New York Giants or Pittsburgh Steelers?
As I’ve said, I’m new to being a football fan. It’s really only been for a few years, and I’m trying to decide on what my favourite team is going to be. How does a team get to be your favourite?
I’ve been a NY Yankees fan since I was five, but it’s been so long I forget how they became my favourite team (and sometime I’m not sure why they still are). There were also a couple of years in the early 80′s where I was an Islanders fan, but that was more because my friend was and both of our fathers liked the Rangers.
I think “favourite” is the wrong word, and I’m just looking for a team to root for. I’ve narrowed it down to two: the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Giants, in all honestly, have less to do with them winning the Super Bowl last year than it does a natural progression. The way it works, Yankees fans are usually Giants fans and Mets fans are usually Jets fans. Also, if I started cheering for the Jets, my buddy Lee would have someone kick my ass. Brandon Jacobs has been good to me in fantasy. I’ve always kinda dug Michael Strahan. I heart New York.
The Steelers are more my personality, though I can’t put my feeling on why. There’s just something really “old school” aboot the team and their attitude that I relate to. I like Hines Ward and Troy Polamalu, plus the Rooney’s are Republican and I gotta keep it real.
So I’ve decided that the Giants are the NFC team I root for, and the Steelers are my team in the AFC.
If they play each other…what’s the spread?
