People keep on calling New York the Jets home. Why is this? Is it just because they are called the "New York" Jets?
The Jets played 3 seasons (the Polo Grounds) before moving to Shea from 1960 thru 1962.
They then played 21 season at Shea from 1063 thru 1983.
That makes 24 years playing in New York.
The Jets played 22 seasons in New Jersey at The Meadowlands from 1984 to 2005.
They still have to play at the current stadium until 2008 which is 3 more years.
So, 22 years at the Meadowlands is 1 more than the 21 years at Shea.
The total years in New York come to 24 years (with 3 of them being the Titans).
So, right now, the Jets have been playing 2 years fewer in New Jersey they they did in the entire time in New York.
Therefore the 22 years in New Jersey with 3 more years even if they had moved back to New York will come to 25 years.
25 years is more than the 21 years at Shea combined with the 3 years at the Polo Grounds.
Based on the numbers, New Jersey sure seems like home to me !
At least it will be for the next 99+ years.
Friday, September 30, 2005
The Defense Best Carry The Offense
The Gang Green D must carry the offense until either Brooks or Vinny can move the team.
Miracles
Can a miracle happen with this year's Jets team?
Remember Willis Reed running out the locker room to win lead the Knicks to Victory.
Remember Michael Jordan with 103 temperature and the flu to lead the Bulls to Victory.
Remember Keanu Reeves leading his team to victory in "The Replacements".
Remember Mark Messier (even though I try NOT to) to guarantee a victory over the Devils in the Cup Finals.
Remember the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team defying all odds to win the Gold Medal.
Remember Rudy getting into the game and recording a sack.
Remember Rocky Balboa going the distance vs. Apollo Creed.
Remember a geeky Ross final getting Rachel in the end.
Remember Danny Noonan skinkg at putt on the 18th green to win the tournament.
Remember Kirk Gibson hobbling to the plate to hit a home run to win a World Series game for the Dodgers.
Remember when Shakespeare In Love upset Saving Private Ryan at the Oscars.
Remember Buster Douglass knocking out Mike Tyson.
Remember Dan Janson falling a zillion times in speed skating and then finally coming back to win a Gold medal years later.
Remember Daniel Larusso beating Johnny of the Kobra Ki with a crane kick.
Remember when the Bad New Bears lost in the first movie but then came back to win in the 2nd movie.Remember the NCAA Basketball upsets of NC State & Villanova.
Remember the 2004 Red Sox knocking off the dreaded Yankees just last year in Game 7.
Remember the 69' Miracle Mets shocking the world.
Remember Hoosiers.
Remember the Titans.
Remember the Alamo,
Remember Joe Namath with the original guarantee they'd win Super Bowl III and did.
All of these things seemed IMPOSSIBLE. Close your eyes and clear your head. Open your eyes.
Now...Imagine Vinny Testervede at 42 years old, coming back to the Jets, to lead this team to the Super Bowl that they just missed out on in 1998. Seems impossible right. But, Miracles do happen.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Staying In The Garden State
So many Jets fans are crying about the team staying in New Jersey instead of going to Queens. Fans...STOP CRYING. New Jersey offers:
1. Tailgating
2. More highways to get out of the parking lot
3. Tailgating
4. Shared stadium means NO Personal Seat Licenses
5. Tailgating
6. More land, more parking
All you people stop being babies. If the JETS would have moved to NYC or Queens, most season ticket holders would not be able to afford their seats with a PSL as well as a major ticket increase.
I've had season tickets since 63 and have shepped from NJ to NY and when lived in NYC shlepped from NY to NJ and now back in NJ have a short ride. But, it is NOT about the ride. A football game is a day event from tailgating to the game to tailgating.
Tailgating in NYC would have been gone and tailgating in Queens would have been limited.
For those of you who are season ticket holders, this is a good thing. For those of you who are NOT season ticket holders, stop whining as the game is STILL on Television.
Tailgating To Be Saved
Looks like the JETS and Giants will agree on a Stadium deal in NEW JERSEY today. That means TAILGATING LIVES ON !!!
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Jets Hot Chick Of The Week Award #3
Maybe she'll keep our mind off the fact that we have NO quarterback!
Disaster Strikes The Swamp
The headlines say it all ! This reminds me of the last 'season of promise' when Vinny went down in Game #1.
Monday, September 26, 2005
I Think The Team Forgot To Eat Breakfast
The hell with Wheaties...this team MUST eat Chrebet Crunch before next week's game!
A Disaster In The Swamp
Another disaster in the swamp. At 1-1, we had a must win game in front of us. The defense has been good since week one's debacle. Last week ended with a nice offense drive to secure the game so hope was high for yesterday. Hope came crashing down once the offense took the field.
Chad has NO arm left. The is no zip. There is no accuracy. There is nothing but a $65 million dollar contract.
You can't blame the defense for yesterday's loss. This was all on the Big O. Well, except for Justin Miller's gaffe late in the game.
Let's start with Chad. Can you please hit a runner in stride? Can you please stop fumbling. Can you please throw a ball to a receiver's chest. Can you please stop throwing to the other team. If you can get all 4 of these aspects of the game together, things will be better.
The next problem is the offense line. Not sure why Curtis never has a hole but 2 yards per carry (that's what it seems like) is not acceptable. Maybe the opposition just knows we can't throw so they focus on the run but this is not good. Every time we are at the goal line, we can't get that 1 extra yard to get 7 points. I don't think age is a factor. I think Curtis can be effective but not when the QB has such troubles and when the OL can't create a hole. Maybe the problem is the tight end not being as good of a blocker as Becht was.
Another issue is the play calling of Heimerdinger. The calls are horrible. Again, this may be because we have a QB that can't function. But, I see the same problems as Hackett and this guy is suppossed to be an offensive guru. This must mean the QB is causing the offensive to be too conservative. It seems all day that we were 2nd and 11 or 2nd and 8, or ever worse when we had the penalty starting drives at 1st and 20. Penalities must stop expecially when the QB can't throw the ball 20 yards down the field.
Herman was making too many clock mistakes down the stretch and we always waste a time out early in a half when you need them for the end of the game. The most embarrassing was after a quarter ended where you have like five minutes, we come out on the field and then call time out. You can't do that. That's called being unpreparred.
I still can't believe Wayne Chrebet didn't catch the ball in the endzone but he catches that 99% of the time. My problem is that when you can't run for more than 2 yards per carry, when you get that close, don't waste two downs running the ball. Throw it in the endzone. And, if the QB can't throw (Pennington or Fiedler), then put in the 3rd string. That's why you have him.
Well, three weeks into the season of Promise, we now have a MUST win game. I truely hate season's of promise because they always wind up being seasons of disappointment.
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Friday, September 23, 2005
Jets Motivational Signs
LOSING: If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
POTENTIAL: Not everyone gets to be an astronaut when they grow up.
BLAME: The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures.
CLUELESSNESS: There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inqusitive idiots.
INEPTITUDE: If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly.
UNDERACHEIVEMENT: The tallest blade of grass, is the first to be cut by the lawnmower.
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Bad Moments In Jets History #2
BB quits has H.C. of the N.Y. Jets! We should have won those 3 Super Bowls!
Time For The Receivers To Make The Big Catch
To get this offense moving better, the receivers MUST not drop the ball !
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Caller to NFL Hurricane Relief Telethon Disappointed to Get Jay Fiedler on the Phone
From SportsPickle.com - 9/21/05
Dozens of callers into the NFL’s Hurricane Relief Telethon Monday night were extremely disappointed when the “star player” they got on the phone was New York Jets backup quarterback Jay Fiedler.
“Here I take the time out of my night to call up this telethon and make a donation and all I get is Jay freaking Fiedler on the phone? Nah, screw that,” said David Munoz or Tempe, Arizona. “I demanded he put a good player on the phone and when he refused, I told him to go shove his hurricane relief and hung up the phone. If these are the kind of scrubs they’re using to beg people for money, I’ll donate elsewhere.”
Munoz was just one of dozens of potential donors who had the same reaction.
“So I’m watching the telethon during the Giants-Saints games, and up in front for the cameras they have people like John Elway, Donovan McNabb and Howie Long sitting there,” said Marcus White, who called in from Bradenton, Florida. “What they didn’t tell the TV viewers is that you probably won’t get someone famous like that on the phone. Nope, they give you the guy sitting way in the back corner of the set – the freaking guy who screwed up my Dolphins for five years. I wasn’t going to donate nothing to that piece of crap.”
Wright and many others called the telethon back to complain about being forwarded through to Fiedler.
“I spoke to the manager of the whole phone thing and she was totally unsympathetic to my point,” said Wright. “She said Fiedler was simply trying to due his part to help out and that I should consider the victims of the hurricane over my feelings on Fiedler. Obviously, she has no idea what a crappy quarterback he is. But admittedly, I guess it could have been worse. They could have given me Danny Kanell.”
Dozens of callers into the NFL’s Hurricane Relief Telethon Monday night were extremely disappointed when the “star player” they got on the phone was New York Jets backup quarterback Jay Fiedler.
“Here I take the time out of my night to call up this telethon and make a donation and all I get is Jay freaking Fiedler on the phone? Nah, screw that,” said David Munoz or Tempe, Arizona. “I demanded he put a good player on the phone and when he refused, I told him to go shove his hurricane relief and hung up the phone. If these are the kind of scrubs they’re using to beg people for money, I’ll donate elsewhere.”
Munoz was just one of dozens of potential donors who had the same reaction.
“So I’m watching the telethon during the Giants-Saints games, and up in front for the cameras they have people like John Elway, Donovan McNabb and Howie Long sitting there,” said Marcus White, who called in from Bradenton, Florida. “What they didn’t tell the TV viewers is that you probably won’t get someone famous like that on the phone. Nope, they give you the guy sitting way in the back corner of the set – the freaking guy who screwed up my Dolphins for five years. I wasn’t going to donate nothing to that piece of crap.”
Wright and many others called the telethon back to complain about being forwarded through to Fiedler.
“I spoke to the manager of the whole phone thing and she was totally unsympathetic to my point,” said Wright. “She said Fiedler was simply trying to due his part to help out and that I should consider the victims of the hurricane over my feelings on Fiedler. Obviously, she has no idea what a crappy quarterback he is. But admittedly, I guess it could have been worse. They could have given me Danny Kanell.”
Don't Ever Wear This Shirt
This could be the all time ugliest Jets shirt ever. Please use this as a rag to clean your tailgate grill.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)