I will email mods the pictures to post but here is the story: I am nogt a good storteller but I will try here and answer any questions.
I Arrived at the MN parking lot at 3:30pm. I parked near N6. This area as an Eagle fan told me this ground zero for eagle tailgaters. When I was going into the parking spot i heard the boos all around me as I was wearing my Tittle shirt. As I drove into the parking spot, I crushed an Eagle cornhole game square with my Dodge Ram. I didn't see it because there was debris everywhere but the sound of the wood cracking made everyone look and boo and curse at me.
When I emerged from the car, I had my Eagles on leashes (Brown and Hurts) and walked to the back of my car. I saw nothing but mouths dropped when I strutted to the back of my truck and everyone saw what I had in tow...Two Effigy Eagles and i am all in Tittle NY Giant blue. It was almost like the bar scene from My Cousin Vinny as a visual. I reimbursed the guy for breaking his cornhole game but even he was taken back by seeing the eagles
I was surrounded by hundreds of Eagle fans and people approached me and said what the F** are you going to do with those eagles. I said, i am going to drag these pets of mine all over the parking alot and around the Linc for good luck. They were in disbelief but over time a few drags through the car aisles they started offering me beer and stuff. The 20 year old's never knew Tittle and they were not use to a giant number 14 and I saw alot of them looking up on their phones on how good Tittle was at QB. I told alot of them that was my Dad's favorite player and I honor him by wearing it. This small talk saved my life and alot of them started like what I was doing...it was old school and they started respecting it.
However, the old timers still gave me a hard time but I was tolerated.
I went around the entire stadium and even the FOX crew started filming me in disbelief. A person who claimed to be a producer said he never saw this happen in Philly and thought it was awesome to do.
After about two hours alot of people wanted to pose with me and the eagles...Alot of women too!!
Again i will send the pics to mods to post and try to upload the video to a platform.
I have to believe it is this disbelief which also protects Rich on his way. One of those quirks of nature. Godspeed.
Way to go Rich..
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That video was before the game and about three hours after I arrived.
You are the man.
It happened right when I arrived..and unfortunately,I needed to quell the situation first. The guy actually picked the broken pieces up and put it in his truck after it happened didn't get a chance to get a pic. I was still surmising the situation I was in at the time. It was a fancy Eagle insignia Cornhole board. Dude was cool about it when i offered to pay.
Someone posted about Klingons. Yes, These fans really do act like Klingons. I am convinced I survived by being more brave each time and marched directly into tailgate tents. Other eagle fans told me to go to certain hard core tents and this won me street cred. After this, one group of Eagle fans told another group of eagle fans that I was untouchable..and when gametime came...they escorted me to the gate with all the beer i could drink.
Way to go Rich..
That's the truth..Unfortunately. The referees did not call at least 4 holding penalties in that first half.. Giants really got screwed.
Way to go Rich..
best comment i've seen all day.
Some drag stuffed Eagles
Been looking for a Tittle jersey for a while. The ones I see online are not accurate reproductions of how they looked in the early ‘60s. But I may be giving up on finding one that is. Rich H, would love to know about yours. YA #14 HOF
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In this video an eagle fan who was dogging me screams an F-bomb giants and i echoed it in jest just to disarm him. I won over alot of their fans as the night went on. Link - ( New Window )
Been looking for a Tittle jersey for a while. The ones I see online are not accurate reproductions of how they looked in the early ‘60s. But I may be giving up on finding one that is. Rich H, would love to know about yours. YA #14 HOF
The YA-14 Game shirt I have is a NFL merchandise Throwback Release they did almost 15 years ago. I know my Dad purchased it for my Birthday from a sports clothing store that was in the Jersey Gardens mall back then in Elizabeth. YA was my dad's favorite player.