12/28/08 - Fins at Jets

"njfinfan wrote:

:lol:

No - we were given a free parking pass. :up:

Really? Thats interesting. Do you remember which way you came in and did you flash the Parking Pass to the guards? Also what time did you come in around? I know it was a 1pm kickoff and by like 10 they start putting people by the Izod center.

"124 wrote:

Miami's problem is their fanbase in actual Miami is nonexsistent.

This is actually a very fair statement. Unfortunately, part of the problem is that most of the people down there are transplants from up here, for the most part.

And Pittsburgh has a huge contingent of fans up here - they all come to the Dolphins sports bar we watch the games at. Of course, they have their own section, right next to the Browns fans' section. :lol:

"124 wrote:

Really? Thats interesting. Do you remember which way you came in and did you flash the Parking Pass to the guards? Also what time did you come in around? I know it was a 1pm kickoff and by like 10 they start putting people by the Izod center.

The C2C Fins organizer, FINintheMOON, scored the free parking pass. I don't remember how or why but it was good. And, I believe, we got there around 10 to 10:30ish. Enforcer would probably remember better than me.

"njfinfan wrote:

The C2C Fins organizer, FINintheMOON, scored the free parking pass. I don't remember how or why but it was good. And, I believe, we got there around 10 to 10:30ish. Enforcer would probably remember better than me.

Yeah see you have to get there earlier than that, like the real tailgaters. :wink2:

My one crew that I hang out with gets there at Midnight the night before (they have a three hour drive each way, so why not right?) and the others usually are there for a 1pm game by 8am at the latest. Its good times.

You can usually find my crazy ass there between 7-8 no matter if its a 1pm or 4pm kickoff. :hi5:

Here's a picture of my crews tailgate that gets there at midnight (this is from the Jets@Giants game we bought tickets to in October):

At my one friends tailgate (they're friends with The Goose) we tailgate with Tony Siragusa FOR FREE, when others have to pay, once or twice a year when FOX roles into town. Good stuff. :up:

"124 wrote:

Yeah see you have to get there earlier than that, like the real tailgaters. :wink2:

My one crew that I hang out with gets there at Midnight the night before (they have a three hour drive each way, so why not right?) and the others usually are there for a 1pm game by 8am at the latest. Its good times.

You can usually find my crazy ass there between 7-8 no matter if its a 1pm or 4pm kickoff. :hi5:

Here's a picture of my crews tailgate that gets there at midnight (this is from the Jets@Giants game we bought tickets to in October):

Wow - that's ALOT of booze. :up:

"njfinfan wrote:

Wow - that's ALOT of booze. :up:

Yes it is. There is plenty of beer as well, but thats usually BYOB. The guys at the one tailgate bring all that hard liqour -- They're great, great guys.

"124 wrote:

At my one friends tailgate (they're friends with The Goose) we tailgate with Tony Siragusa FOR FREE, when others have to pay, once or twice a year when FOX roles into town. Good stuff. :up:

I go to his restaurant, Tiffany's in Fairfield, two or three times a year. Nice place.

"njfinfan wrote:

I go to his restaurant, Tiffany's in Fairfield, two or three times a year. Nice place.

Funny actually because a couple of Jets fans who we tailgate with go there almost every Monday Night for MNF and sometimes Tony is there hanging out with him. He's actually opening up a place in Pequannock (where I'm from) so I'm pretty excited for that. :up:

"124 wrote:

Funny actually because a couple of Jets fans who we tailgate with go there almost every Monday Night for MNF and sometimes Tony is there hanging out with him. He's actually opening up a place in Pequannock (where I'm from) so I'm pretty excited for that. :up:

That's pretty cool. I went there once when Tony was there for lunch with my husband and when I walked in in my Dolphins gear, he was at the door and he pointed to me and yelled out "that's the team." :up:

"njfinfan wrote:

That's pretty cool. I went there once when Tony was there for lunch with my husband and when I walked in in my Dolphins gear, he was at the door and he pointed to me and yelled out "that's the team." :up:

Did he give you anything free? I mean, you did come in a Dolphins jersey. He must've felt bad for you inside. :wink2:

"124 wrote:

Did he give you anything free? I mean, you did come in a Dolphins jersey. He must've felt bad for you inside. :wink2:

No he didn't. That was right after our 10-6 season, so he had nothing to laugh at then. :tongue2: He did sit and chat with us for a few minutes though. Cool guy but I don't like him on tv at all.

"njfinfan wrote:

No he didn't. That was right after our 10-6 season, so he had nothing to laugh at then. :tongue2: He did sit and chat with us for a few minutes though. Cool guy but I don't like him on tv at all.

He's very different in person, but often he's hard to talk to since he's running around doing all sorts of things at the tailgate. He actually lost his sunglasses and used my buddy Duane's (he's in the picture with the green New York Jets shirt with two ladies side by side) sunglasses for a game. Pretty funny stuff.

"124 wrote:

He's very different in person, but often he's hard to talk to since he's running around doing all sorts of things at the tailgate. He actually lost his sunglasses and used my buddy Duane's (he's in the picture with the green New York Jets shirt with two ladies side by side) sunglasses for a game. Pretty funny stuff.

He seems pretty cool - just very abrasive (read: loud) for my taste. I'm sure he's very nice though. :up: And btw - I'd love to join you at one of your tailgates, but I've been treated personally VERY shabbily by some ill-mannered Jet fans, starting out by being spit on by one. It's very difficult for me to feel comfortable there as a result. I only live 20 minutes from the Meadowlands.

"njfinfan wrote:

He seems pretty cool - just very abrasive (read: loud) for my taste. I'm sure he's very nice though. :up: And btw - I'd love to join you at one of your tailgates, but I've been treated personally VERY shabbily by some ill-mannered Jet fans, starting out by being spit on by one. It's very difficult for me to feel comfortable there as a result. I only live 20 minutes from the Meadowlands.

Sorry to hear about your prior visits to the Meadowlands, but as I'm sure you know not all Jets fans are like that. There are fans like that in every stadium (accept Arizona, where there are no fans) and I can relate to that story.

Back in 2006 a bunch of us, maybe 40-50 from JetNation.com (the site FinFanInCali/like2god invited me from) went on a trip to Cleveland (we do a trip every year) and while tailgating we had horse **** thrown at us by I'd say a 12 year old boy, and thats probably adding on a year or two this age. They had cops on horses go by and the horse **** down the street a kid picked it up and flung it at our tailgate. Fortunately, there were some cops tailgating with us and went over and took care of the matter.

However, when walking in I had a woman try to poor a beer on me but instead I slapped the beer out of her hand and then a man came up threatening me, I pushed him out of the way and then had a hamburger tossed at me, which missed. The cops escorted some of those fans away. I was not making a scene, just walking through the parking lot with a couple of nice Browns fans that we met. My mistake for wanting to go in early and leaving the group. :pity:

I can assure you that if you come to either one of the tailgates I go to on Sundays that you won't be treated poorly. Most of the guys I tailgate with are my friends and we're fun loving people. Sure we will smack talk, but thats as far as it goes (except for the Redskins game last year, but we won't get into that;)) Heck each tailgate we seem to host fans from the visiting team. :hi5:

To top it off, I myself and bringing a Patriots buddy of mine to the Home Opener. I'll be his body guard all day.

"124 wrote:

Sorry to hear about your prior visits to the Meadowlands, but as I'm sure you know not all Jets fans are like that. There are fans like that in every stadium (accept Arizona, where there are no fans) and I can relate to that story.

Back in 2006 a bunch of us, maybe 40-50 from JetNation.com (the site FinFanInCali/like2god invited me from) went on a trip to Cleveland (we do a trip every year) and while tailgating we had horse **** thrown at us by I'd say a 12 year old boy, and thats probably adding on a year or two this age. They had cops on horses go by and the horse **** down the street a kid picked it up and flung it at our tailgate. Fortunately, there were some cops tailgating with us and went over and took care of the matter.

However, when walking in I had a woman try to poor a beer on me but instead I slapped the beer out of her hand and then a man came up threatening me, I pushed him out of the way and then had a hamburger tossed at me, which missed. The cops escorted some of those fans away. I was not making a scene, just walking through the parking lot with a couple of nice Browns fans that we met. My mistake for wanting to go in early and leaving the group. :pity:

I can assure you that if you come to either one of the tailgates I go to on Sundays that you won't be treated poorly. Most of the guys I tailgate with are my friends and we're fun loving people. Sure we will smack talk, but thats as far as it goes (except for the Redskins game last year, but we won't get into that;)) Heck each tailgate we seem to host fans from the visiting team. :hi5:

To top it off, I myself and bringing a Patriots buddy of mine to the Home Opener. I'll be his body guard all day.

Oh certainly it happens everywhere. I've heard similar horror stories about Philly's stadium and Pittsburgh, oh, and especially Oakland. It just takes me longer to get over it because I'm a girl - maybe that's why he felt he could get away with it. And I know JetNation well. They're the team the C2C fins came up to play against last year. I'm actually a member there under the same name as here, though I don't visit as often. I will keep in touch and if I can make it to the game at Christmas, I'll let you know and you can tell me where to meet you. A very good friend and a fellow moderator here, Greg, NJFINSFAN1, goes to that stadium all the time and never has a problem. :up: To throw horse poop at someone though - that's unforgiveable.

You had a female try and attack you? That's unbelievable, however, at the sports bar that I go to in East Hanover, the Steelers fans and Cleveland fans have rooms next to each other. Last season, the President of the Browns' fan club, a lady about 5'5 and 110 pounds and about 60 years old tried to pick a fight with a Steelers fan who was about 6'3 and 300 pounds - she actually invited him outside for a fight. It was scary at first and then funny as the manager tried to intervene and calm her down. We truly thought he was going to take her up on her offer, but calmer heads prevailed. :lol:

Heh, I think you're mistaken with the whole JetNation thing. There might be a JetNation team, but it doesn't come from JetNation.com. I'd know about it and would be on the team. :up:

But yes please let me know.

Isn't that the site where MurphKleck is a moderator or a member? Or am I thinking of the wrong site?

"njfinfan wrote:

Isn't that the site where MurphKleck is a moderator or a member? Or am I thinking of the wrong site?

:pity:

That is JetsInsider.com. -- The lowlife scumbags of the earth. :up:

JetNation.com is much like this site... we left JetsInsider in 2005. This place left FinHeaven, etc.

"124 wrote:

:pity:

That is JetsInsider.com. -- The lowlife scumbags of the earth. :up:

JetNation.com is much like this site... we left JetsInsider in 2005. This place left FinHeaven, etc.

amen to that!:hi5:

"124 wrote:

:pity:

That is JetsInsider.com. -- The lowlife scumbags of the earth. :up:

JetNation.com is much like this site... we left JetsInsider in 2005. This place left FinHeaven, etc.

Thanks 124. Agreed.

"124 wrote:

I don't know if any of you enjoy a game of BeerPong, or several, but here is our Gameday BeerPong table:

oh you SO stole that idea from me: :tongue2:

Neat table, but why are there logos for the Jets, Giants, Dolphins and Bengals? Our table has been around since 2004. Its holding up well, but we're thinking a new one could be in order soon.

"124 wrote:

No ****. My parents grew up in Oakland / Franklin Lakes and went to Ramapo and Indian Hills.=. I actually grew up in Wayne and Pequannock, NJ but I'm currently up in Newton which is in Sussex County.

And which parking lot do you guys usually tailgate in? There are plenty of big winabagos, buses, vans, etc.

Not sure what lot it is, we come in of Paterson Plank and park in that back end, I'm sure I have a pic someplace.

My son is going to IHHS right now! :hi5:

Looking at the parking Map I would say its lot 7 or 6 we park in.

"NJFINSFAN1 wrote:

Not sure what lot it is, we come in of Paterson Plank and park in that back end, I'm sure I have a pic someplace.

My son is going to IHHS right now! :hi5:

Looking at the parking Map I would say its lot 7 or 6 we park in.

That would be a little hard since Lots 6 and 7 weren't used in 2007. :wink2:

That is part of the parking lot that is blocked off because that is where the new stadium is going. I park in 5H, right before the stadium contrsuction. According to the other Fin fans, you guys tailgated by the Izod Center / Continental Arena? Or is your tailgate a different one?