Saturday’s Giants News
The Pro Bowl is tomorrow and Osi is still sick, but he’s feeling good enough to play in it. I’m not a fan of the Pro Bowl because I believe the selection process stinks, the game is held after the season, and it is meaningless. I’ve been trying to think of ways to improve upon the game, but I haven’t had much success. The NFL can change the schedule and give everybody a bye week in Week 9 and have the Pro Bowl then. That would make the game more interesting because it’s in the middle of the season just like the other 3 major sports, but it would still serve no purpose. I complained about the MLB All-Star game not serving a purpose so they changed it so the winner is the league that gets home-field advantage in the World Series. That decision made the All-Star game and the World Series so much worse. So it’s hard to make the Pro Bowl mean anything, yet not screw up other things. But what do I know?
GM Reese looks back - Michael Eisen sits down with GM Jerry Reese to recap the 2007 season.
New York Daily News:
Giants to open wallet for Tom Coughlin
Man turns City Hall pass into golden ticket to locker room, field festivities - Leo Standora stated that a Giants fan was able to get himself onto the floats with the players during the victory parade, and he took a seat on the stage with the team at City Hall Park while millions of Giants fans cheered for them. The Giants fan simply said that nobody stopped him. Fans were asking for his autograph.
Osi Umenyiora plans to play in Pro Bowl - Ralph Vacchiano reported that Osi Umenyiora was able to get through practice yesterday, and he will be able to play in the Pro Bowl tomorrow.
New York Post:
A GIANT SUCCESS - Paul Schwartz also wrote about first-year GM Jerry Reese.
The Star-Ledger:
Sign of the times: NY Giants are one hot ticket - Matthew Futterman covered the amount of Giants merchandise flying off the shelves.
