I'm happy to say that the Giants have the same record as the Steelers now, 11-3. I'm hoping to see them together in the Suberbowl. I really think the Steelers have a good chance of winning the Superbowl this year. It will be close, but I think they can come out on top. I wish I had a chance to see one of their games this year, instead of getting the chance to go to so many Giants games (because I'm in the area), but nonetheless, I guess any football game is fun. I'm going to the Giants game this weekend, which was changed from a 4pm game to an 8pm game. With their losses to the Eagles and the Cowboys in the last two weeks, I hope to see them come out on top, because I'll be with a bunch of cranky Giants fans after the game if they don't and also because I'd like to see them start winning some games so they can possibly and hopefully face the Steelers in the Superbowl. I guess I'm getting a little ahead of myself since playoffs still have to go on...but nonetheless, go Steelers!

Pitt vs WVU

So, I know I haven't posted in awhile and I know that this is a bit late, but I thought I'd write about my experience at the Pitt/WVU game. I have a sister who goes to Pitt and a sister who goes to WVU, so it was very interesting when my family and I took a trip out to Pittsburgh for the game. Of course, I was torn on which team to root for, but when I was placed in the student Pitt student section with my older sister, I ended up rooting for Pittsburgh. It was a fun game because it was so close, and it made me really wish that I went to a school that was big on football. Going to so many football games this year has made me realize my true interest in football, it's fun and exciting to be at the games. I love it! Besides the fact that my younger sister was quite disappointed after the game, we all had a good time. I went with my mom, dad, sisters, grandpa, cousin and friend. It was about half and half on which teams everyone was rooting for. Because my mom is a WVU alumni, she was rooting for the mountaineers of course. I was glad I was able to sit in the student section because We were on the bottom row, right next to one of the goal posts. The game was close, right up to the last second, but Pitt took the win, 19-15, in the ever so popular annual Backyard Brawl. I must say, Pitt really dominated the majority of the game. My sister says that WVU didn't play their best, which may be true, but Pitt did come out on top. What I was most excited about was the atmosphere. I don't really get the true feeling of a college football game here at Hofstra, maybe it's because our football team isn't "top notch," but I really don't know. That's one thing I wish we had though, is a good football team, it would make for a lot of good times. Oh well.

Giants vs Cardinals

The 9-1 New York Giants traveled across the Country to play the 7-3 Arizona Cardinals. It was a battle between division leaders who were trying to widen there leads in their respective divisions. The high powered Giants offensive found themselves without star receiver Plaxico Burress and power running back Brandon Jacobs, but still managed to be flawless. The Cardinals struck first on a 34 yard field goal by kicker Neil Rackers, which completed the scoring for the first quarter. The Giants opened up the scoring in the second quarter on a one yard touchdown run by back up running back Derrick Ward. Cardinals running back Tim Hightower scored from four yards out to give the Cardinals a 9-7 lead. The next two scores were one by Giants kicker John Carney and another by Cardinals kicker Neil Rackers. The half ended on a Eli Manning touchdown pass to wideout Amani Toomer to give the Giants a 17-12 halftime lead. The third quarter opened up with another touchdown pass from Manning this time to fullback Madison Hedgecock. Hightower then struck again to keep the Cardinals close, but still down. Up 24-19 going into the fourth quarter Manning passed to tight end Kevin Boss for his third touchdown pass of the day to put the Giants up big. The Giants held off the Cardinals high powered offense, and defeated the NFC South leading Cardinals 37-29 to move to 10-1. This was a big statement game for the Giants, and proved to the rest of the NFL that they are a team to be messed with.

Rangers vs. Edmonton

This is a little late as well, but I went to a Rangers game in Madison Square Garden a week ago today. It was Rangers vs Edmonton and it was a great game. I got tickets for free from another friend and I was so excited because I love watching hockey. I think I just like it when the players fight. I know that's not attractive, but I think it's fun. Edmonton was ahead in the first period, but the Rangers came from behind and dominated a lot of the game. The score ended up tied at 2-2 at the end of the third period, but they went into overtime and after no score in overtime, the Oilers and the Rangers went into penalty shots. Ales Hemsky for the Oilers tallied the score to 3-2 to help the Oilers defeat the Rangers.

I can't say I've been to many NHL games either, but I think they are entertaining. I like the atmosphere and I think I just enjoy watching hockey more than I like watching football. Though I must say both are really fun, I think I like watching hockey more. I hope to attend more games this season...I can honestly say that I'm starting to like watch all these sports although I started off not watching any.

Giants vs. Cowboys

So I guess you could say this is a little bit late, but I went to my first NFL football game on November 2. I went to Giants v. Cowboys. It was an exciting game and it was just exciting to be there. It's a lot of fun. I went with some friends that are season ticket holders. We did the whole tailgating thing in the parking lot at like 11am and stayed there until the game started. It was a really tiring day, but it was fun and the Giants kicked butt. I think it was exciting for me because I had never been to a national football game and I was with people that go to about every game there is, including the Superbowl last year. It was fun. I would have rather been at a Steelers game of course, but that's okay. I guess I find it okay to go to a Giants game now that I live in New York and I guess I would go to about any game if I were offered tickets.

Steelers vs. Redskins

On Monday, November 3 the 5-2 Pittsburgh Steelers went into Washington to play the 6-2 Redskins. It was a slow first quarter only seeing two 40 plus yard field goals from Redskins kicker Shaun Suisham to give the hometown Redskins a 6-0 first quarter lead. The Steelers cut the lead in half on a 35 yard field goal by kicker Jeff Reed halfway through the second quarter. With 1:39 left in the second quarter Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger scored on a one yard touchdown run to give the visiting Steelers a 10-6 half time lead. The second half started a little strange with Steelers starting quarterback sitting on the bench with a injured shoulder. Back up quarterback Byron Leftwich led the team right down the field which was capped off with a one yard touchdown run by running back Willie Parker which gave the Steelers a 16-6 lead. There was no more scoring by the home team Redskins, only another touchdown by the Steelers when Leftwich threw a 5 yard pass to wide receiver Santonio Holmes to pretty much end the game give the Steelers a 23-6 lead, which ended up being the final score. The Steelers now have a 6-2 record while the Redskins fell to 6-3 still in second place in the strong NFC East. I am very happy with the outcome of this game seeing that I am a big Steelers fan.

Giants vs. Steelers

Today the 5-1 New York Giants traveled to Pittsburgh to play the 5-1 Steelers in a crucial NFC, AFC match up. The Giants knew they were going in be in a hostile enviornment, and knew it would be a tough game to win. The opening series for the Steelers was capped off by a 32 yard run by Mewelde Moore to give the Steelers an early 7-0 lead. The Giants came back with 9 straight points all on field goals by kicker John Carney to give the Giants a 9-7 lead going into half time. The third quarter was a sloppy quarter, but became exciting when the Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw a 65 yard pass to wide reciever Nate Washington to put the Steelers back on top 14-9. The next score was by Giants kicker, John Carney, who hit his fourth field goal of the day to put the Giants within 2 in the fourth quarter. The game changed in the fourth quarter when it was fourth down and the Steelers were lined up to punt, and the snap went sailing over Steelers punter Mitch Berger's head out of the end zone for a safety to tie the game up. The Giants got the ball back on the insuing punt becuase of the safety and drove down the field and scored what ended up being the game winning touchdown with a pass from Eli Manning to tight end Kevin Boss with just 3:11 left. The Giants ended up winning the game improving to 6-1, while the Steelers fell to 5-2. It was an overall good hard hitting game, with plenty of excitment. I planned on traveling to Pittsburgh for this game, but I'm glad I ended up with no tickets because of the loss. :(

Cowboys vs Cardinals

Today the Dallas Cowboys faced off against the Arizona Cardinals in a crucial NFC match-up. The game became exciting on the opening kick off when Cardinals return man J.J. Arrington returned the kick 93 yards for a touchdown to give the home team Cardinals an early 7-0 lead. The first quarter was filled with errors and turnovers from both Kurt Warner and Tony Romo, each teams respective quarterbacks. The game slowed down a little until the end of the first half when Romo hit wide reciever Patrick Crayton over the middle for a 55 yard touchdown pass which tied the game going into half time. Each team scored a touchdown in the third quarter which made it all even going into the final quarter. The Cardinals struck first in the fourth when Warner threw an 11 yard pass to wide reciever Steve Breaston, which gave the Cardinals a 21-14 lead. Cardinals kicker Neil Rackers kicked a 41 yard field goal on the next series to give them a 24-14 lead, which did not last for long. Tony Romo then hit running back Marion Barber on a short pass which turned into a 70 yard tocuhdown pass to bring the Cowboys to within three with time winding down. At the end of regulation, Cowboys kicker Nick Folk hit a 52 yard field goal to send the exciting game into over time. The visiting Cowboys won the coin toss to begin over time but had a very uneventful three downs, then it went down hill from there. They were lined up to punt from their own five, when the Cardinals broke through the line and blocked the Matt McBrair punt and returned it for a touchdown to win the game. I was very happy that the Cowboys lost the game, because they are my least favorite team in the NFL. It was a very exciting game which had an amazing finish.

Yesterday the Los Angeles Dodgers faced off against the Philadelphia Phillies in the first game of the National League Championship series. Going into the game everyone thought that it was going to be a low scoring game, because both teams had their number one starters pitching. For the Phillies it was Cole Hamels, and for the Dodgers it was Derek Lowe who was 4-0 in his last 6 post-season starts going into last night. The Dodgers jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning when Manny Ramirez bashed a RBI double to the deepest part of the ball park off the top of the center field wall. The score was stuck at 1-0 until the fourth inning when Dodgers rookie second baseman Blake DeWitt hit a single which scored the final run for the Dodgers which made it 2-0 after four innings. The Philadelphia faithful was getting restless until the home team bats came alive in the sixth inning. The inning started off with a ground ball to short stop Rafael Furcal who made a poor throw to first baseman James Loney which allowed Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino to advance to second. The next pitch thrown by Derek Lowe was a fastball to the struggling Chase Utley who belted it to the right field bleachers to tie the game at 2-2. Dodgers manager Joe Torre stuck with Lowe for a couple more batters after that. Next up was Phillie's slugger Ryan Howard who grounded out, and following him was left fielder Pat Burrell who on the first pitch he saw hit a line drive home run into the left fielder bleachers just over the wall. That was the end of the night for Lowe, after failing to hold his teams 2-0 lead. The scoring was done after the sixth inning and the Phillies went on to hold the 3-2 lead until the end of the game. It was unfortionate that the Dodgers lost seeing that I am not a fan of the Phillies at all. The two teams play again today at four o'clock.

Giants vs. Bengals

On September 21, 2008 the 2-0 New York Giants faced off against the 0-2 Cincinnati Bengals at Giants stadium in New Jersey. The Giants were favored by 13.5 points going into the game, but many thought that this game would be much closer than that. The Giants defense, who has played stellar in the first two games this season, started off this game with another great opening drive stand. Even though the defense hasn't played as well as it had in the first two games, they still played good enough. Sacking the Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer six times, the Bengals couldn't really get anything going offensively. The defense held the Bengals to only two touchdowns, but also allowed three field goals, with one of them being at the end of regulation which tied the game up and sent it into overtime. The offense of the Giants was led by quarterback Eli Manning who went 26-43 with 289 yards passing, and kicker John Carney who went four for four in field goal attempts including one from 22 yards out in overtime to give the Giants a 26-23 victory over the Bengals. Carney who was a free agent before the beginning of the season is now nine for nine in field goal attempts this season, and has played a major role in two of the Giants three victories this season. The Giants have now moved to 3-0 while the under achieving Bengals move to a disappointing 0-3. This was a big game for the Giants because now they go into their bye week at 3-0 and at a tie for first place in the NFC East with their rival, the Dallas Cowboys.

Giants vs. Rams

On September 14, 2008 the New York Giants faced off against the St. Louis Rams at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. The Giants were led by their star quarterback Eli manning, and the rest of the highly powered offense who put up a total of 441 offense yards. Manning threw for three touchdown passes including ones to Amani Toomer, and star receiver Plaxico Burress. The Giants defense who was very under rated going into the season after losing their two top players Michael Strahan, and Osi Umeniorya put up another outstanding performance only allowing one offense touchdown for the second week in a row. The game was much closer then people thought it would be, up until the final quarter. The play off the game was when Giants defensive end Justin Tuck intercepted Rams quarterback Marc Bulger, and returned it for a touchdown to make the then close game turn into a blow out. The Giants ended the game in dominating fashion by scoring three touchdowns in the final quarter in route to a 41-13 victory to increase their record to 2-0, while the struggling Rams are now 0-2 allowing a combined 79 points against in two games.

Hunnter vs Rodriguez

The Angel's centerfielder, Torii Hunter, and Yankee's catcher, Ivan Rodriguez were both kicked out of Monday night's game. Everyone who watches baseball knows what a disappointing season the Yankees have had and on Monday night it shows that this disappointment has finally caught up to them. It was the sixth inning of the game when Angel's centerfielder, Torii Hunter was caught in a rundown between third base and home plate. The ball was being thrown back and forth a couple of time between Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, and catcher Ivan Rodriguez, trying to tag out Torii Hunter who was attempting to score on a ball he should not have ran on. Hunter finally gave himself up and continued running to home. Ivan Rodriguez tagged him out, but while tagging him out, gave him a little elbow to the back. It seemed like nothing harmful, but Hunter took exception. Rodriguez, after tagging him out, walked out to the pitchers mound to hand the ball back the the Yankees pitcher at the time, Dan Giese. No one thought anything of this little elbow given to Hunter, but before you know it, Hunter was behind Rodriguez and shoved him in the back. Rodriguez then turned around, and that is when the benches proceeded to clear. Rodriguez turned towards Hunter and tried to hit him with a round house slap right to the face, but missed. The two players were restrained by their teammates and thrown out of the game. The final score of this game was 12-1 in favor of the Angel's. This showed the Yankees frustration of their long and under achieving season, because everyone knows that the Yankees organization is one of the classier franchises in sports, and they usually never fight. The two were both suspended two games for their actions, and hopefully have learned their lessons.