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New York is #1
By Bob Graziano
When it comes to football New York is number 1. More footballs get tossed, caught spiked and fumbled in New York then all the other states combined. More NFL licensed jerseys, coffee mugs, linens and baby rattles are tossed in the back of closets in New York then in all the closets west of the Mississippi. In New York football, dare I say Football, is King.
Pro Football is the capo di tuti capi of Football. The NFL is the gold standard for Football excellence. In New York we have not one, not two, but three professional Football teams playing on any given NFL Sunday. In New York more people enjoy Pro Football than in the rest of the world. It takes a whole region to support the Patriots. The Denver Bronco‘s are the only team for 600 miles. You can‘t get on the subway and not meet a New York Jet.
“The Greatest Game Ever Played” went down in Yankee Stadium, New York City, New York. That game made the NFL. New York built the National Football League. The Giants beat the Colts. Mark Gastineau invented the sack dance. No Football game is played today without sack dances. Marv Levy goes to every Super Bowl. They give him tickets. Frank Gifford invented the forward pass, and that landed him Kathy Lee. Va Va Voom.
College Football is all about New York. Rutgers plays underneath the Empire State Building. Just ask ESPN. Ever hear of the Army-Navy game? That goes down in West Point, New York. The Army-Navy game is what built College Football. And without the Army-Navy there is no America. All thanks to New York.
And we play just as much High School Football as any place else in the grand old U.S. of A. It is just not the only thing going on Friday night, but hey, when was the last time Billy Joel played the Texarkana Garden?
In summation, New York is Number 1 in Football. Rutgers is in New York. Mark Gastineau will defeat Emmitt Smith on Dancing with the Stars, and you can’t beat NY Football. Unless you play the Bills in the Super Bowl, then you have a pretty good shot.
Grazanimal@columnist.com
By Bob Graziano
When it comes to football New York is number 1. More footballs get tossed, caught spiked and fumbled in New York then all the other states combined. More NFL licensed jerseys, coffee mugs, linens and baby rattles are tossed in the back of closets in New York then in all the closets west of the Mississippi. In New York football, dare I say Football, is King.
Pro Football is the capo di tuti capi of Football. The NFL is the gold standard for Football excellence. In New York we have not one, not two, but three professional Football teams playing on any given NFL Sunday. In New York more people enjoy Pro Football than in the rest of the world. It takes a whole region to support the Patriots. The Denver Bronco‘s are the only team for 600 miles. You can‘t get on the subway and not meet a New York Jet.
“The Greatest Game Ever Played” went down in Yankee Stadium, New York City, New York. That game made the NFL. New York built the National Football League. The Giants beat the Colts. Mark Gastineau invented the sack dance. No Football game is played today without sack dances. Marv Levy goes to every Super Bowl. They give him tickets. Frank Gifford invented the forward pass, and that landed him Kathy Lee. Va Va Voom.
College Football is all about New York. Rutgers plays underneath the Empire State Building. Just ask ESPN. Ever hear of the Army-Navy game? That goes down in West Point, New York. The Army-Navy game is what built College Football. And without the Army-Navy there is no America. All thanks to New York.
And we play just as much High School Football as any place else in the grand old U.S. of A. It is just not the only thing going on Friday night, but hey, when was the last time Billy Joel played the Texarkana Garden?
In summation, New York is Number 1 in Football. Rutgers is in New York. Mark Gastineau will defeat Emmitt Smith on Dancing with the Stars, and you can’t beat NY Football. Unless you play the Bills in the Super Bowl, then you have a pretty good shot.
Grazanimal@columnist.com
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