Live from Falcons-Giants: We’re a lousy sports city, are we?
"If I give you two dimes and a nickel, will you give me a quarter back?" (AP photo)
East Rutherford, N.J. – Here’s a fun little nugget that was posted on the New York Post’s web site yesterday: As of Friday night, the Giants-Falcons playoff game was not sold out.
If said game were being staged at the Georgia Dome, we Atlantans would be hearing yet again how lousy a sports town we are. But this is New York, where millions live and where sports are, we’re constantly reminded, a point of strutting metropolitan pride.
Let the record reflect that an attempt to find available tickets this morning via Ticketmaster was unavailing, so we can assume that the game finally has sold out. Still, the thought of a Giants’ home postseason game with available seats not 30 hours before kickoff would surely come as a revelation to those New Yorkers who love to poke fun at us dumb ol’ Southerners for our indifference/inattention.
But I digress. The Falcons arrive with a point to prove, and the belief here is that they’ll prove it. The belief here is that they’ll win because they are, top to bottom, the better team. The tabloids have been full of Matt Ryan stuff this week, the thrust being that he still hasn’t proven anything in the postseason. (He hasn’t, but I’d suggest two games in his first three NFL seasons isn’t quite a true sample.)
I remember another day in Ryan’s pro career, a Sunday here in November 2009 when he overrode a second-half deficit to force overtime. The Giants won the toss and scored in the bonus canto, but that remains, at least to this dumb Southern observer, one of the shining performances of a very good career.
If you can do it here once, you should be able to do it again. And if you can make it here, the song has it, you can make it anywhere. I think Matty Ice will author his playoff breakthrough today, but maybe you disagree.
Which is why we have these little live chats — for you to interact with a dumb Southern writer like yours truly. I invite your comments. And I thank you, as ever, in advance.
By Mark Bradley
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Tomahawkin
January 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
This Is Starting To P-iss Me Off!
Mixxo
January 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
This one is over early. Was sure hoping for a breakout game.
cybo
January 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
Lofton has to learn to breakdown.
Isthaturbesteffort....roflmao
January 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
Mannnnnn. this is gonna be bad. If BVG is employed after this game I’ll be very surprised.
evil empire
January 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
eli=louisiana product…jacobs = louisiana product…LA dominating georgia once again…
Lil' Barry Bailout
January 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
Giants have the better run game today
trey
January 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
ok cathy. we’ll see the final score you imbecile
1 4 GT
January 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
Big play this drive #44 with hand full of #24 face mask with ref looking right at on sideline
bigdave
January 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
watch play action
JSS
January 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
Forget man-o-man, score!
whodat70816
January 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
Didn’t get it!
phil
January 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
You’re so negative and angry, katherine….
Nice to see those true colors!
bds
January 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
let’s watch their spot
Lil' Barry Bailout
January 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
Nosir
Yo Vince
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
katherine you can’t call folks idiots and then complain when you receive the same.
FHZ
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
Over…Falcons won’t take chances, and don’t have confidence as a an Organization…Don’t have it in what they are doing or their players..It shows in the play-calling.
Johnny Vaught
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
The heck with the Cons – go G-men!
bds
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
bs spot. he was 6 inches shorter than that.
Time to rise up in the big apple!
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
They are getting the home field spot.
Spencer
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
Ok why is everyone saying it’s over? WOW! We’re up 2-0. I don’t get it.
Tomahawkin
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
Falcons 2012
“If we lose today, it’s clear to me it is not Matt Ryan’s fault.
Our play-calling is stuck on stupid.”
Co-Sign!
Mark Bradley
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
Now the Giants have an option — going
phil
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
Watch this….
They will go for it and score a TD.
stendek
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
Takes an idiot to know one Katie! Mighty friendly spot by bias zerbas. Bullshet! Katie likes it though.
whodat70816
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
I wonder if the Giants will go for it…..they should!
One chain link! Gotta go for it!
Falcons Man
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
Better spot than the falcons got
Lil' Barry Bailout
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
They’ll go and make it
JSS
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
Hands to the face is legal on a stiff arm
FHZ
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
Giants will get the 1st down
Isthaturbesteffort....roflmao
January 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
Dunta (my hair slows me down)is a good cheerleader! too bad thats all he has.
Falcoons
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
Smith era is over with a loss today. Hire Bill Cowher and let Mike Mularkey go to Miami.
falconsrus
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
zebras tried to give it
Andy
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
That short you gotta go.
katherine
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
trey
January 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
ok cathy. we’ll see the final score you imbecile
Ok we will see….saying its over when its 2-0 is ridiculous…and its not cathy
Mark Bradley
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
Brandon Jacobs was hit in the hole but spun for the first down
whodat70816
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
That’s how you convert a 4th and inches!
J.J.M.
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
smh…
Spencer
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
Wow. Ok. They can get a first down. We can’t.
Mixxo
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
no problem.
bds
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
Jacobs is a good runner. Turner is a pansy pos
bigdave
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
overrated.
Sid
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
take some lessons Falcons….that’s how you convert on 4th and short LMAO
FHZ
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
Turn the channel now..It won’t be pretty..
Andy
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
Surprised by the call. That was dumb. They should have snuck it.
bds
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
7-2
Isthaturbesteffort....roflmao
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
There’s Dunta, waving his arms again…..totally useless.
Tomahawkin
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
I’m Trying My Hardest Not to Throw Something!
steve-o
January 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
Falcons 2012
If we lose today, it’s clear to me it is not Matt Ryan’s fault.
Our play-calling is stuck on stupid.
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Yes, indeed. This offense struggles so mightily to accomplish anything thanks to the ultra- conservative play-calling.
Time to rise up in the big apple!
January 8th, 2012
2:02 pm
Two yard turner couldn’t do that.
katherine
January 8th, 2012
2:02 pm
its the second quarter and even if they do score its not over by any means lol geez