting hard for Big Blue and everyone else from all over the country pulling for Denver. This was the year of supreme confidence in the Giants and especially compared to my baseball team, which won it all a few months earlier but always drove you crazy with late inning heroics. Didn't even sweat it at halftime and then Phil entered the pantheon with his second half ass-kicking of Elway & Co.

SB XXV -- Home for Xmas break for Senior Year and watched with my 3 best friends from home and we went bezerk after no good, wide right.

SB XLII - Have a group of 6-7 guys in my 'hood who are all die-hards and we watched at one friend's house whose house had been the good-luck charm all season. Eli to Plax and utter pandemonium.

SB XLVI -- Same location at XLII but this time with families. Kids and wives for the most part were out of the TV room until the very end. Knock it down from Gronk. More pandemonium. Beat Hoodie and Tom. Again!
Here's my rundown for all 4  
David in LA : 1/23/2015 3:07 pm : link
1986 - I was 2 years old. Odds are I was eating, sleeping, or pooping at the time.

1990 - I was 6 years old, was watching the game at our home in Bayside Queens. Was still way too young to really appreciate this one.

2007 - My first year in Los Angeles, I was watching the game at a buddy's house in the Hollywood Hills. Fucking EUPHORIA. Had a good feeling about this one, told all the smug Massholes I was confident about the game.

2011 - I was in Miami for a trade show. Ran up and down Collins after leaving the Shore Club where I caught the game.
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illmatic : 1/23/2015 3:09 pm : link
XXI: I was 4 years old at the time so I don't have any memories of it, unfortunately.

XXV: A little older here and I was starting to get into sports but I wasn't too into football at the time. I was big into baseball but the hype surrounding this game is what really started to get me into football. I don't remember the game itself but I remember earlier that day, I was with my dad who was hanging out and having some drinks with co-workers and friends. They were all talking about the game, if the Giants could do it, how good their defense was and how good the Bills offense was. I thought it was the coolest thing to be with the adults when they just chilled and talked about sports like this.

XXXV: This sucked. I was big time into football and the Giants and this was my first chance to finally see them play in a super bowl that I'd remember. I was so hyped after the NFC Championship game and the way that they won, but I knew they would have their hands full against the Ravens defense. I just didn't think they would lose the way that they did. I was in high school and ended up just relaxing in my room to watch it by myself. And being glad that I did that because sometime in the 4th, I just shut it off and tried to sleep, almost wanting to cry from the way they played, knowing they lost the super bowl and not knowing if or when they would make it back again.

XLII: They did make it back and what a game that was. I knew they had their hands full again with an undefeated team but I think that made everything easier leading up to it since my expectations were in check. I wanted to see them win it, of course, but it felt like it wouldn't sting too much if they didn't since nobody expected them to win. I took the day off from work, wore my Burress jersey all day long, had a few snacks and enjoyed the ride. During the Tyree catch, I kept thinking that the ball hit the ground or something and that they would reverse it and screw us over. That wasn't the case and the rest is history. The only "bad" part was that I watched the game by myself instead of being surrounded by other Giants fans for such an epic game. But that was okay, I was on cloud nine that night and had a blast watching every little postgame reaction that I could.

XLVI: This one I finally got to watch as part of a little super bowl party with about 8 to 10 other family members. Though half the time, I found myself was into another room to watch it by myself since I tend to be anxious in close, big games. Haha. I remember my dad wanting to wear a Giants jersey for the game and he didn't have one - so I loaned him my Burress jersey that I still had in my closet. Despite a few jokes from others that he wasn't even on the team anymore, the jersey still worked it's magic. One of the best parts was when my niece's husband who is a big Cowboys fan, and the only non-Giants fan the party, came over wearing an anti-Giants shirt. We joke around a lot in a good spirited way about each other's teams, so it was nice seeing him eat some crow at the end of the game and having to hand it to the Giants for winning it all. And again, I just sat there late into the night watching post game reactions/stories/ceremonies, loving it all.

Can't wait until it happens again.
Awesome thread  
BIG FRED 1973 : 1/23/2015 3:22 pm : link
1986 – Watched the game in my parents bedroom because I wanted to concentrate on the game and not be bothered ,every one else watched in the living room .I was at every home game that year and I wanted to go to the game so bad .I remember my mom made a big choclate cake that we had at halftime ,Funny thing was when Elway scored I threw my can of coke down cause I was pissed and it got on the tv stand and and vcr and I had to clean it right away lol .Was so happy when we won that I ran outside and started blowing the airhorn that we used to bring to games . Snowed that night and the next day in NY and my school was closed so I made some more money shoveling because it also snowed that Friday lol


1990 - That morning I remember watching Rocky Horror picture show on VHS because it just came out on tape ..Than around 12pm someone rang my bell and I thought it was my friends to go play football but it was a bunch of Javohva witness’s I told them its super bowl Sunday come back next week .We had a big party and again I watched the game in my parents bedroom while everyone watched it in the living room and when hoss got I sacked I threw a can of soda again lol ,that only got on the rug .The Oj forearm ,Ingram getting the first ,bakers td ,Wide right ..Any way that game no one gave us a shot and my high school football coach was a huge bills fan and was talking all week so when I went back to school on Tuesday cause I always take off day after the super bowl I had the last laugh ,he got me back at camp when he made me do 100 up downs cause I was making fun of the bills lol


2000 – Was supposed to go to the game with the guys I tailgate with but I started a new job that week and I could not get off ,I was pissed ..Than my brother invited a ton of his neck bone friends who are not giants fans and I felt the bad karma when we where outside bbqing around 4pm and I just had a bad feeling about the game ,Especially when the game started and I could not get my spot that I watched all the road games in because there where people sitting on the coach behind me and nobody sat there during the season I was pissed ,after Hammers interception for a TD did not count I left the living room and went down to the basement which I should have did from the jump ,at halftime I was so mad non giants fans were watching the game I went in my car and smoked a joint to relax and than came back for the second half and Starks picked off Collins and that was it ,Dixon returned the kickoff but I think we all felt like we were not winning this game …I said to myself next time I watch a giants game especially a super bowl …NO NON GIANTS FANS ALLOWED !!!


2007 – Watched it with my Dad ,my brothers and my friend Frank ..I told everyone after we beat the Packers in the Championship game we are not having a super bowl party so get that idea out of your heads ..I remember when eli was fighting to get out of the grasp I said don’t throw it to snee and when tyree made the catch I texted my friend in tampa and said we are not losing this game and the rest is history ,We went nuts after we won and I remember my dad going watch the tv because he just got a brand new HD tv and he was scared we were going to knock it over …lol .Next morning went to models and stock up on gear and all the fly by nighters were out in full force .guys wearing turbins who don’t know a football from a pogo stick buying stuff .That got me mad .The best was my brother telling some of them where were you week 3 when we were down 17-3 vs the redskins lol


2011 - Watched it with 2 of the guys I tailgate with at their house as we watched the divisional game and championship game so we didn’t want to break the streak ,We got a nice 6ft hero Mommas from Corona …Went nuts jumping up and down after that game and my friends girlfriend got a great picture of us celebrating …I was tweeting the players congratulations after the game but I saved the morning for the best tweets and I bashed all the haters ,first was craig carlon ,next was mad dog russo and the next one was craig carton …That was great revenge for all the crap they talked all season and that week .All three blocked me cause I abused them so bad lol
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Boatie Warrant : 1/23/2015 3:23 pm : link
1986 - I was home with some friends screaming at the TV smoking cigarettes.

1990 - I was home with some friends (some Bills fans) screaming at the TV smoking cigarettes and drinking beer.

2000 - I was in a bar in Beaumont tx with one of my fellow soldiers screaming at the TV, smoking cigarettes and drinking beer(mostly free from the locals kindness) and lots of it!

2007 - I was at the game screaming and drinking beer with my Brother-in-law. With 2:39 left in the game I turned to him and said "I don't know if I should puke or cry with excitment"

2011 - I was at home with my family screaming at the TV and drinking beer.
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mcr2343 : 1/23/2015 3:42 pm : link
86- don't remember but did read the SI at school
90- at home in basement alone. Hit head on ceiling jumping after missed FG
2000 - Flew to Tampa, couldn't get in game, watched at bar w ravens fan friend
07 - GLENDALE ARIZONA - AWESOME
11 - Friends party in hoboken

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GeneInCal : 1/23/2015 3:47 pm : link
1986- Was there
1990- Chicago Hotel Bar (trade Show)
2000- Home- TV
2007- Was there- Had strep throat (worth it)
2011- Home- TV
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DieHard : 1/23/2015 4:18 pm : link
1986 - 16 years old, at a friend's house in upstate NY with an assortment of casual fans and even one poor Broncos fan. First time I ever got massively drunk, and worth every second. Biggest outburst came with McConkey's fleaflicker catch.

1990 - Manning the sports news desk at my college paper, watching on a 9-inch TV. When Norwood missed the kick I did several victory laps around the office like a madman.

2000 - Watching in my apartment with sympathetic Packers fan friends. Most of the memories repressed except the sight of Jermaine Lewis returning that kickoff.

2007 - Fighting a bad cold, huddled up with a group of Giants fans in my smaller current apartment. When Plax caught the TD we all stared at each other for a moment, not quite comprehending. Bedlam followed.

2011 - At my Giant friend's man cave, with other friendlies. Following HopeJ's eternal mantra, we "ate the enemy" with some clam chowder at halftime, and the rest is history.
Ok I will give it a try.  
wgenesis123 : 1/23/2015 4:40 pm : link
1986 Watched at home in Piscataway NJ and my mom won a pool on the missed extra point. At last it was over for Giants fans, what a night.

1990 Was to worked up to watch this with my step-father who was a Buffalo fan, so I went to a motel in Green Brook NJ to be alone. When the kick went wide right I jumped for joy and accidentally thrust my fist through the ceiling in my motel room.

2000 Watched at my brother-in-laws house Millville, nj and we were all miserable. This game changed me as a fan, learned you have to remember its only a game.

2007 Watched at home in Rosenhayn, NJ, my boss called me at the end of the game to ask me to cover the midnight shift that night. I went in to work but nothing could cancel such a great high in Eagles land.

2011 Watched at home Breinigsville, Pa and I remember doing a celebration dance at the end of the game.
























































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Chris in Philly : 1/23/2015 4:45 pm : link
1986 - watched at a school friend's house

1991 - watched while visiting a friend at college. Walked outside for the Norwood kick and based in front of the door peeking in.

2007 - watched with a friend of mine at my house.

2011 - watched the first half with my little kids, then the 2nd half alone, kneeling 6 inches from the television for almost the entire half.
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mamu : 1/23/2015 4:48 pm : link
1986 - Watched at home with my family.

1990 - Watched with my g/f (also a Giants fan) in my college apt, while on the phone with my sister for the Norwood kick.

2000 - Watched at my brother's place with friends

2007 - Hosted a party at home with my wife and about 30 Pats fans in attendance

2011 - Went to a friend's house party with my wife and about 50 Pats fans in attendance
SuperBowl is the 1 day of the Year i always remember where i was  
YorkAveGiant : 1/23/2015 5:12 pm : link
and for the Giants, its very easy to remember.

1986: Jr year of HS in East Greenbush NY, skipped a big party with friends for i was scared shlitless about the game. watched at my parents house alone in the finished basement. younger brother not allowed to bother me as he was a pokes fan at the time. came upstairs at the half to talk to the old man, but went right back down to pace. wouldnt take congratulatory phone calls in the 4th, despite victory being imminent as i was too supersticous to talk.

1990: Jr year of college at Syracuse, skipped a fraternity party downstairs to watch with about 5 brothers in a private room. once it was wide right, went bonkers and ran downstairs and eventually out to the bars. i remember being in Faegans, then walking into Harrys...nothing else after.

2007 & 2011: watched both at O'Flanagan's on the UES of Manhattan. with probably about 300 screaming Giants fans all going absolutely bezerk. and despite being 37 & 41...partied like a Rock Star till 4am+.

ready to do it again....
what's interesting in reading these is to see  
pjcas18 : 1/23/2015 5:28 pm : link
how the Giants were with us (those alive and old enough to have memories of all of them) as our lives progressed.

1986: many watched at home with parents

1990: a lot of people seems like were in college or high school and watched elsewhere

2007: a lot of people began hosting their own parties or have a wife and kids by now

2011: same as 2011 - it's cool to see the transgression from watching the biggest game for our team (the common thread all of us have here) at home with our parents, away, and then with our own families.

Can't wait to see what's next, hopefully I'm not watching with my grandkids. Maybe my kids will have their friends over for the next one.
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Mike77 : 1/23/2015 6:02 pm : link
86'- 9 years old, watched with my Father, Grandfather, and Brother in our living room- 1st Superbowl, ultimate excitement, jumped around like crazy after the game.

90'- Watched with my Father, Grandfather and brother in our living room. Again ultimate excitement, edge of the seat victory, pretty much just collapsed after this one, lol

00'- Watched with my brother. After the Championship game there was no way I thought they would lose, ultimate disappointment,

07'- Watched with my Brother and 2 friends in the basement of my new house. My first daughter was 9 months old. Ran around like nuts outside after the game.

11'- Watched with my brother in my "Giants room". My second daughter was 11 months old. We felt very confident before this game, after the game we went nuts, lol..

Wow, 4 great games and a shitter, all at very different times in my life, can't ask for anything more (well, a few more Superbowl victories would be nice, lol).
Watched all 5 super bowls in out family living room  
nygnyy274 : 1/23/2015 6:58 pm : link
Janurary of 87 at home 2 years old on my mothers lap while the rest of the family was in the living. Don't remember much but I know more about that 86 team that I do any other year. Dad use to record all the games on VHS and I use to watch a lot of the games from the 80s all the time on VHS. I use to watch Giants amount men every single day.

January 91.at home in the living 6 years old remneber it like it was Yesteday i will never forget the where I was when Barr kicked the FG in San fran to send us to the super bowl I went on my hands and knees and folded my hands praying Barr made the FG he did then jumped up and down hugging everyone then a week later I did the same thing as Norwood lined up for the FG but this time I prayed he missed it. He did and I jumped up and down like i did the week before. Great feeling

Janurary 2001. At home in a packed living room but this time was with some people I didn't even know that was my brothers friends plus my GF at the time was their to much going on for me concentrate. Hamilton pick 6 called back and it was all down hill after that. If theirs a way to lose a super bowl I rather it be a 34-7 blow then a heartbreaker plus I was still high on cloud 9 off the yankees beating the Mets in the world series so to be honest the 2000 super bowl loss really doesn't bother me.

February 2008 at home in the living but just family this time 3 brothers nephew and child hood friend. Another heart pounding super bowl run identical to 1990. I remember going out side at points because I could not watch cause my nerves were shot and remember that any time I did that in the past we won. I would come in at when we were on offense but just couldt watch us on defense sure enough the pats went on a drive and scored the go ahead TD I was so pissed but thank god for Eli. I watched the pats last possession and almost shit my pants on that 4th down when Brady thew to Moss. After it was incomplete i jetted out of the house screaming like a maniac blowing the air horn running up the block. Great feeling.

Feburay 2012. Again at home in the living room with 3 brothers nephew and childhood friend. It was like Deja vu all over again it's amazing how 3 super bowl runs 90 07 11 the championship game and super bowl were almost identical endings. By this year i started going outside every time we were on defense from late the 4th quarter of the regular season packer game to the super bowl out defense was so bad I just could not watch. So I thought by me not watching the defense i was superstitious and I did that a lot in both cowboy games Jet game and the packer divisional game 49er championship game and super bowl. I once again watched the pats last drive in the Super bowl and my heart stopped again on the last play like it did in 2007 on the last play. But we won. I've been blessed in my life seeing championships like many who root for the Giants and Yankees. I also won a few football titles as a player in my life in pop warner and high school. My sports life has been good.
I have never told anyone this  
idiotsavant : 1/23/2015 7:49 pm : link
but, during the 2007 Superbowl:

I was at Tom Brady's loft in the West Village. He was not there obviously, but Giselle was.

I had her all lathered up with a combination of olive oil and other substances, whipped cream, whatever we could find in a haze of urgent motion and blur.

What a night.

In any case, I guess things worked out ok for Tommy Boy and "The Gis" as we call her.

Never the less, a great evening.

Here are mine  
Hammer : 1/23/2015 9:05 pm : link
1986: had a huge house party with all my friends from Brooklyn. I was one of the first guys to have kids and a house in the burbs.

Long story short is it was a great time until I went out front to put out garbage and saw some high school kid in a football jacket pushing this litter girl down the street. She was hysterical.
I intervened and all of the kids buddies came out of a neighbors house and all of my friends came out of my house. There was about to be a huge brawl, I mean about 30 guys worth when the neighbor (older than me) came out and asked what was going on. I explained what I had seen, he took the kid by the neck and said "if you ever raise your hands to a girl I'll kill you myself". That ended that.

1990: I was over a friends house at a small house party

2000: I was home with my boy teenage boys. Boy did that ever suck

2007: Home with my wife. I did the Hammer shuffle when "Manning lobs it, Burress alone, Touchdown, New York!"

That was orgasmic

2011: house party with a bunch of friends and my now 26 year old. Good times indeed.
How lucky are we  
theold5j : 1/23/2015 9:47 pm : link
We're talking about what we did for 5 super bowl games, 4 of them being wins. Not many fans can have this conversation. It prob crosses our minds each post season but watching how grueling these games are makes me feel priveleged and lucky to have grown up a giants fan.
Don't know if this has been said above, but  
Blackbeard : 1/23/2015 10:07 pm : link
ECSTATIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great Post...  
Allen in CNJ : 1/24/2015 8:45 am : link
(I am formerly Allen in NJ - created a new handle after 1/15)

XXI - I was 10 going on 11. Really got into football in 84' but didn't completely understand it yet. LT, Phil Simms, Joe Morris, Mark Bavaro, Phil McConkey and many others were idol-like for me at this time. What I remember more than the game itself is the season itself - the buzz in the area (we lived 10 minutes from Giants stadium) and the overall "feeling." On championship sunday, I remember getting up early, taking the dog out, and almost getting blow away by the wind lol and remember seeing so many of the big plays - seeing Jim Burt jump up into the stands to get his son was priceless. This one was GREAT.

On the actual gameday we watched it in my grandfathers apartment (we lived in a 2 family) and I watched the game sparingly, but remember most of it. I was happy, but as a sorta little kid, the enormity of it wasn't quite there yet.

XXV - this one was huge. Middle schooler (14 going on 15) going to high school. Surrounded by front-runner 49er fans the championship win was insane. On game day it was nice in NJ, temps were probably in the 50's, so we (my friends and I) played some football at the park before the pre-game. I watched the game at home, basically alone with my parents (my grandfather was actually in the Tampa area visiting friends but couldn't get tickets LOL) and was GLUED. On my knees for Norwood's miss, jumping so high I almost took out the ceiling fan. 2 days later, I got the chicken pox and was out of school for 5 days LOL.

XXXV - I was in my mid 20's at this point and very superstitious. Great season. Watched the title game in my buddy's basement. Couldn't go there for the SB. Wound up deciding to watch alone at home, go to another buddy's house, or go with my parents to their friends house to a SB party. Opted for the latter. Huge mistake. Huge group of people, no one watching but me, a couple others, and my dad, and watched that shit unfold. Horrible day, I still believe to this day if I was at home, or elsewhere, outcome woulda been different :(

XLII - another great season - we lost my mom that spring and my mother in law that December, the day of the Bears game - so it definitely was meaningful. Watched 2 of the playoff games at home and the other at my brother in laws house. So, for the super bowl we went to my brother in laws for a small party. Unfortunately we weren't with my dad or my FIL for this one. Watched the whole game, glued, on edge, not moving, etc. Went semi crazy with Boss's catch, the Tyree TD, the helmet catch, and of course Plax's TD, but curbed my enthusiasm until the final play. Proceeded to go nuts, and this time, actually broke my brother in law's ceiling fan when I leapt from the couch.

XLVI- My daughter was born on 12/22 - we brought her home on Christmas eve, noon time, just in time to see the walloping of the Jets and Victor Cruz's 99 yard TD catch n run. We lost my dad the spring of 2010 - made this one bitter sweet. Watched basically every game at home because of my daughter being an infant, and wore my Justin Tuck Jersey n green cargo's (without washing them) since christmas eve. Watched the game w/ my daughter sleeping in the swing, my sister in law, her boyfriend at the time, and my wife. On edge, not moving, went nuts when the hail mary was swatted away by KP and stripped off the dirty clothes, in front of the TV, as the game ended. GREAT year.
BTW: this is a "gimmie" thread  
mrvax : 1/24/2015 8:57 am : link
for Eagle fans.
a little late to the party as i was reading this almost all of friday  
sshin05 : 1/26/2015 1:37 am : link
XXI - I was about 10 wasnt into sports and when someone changed to the game when i was watching something else! Watched the 3rd quarter until the McConkey TD catch which basically sealed the game.

XXV - I was into sports and was big time giants/mets mode. So me and my brother was superstitious about the game and forced one or the other to get out of the room when things went bad. We both hugged and were jumping for joy at the end of this game.

XXXV - Only time i watched it as a friend's house. Most Giants fans but not hard core like I was. Pretty pitiful game. Even the the lone eagle fan felt bad.

XLII - Watched at home and had some friends over including a cowboy fan. After the Tyree helmet catch, i proclaimed, 'We're gonna win!' Soon after Plax's TD, and i was nervous wreck. I thought maybe we were going to get blown out but I had an feeling the Giants were going to keep it close. Drank a lot after that game.

XLVI - Living overseas, so had to watch this game over the internet. I paused the game because I had infant twins and it was my time to take care of them and this was around monday morning. However my emails was spilling with, 'Get your Giants Super Bowl gear!' which ruined it for me but was glad to know they won. When i got the chance to watch it on NFL gamepass (at that time). I watched the whole game in peace.
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Wuphat : 1/26/2015 8:31 am : link
XXI -- My grandparent's basement. As a kid we ate dinner at their house every Sunday. No one else was interested, so I watched by myself.

XXV -- Pretty much a repeat scenario of XXI

XXXV -- I was in Korea. Woke up to watch it. Wished I'd slept in.

XLII -- Had a bunch of people over for work. This included some very sour Eagles fans who had been at my house to watch NE beat them just a few years earlier.

XLVI -- Same as XLII, but with one of those Eagles fans missing.
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