Describe your day for each Giants Super Bowl

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

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.

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

1986- Was there
1990- Chicago Hotel Bar (trade Show)
2000- Home- TV
2007- Was there- Had strep throat (worth it)
2011- Home- TV

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.

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.

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.

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

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....

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

ECSTATIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(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.

for Eagle fans.

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.

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.