**Main Reason To Pound Giants**

Quote Originally Posted by TomE:

BOL to you this week.

I like your title "Main Reason To Pound the Giants",
but I have a different explanation.
The best reason is to donate your money to your book, because your book wants it more than you, apparently.

Quote Originally Posted by JoyLin:

Steeler fan here! I have to agree,w/u

My Steelers,are smoke and miriors, Road record stinks this year.

How do, you lose to the Raiders,Tenn, ? Steelers, back 3 yrs ago would have torn these 2 teams up.

AGE/mixed in with youth...No TROY ,who has seen better days as well

Quote Originally Posted by SiMbEcK11:



We will see. Sounds like a clown who put his money in before this news broke....

Quote Originally Posted by NYG07:

The travel situation isn't an issue for the steelers, in fact I think its better for them.  They basically get to sleep in their own beds on Sat night and wake up at a decent time then fly a private jet for 1 hour to new jersey and bus to the stadium.  That's nothing, travel is so overrated in pro sports, these guys don't have to deal with parking, security, middle seats on a plane, all the normal bullshit we deal with.  Its first class and NOT a big deal.

The Giants stink at home.  They wont show up in this game until mid 2nd quarter.  This is sometimes too late but i think this a FG game either way so I would lean the points.   This is coming from a Giants fan who has been to almost every home game since 04.

Quote Originally Posted by NYG07:

The travel situation isn't an issue for the steelers, in fact I think its better for them.  They basically get to sleep in their own beds on Sat night and wake up at a decent time then fly a private jet for 1 hour to new jersey and bus to the stadium.  That's nothing, travel is so overrated in pro sports, these guys don't have to deal with parking, security, middle seats on a plane, all the normal bullshit we deal with.  Its first class and NOT a big deal.

The Giants stink at home.  They wont show up in this game until mid 2nd quarter.  This is sometimes too late but i think this a FG game either way so I would lean the points.   This is coming from a Giants fan who has been to almost every home game since 04.

Quote Originally Posted by SiMbEcK11:



My argument is this is not a regular routine. Most NFL players are creatures of habit....

Quote Originally Posted by SiMbEcK11:

https://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8580972/report-pittsburgh-steelers-find-hotel-travel-sunday-game-new-york-giants

Many other reasons also for me. Steelers will be totally messed up without their regular routine having to actually fly to NY on game day. I like this play for other reasons also, but when news things and situations like this pop up I like to take advantage early.

Hope this helps people make some change. With school in full-time effect had been on a break from betting. Still follow the 3 major sports religiously. Along with College fball and bball. Coming back now to hopefully hang around and make some more cheddar.

Giants  -3

$360 to win $300

BOL

Quote Originally Posted by TomE:



So there is your "main reason" that Pit is not coming in the day before and staying in a hotel the night before the game. As pointed out by others already, they get to sleep in their own beds Sat Nt after a regular week of practice preceding a road game. IMO, that short flight getting to the game on Sunday is a non-factor.
You counter that the "routine" is broken.
What about the routine of practice the whole week for the Giants? Apparently, with the power outages, flooding...this week of practice was anything but routine for the Giants. Giants players without power, moving to other digs while the cleanup and recovery takes place. This was anything but a normal, routine week of practice for the Giants players.
So there goes that argument of yours up in smoke.
When I made my remark in post #2, I was reacting to your "main reason", a non-factor as mentioned or at the least, a cancelling factor because both team's routines are disrupted, the Giants even more so than the Steelers.
However, there is another huge factor very few of us considered, including myself, which had you said was the Main Reason, I would have considered as actually quite perceptive and credible.
Apparently, the entire of city of NY is looking to the Giants to help them out and forget about their collective troubles, even if but for a few hours. The team has taken it upon themselves to accept this responsibility and they want to win one for the City. It's a variant of the old "win one for the Gipper" angle, this time the Gipper being the city of NY, er...make that the whole state of NY or even the entire devastated region.
Although I doubt the Giants will be as prepared as they would had been had Sandy not happened, they will be doubly motivated to put out their very best effort. They are not playing for themselves anymore, but for the whole besieged area.
If this was a "normal" week, I would definitely feel confident about my Pit pick, as they need the game much more.
Now, with this circus and the complexity of all that is going on around the game, I'm starting to have doubts. Too many angles to consider.
I do think that once the game is underway, players will settle in and focus on the game itself, and that it will become more normal as the game wears on.
No matter what, it will be a good diversion for the people of New York, and these are two tough teams battling in what I think should be a great contest.  I will definitely plan on tuning in.
BOL on your pick

Quote Originally Posted by buffalo11:



come on man this the dumbest reason to back the giants here. do you know how far pittsburgh is from ny? It's not like they are coming from the west coast. The giants are the ones affected the most here. Dealing with no electricity and their families, im sure football isn't on their mind right now