For those who may not know, Jets owner Woody Johnson's daughter Casey was found dead in her Hollywood home Monday, December 30th.
On behalf of Wayne, Ben and myself, I'd like to express our sincerest condolences to the Johnson family in this difficult time.
Mark
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
JETS FLY ONWARD AND UPWARD
Victory. Sweet, complete, crushing victory.
MAN did the Jets beat the snot out of the Cincinnati Bengals as desired. The Jets were ready to rip some heads off, and they did.
37-0!!!! Bengals couldn't even muster a field-goal. Last night was a great Jet victory that I'll never forget, and shall go down in Jet history. Everything on the line. Our whole season. The last game at Giants Stadium.
AND THEY DELIVERED. BIG-TIME.
I'm so happy. I was SO excited to head out to the stadium, despite the freezing cold weather, roam the lot, meet more fans, and meet up with my dad to see which Jet team would show up. Thank goodness the victorious Jets did. The ones who ran the ball more than threw it. The ones who wanted it bad.
Game was over by the end of the first half pretty much. Then, a nice bonus, Wayne, Ben, and fellow camera man (and Jet fan) Dan got to join us in the stadium for the game. First time all year. VERY cool.
One of the coolest moments was being down by the field with my dad at after the game ended, as the hazy moon was hanging over the stadium one last time, and some of the players came out of the tunnel to high-five fans hanging over the 10 foot high wall around the field. Coach Rex Ryan came out too, and the cheer-leaders. (yeah!)
It was a great moment. The fans delivered indeed. As did the players. But to know how cold it was, how windy, and to see that lot full, and the stadium full. It was GREAT. And I'm so happy to have been a part of it and see it with my dad and my friends. A great way to end the regular season, and close down Giants Stadium, our reluctant home, with honor.
Thanks to Wayne, Ben, Dan for all their hard work. Ben and Dan shooting interviews where they couldn't feel their hands, Wayne for organizing and directing the nine hour shoot. (Arrived 3pm, half hour before the parking lot opened, finished up around or after 12 midnight).
To Peter (and his daughter Tiffany), Jimmy, Moe, and all the men at 16G, Jeff and the Jets Bus crew at 16F, Paul from Long Island who flew his sister in from Seattle Washington just to share the game with him, to "The Flag Guy" (and Tie Guy) who served their 20+ crew a shot of Southern Comfort every fifteen minutes to keep everyone warm (following a roar and a JETS! chant) and ALL the fans we met again or for the first time.
THANK YOU.
Special thanks to Chris and Cory for letting us hang with them as well. It was a great time. Sorry I didn't get to say good-bye. My dad and I were soaking up the confetti and fireworks closer to the field.
What a night. One I'll never forget.
THE JETS DELIVERED BABY! Now bring on the Bengals AGAIN. This Saturday at 4:30pm in Cincinnati.
GO JETS! BEAT THESE "BUNGLES" AGAIN!
Mark J. Williamson
MAN did the Jets beat the snot out of the Cincinnati Bengals as desired. The Jets were ready to rip some heads off, and they did.
37-0!!!! Bengals couldn't even muster a field-goal. Last night was a great Jet victory that I'll never forget, and shall go down in Jet history. Everything on the line. Our whole season. The last game at Giants Stadium.
AND THEY DELIVERED. BIG-TIME.
I'm so happy. I was SO excited to head out to the stadium, despite the freezing cold weather, roam the lot, meet more fans, and meet up with my dad to see which Jet team would show up. Thank goodness the victorious Jets did. The ones who ran the ball more than threw it. The ones who wanted it bad.
Game was over by the end of the first half pretty much. Then, a nice bonus, Wayne, Ben, and fellow camera man (and Jet fan) Dan got to join us in the stadium for the game. First time all year. VERY cool.
One of the coolest moments was being down by the field with my dad at after the game ended, as the hazy moon was hanging over the stadium one last time, and some of the players came out of the tunnel to high-five fans hanging over the 10 foot high wall around the field. Coach Rex Ryan came out too, and the cheer-leaders. (yeah!)
It was a great moment. The fans delivered indeed. As did the players. But to know how cold it was, how windy, and to see that lot full, and the stadium full. It was GREAT. And I'm so happy to have been a part of it and see it with my dad and my friends. A great way to end the regular season, and close down Giants Stadium, our reluctant home, with honor.
Thanks to Wayne, Ben, Dan for all their hard work. Ben and Dan shooting interviews where they couldn't feel their hands, Wayne for organizing and directing the nine hour shoot. (Arrived 3pm, half hour before the parking lot opened, finished up around or after 12 midnight).
To Peter (and his daughter Tiffany), Jimmy, Moe, and all the men at 16G, Jeff and the Jets Bus crew at 16F, Paul from Long Island who flew his sister in from Seattle Washington just to share the game with him, to "The Flag Guy" (and Tie Guy) who served their 20+ crew a shot of Southern Comfort every fifteen minutes to keep everyone warm (following a roar and a JETS! chant) and ALL the fans we met again or for the first time.
THANK YOU.
Special thanks to Chris and Cory for letting us hang with them as well. It was a great time. Sorry I didn't get to say good-bye. My dad and I were soaking up the confetti and fireworks closer to the field.
What a night. One I'll never forget.
THE JETS DELIVERED BABY! Now bring on the Bengals AGAIN. This Saturday at 4:30pm in Cincinnati.
GO JETS! BEAT THESE "BUNGLES" AGAIN!
Mark J. Williamson
Sunday, January 3, 2010
HERE WE GO!!!!!
Change of plans. Wayne's about to pick me up any minute now, and we're heading straight to the stadium to be there when the gates open and the Jet faithful arrive at the stadium to bear the cold and prep for Jet battle.
My dad will be meeting me down there, he's driving down from Orange County, NY. I'm wearing mega layers today. What I wear skiing (the few times I go). It's handled minus 30 degrees without a wisp of cold air getting in, so it should do for the 22 degrees out in the swamp, which weather.com says will feel like 8 degrees (Fahrenheit).
Wish us luck on the final regular season game of 2009, the last football game at Giants Stadium before its destruction and birth of The New Meadowlands later this year, and a night that shall surely chill out bones.
BUT TONIGHT'S JET VICTORY SHALL KEEP US WARM.
GO JETS. BEAT DA BENGALS. PUSH FORWARD INTO THE PLAYOFFS.
Mark
My dad will be meeting me down there, he's driving down from Orange County, NY. I'm wearing mega layers today. What I wear skiing (the few times I go). It's handled minus 30 degrees without a wisp of cold air getting in, so it should do for the 22 degrees out in the swamp, which weather.com says will feel like 8 degrees (Fahrenheit).
Wish us luck on the final regular season game of 2009, the last football game at Giants Stadium before its destruction and birth of The New Meadowlands later this year, and a night that shall surely chill out bones.
BUT TONIGHT'S JET VICTORY SHALL KEEP US WARM.
GO JETS. BEAT DA BENGALS. PUSH FORWARD INTO THE PLAYOFFS.
Mark
Saturday, January 2, 2010
TOMORROW TOMORROW I LUV YA TOMORROW
Looking forward to tomorrow. We're going by #1 Jet fan Peter's house to see him prep for the game, then we're heading to the stadium to capture this EXTREMELY fascinating evening of events.
What's at stake?
The Jets 2009 season. Win? We're in the playoffs with a shot at the Superbowl. Screw poo-pooing the fact we may not make it cause we're not good enough blah blah blah. Fact is this. You make the playoffs, YOU PLAY ANOTHER WEEK. Everyone else in the league is sitting on their butts or playing golf. You get to suit up. THAT'S COOL.
It's like playing the lotto. Are you certain you'll get the grand prize? No. But you've a chance. Don't buy a ticket? You've got none. And fantasizing about what you'll do with the money is a level of entertainment that's maybe worth a buck in these dark economic times.
So let us dream the chances...
Also on the line, the last football game at Giants Stadium before the wrecking ball hits. The Giants disgraced the building with their hideous loss last Sunday to the Carolina Panthers. It's up to the Jets to salvage the final football experience of the building.
We'll know after tomorrow if it's one more week of hope or shift our energy to next season. No matter the outcome of this campaign, I feel the Jets are headed in the right direction. The thought of this team having the off season to take stock, make amends, beef up, analyze what worked what didn't, and come back strong as heck for their new stadium - is encouraging.
As for this season, I'll be there tomorrow nigh, in the freezing swamp in winter night. Will my dad and I exit Gate A for the last time flush with the warmth of victory? Or chilled with the frost of defeat?
Tomorrow will reveal all.
GO JETS. BEAT THE FROZEN SNOT OUT OF CINCINNATI.
Mark J. Williamson
What's at stake?
The Jets 2009 season. Win? We're in the playoffs with a shot at the Superbowl. Screw poo-pooing the fact we may not make it cause we're not good enough blah blah blah. Fact is this. You make the playoffs, YOU PLAY ANOTHER WEEK. Everyone else in the league is sitting on their butts or playing golf. You get to suit up. THAT'S COOL.
It's like playing the lotto. Are you certain you'll get the grand prize? No. But you've a chance. Don't buy a ticket? You've got none. And fantasizing about what you'll do with the money is a level of entertainment that's maybe worth a buck in these dark economic times.
So let us dream the chances...
Also on the line, the last football game at Giants Stadium before the wrecking ball hits. The Giants disgraced the building with their hideous loss last Sunday to the Carolina Panthers. It's up to the Jets to salvage the final football experience of the building.
We'll know after tomorrow if it's one more week of hope or shift our energy to next season. No matter the outcome of this campaign, I feel the Jets are headed in the right direction. The thought of this team having the off season to take stock, make amends, beef up, analyze what worked what didn't, and come back strong as heck for their new stadium - is encouraging.
As for this season, I'll be there tomorrow nigh, in the freezing swamp in winter night. Will my dad and I exit Gate A for the last time flush with the warmth of victory? Or chilled with the frost of defeat?
Tomorrow will reveal all.
GO JETS. BEAT THE FROZEN SNOT OUT OF CINCINNATI.
Mark J. Williamson
Friday, January 1, 2010
2010 A JET ODYSSEY
This year shall reveal much about our Jet future.
The final home game of the season shall be fought in the dawn of 2010.
Then, in the late summer we'll see our first taste of the brand new stadium. The first EVER built with the Jets in mind.
We'll know by then how this year ended up, and what changes will have been made in the off season. All the work the returning players will have put in to forge an even stronger team for the 2010-11 campaign.
So I look forward to this year. So much to hope for. So much on the line.
A unique time to be a Jet fan.
Here's to 2010, "A Jet Odyssey".
HAPPY JET YEAR.
Mark J. Williamson
The final home game of the season shall be fought in the dawn of 2010.
Then, in the late summer we'll see our first taste of the brand new stadium. The first EVER built with the Jets in mind.
We'll know by then how this year ended up, and what changes will have been made in the off season. All the work the returning players will have put in to forge an even stronger team for the 2010-11 campaign.
So I look forward to this year. So much to hope for. So much on the line.
A unique time to be a Jet fan.
Here's to 2010, "A Jet Odyssey".
HAPPY JET YEAR.
Mark J. Williamson
Thursday, December 31, 2009
BRALYON'S GUARUNTEE (AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!)
Braylon Edwards, wide receiver for the New York Jets, has guaranteed a victory over the Cincinnati Bengals this Sunday.
‘‘We won’t lose this game,’’ said Edwards Wednesday before a throng of reporters standing in front of his locker. ‘‘We want it too bad. You can just talk to the guys and get a feel. You can listen to (coach Rex Ryan’s) conviction when he talks to us." MORE
A bold move. Of course it brings back memories of "THE Guarantee", when Namath predicted victory over the Baltimore Colts in Superbowl 3. Namath called it, and the Jets, all of them, backed it up.
Will the same happen Sunday? Braylon Edwards is no Namath. He's still got a lot to prove in my opinion. He wouldn't be on the team or in the NFL if he wasn't talented. But it takes more than talent to win championships.
And more than bold words. I feel that knowing your fate is in your hands is more inspiring than if you went into your last game needing help from other teams.
And the fact the Bengals are already in the playoffs thus do not have to play their starters the whole game in order to prevent injury, this improves our chances. One team playing for their playoff life is always going to play harder than one who's already in. My opinion, but that's what I feel.
So is Braylon being cocky? I don't think so. I feel the Jets have a chance to win this game WITH Bengal starters in there.
We'll find out Sunday my friends...
Until then, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Mark J. Williamson
‘‘We won’t lose this game,’’ said Edwards Wednesday before a throng of reporters standing in front of his locker. ‘‘We want it too bad. You can just talk to the guys and get a feel. You can listen to (coach Rex Ryan’s) conviction when he talks to us." MORE
A bold move. Of course it brings back memories of "THE Guarantee", when Namath predicted victory over the Baltimore Colts in Superbowl 3. Namath called it, and the Jets, all of them, backed it up.
Will the same happen Sunday? Braylon Edwards is no Namath. He's still got a lot to prove in my opinion. He wouldn't be on the team or in the NFL if he wasn't talented. But it takes more than talent to win championships.
And more than bold words. I feel that knowing your fate is in your hands is more inspiring than if you went into your last game needing help from other teams.
And the fact the Bengals are already in the playoffs thus do not have to play their starters the whole game in order to prevent injury, this improves our chances. One team playing for their playoff life is always going to play harder than one who's already in. My opinion, but that's what I feel.
So is Braylon being cocky? I don't think so. I feel the Jets have a chance to win this game WITH Bengal starters in there.
We'll find out Sunday my friends...
Until then, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Mark J. Williamson
Video - The FDNY Shirt
We're sentimental people over here - who else would follow a football fan around? Trish and Nick explained how they met in the parking lot and why Woody will probably never understand Jets fans.
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