Sunday, October 24, 2021

As you probably know, The New England “Patriots”, a bad team (2-4), beat the New York “Jets” (1-5) today 54-13. The Jets are just always awful. But when I was growing up they were the most glamorous team in the pros. The Heidi Game, Broadway Joe Namath cavorting with bikini girls on Miami Beach guaranteeing victory in Super Bowl III, and then beating the "Colts" (an 18-point fave) in the Orange Bowl, causing Carroll Rosenbloom to fire Don Shula. I have never followed the NFL closely and the “Jets” for me were frozen in time in 1969. I was shocked when I came down here 1) to realize how just god awful the “Jets” were (because they were in the “Dolphins” division) 2) that real New Yorkers rooted for the "Giants" and looked down their noses like Eustace Tilley at the green upstarts and 3) that all the "Jets" fans apparently had moved to Miami. The "Jets" just have not been able to grab their ass with both hands, pretty much ever since 1969. They are Exhibit A for the prosecution in the Case for Relegation.😂