Thanksgiving Open Thread
by Ed Valentine on Nov 26, 2009 7:00 AM EST
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Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. Have a a great day, eat way too much food, enjoy being around your family and, most of all, stay safe. Heading out to watch the Giants at a local pub tonight? Get someone to drive you.
Anyway, use this as your Thanksgiving Day Open Thread. Chat about the early games, or just Thanksgiving Day itself. I will post an Open Thread for the Giants tonight.
Enjoy!
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Happy thanksgiving everyone
Hoping for a good win tonight to set us up for the three divisional games that follow.
Just one stat to share with you all that highlights our problems.
Our scoring consists of 29 TD and 21 of 26 FG’s so that is 55 ignoring failed 4th downs.
We have given up 31 TD and only 8 FGA for a total of 39 ignoring 4th down.
We lead the league in most FG’s on offence and conversely have the lowest FG/FGA against.
We are moving the ball and on occasion stopping the opp! However, the Chargers game highlighted the problem in that we scored 4 times to their 3 and lost!
So all we need to do is start converting FG’s into TD’s on offence and the D to allow FGA instead of TD’s!
by G Fan in England on Nov 26, 2009 7:29 AM EST reply actions
Should of scored 5 times against SD
if it was not fore the botched FG on the oppening dirve
Good stats G Fan. It just shows how meaninglesss some stats can be. They typically rank Defenses by yards allowed and the Giants still are in the top half of the league in those categories but as G Fan points out opponets are almost always scoring TD’s when they move the ball while conversely our O moves the ball all day but can’t put the ball in the endzone consistantly.
I’m more concerned about the D though. Maybe cause my entire life as a GIants fan setteling for FG’s is the norm and not converting short-yardage has been the norm since Rodney Hampton retired. I’m used to the Giants winning games 19-13, I’m not comfortable with 34-31 games. Hopefully they can address some of these issues tonight.
Well I’m off to do family stuff. Happy Thanksgiving to all and if I’m coherent enough tonight I’ll be posting about the game!
5 scores
that’s assuming Tynes makes the FG. He hasn’t shown enough consistency.
tonight
i’m watching all three games! being absolutely knakered at work tomorrow is worth watching a giants game in real time.
In York
Maybe we will catch up one day
by G Fan in England on Nov 26, 2009 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
Knackered
means worn out
ie you are only good for the knackers yard
by G Fan in England on Nov 26, 2009 9:15 AM EST up reply actions
Not only knackered
but in your knickers too, no doubt.
"We were very much aware of that. There was a lot of phone call-type things going on in the room." -- Tom Coughlin
I thought it was where the prostitutes congregated
Homer: Aw, twenty dollars! I wanted a peanut!
Homer's Brain: Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts!
Homer: Explain how!
Homer's Brain: Money can be exchanged for goods and services!
Homer: Woo-hoo!
by bigbluethruandthru on Nov 26, 2009 4:14 PM EST up reply actions
Here in Brazil we don´t have Thanksgiving
And I´m in my college having classes. But still, Happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the United States!
Yeah, we like NFL here in Brazil.
i love
brazil socker they are very good
okay i have cereal palsy arhrtis and chronic fatiue as well i have a grea life loveing folks some days are better that other days i got a make a wish in 2001 saw my favorive team the broncos was the trip of the lifetime i wish everyone couild gotten to enjoy that with me i know some of u hate the broncos and that ok but i bleed organ and bule
Same here in Mexico
but being here in Cabo and all the Tourists coming you can feel the thanksgiving atmosphere, although is not a holiday here.
However if there is Turkey around I will gladly eat it.
Happy Thanksgiving guys
We already did Thanksgiving here last month
but have a good one anyway, even if you are a month behind the times.
where is here?
Well, happy belated thanksgiving then. No Jim, you’re not the only one murdering turkeys today. Happy turducken everybody!
by wilddre22 on Nov 26, 2009 10:42 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
In the wilds and barrens of Canada of course
Does anywhere else other than the US and Canada really celebrate Thanksgiving?
My understanding
of Thanksgiving is when the Pilgrims found land – so in that respect I would not expect any other countries to celebrate it.
by G Fan in England on Nov 26, 2009 10:53 AM EST up reply actions
I´ve always thought that Thanksgiving
was to give thanks for the harvest and all that stuff of the colonial era in the US.
Here in Brazil the closest thing to the Thanksgiving is the Carnival, which happens in February. The origin is the same: to thank God for the good the harvests that happened in the year.
Of course, today this has been forgotten and Carnival is just an excuse to party and put naked women on tv. hahaha
Yeah, we like NFL here in Brazil.
Canadian Thanksgiving
is in October, and is to celebrate the Harvest, lke GiantBRFan said.
American Thanksgiving is always the 4th Thursday in November and is related to the pilgrims landing in Plymouth and their first successful harvest with the help of local Native American tribes. I think it combines the traditional harvest celebration and also a celebration of the English settlers and the Natives coming together (while conveniently ignoring what happened over the next few centuries). I only know about the Canadian one b/c I looked it up two days ago after seeing an interview with a Canadian hockey player who plays for one of the NY teams, and they asked him how he was celebrating Thanksgiving. I thought it was a silly question to ask a Canadian, but then thought “maybe I should look this up.” Turns out it was a silly question, but not as silly as I thought.
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
So am I the only one celebrating Thanksgiving?
Well, to those of you in the US, Happy Thanksgiving, and to the rest of you, have a great Thursday. I’m not cooking today, first time in probably 10 years. It’s a bit of a different T-giving in our household this year, I’m actually going out to dinner. The plus side is, someone else has to clean up afterwards.
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Nov 26, 2009 9:52 AM EST reply actions
TURKEY TURKEY TURKEY TURKEY
Ok thats the happiness of today, The bad part trying to make the wife understand why I HAVE to go to the bar tonight to watch football. I really hate the NFL network since I can’t get satellite at my condo
This must be international day on the BBV.
Happy thanksgiving to all.
Look for me on the 43 yard line, 3rd row behind the Giants’ bench. I’m expecting Hakeen Nicks to pass me up a football at some point during the game, maybe after his 3rd TD catch.
"We were very much aware of that. There was a lot of phone call-type things going on in the room." -- Tom Coughlin
That would be nice
as long as we win as well!
by G Fan in England on Nov 26, 2009 11:14 AM EST up reply actions
happy turkey day
to all thanks for makeing me feel welcome here i will be on here tomm win or lose u g-men are classly and so is philly fans read my blog on bgn u do make a possble loss tonight much easyer to shllow and for that i thank u
okay i have cereal palsy arhrtis and chronic fatiue as well i have a grea life loveing folks some days are better that other days i got a make a wish in 2001 saw my favorive team the broncos was the trip of the lifetime i wish everyone couild gotten to enjoy that with me i know some of u hate the broncos and that ok but i bleed organ and bule
Happy Turkey Day All
Im off for a couple hours to do the family thing…. Everyone enjoy their Thanksgiving…. Enjoy the early games and get ready for tonight…. Go Big Blue
Did anyone just see the Fox pregame show
They had the Top 10 thanksgiving moments, #2 or 3 was LT wins the game for the Giants.
That sack was awesome. Just grabs his jersey and takes him down. And that Interception was just amazing
Single cover the real Steve Smith at your own peril
LT...
…now there was a guy who in crunch time stepped up and made big plays.
by Step up and make big plays on Nov 26, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
I bet he is faster than Antonio Pierce, right now
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
Faster at least
at leaving the scene of an accident at any rate. ;)
Happy Turkey Day
C’mon LIons and Raiders! Oh how much I’d love to eat my thanksgiving dinner watching the Cowboys lose.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
I want to wish all the Giants fans a very Happy Thanksgiving!!
Let’s get a win today!!!
GO NY GIANTS!!
Happy Thanksgiving from New Zealand
Currently wishing for a Lions win over Green Bay as that may help us, but Stafford has just thrown his third INT.
He was like a god walking amongst mere mortals. He had a voice that could make a wolverine purr and suits so fine they made Sinatra look like a hobo.
Happy Thanksgiving Gents!
God bless everyone and their families!
By the way I watched The Blind Side today, great family movie if anyone is looking for something to do with the fam before the game.
"With the game on the line. I want the ball in my hands."
-E
by tito (eight and oh) on Nov 26, 2009 3:45 PM EST reply actions
had a chance to go to the game tonight, plus a free plane ticket to denver...
unfortunately, i had to turn it down because it came via my douche of a father-in-law. the worse part is that i live in a part of LA that can’t get a dish and time warner cable doesn’t carry the nfl network, so i have to go out to watch the game!
rant over
go g-men!!
then you should be upset
that sky (mexican division dish) does carry NFL network, I always hear the complaints about the lack of NFL Network in the US and I wonder what kind of deal we got here that we are able to watch it.
So when the game begins I will be off work and ready to root for the GMen
Man, we have a lot of international fans on here
Pretty awesome. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I was planning on having a dinner of Kyle Orton & mashed potatoes, but I think Justin Tuck is gonna beat me to it, so I’ll have to settle for some Turkey.
I’m thankful for many things today, but one thing I’m not thankful for is my decision not to start Donald Driver in fantasy. Damn…
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
Well Giants
GB won and you know what that means? More incentive to win tonight! Hopefully, if Oakland can win, it will make things alot more interesting!
Though i hate holidays, i just want everyone to be safe and sound. Happy Thanksgiving. Gobble gobble!
Despite the 3-0 score
Dallas has not played particularly well. If they can not fix their run D and stop taking stupid penalties, they might be in danger for this game.
still 10-0
and the cowgirls are not find it any rhytm, if Oakland can at leas score a TD. the girls just missed a FG
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