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Game 19: Giants @ 49ers

November 12, 2017

Levi’s Stadium – Santa Clara, California

My Friend Gemma

 

Pregame Thoughts

Prediction: Giants win by 5

 

Results

Final Score: 49ers 31, Giants 21

My Record: 11-8

 

Well I went 0-4 picking the Giants. At least I don’t have to watch my awful team play anymore.

 

The Game

Review to come! Sorry, this guy has been busy!

 

The Stadium

Overall Rating: B

 

The stadium is cool. It had some really nice areas where you could hang out surrounded by plenty of food and drinks. Escalators were everywhere, plenty of entries with lots of metal detectors so nothing was held up. They also had two walkways to get to your seat which was a great idea. One walks through the concourse as normal, but if you were in a section further away, you could use a walkway along the outside of the stadium.

 

The huge downfall is the location. They should really change their name and not be allowed to be called “San Francisco”. The stadium is in Santa Clara and only 10 minutes from where the San Jose Sharks play. If you fly in for the game use the San Jose airport and stay out that way. I stayed at the Hilton Santa Clara, which was nice. Even if you don’t stay there, you can tailgate in the hotel parking lot before and after the game (free entry, standard drink prices).

 

 

Love, Hate, Shout Out

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Fan Tips

 

 

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Game 6: Giants @ Buccaneers

October 1, 2017

Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, Florida

My Dad Jim (left), Brother Dana (center left) and Brother Jordan (center right)

 

Pregame Thoughts

Prediction: Giants win by 3

 

Results

Final Score: Buccaneers 25, Giants 23

My Record: 2-4

 

An okay prediction, although I was still wrong. In hindsight, I think this was more of a hopeful bet so the Giants wouldn’t be 0-4 (yikes). They actually account for 3 of my losses, maybe I should stop picking them or going to their games? I hope both the Giants and myself do better next time!

 

The Game

The Giants lost another one and are now 0-4, but at least this one was close, which is no silver lining. Nick Folk made a 34 yard field goal as the time expired to win it (after he already missed two field goals and an extra point earlier in the game). Jameis Winston had a solid game with 332 yards passing and 3 touchdowns.

 

The Giants had a small bright spot, Wayne Gallman made his NFL debut with 42 rushing yards and a touchdown reception.

 

It poured rain in the first quarter but was clear for the rest of the game and very warm.

 

The Stadium

Overall Rating: B

 

The stadium was pretty cool, open air. The Pirate Ship throws out souvenirs every time the Buccaneers score (which unfortunately was more than I wanted). There is also a good view of George Steinbrenner Stadium and a good view of downtown Tampa Bay (from afar). There were areas right when you go through the gate to hang out with live music and drinks as well.

 

Love, Hate, Shout Out

Love: The Pirate Ship. Its just cool. I needed to pick something, so this is what you get as there wasn’t much that stood out about the game.

 

Hate: Giants are now 0-4. Enough said. Fill in thoughts of whatever makes you mad and that’s how I feel.

 

Shout Out: My dad. If you know my family this won’t surprise you. My dad managed to get lost coming out of the stadium, while we were all together, on the same exact ramp, all walking together. Remind you I am I wearing my classic orange Syracuse basketball jersey to a game with no orange teams, so already it is hard to miss me. Somehow he turned the wrong way and was gone. And of course he thought it was a good idea not to bring his cell phone and he doesn’t have a good sense of direction or memory. My two brothers and I looked around for a while. It was a good idea that one of us waited at the car because he eventually showed up at about an hour later.

 

Fan Tips

Park at the Yankees Training Facility (not to be confused with George Steinbrenner Field).

Take the escalators up to the top levels if that is where you are sitting.

 

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Game 4: Lions @ Giants

September 18, 2017

MetLife Stadium – East Rutherford, New Jersey

My Friend Dave

 

Pregame Thoughts

Prediction: Giants win by 3

 

Results

Final Score: Lions 24, Giants 10

My Record: 2-2

 

Terrible pick again for the Giants. My two losses are their two losses, both equally bad.

 

The Game

A late 88 yard punt return for a touchdown by Jamal Agnew for the Lions put the Giants away. This was overall a sloppy game with each team held to around 250 yards. Eli Manning was sacked 5 times and knocked down another 8 times (great job Offensive Line). The Lions did not play great but came out with a win thanks to the poor play of the Giants.

 

The Giants celebrated their 10 year anniversary of Super Bowl XLII. Most of the players and coaches from the 2007 team were there and honored at half time.

 

The Stadium

Overall Rating: D (too harsh to give an F)

 

New York City is filled with things to do, so there is not much to say about that, too bad the stadium isn’t really anywhere near it. The train is somewhat easy to get to MetLife (as long as you leave early enough), but a royal pain to get back. The stadium doesn’t have the greatest setup and although it is newer, it has an old feeling to it. They could have done a much better job on this one.

 

Easy to enter and good concessions with plenty of choices are the only upsides.

 

Love, Hate, Shout Out

Love: Michael Strahan’s half time speech about the Super Bowl anniversary. I don’t have the exact words, but it was powerful and got you motivated to do something. The current team should have been on the field, maybe they would have learned something.

 

Hate: Giants Offensive Line. It’s a tough argument to make when you say Eli Manning is losing it and getting old. Let’s face it, he is, but he was never an elite QB and you can’t put it all on him. When you get hit literally every other play, its hard to get any timing down. Maybe it is time to address the Offensive Line issue, since its been an issue for 4 years now, ughhhhh!

 

Shout Out: Giants Defense. I am not sure how many weeks they will be asked to play 40 minutes a game, but so far its two out of two. Playing that much and giving up less than 20 points both games is great (can’t count the punt return against them).

 

Fan Tips

If you are taking the train leave really early for the game and expect to wait a long time before you get out (unless you leave the game early, which I would never do).

 

You cannot walk all the way around the stadium on some levels because of the suites. So check your section before you go up the escalators.

 

 

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Game 1: Giants @ Cowboys

September 10, 2017

AT&T Stadium – Arlington, Texas

My Cousins John and Carrie (I love them even though they are Cowboys fans)

 

Pregame Thoughts

Prediction: Giants win by 3

 

Results

Final Score: Cowboys 19, Giants 3

My Record: 0-1

 

A terrible prediction followed by a terrible game. I am a Giants fan so it was kind of a biased pick, but none the less I thought the game would at least be close!

 

The Game

Dak Prescott was not at his best only completing half of his passes and looking confused at times, but the Cowboys came out with the win behind the running of Ezeikiel Elliot. He finished with 104 rushing yards and 36 receiving yards.

 

The Giants defense actually didn’t play bad holding Dallas to only one touchdown. It was surprising that they only surrendered 19 points considering they were on the field most of the game.

 

Jason Witten set two franchise records for the Cowboys; receiving yards and games played.

 

The Stadium

Overall Rating: C+

 

AT&T Stadium is more like a luxury hotel. You can find anything you need and the staff is super friendly. There is not really a bad seat in the place, including the standing room. There is also a lot of art throughout the stadium. However, the walkways are kind of narrow and their weren’t a lot of bathrooms. Building a newer stadium you should over do it with convenience.

 

The large video board is hard to ignore. I noticed myself looking at the screen even when I could see the play perfectly fine. I think this was a strategy in “Jerry’s World” not to make a better fan experience but to make more money. With its size and location, you can’t help but to look at all the brands that paid top dollar to be featured.

 

My only other complaint is that it is in Arlington kind of in the middle of nowhere. You can take an Uber if you don’t have a car (expensive), but definitely can’t rely on public transportation.

 

Love, Hate and Shout Out

Love: The city of Dallas. It is a great place to visit, lots of outdoor bars, fairly easy to get around and lots of friendly people.

 

Hate: Cowboys. Sorry, does this surprise you? I won’t elaborate.

 

Shout Out: Cowboys fans. They really weren’t as bad as I thought. Especially the way the game went, I thought for sure I would get a lot of harassment, but they were tame. Good luck getting that when you visit New York Cowboys fans.

 

Fan Tips

Park at Six Flags in the very back of the lot. It is only a 15 minute walk over to the stadium and there is plenty of room to tailgate.

 

Most bathrooms in the stadium have multiple entrances, don’t settle for waiting in line.