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N.Y. Giants to be on 'home turf' when they face Green Bay
The Boston Globe ^ | January 19, 2008 | Janet Frankston Lorin

Posted on 01/19/2008 9:03:45 AM PST by jaz.357

N.J. sod farm levels playing field for NFC championship N.Y. Giants to be on 'home turf' when they face Green Bay

NEWARK - The Green Bay Packers have the home field advantage in tomorrow's NFC championship game, but the famous frozen tundra of Lambeau Field was grown in the New York Giants' backyard in New Jersey.

Tuckahoe Turf Farms, a sod grower located between Philadelphia and Atlantic City, supplies grass for some of the country's most well-known sports venues, including Lambeau Field and Fenway Park.

James Betts, the grandson of the company's founder, said he'll be watching the game to keep an eye on "his" grass, which was snow covered for last week's game against the Seattle Seahawks.

"At first, it was a really big deal, but after a while you kind of just get used to it," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


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KEYWORDS: giantsvspackers; nfl
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To: fortheDeclaration
But the Giants had a great season and did what they needed to do by beating Dallas!

The Giants did indeed have a great season, and I very much appreciate the fact that they beat Dallas and gave us the NFC championship game at home. Thank you!

21 posted on 01/19/2008 9:27:53 AM PST by dpwiener
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To: dpwiener

As a Redskins fan, I thank you and the Pack for sending those jokers home to Seattle last week.

‘Revenge is a dish best served cold’

:)


22 posted on 01/19/2008 9:28:46 AM PST by mkjessup (Where's Duncan Hunter you ask? BLACKLISTED for telling the truth on the "KENNEDY WING of the GOP!")
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To: jaz.357

What does the sod matter when it’s frozen?


23 posted on 01/19/2008 9:28:47 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: dpwiener
The Giants did indeed have a great season, and I very much appreciate the fact that they beat Dallas and gave us the NFC championship game at home. Thank you!

You are welcome.

If you guys do win (and I hope you don't) I will be rooting for you to end the 'perfect' season of the Patriots, the second most annoying team in the NFL, after the Cowboys.

24 posted on 01/19/2008 9:30:52 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (The power under the Constitution will always be in the people- George Washington)
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To: inkling

Roger that!!

I never thought I would find myself saying this, but Go Chargers!


25 posted on 01/19/2008 9:31:46 AM PST by DaiHuy (I think owning a gun doesn't make you a killer, it makes you a smart American. (George Carlin)
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To: Tanniker Smith
"Maybe the Giants fan can get together and have a tailgate party at the Vince Lombardi Rest Stop on the NJ Turnpike!"


That was cruel!

Is the Vince Lombardi Rest Stop still as "safe" as it was 30 years ago? ;)


Being a refugee from New Joisey I must say I got a good laugh out of that.

26 posted on 01/19/2008 9:32:07 AM PST by G.Mason (And what is intelligence if not the craft of out-thinking our adversaries?)
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To: codercpc
As a die hard Viking fan living smack dab in the middle of Wisconsin, all I can say is GO GIANTS GO

And who are the Vikings playing this weekend?

27 posted on 01/19/2008 9:32:33 AM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: Abathar
Green Bay Sunday Forecast

Snow Flurries
High: 6 F
Low: -3 F

Wow, looks like a heat wave.

28 posted on 01/19/2008 9:32:40 AM PST by inkling (exurbanleague.com)
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To: mkjessup
As a Redskins fan, I thank you and the Pack for sending those jokers home to Seattle last week.

Well, you're welcome, although I still have a soft spot in my heart for Holmgren and Hasselbeck. It wasn't Matt's fault that his receivers kept dropping passes, or that he had no running game, or that the Seahawks' defense was vastly over-rated.

29 posted on 01/19/2008 9:33:23 AM PST by dpwiener
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To: jaz.357
Updated Game Time forecast from Drudge:

Sunday Night:
Mostly cloudy, with a low around -5. Wind chill values between -15 and -20. West northwest wind between 5 and 9 mph.

Heh, heh, heh. Have fun, Giants...

30 posted on 01/19/2008 9:35:39 AM PST by inkling (exurbanleague.com)
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To: fortheDeclaration

...the look on Jerry Jones face...

How about the look of Jerry Jones’ face? He’s virtually ET after that plastic surgery.


31 posted on 01/19/2008 9:36:23 AM PST by Wally_Kalbacken (Seldom right but never in doubt)
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To: jaz.357

As much as I’d love to see the Giants go into the belly of the beast and win I don’t see it happening. If the snow and cold don’t get the Giants the officials will. I’ve seen it happen too many times at that place to think otherwise.


32 posted on 01/19/2008 9:37:00 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Yes, my clown outfit is at the cleaners.)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken
How about the look of Jerry Jones’ face? He’s virtually ET after that plastic surgery.

True,

LOL!

33 posted on 01/19/2008 9:37:51 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (The power under the Constitution will always be in the people- George Washington)
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To: inkling

Nice, I wonder what the wind chill will be, if it is coming in off of the lake just sitting in the stands will be miserable.


34 posted on 01/19/2008 9:39:14 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: inkling

You know your from Wisconsin when:

Your whole family wears green and gold to church on Sunday.

Snow tires come standard on all your cars.

You refer to the Packers as “we.”

You have gotten frost-bitten and sunburned in the same week.

You can identify and Illinois accent.

You know what cow-tipping is.

Down South to you means Chicago.

Travelling coast to coast means going from LaCrosse to Milwaukee.

A brat is something you eat.

You have no problem spelling Milwaukee.

You consider Madison exotic.

You don’t have a coughing fit from one sip of Pabst Blue Ribbon.

You can actually pronounce Oconomowoc.

You know what a bubbler is.

You go out for fish fry every Friday.

You can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving.

You know how to polka.

You drink soda and refer to your dad as “pop.”

Formal wear is blue jeans and a baseball cap.

Your 4th of July Family Picknic was moved indoors due to frost.

You know where Waukesha is AND can pronounce it.

You can visit Luxembourg, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Berlin, New London, and Poland all in one afternoon.

You design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.

You’ve seen mosquitoes with landing lights.

You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.

You enjoy driving in the winter because the potholes fill in with snow.

Your sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.

You owe more money on your snowmobile than on your car.

At least twice a year, your kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.

Your snow blower gets stuck on the roof.

You think the start of deer season is a national holiday.

You find 0 degrees a little chilly.

You know what to do with a Blatz.

You actually understand these jokes.

You forward them to all your Wisconsin friends.


35 posted on 01/19/2008 9:40:51 AM PST by Ladysmith ((NRA, SAS) I’m paranoid. The only question is, am I paranoid enough?)
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To: jaz.357

Does this mean there’s a piece of Jimmy Hoffa in the Lambeau turf?


36 posted on 01/19/2008 9:40:54 AM PST by montag813
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To: fortheDeclaration
I'm a Packer fan but I ended up watching a lot of Giants games this year and that was a sweet, sweet victory the Giants had against Dallas last week.

Dallas has been nothing but cry babies since 1967.

37 posted on 01/19/2008 9:41:02 AM PST by Duke Nukum (He burns at the center of time and he sees the turn of the Universe.)
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To: inkling
Welcome to Lambeau

Loved last week's game. Thats football the way football SHOULD be played...........

I have vague memories of my dad once taking me to the old Briggs Stadium here in Detroit during the 50's for a football game when it was snowing........

38 posted on 01/19/2008 9:41:19 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: dpwiener
...I still have a soft spot in my heart for Holmgren and Hasselbeck.

Holmgren's ok, but I think I prefer the 'other' Hasselbeck:
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Do I dare make the classic football joke about how I'm sure she would be a great 'wide receiver'?

Oops, looks like I just did. ;)
39 posted on 01/19/2008 9:41:33 AM PST by mkjessup (Where's Duncan Hunter you ask? BLACKLISTED for telling the truth on the "KENNEDY WING of the GOP!")
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

When the field and stadium were upgraded last year there was 30 miles of piping installed 12-16” below turf so —
no more frozen tundra.


40 posted on 01/19/2008 9:43:38 AM PST by TaMoDee
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