New York Giants

This past sunday, on NFL primetime, the New York Giants, played their rival, the DallasCowboys, at the new stadium in Texas. What a showdown this was, and if you didn't see it im about to let you know. To start of the game Dalls recieved the ball going 3 and out, punting it over to the Giants. First drive down the field, Eli Manning, manged to work with his new recievers to score the first points of the game. After kicking the ball off to Dalls, they did some work of their own and scored the net drive down the field. At the end of the first quarter, Giants are up 10-7.
This was a battle from the start, both Eli Manning and Tony Romo were looking sharp, and to be honest I was a little nervous for the G-Men. As the game rolls on, the Giants and Cowboys were neck and neck, each scoring a touchdown and a field goal in the second quarter, making the score 20-17 Giants up at the half. Being a Giants fan, I knew we had to make some adjustments in the second half, and that we did, by picking up the defesnse, and Eli carrying us with the sweet passes to our receivers.
To start the second half, Giants recieved the ball but, couldn't find a way to put it in the endzone. Dallas got the ball back and scored a touchdown, which was their only points for the quarter. At the end of 3, Dallas was leading 24-20. At this point, I was definitley feeling that the home field advantage for Dallas could be a huge factor in the outcome of this game. Luckily for me, I had faith in Big Blue.
The fourth quarter was the most exciting part of this game, and probably all sunday for this week in football. As the game goes on, Dallas scores with 3:45 left putting the Cowboys up by 3 with too much time for Eli to go to work. For those who do not watch the Giants play, Eli Manning is at his best under two minutes in clutch situations. After recieving the ball the G-men went to work,and drove down the field. Both Steve Smith and Mario Manningham combined for 20 catch's and 284 total yards. The game ended when Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes kicking in a 37 Yard field goal right through the up-rights. Cowboys stadium was quiet, but my apartment was not, sharing this victory with two other Giants fans, screaming and cheering after this victory.
Even though I am a die hard Giants fan, I still would like to say that Dallas played a great game. To me the big difference maker was Eli didnt get sacked once, or throw one interception, while Tony Romo through 3 interceptions, and only threw for 127 yards. Dallas had four turnover's all together, leading the Giants to 24 unanswered points. With all that said, it was another great day for New York Sports... Go G-Men!!

Sports Blog- Yankees History

Growing up in downstate New York, I grew up following the Yankees my whole life. Every season I catch almost every game, and make it to at least five games a year. The Bronx Bombers bring so much excitment every game, and it's no wonder why they have the highest attendance rate every year. Fourtunatley for all the Yankees fans out their, Derek Jeter is about to pass Lou Gehrig for the most hits all time in Yankees history. Since 1995 when Jeter came into the league, he has been the leader of this Yankee dynasty. So much history is behind the New York Yankees organization, that this record almost seems like a minor step, however this is one of the biggest, and most recognized record to ever be broken. Tonight, Jeter will be going to break this record of 2,721 hits, which he is tied with right now.
On wednesday, when Jeter tied the record, they stopped play for about ten minutes due to the crowd roaring and chanting Jeter's name. I am not going to lie, I am a die hard Yankees fan, who previously worked in Yankees stadium during the 2007 season, so my opinions might seem a little bias, but I know their are tons of people out their who feel the same as me. Their are many speculations, about Jeter possibly going down as one of the best Yankees in history, and possibly the best baseball player to ever play the game. The way he goes about the game, the way he presents himself day in and day out, to me, makes him the best player playing the game right now. Currently this year, Jeter is in line to win the A.L. MVP award, and even the Roberto Clemente award. Even though in his career, he has one so many awards and championships, this MVP award will complete his trophy case. So with that, all I have to say is GO YANKSSS!!

First Post

Since SUNY Cortland is new to me, I will let people know a little more about myself. I live in the West Campus Apartments, which are really nice compared to SUNY Cobleskill's dormatory. I wish they were a little closer to campus, but unfourtuantley their is nothing I can do about it. The first couple weeks of school are still tough, with getting to know people, and switching from a small campus to a big one. Overall, I would say the biggest difference from transferring schools is the class size, which I find a little harder, but like I said, im still getting used to this school. Another cool thing about this school is the campus involvement. It seems as if a lot of people are into the sports programs, and the upcoming events, which is really neat. Apparently, the football program is real big at this school so I am really looking forward to going to the games this year.