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vBookie Event: Giants at Packers(-7.5) (NFL Football)
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This event is over.
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01-20-2008, 09:31 AM
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Why so serious?
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Clash of titans
New York's Giants were toast of town in early '60s; Packers were on cusp of greatness
Sunday, January 20, 2008 3:15 AM
By Bill Pennington
THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Packers running back Jim Taylor, right, punished linebacker Sam Huff and the Giants for 85 yards on a frigid field in 1962.
NEW YORK -- It was the day before New Year's Eve, and New Yorkers were leaving the city in droves. Not to escape Times Square celebrations, but to watch the NFL Championship game.
On Dec. 30, 1962, the Yankee Stadium championship rematch between the Giants and the Green Bay Packers was blacked out on local television. Enterprising fans fled to southern New Jersey, searching for the broadcast from Philadelphia, or north to receive the signal from Hartford, Conn.
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01-20-2008, 10:01 AM
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Damn.......
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Surprisingly good column from the local guy, his first,(good one, that is) I believe...
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And so, this is what I wish for all of us today as we settle in for these two games: I wish for two games so well-played and so memorable that some little boy, just figuring out how much he loves sports, will still remember them nearly a half-century later.
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01-20-2008, 04:08 PM
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so it's supposed to be cold, eh?
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01-20-2008, 07:40 PM
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We dont give a damn for the whole St. of Michigan
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Hmmm, i think it might be cold for this game, just a hunch.
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01-20-2008, 07:44 PM
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We dont give a damn for the whole St. of Michigan
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Hmmm, it looks really cold at the game.......................I hope the KEEP talking about
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01-20-2008, 08:32 PM
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6-0 G-Men after 2 nice field goals.
...looks cold out there. 
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01-20-2008, 08:36 PM
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Watson, Crick & A Twist
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Unless he stepped out that is Driver on a "short" drive for the Pack for a TD!
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01-20-2008, 08:36 PM
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SCREW BLUE!
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