A Part of a Family

by apquijan on Feb 6, 2012 7:18 AM EST

I'm glad I had the chance to spend this season with all of you at Big Blue View. I wasn't around here during Super Bowl 42, but instead, by chance, found this site as soon as the lockout ended. I was desperate to find up-to-date info on the Giants and also get to see what other fans think. Little did I know of what I had actually found here.

Although I live in New York, I'm constantly surrounded by people doubting and hating on the Giants, (even though they call themselves Giants fans). Even though there's no shortage of those types here, I'm just glad that there are fans here as faithful and even more so than I at times. Oh, and not to mention I have a couple of good friends that are either Cowboys or Eagles fans that thoroughly enjoy cutting me down when they have the chance. Lucky me, they didn't have many opportunities to do so this season.

My father tried to raise me as a Jets fan, using his very popular annual quote, "Hey, there's always next year," but my brothers had other plans. The three of them all love the Giants, and although there's a huge age gap between us, 18 years, they've convinced me that what runs through me is nothing but blue.

I'm still a young Giants fan though, 22 years old, and still learning much about my beloved team, but I honestly couldn't do that without you all at Big Blue View. It's fans like Bobbi, BBI, TAWD, Rorschach, and so many others that keep me coming back here. And Fester, of course, with all those awesome pictures.

And not to mention the writers, Ed, Mike, Sean, and others who I might not know yet, that create amazing articles for me to read every day that either have the ability to pump me up, or if it's bad news, put my face in a wall.

In short, I may not be known here, but I have gotten to see so many different points of views, shared so many ups and downs, that I consider this community a family. A family in which I hope to be more a part of as the seasons come.

So, on behalf of my girlfriend and I, congratulations everyone. We are the best in the NFL! Through all the doubt, the controversy, and heart attacks, we came out on top and are champions again!

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you made the right choice

if you were a jets fan you would have to wait quite a few years till you get the lombadri trophy

by bistroburrito on Feb 6, 2012 8:20 AM EST reply actions

Tell me about it

It’s just a hilarious scene watching my dad wear his Namath jersey, wishing he’d come back and get the start over Sanchez.

LAWRENCE TYNES HAS KICKED THE GIANTS TO THE SUPERBOWL... AGAIN

by apquijan on Feb 6, 2012 10:20 AM EST up reply actions

pats got robbed, eli sux, y giants fans suck

by dewey2442 on Feb 6, 2012 11:50 AM EST reply actions

Thats cute

Joined the site just to troll. How delusional you must be. What team that didn’t make it this year do you cheer for? Oh, and if you think the Pats got robbed, you must’ve been watching a different game. The Pats LOST IT for themselves, and Giants took advantage of their mistakes.

LAWRENCE TYNES HAS KICKED THE GIANTS TO THE SUPERBOWL... AGAIN

by apquijan on Feb 6, 2012 6:36 PM EST up reply actions

Good response.

Good post by you by the way.

Read my post below. You may like it.

This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.

by BB1156 on Feb 7, 2012 2:21 AM EST up reply actions

Try this apquijan and you will be in the warm hands of Giants Lore:

As a Giants fan i recommend that whoever has not gone through Ed’s Giants By The Numbers series should go and read it. It is a discussion about who was the best Giants player to wear their respective jersey number(s). There are also many many honorable mentions.

Go to April 2010 archives on this site. Find the first post where we started with jersey number 1 and went all the way thru #99 over several weeks. We discussed so many players going back to 1925 when the team was started. At times we argued and debated. Number 85 was the biggest one. Ed along with some others thought it should belong to Tyree while many argued and said no. Some said it should be Stephen Baker (the TD maker) and some of us like myself said it should be Del Shofner who was best to wear that number. Until this year many of us contended that Del Shofner was out best WR ever. i am still waiting to see what our new WRs do over a period of years before i crown one of them.

You have some excellent reading material for the off season in ‘Giants By The Numbers’.

This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.

by BB1156 on Feb 7, 2012 2:25 AM EST reply actions