JethroPugh
Member
- Messages
- 49
- Reaction score
- 0
Good evening folks. I've been lurking forever and have to finally come out and join the party after just returning from the great state of Texas.
Few background essentials about this NY-area Boys lifer:
- Became hooked watching Roger running around and always saving the day.
- Was very young, but I think the earliest memory is the heartache of 78 and Jackie Smith.
- When my third grade teacher saw me writing out the entire Boys roster on my school folder she informed me that her husband was the college roommate of Jethro Pugh! She later showed me Christmas cards signed by the Doomsday crew and Roger too!
- The most vivid and exciting early memory is Danny's heroic comeback against the Falcons in the 80 Divisional playoff on the road in Fulton County (3 TDs in the 4Q!).
- Remember crying like a baby after those three consecutive NFC Championship game losses.
- Have attended lots of their games at the Meadowlands and one at Foxboro.
- Have made the trip to Texas Stadium three times (86, 98, 08).
- This trip and the 98 one prove that I may be the luckiest guy in the world -- my wife put these trips together!
Texas Stadium this past weekend:
- I am pleased to report that to my ears it was much louder than my prior trips. Not exactly the Meadowlands, but the crowd did us Boys fans proud who are forever insecure about this issue.
- Also regarding fan spirit, it was amazing to see that many jerseys. Pretty sure the percentage of people wearing jerseys was higher than I've seen anywhere else.
- So great that you can take your kids there. I saw tons of kids having a great time. I wouldn't take my kids to the Meadowlands even if I was a Giants/Jets fan. You Dallas area folks are lucky! Also, it was 10x easier getting in and out of the parking lot than at other stadiums where I've attended games.
- Sorry I missed those tasty chips. Are they as good as they look?
The Game:
- Was right in front of that final stand. What a feeling!
- Best moment was seeing our backup punter totally plow that dude down. I extended my best vertical leap by a few inches when I jumped up in response to that hit. The whole bench seemed to get a real charge out of it too.
- Kind of odd, but would we have won this game without the new Roy Williams? Interesting to think about. Great moment for him.
- Not exactly news here, but the extra yardage that MB3 gets is really hard to believe and awesome to see with the naked eye. Where would we be without him?
- Congrats to our young DBs! (more on this right below)
Postgame (and best moment of the day):
- After surviving long merch lines, we're walking around the stadium to get to our car. In an area with no one around comes walking a freshly showered Campo and 2 others. I yell over "Great game coach!" and he looks me in the eye and throws back a hearty "THANK YOU!" with a head nod. What's cool is that he and his crew really were a major, if not THE major, story in this important victory. He looked really happy. And let's face it, the guy deserves it.
Traveling from NY-Dallas
- What a pleasure. Interesting that there was quite a large Boys contingent making the trip, most of whom were decked out in all their favorite silver and blue.
Thanks for reading and providing this invaluable forum!
JP
Few background essentials about this NY-area Boys lifer:
- Became hooked watching Roger running around and always saving the day.
- Was very young, but I think the earliest memory is the heartache of 78 and Jackie Smith.
- When my third grade teacher saw me writing out the entire Boys roster on my school folder she informed me that her husband was the college roommate of Jethro Pugh! She later showed me Christmas cards signed by the Doomsday crew and Roger too!
- The most vivid and exciting early memory is Danny's heroic comeback against the Falcons in the 80 Divisional playoff on the road in Fulton County (3 TDs in the 4Q!).
- Remember crying like a baby after those three consecutive NFC Championship game losses.
- Have attended lots of their games at the Meadowlands and one at Foxboro.
- Have made the trip to Texas Stadium three times (86, 98, 08).
- This trip and the 98 one prove that I may be the luckiest guy in the world -- my wife put these trips together!
Texas Stadium this past weekend:
- I am pleased to report that to my ears it was much louder than my prior trips. Not exactly the Meadowlands, but the crowd did us Boys fans proud who are forever insecure about this issue.
- Also regarding fan spirit, it was amazing to see that many jerseys. Pretty sure the percentage of people wearing jerseys was higher than I've seen anywhere else.
- So great that you can take your kids there. I saw tons of kids having a great time. I wouldn't take my kids to the Meadowlands even if I was a Giants/Jets fan. You Dallas area folks are lucky! Also, it was 10x easier getting in and out of the parking lot than at other stadiums where I've attended games.
- Sorry I missed those tasty chips. Are they as good as they look?
The Game:
- Was right in front of that final stand. What a feeling!
- Best moment was seeing our backup punter totally plow that dude down. I extended my best vertical leap by a few inches when I jumped up in response to that hit. The whole bench seemed to get a real charge out of it too.
- Kind of odd, but would we have won this game without the new Roy Williams? Interesting to think about. Great moment for him.
- Not exactly news here, but the extra yardage that MB3 gets is really hard to believe and awesome to see with the naked eye. Where would we be without him?
- Congrats to our young DBs! (more on this right below)
Postgame (and best moment of the day):
- After surviving long merch lines, we're walking around the stadium to get to our car. In an area with no one around comes walking a freshly showered Campo and 2 others. I yell over "Great game coach!" and he looks me in the eye and throws back a hearty "THANK YOU!" with a head nod. What's cool is that he and his crew really were a major, if not THE major, story in this important victory. He looked really happy. And let's face it, the guy deserves it.
Traveling from NY-Dallas
- What a pleasure. Interesting that there was quite a large Boys contingent making the trip, most of whom were decked out in all their favorite silver and blue.
Thanks for reading and providing this invaluable forum!
JP
