What is it that you love about this franchise?

The only franchise to win a super bowl in 4 consecutive decades.

In comment 14619081 Torrag said:

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Bleeding Blue for the Giants is a real thing. I honestly don't 'think about why'. It just is. Go Giants.

Torrag nails it for me. This is MY TEAM. There's no "why" here. When I was first getting into the Giants (late 60s) they sucked, except when Ron Johnson elevated them for a brief coupla years.

I do like that we have been known for defense first and foremost, and that goes way back to the studs who played before my time. It seems very New York.

It was about Dad. It was always about Dad.

I started following football in the late 70s. The Giants weren't very good so I wasn't a big fan, but my Dad faithfully watched or listened every week.

In 1982 I started playing Pop Warner and that really got my fandom of football turned up. We even got my Mom (RIP Mom) interested in football. Nothing like hearing your Mom yell "Sack his ass!" When you're a kid.


After awhile you fall in love with the players.

For me it started with Rob Carpenter, then LT, Carson, Banks, Bavaro, Morris, Simms, the lunchpail OL. To me they represent what I'd call true Giants.

Then that defense of the 80s. With LT, you had to watch him every play because he did things no one ever did before, or has since.

Over the years there have always been guys who seem like true Giants - Mark Collins, Hampton, Strahan, Armstead, Sehorn, Hammer, Diehl , Seubert, Eli, Tuck, Tiki. Cruz, Jacobs.

Not always great players, but guys who played hard and seemed like they just loved being a Giant.

Now we have Jones and Barkley. Hopefully a couple other guys take up that mantle.

the NY logo!

...on our dead end, laughter and yelling and talking and I look out there and they're loading coolers and chairs and tables and an ENTIRE BARBEQUE in the trunks of cars. Matty's 69' Cutlass, Uncle Joe's 67' Coronet, Al's 72' LTD. Kids are getting in too, but not me.

This was the Monroe St. tailgate prep ceremony that took place before every Giants home game. My family didn't have tickets. I didn't even like football yet.

A couple of years went by, and Joe Pisarcik game me my first chance. THE FUMBLE opened up a lot of tickets, and my neighbor George took me.

The tailgate parties were epic, we'd get there when the lots opened, set up at 4J and the adults drank WAY too much, full bar, kids playing football and chasing each other around the berms.

I remember the long escalator ride up to the 100 section, of the dark, shady concourses and the shock of seeing the BRIGHT GREEN field come into view for the first time, heart pumps faster.

I immediately fell in love with that shitty team, loved the culture, the fans, the stadium. The story of the Giants of the 1980's was a fantastic sports drama with amazing characters and heroes and to get to witness it all first hand was truly something to behold.

Unforgettable.

It isn't the same now. Some things are better, some things worse. Actually - I take it back. From a fan's perspective, none of the 2019 experience is better than what we had 30 years ago.

Fact is, I LOVED the franchise. I don't anymore - not like I did. PSL's, insane prices and a massive spike in injuries turned me into a fair weather fan, and the weather isn't very fair at Met.

If you were an '80s kid, a whole lot of it was due to one man. The Giants weren't always the best team, but there's much to be said for having the baddest, meanest mofo in football on your team.

In comment 14619265 Elisha10 said:

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I love that we once played at the Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium.

I love this, too. In fact, I think John Mara's best moment as owner was accepting the Lombardi Trophy after Super Bowl 42 and dedicating it to Giants fans "who have supported us for 30 years at Giants Stadium, all those years at Yankee Stadium, and some of you even back to the Polo Grounds."

Logistically it was probably impossible, but I always wished they'd hold a practice or scrimmage or something at the old Yankee Stadium before it was torn down. They could even do it now at the new building, though it wouldn't be quite the same.

In comment 14619663 x meadowlander said:

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...on our dead end, laughter and yelling and talking and I look out there and they're loading coolers and chairs and tables and an ENTIRE BARBEQUE in the trunks of cars. Matty's 69' Cutlass, Uncle Joe's 67' Coronet, Al's 72' LTD. Kids are getting in too, but not me. This was the Monroe St. tailgate prep ceremony that took place before every Giants home game. My family didn't have tickets. I didn't even like football yet. A couple of years went by, and Joe Pisarcik game me my first chance. THE FUMBLE opened up a lot of tickets, and my neighbor George took me. The tailgate parties were epic, we'd get there when the lots opened, set up at 4J and the adults drank WAY too much, full bar, kids playing football and chasing each other around the berms. I remember the long escalator ride up to the 100 section, of the dark, shady concourses and the shock of seeing the BRIGHT GREEN field come into view for the first time, heart pumps faster. I immediately fell in love with that shitty team, loved the culture, the fans, the stadium. The story of the Giants of the 1980's was a fantastic sports drama with amazing characters and heroes and to get to witness it all first hand was truly something to behold. Unforgettable. It isn't the same now. Some things are better, some things worse. Actually - I take it back. From a fan's perspective, none of the 2019 experience is better than what we had 30 years ago. Fact is, I LOVED the franchise. I don't anymore - not like I did. PSL's, insane prices and a massive spike in injuries turned me into a fair weather fan, and the weather isn't very fair at Met.

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Fact is, I LOVED the franchise. I don't anymore - not like I did. PSL's, insane prices and a massive spike in injuries turned me into a fair weather fan, and the weather isn't very fair at Met.

At this point, I only follow the Giants and “scout” upcoming opponents on GamePass, the 45 minute, every snap version. The game has become unwatchable for me because of the rule changes(safety changes are fine with me) and mostly the officiating. I will always bleed blue, but the game in general has become a flag-laden circus

It's no coincidence you have two of the greatest coaches of all time and the greatest transformative player of all time.

And nothing matches the rivalry between Parcells/Little Bill, Walsh, and Gibbs the mad scientist to come up with crazy things to counter LT. They were the foundation and then domr of the current modern NFL.

it was one of my favorite pastimes -- we played a lot of sandlot football in my neighborhood growing up and some of my favorite memories come from moments on the football field. Nothing beats the rush of a great play when you are executing it as a team - nothing!!!

I did not watch a lot of football, I played it.

My dad had one paralyzed leg from when he contracted polio as a teenager, and wore braces. He never played with us, but he could throw a football and we would play catch together occasionally. He hated the Giants because they left NY and watched football muttering all the time he was watching - so he wasn't fun to watch with.

Somewhere along the line I grew up and got married and my father in law was a passionate Giants fan. My wife's family lived on the great south bay and we would often go and spend the weekend with them and avail ourselves of the great bounty of bay life. During football season the weekend would be punctuated with the Giants game. I grew close to him and the Giants as the two of us watched the game together on a regular basis. This started as Bill Parcells became the Giants coach, and before you knew it I was hooked, lined and sinkered. You all know the 80's was a great time to grow with the team, and I did -- and I bled and bleed blue.

So I've been brought to the promised land 4 times over the past 40 years - established great memories of those successes -- suffered real anger and disappointment when Parcells left the team -- that was a bad day in the life of this Giants fan. Suffered through the R__ H______ years, then the tease of the Reeves years, then the tease of Fassell years. I flew my flag upside down after the 3rd game of the season when Fassel was in his last year and felt great joy when he was fired. I knew Coughlin and then Eli were going to take us back to glory... and they did.. and they delivered much joy to this devoted fan....

...and of course there is this place and the extended community of fans I have surrounded my self with. My second wife and I were fortunate to travel with a group of BBIers, and thanks to Bill2's support, to London in 2017 which built a whole bunch more of great memories .. with follow ups to Giants stadium and then the immortal slaying of the 18-0 Patriots

It's all part of living a rich and full life this passion.