So I'm visiting relatives here in Maine & we're grilling tonight so I went out to get some meat, beers, & the like. I go up to the check out, proudly wearing my GIANTS cap, & this dude-probably in his mid to late 20s-goes 'Rough season ahead huh? We're going to kill you guys at Foxboro'. I don't say anything at first, but as I'm leaving I say 'Good luck this season. And we'll see you in Foxboro & hopefully beat your asses like we did in Super Bowls 42 & 46'. He reacted like someone had run over his dog.
I love having that to use on Patriot fans whenever they puff out their chest over a team 3/4ths of the region didn't even know existed prior to Belichick & TB.
And yes, cool story bro. :-)
5 years later at the same yearly trade show unbelievably I run into these same 3 guys. Needless to say I could not resist saying "We were lucky again Ace huh?"
They had nothing
Kinda agree with this. This was a good comeback in like 2013.
How did that happen????
I get that, but I think going 2-0 against them in the Super Bowl-a perfect record vs. them- is something to use if they're trying to rub your nose in shit.
5 years later at the same yearly trade show unbelievably I run into these same 3 guys. Needless to say I could not resist saying "We were lucky again Ace huh?"
They had nothing
Umm they have 6 rings and been to SB 3 straight years...Am sure Pat fans are not depressed about the Giants beating them a decade ago
That came out backwards - I mean any patriots fans still shouldn't have much to say to Giants fans - until the day I die. :)
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That would be like saying NY didn't know about the Giants from 1964-1983.
They were a shitshow.
That would be like saying NY didn't know about the Giants from 1964-1983.
They were a shitshow.
I actually met quite a few of my friends older relatives that were Giants fans, and from what I’ve been told, that wasn’t uncommon before.
As for the Pats, when they get rolling I’ll tweak them with the Eli 2-0 vs Pats in the Super Bowl
They’ll of course come back with 6 rings to 2 (I remind them it’s 4 Super Bowls and 8 NFL championships, but we go back to 1925, fine)
Then I crush them with this one...cell phones destroyed to hide evidence from the NFL: Brady 1, Eli 0
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In 2008 I was at a trade show and overheard at the table next to me some Pats fans talking about how the Giants got lucky. I interjected and while it was nothing bad I made my point.
5 years later at the same yearly trade show unbelievably I run into these same 3 guys. Needless to say I could not resist saying "We were lucky again Ace huh?"
They had nothing
Umm they have 6 rings and been to SB 3 straight years...Am sure Pat fans are not depressed about the Giants beating them a decade ago
They are absolutely still depressed about losing to the Giants in the Super Bowl twice. They learn their NY hatred before they learn to walk. 2007 was supposed to be the greatest team of all time. No matter how many rings they win, their 2 losses to us still burn.
That pick they got on the 3rd rd is going to really help their pass rush.. That pick fits their scheme. Typical pick for them.
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In 2008 I was at a trade show and overheard at the table next to me some Pats fans talking about how the Giants got lucky. I interjected and while it was nothing bad I made my point.
5 years later at the same yearly trade show unbelievably I run into these same 3 guys. Needless to say I could not resist saying "We were lucky again Ace huh?"
They had nothing
Umm they have 6 rings and been to SB 3 straight years...Am sure Pat fans are not depressed about the Giants beating them a decade ago
Lmao...Umm....We ruined their perfect season Ace and then followed up with another win as huge underdogs Skippy...LOL
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In 2008 I was at a trade show and overheard at the table next to me some Pats fans talking about how the Giants got lucky. I interjected and while it was nothing bad I made my point.
5 years later at the same yearly trade show unbelievably I run into these same 3 guys. Needless to say I could not resist saying "We were lucky again Ace huh?"
They had nothing
Umm they have 6 rings and been to SB 3 straight years...Am sure Pat fans are not depressed about the Giants beating them a decade ago
They are absolutely still depressed about losing to the Giants in the Super Bowl twice. They learn their NY hatred before they learn to walk. 2007 was supposed to be the greatest team of all time. No matter how many rings they win, their 2 losses to us still burn.
Exactly, of course it eats them up and any real football fan would know that
Just remember this every time Bill Simmons or Katie Nolan or any other Masshole makes a crack about Eli. This is their consolation prize, ragging on a QB in his late 30s trying to survive playing behind one of the worst OLs in the league. Because he's got two Super Bowl MVP trophies sitting on his mantle in Hoboken.
That would be like saying NY didn't know about the Giants from 1964-1983.
They were a shitshow.
There's a big difference, before BB/Parcels the Patriots couldn't sell half the stadium on game day. All their games were blacked out locally. While the Giants still sold out every game from '64-'80 during the shit show. Pats fans were non-existant when it came to Football before BB.
but now, any time i try and make a jab at them they just shrug and say 6 rings and 18 years of unprecedented dominance takes the sting out of it.
and i can tell they're not bullshitting, they don't care.
and when they see my Giants gear the look is more pity than hate.
And goddammit if only Landon Collins had held onto that Brady pass a few years ago.
Yep that's the one...pay attention next time you're there....you'll see a lot of Pats shit hanging on the walls.
I can remember a coworker, king of Fantasy Football know-it-all Niner fan proclaiming - it is OVER for your Giants, no way in hell they can win in Green Bay!
2 weeks later, I heard almost the same poem from him. Brady was UN-BEATABLE.
It was the best playoff run a fan could EVER ask for. Better than 86, better than 90 and 11.
I knew after that game, that it never would be that good again - THAT was the Giant money-shot I waited my whole life for - anything after has been gravy.
I can remember a coworker, king of Fantasy Football know-it-all Niner fan proclaiming - it is OVER for your Giants, no way in hell they can win in Green Bay!
2 weeks later, I heard almost the same poem from him. Brady was UN-BEATABLE.
It was the best playoff run a fan could EVER ask for. Better than 86, better than 90 and 11.
I knew after that game, that it never would be that good again - THAT was the Giant money-shot I waited my whole life for - anything after has been gravy.
Agreed....the once in a lifetime shot.
And if only Beckham had made a "football move" in the end zone...
We were standing outside Faneuil Hall when all of a sudden a bunch of Patriot's cheerleaders get out of a small bus and start handing out Patriot's swag.
Within ten minutes at least 50 people were milling around the ladies talking shit about how the Giants got lucky and how the Patriot's were going to run the table again.
I turned to my son and said, "wanna break some balls?"
He said "sure dad, what have you got in mind?"
I said follow my lead and started chanting "18 and 1".
We carried on for maybe 30 seconds. Everyone stopped what they were doing and shot us some pretty nasty looks. It's a wonder we didn't get assaulted.
It was epic.
That would be like saying NY didn't know about the Giants from 1964-1983.
They were a shitshow.
No, it would be like acknowledging that until recently, Boston was much more avid about the Red Sox, Celtics, and Bruins and the Patriots were a distant 4th.
There really isn't a Giants comparison to be made.
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Until BB and Brady is ignorant and wrong.
That would be like saying NY didn't know about the Giants from 1964-1983.
They were a shitshow.
No, it would be like acknowledging that until recently, Boston was much more avid about the Red Sox, Celtics, and Bruins and the Patriots were a distant 4th.
There really isn't a Giants comparison to be made.
Patriots were solid at multiple points over the Super Bowl era - Grogan Patriots were one of the leagues better teams - the organization contended through most of 76-86. If you look at their attendance numbers in Wikipedia, their numbers were average for the league - @50-60,000 per game.
When the Patriots were founded, Boston was a Giants town - it took generations to change the Celtic/Bruin/Red Sox crowd into Patriot fans.
And yeah, winning a shitload of Super Bowls will create a tsunami of Homer fans.
2. I love telling Patriot fans that Eli owns Tom.
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Until BB and Brady is ignorant and wrong.
That would be like saying NY didn't know about the Giants from 1964-1983.
They were a shitshow.
There's a big difference, before BB/Parcels the Patriots couldn't sell half the stadium on game day. All their games were blacked out locally. While the Giants still sold out every game from '64-'80 during the shit show. Pats fans were non-existant when it came to Football before BB.
Not true.
The 2nd Kraft bought the team, and they finally had a legit owner, they sold out.
They were just waiting for somebody credible to own the team.'
That is a big exaggeration.
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Until BB and Brady is ignorant and wrong.
That would be like saying NY didn't know about the Giants from 1964-1983.
They were a shitshow.
No, it would be like acknowledging that until recently, Boston was much more avid about the Red Sox, Celtics, and Bruins and the Patriots were a distant 4th.
There really isn't a Giants comparison to be made.
Giants Stadium had a waiting list over a decade long from the day it was opened, at the height of their mediocrity.
Patriots were solid at multiple points over the Super Bowl era - Grogan Patriots were one of the leagues better teams - the organization contended through most of 76-86. If you look at their attendance numbers in Wikipedia, their numbers were average for the league - @50-60,000 per game.
When the Patriots were founded, Boston was a Giants town - it took generations to change the Celtic/Bruin/Red Sox crowd into Patriot fans.
And yeah, winning a shitload of Super Bowls will create a tsunami of Homer fans.
Aside from a fluke season here and there the Pats were a joke with crappy owners, until Kraft bought the team in 1994 and they sold every game since then, so the idea they are a bandwagon fanbase is non sense.
Heck the Iggles almost moved in the mid 80s to Phoenix, they couldn't sell out in the 80s just a few seasons from making the Super Bowl, are they bandwagon?
Also, good for them to have success, success comes and goes over time, perhaps more than others considering several factors.
I could be considered a "bandwagon" fan since I was drawn to the giants through winning that was brought forward by Lawrence Taylor.
It was the year before that started the revival/rising, 1993, when Parcells was named head coach and that is also the time when a ground swell of New England Giants fans began to more seriously embrace the Patriots.
Parcells and Bledsoe breathed life into a dead franchise.
but...after the 1996 SB loss to GB and the Parcells to the Jets debacle the franchise once again bottomed out.
The old stadium was a shit hole, the metal bench seats were worse or on par with many college stadiums and the place was empty a lot of Sundays.
Gillette stadium, Belichick and Brady turned what Parcells did into a juggernaut (so Kraft deserves some credit, but this was 7 years after he bought the team) and I think at this point it will take some prolonged losing to revert to their old self, the problem now is the kids, the current generation grew up with a dynasty, I fear that will endure even some significant losing.
I hope I'm wrong.
It was the year before that started the revival/rising, 1993, when Parcells was named head coach and that is also the time when a ground swell of New England Giants fans began to more seriously embrace the Patriots.
Parcells and Bledsoe breathed life into a dead franchise.
but...after the 1996 SB loss to GB and the Parcells to the Jets debacle the franchise once again bottomed out.
The old stadium was a shit hole, the metal bench seats were worse or on par with many college stadiums and the place was empty a lot of Sundays.
Gillette stadium, Belichick and Brady turned what Parcells did into a juggernaut (so Kraft deserves some credit, but this was 7 years after he bought the team) and I think at this point it will take some prolonged losing to revert to their old self, the problem now is the kids, the current generation grew up with a dynasty, I fear that will endure even some significant losing.
I hope I'm wrong.
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did not thrive simply when Kraft bought the team.
It was the year before that started the revival/rising, 1993, when Parcells was named head coach and that is also the time when a ground swell of New England Giants fans began to more seriously embrace the Patriots.
Parcells and Bledsoe breathed life into a dead franchise.
but...after the 1996 SB loss to GB and the Parcells to the Jets debacle the franchise once again bottomed out.
The old stadium was a shit hole, the metal bench seats were worse or on par with many college stadiums and the place was empty a lot of Sundays.
Gillette stadium, Belichick and Brady turned what Parcells did into a juggernaut (so Kraft deserves some credit, but this was 7 years after he bought the team) and I think at this point it will take some prolonged losing to revert to their old self, the problem now is the kids, the current generation grew up with a dynasty, I fear that will endure even some significant losing.
I hope I'm wrong.
THey've sold out every game since Kraft became owner, the fanbase was always there just waiting for some semblance of legitimacy.
Attendance and ticket sales are different.
Plus, the Patriots have one of the smallest stadiums in the league.
Broncos, Packers, Steelers, etc. all have longer streaks and have had periods of gloom and bigger stadiums.
Broncos sell out streak goes back to the 70's.
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did not thrive simply when Kraft bought the team.
It was the year before that started the revival/rising, 1993, when Parcells was named head coach and that is also the time when a ground swell of New England Giants fans began to more seriously embrace the Patriots.
Parcells and Bledsoe breathed life into a dead franchise.
but...after the 1996 SB loss to GB and the Parcells to the Jets debacle the franchise once again bottomed out.
The old stadium was a shit hole, the metal bench seats were worse or on par with many college stadiums and the place was empty a lot of Sundays.
Gillette stadium, Belichick and Brady turned what Parcells did into a juggernaut (so Kraft deserves some credit, but this was 7 years after he bought the team) and I think at this point it will take some prolonged losing to revert to their old self, the problem now is the kids, the current generation grew up with a dynasty, I fear that will endure even some significant losing.
I hope I'm wrong.
THey've sold out every game since Kraft became owner, the fanbase was always there just waiting for some semblance of legitimacy.
yeah but...what were the splits?
My reply was - I love the Patriots, we took 2 SB trophies from you, i added that i'm a Met fan and that was 3 championships facing that city