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PART II - CHEDDAR TOUR BEGINS IN THE GIANT COLD! |
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Mon 18 Oct
Dusk fell as we hit Giants Stadium ticket-less. The smell of the BBQ's all around the parking lot was almost like Frankfurt. A Monday Nighter versus the 'Pokes is always a big one, and a lot of folk has set up early to get liquored up good and proper - and it was our mission to join in! Oh, and to get 3 tickets as well … |
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After assuring all the Giants fans that our silver and blue jerseys were not Cowboys jerseys in disguise we had no trouble gate-crashing the tailgating! Thanks to these guys for the beer, whiskey and wings. That whiskey would save our ass later as the temperatures plummeted and the wind chill increased! |
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The "Miracle at the Meadowlands" was that the Cheddars survived both the tough New York fans and that cold! A similar debt of gratitude here for assorted beverages to keep us ticking over! And then we figured we better get some tickets, which was no problem as the Yankees were playing that night (in Boston albeit) and the scalping price was right at face value. |
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Kickoff and we're freezing already! It's always a bad sign when folk all around bring their entire bedding to their seat with them. Where's that whiskey now? |
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Emmitt Smith looks for running room up the gut. He wouldn't find it - rushing for only 26 yards on 22 carries. The offensive extravaganza however wasn't limited to the Cowboys - the Big Blue joined in with another Kent Graham masterclass. So as we started to turn big blue ourselves midway through the 4th quarter, the score was a hapless 3-3 tie! With midnight looming the prospect of overtime loomed … And then our main Tiki Barber stepped up. First he returned a punt 85 yards to paydirt to make it 10-3. And then after the Cowboys had summoned up some offense to tie it 10-10 with less than 2 minutes to play, Barber took a short screen pass 56 yards deep into Cowboys territory. We could be saved after all! |
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So Brad Dalusio stepped up and booted a 21 yarder FG to 1 second to play to make it 13-10. Woo-hoo! No overtime! However Dalusio was so pumped he inexplicably kicked off to Deion (when a squib kick was the obvious play) and through a series of laterals the Cowboys appeared to score. However Deion's initial lateral was forward so the play was nullified and the Big Blue had won 13-10. Ironically Dalusio tore his knee trying to make the tackle and would be out for the year. This is Toilet Bowl football all right! |
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Tue 19 Oct / Wed 20 Oct Sightseeing. Watched the amazing Mets in Game 6. Another all-time classic, but they somehow lose in the 10th. It makes us sick. Literally. Stuff our faces at assorted delis to cheer us up. Plus some beers, some good NY steak and it's time to get ready for the road trip which starts on Thursday morning … |
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