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American Football Spectacular: All My Ghosts
"All my ghosts, on every sea, in every land / Who needs that now?"
The 49ers venture into the wilds of Jersey this Sunday to war with the New York American football Giants.
* San Francisco vs. New York Giants
Sunday, October 21, 2007. 1:00 PM, PST.
Week 07
The Battle Of Old Blood
* Photo of Cody Pickett being pursued by NYG linemen via SFGate
Both teams are stumble-bum flawed at this juncture; the Niners with their horrifically mis-called offensive scheme, the Jints with their utterly undermanned defensive secondary, and both teams with a wave of injuries.
Hoo-boy, the only sure thing 'bout this game is that it's sure to be uglifitateous.
Dang; the level of play wasn't always this way between the 49ers and the Giants. Throughout the 1980s, whenever these two franchises met, it was a toe-to-toe match of two great forces: Bill Parcells' big-stick powerhouser Giants and Bill Walsh's adaptive, keen-hewn Niners.
We remember those Giants of the 80s: The cold, steely eyes of Phil Simms. The maniacal thrash of Lawrence Taylor. The mustachioed guttiness of Jeff Hostetler. The flea-like skittering of Dave Meggett. Whoever-it-was-this-week that Parcells plugged in at halfback banging the ball behind that huge offensive line (which would include Jumbo Elliot, of course). Pepper Johnson, Leonard Marshall, and that damned Jim Burt on defense. Burt might have picked up a ring in 89 with the Niners, but we never really accepted the idea of having him on the team after that monstrous hit he put on Joe Montana in 1986.
American Football Spectacular's New York Giants correspondent Joon Lee had some choice recollections of past NYG/SF battles:
The rivalry that was is not the same since the 49ers have trouble scoring and will go nowhere but the draft this year and the Giants though they've salvaged the season are not true contenders until they beat an elite team - which they have not done.
So let me reminisce some of my favorite memories of NYG vs. 49ers:
1) Seeing Mark Bavaro running over and dragging Ronnie Lott and about 3 other 49ers for about 20 yards before falling down near the goal line
2) Jim Burt knocking Joe Montana out f------ cold on the hard Meadowlands astroturf in the NYG Playoff victory in 1986. Seeing Montana's body crumple and lay motionless after a crushing hit by Burt was freakin' heaven.
In the post game interview, Bill Walsh - who I now respect but at the time whom I thought of as a smug, arrogant f------ p---- - looked like he was about to break down in tears in describing how Big Blue devastated his wine and cheese 49ers, "They crushed us, physically, just crushed us!" Boo-hoo!!! :-)
3) The biggest, most clutch defensive play of all time - 1990 NFC Championship game at Candlestick. Erik Howard NYG nose tackle, was from the Bay Area and was abused constantly by 49er fans about how the 49ers were great and how the Giants sucked. Also before the game, it was leaked that Eddie DeBartolo had printed up Super Bowl Victory Party invitations before they even played the Giants for the NFC Championship.
Well, The Tuna obviously told his team about this little tidbit before the game. The 49ers I think were leading by 1 or 2 pts with less than 2 minutes left in the game & had the ball near mid-field. Erik Howard was freakin' furious about the prospect of losing to the p_____ 49ers and having to go through another off-season of abuse. So on a hand off to Roger Craig up the gut to run down the clock, Erik Howard in the most clutch, incredible play by a defender ever, took on a double team by the Center (Randy Cross) and Right Guard - penetrated into the backfield as the handoff was being made and hit Craig causing Craig to fumble. Then Lawrence Taylor -- the most dominant defensive player of all time and the one and only "LT" -- picked up the fumble. The Giants O then got into field goal range and Matt Bahr kicked the winning field goal to put the Giants in the Super Bowl against the Bills and making Eddie D eat those f_______ Super Bowl Victory Party invitations!
How's them apples? :-)
Ouch.
Apples? Well they complement our Niner wine and cheese very well, thanks! Especially brie. Mmm.
Commentors, weigh in! Tell us of your Giants versus 49er game memories. We're eager to hear them. Let's hear about cast-wearing players losing fumbles and Chike Okeafor! Dust off your ghosts!