Giants-Eagles glog

7 PM: So I'm in the newsroom awaiting to have my two stories from yesterday's Iowa-Penn State game edited (I'll have more on this later), and I got NBC on to watch the Giants-Eagles game. I'll tell you what goes on around here late at night while watching the game. By the way, I'm still ticked the Bears couldn't be like Iowa and beat an unbeaten this weekend. Oh well. Bob Sanders is now being interviewed as I type.

7:05 PM: Listening to Football Night in America's "Sounds of the Game," I wanted to puke when I heard "Touchdown Titans!" Ugh!

7:06 PM: OK, LT is one of my favorite players in the league not playing for the Bears, but we're already getting overload on the LT commercials. First Chunky Soup, now Nike. What's next, Vizio?

7:08 PM: I hate being tied for first with Minnesota, but nonetheless, I'm glad the Vikings beat the Packers today. I'd rather be tied with a team we've already beaten. Oh, and watching Jets-Rams highlights, I miss Thomas Jones.

7:10 PM: Anyone else looking forward to this potential Thanksgiving match-up: An undefeated Tennessee Titans against a winless Detroit Lions? Oh, and Mason Crosby, ha ha.

7:12 PM: Can't blame Herm Edwards. After all, "YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME!"

7:13 PM: Why do I get the feeling the Giants are going to roll Philly and Eli is going to have a monster game? We'll see if that holds up.

7:17 PM: Watching Faith Hill's intro, if you're seriously watching a football game on your cell phone, that's pretty depressing. Al Michaels looks decent in his attire. Glad the Eagles are sticking to their regular home jerseys for this game. Madden looks like his usual self. Talk about finishing, please finish talking so the game can start, John. Thanks.

7:21 PM: I never thought I'd say this, but I just heard a bottle of syrup talk. Freaky.

7:27 PM: Wow. Eli just threw a pick to a d-tackle.

7:34 PM: I'm back. Just had to write an e-mail to some people on my staff. That was a nice touchdown by DeSean Jackson. He's had a solid rookie season for the Eagles.

7:39 PM: Nice touchdown by Plexi-glass. My question regarding Chris Snee is this: What would create more animosity - getting divorced, or getting cut by your father-in-law?

8:12 PM: Sorry about that. I was getting two stories edited that are running in Monday's paper. 17-7. Yeah, it's starting to get ugly like I thought it might.

8:34 PM: Nice touchdown by Jason Avant. Philly inching closer back. I'm starting to get bored down here.

8:38 PM: Congrats, Eagles fans. The new vice president is one of you. The new president, however, is one of us. HA HA HA HA HA!

8:44 PM: Kung Fu Panda is the No. 1 DVD in America? Really?

8:51 PM: So I'm at the cubicle with Alex Johnson and our boy Jeff Pawola while the Eagles' conduct their two-minute drill. Good times.

8:54 PM: It's halftime. One of my best friends just called me to talk about yesterday's game. God, that was awesome.

9 PM: One of our editors just need some clarification on why Iowa only had 101 yards rushing. In case you're wondering, it's net total. Stanzi lost 16 yards on the ground.

9:15 PM: So I guess Jason Avant is going on the horse trailer, huh? What a catch he made for the touchdown.

9:15 PM: They just showed cannolis. I love those things. I get them every time I go back to Long Island to visit my extended family.

9:18 PM: And this is where I talk about how I can't stand those Kay jeweler commercials.

9:19 PM: I was asked before who I thought Shonn Greene reminded me of. How about Brandon Jacobs?

9:22 PM: Somewhere in LA, the USC fight song is being played after Steve Smith caught that pass for a first down. Seriously, which fight song is more annoying to hear, "Fight On," or Oklahoma's "Boomer Sooner?" God, I'm thinking about that Orange Bowl from 04-05, and I thought my ears were going to bleed as I kept hearing those two songs. And I wasn't even AT THAT game.

9:23 PM: Dear Lowes, let's get to Thanksgiving before we start talking about Christmas. I think my parents still have Halloweed candy at their house. I'll have to check when I go home.

9:24 PM: Bruce Springsteen for Super Bowl halftime. Solid choice. I don't know who will play in it, but I'm guessing a running back will be Super Bowl MVP, just so that way Chris Berman can say he was "born to run."

9:27 PM: So let me get this straight — if I have a Sprint phone, I can get NFL Network, but if I have Mediacom cable, I'm screwed? What the hell?

9:29 PM: A penalty on Philly, and the crowd thinks the refs are from the other side of New Jersey. Figures.

9:29 PM: Asante Samuel — signed with the Eagles determined not to let Plaxico turn him into his personal you-know-what like he did to Al Harris in the NFC title game last year.

9:30 PM: Which now makes me wonder (if there are any Cheeseheads, feel free to chime in), which moment of Packer playoff misery was more enjoyable — last year at Lambeau when the Giants officially nixed the whole "Frozen Tundra" mantra, or "4th and 26." Tough call here. Sorry, this is the Bears fan in me talking. I'm already jacked up for next Sunday's game in "that state up north." (Woody Hayes referred to Michigan this way, this is how I refer to the Packers).

9:32 PM: Seriously. Any woman who finds a caveman attractive needs to go back to the stone ages and have a rock thrown at their head. Those GEICO commercials are so annoying.

9:34 PM: And now I want a Samsung HD. That's a thing of beauty.

9:34 PM: Memo to Al Michaels — any head coach who doesn't know the rulebook shouldn't be a head coach. Thank you, Captain Obvious. BTW, that's a good reversal by that official.

9:35 PM: I don't know why, but I just remembered that John Madden's the same guy who thought the Patriots should run out the clock and take their chances in OT against the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI. He, and every other St. Louis fan remains baffled to this day.

9:38 PM: Term that annoys me: "the naked eye." So does that means my eyes are fully clothed when I'm wearing my glasses? Jeez.

9:41 PM: Two broken hands, and Fred Robbins is still playing? BTW, if the Giants had six defensive backs on three Eagle receivers, then how did McNabb find an open receiver? Granted, the throw was a little off. And that was a dumb play on special teams by the home squad.

9:43 PM: I find it hilarious that Greg Lewis "illegally touched" him without actually using his hands.

9:44 PM: Yeah, that "phenomenal" Eagle defense has given up 27 points, John. And they just got called for a 15-yard personal foul face mask. Great timing on your part.

9:45 PM: Whoever decided there should be no such thing as a "five-yard face mask penalty," that guy should never have to buy a beer for the rest of his life.

9:47 PM: Kevin Boss just showed "The City of Brotherly Love" who the real "Boss" is in this game. WOW!

9:48 PM: Note to the G-Men: STOP MAKING UP STUPID NICKNAMES FOR YOUR RUNNING BACKS! Seriously, we've gone from "Thunder" and "Lightning" to now "Earth, Wind, and Fire." What kind of nickname is "Earth" for a running back?

9:50 PM: Middle-aged women gambling. Oh, goody!

9:50 PM: Everyone can afford a Ford today? Even with the economy as crappy as it is?

9:52 PM: Someone on the Eagles just tried his best "LaVar Arrington" there, and failed miserably.

9:53 PM: Could you draw up a HB draw any crappier than that? WOW.

9:53 PM: Man, I haven't heard Matchbox Twenty in a long time.

9:54 PM: Coors Light's only commercial featuring Dennis Green ought to be from his famous rant two years ago.

9:54 PM: And we need to get a Wendy's in downtown Iowa City like there was one in the Ped Mall when I was a kid. I wouldn't necessarily get the double stack burger they just advertised, but it sure sounds good.

9;55 PM: NO MORE TURDUCKEN FROM JOHN MADDEN? AAAHHHH!!!! THE WORLD'S COMING TO AN END! GOD, HELP US ALL, ESPECIALLY THAT "PHENOMENAL" EAGLE DEFENSE THAT HAS NOW GIVEN UP 30 POINTS TONIGHT.

9:58 PM: Man, I'm glad Westbrook didn't play against us back in September.

9:59 PM: What a bad ass name for a punter — Sav Rocca. And just as I say that, Hixon takes on to the house, and just as I say that, the return gets called back. Damn.

10 PM: It's 10 o'clock. I need to go get a Diet Coke. I'm hitting up the library because that vending machine in AJB is still a piece of crap.

10:04 PM: And I'm back from the library. Word of advice: Never walk outside in this weather without a jacket (or at least a vest). I just made that mistake and am beginning to thaw back at my cubicle in the newsroom. Speaking of the paper, did I mention that tomorrow's paper is going to be BAD ASS! Pick up your copies before I steal them all for clips. Ha ha ha.

10:06 PM: So KCRG just reminded me of the days when I played junior high and high school football and we had to do stadium clean-ups at Kinnick Stadium every Sunday morning after an Iowa home game. Glad those days are far behind me. Those mornings sucked. Especially if it rained. But somebody had to do it.

10:09 PM: It's days such as yesterday, today, and tomorrow that make me absolutely love what I do for a living. I really mean that.

10:11 PM: Al Michaels, it's called taking risks. Every coach does it. Don't whine when it doesn't go their way. Jacobs scores again, and is looking like he might replace Jason Avant on the horse trailer tonight.

10:12 PM: My initial thought: He just broke the plain of the goalline literally a millisecond before the ball gets stripped from hm. That should be a New York touchdown.

10:15 PM: Good call. Refs not popular in Philly. What else is new? Dumb idea going for two there, actually.

10:17 PM: Basic math: 9-0 better than 8-1. Tennessee better than NY Giants. I will say, however, that I believe, as I even said back in the fall, that the Giants will at the very least, repeat as NFC Champions. This team is fun to watch. And with all due respect to Peyton, Eli is the better Manning RIGHT NOW.

10:18 PM: I feel for Brian Westbrook. A shot to the groin is never pleasant.

10:22 PM: Usually, John, when you don't blitz, you EXPECT great coverage from your defense. Just a thought.

10:23 PM: Delay of game. One of the most, perhaps the most, inexplicable penalty in all of football. Donovan McNabb is better than that.

10:24 PM: Whenever this game is over (or out of reach realistically), I'm going to be editing some slide show cutlines. I encourage all of you to check out dailyiowan.com and check out the photos we got from football and both basketball games today.

10:25 PM: That call by Andy Reid took you-know-what. Nice call.

10:26 PM: Symbicort — first drug ad I've ever seen where they don't list side effects. Even if I did have asthma, I don't think I'd want to take that stuff.

10:27 PM: Ad for Monday night game says "First place Cardinals." Unreal, huh?

10:29 PM: "Every Hedgecock should be from Nebraska." Perhaps the dumbest sentence ever uttered out of the mouth of John Madden. If my last name was Hedgecock, I'd start a petition to get Madden fired from NBC. That's almost as bad as Sarah Palin saying certain parts of America are the real America. By the way (only political thing I'll say aside from the Biden/Obama reference I made earlier), thank God she's not our new vice.

10:32 PM: Madden said the offsides on Philly is a bad penalty. John, EVERY PENALTY IS A BAD PENALTY! EVERY PENALTY IS, AS YOU SAY, A STUPID PENALTY! I've never seen a smart penalty in all the years I've watched football. Wow.

10:33 PM: Before this game concludes and I sign off, I just want to say that one way of the other, I'm glad there will be a good ending to it and that it was a close game.

10:37 PM: New rule — two-minute warnings should last two minutes, not one commercial.

10:40 PM: Biggest pet peeve in football for me: If it's third down, run a play that gets you the first. Don't be stupid. They f-ed up on 4th and 1 and deserve it because they didn't go for the first down on third down.

10:41 PM: No reason to watch Eli take a knee. I'm done. Had a blast doing this. Looking forward to reading the comments. Time for me to look at some slide shows before they hit the web. Peace.