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.