Here we are, on the doorstep of regular season greatness, and I for one am ten levels of excitement past the Christmas morning where I got my first Atari about this game. Seriously, the Pats are 15-0 and are one win away from being the first ever 16-0 team? It's unreal, somehow still only part of the recovery process from this January past (we can right those wrongs in January), but all unreal and awesome none the less.
BUT there's still work to be done. In our way is another Manning, a team from NY wouldn't you know, and a D-line even your mom would fear (and your mom hardly ever bats a lash at a fierce D). Maybe alot of other 15-0 teams would have their head in the clouds. But if there was ever a team, with a QB, and a coach, that you would expect to arrive prepared and focused? In Brady and Belichick we Trust.
So here's a video preview I did for the game, from Professor Thom's, the best Sox 'n Pats bar New York City has to offer (big GFY thanks to those guys for having us).
Pats @ Giants Pursuit of Perfection Preview
Stay tuned for plenty more video nonsense from yours truly for this game, the weekend and well into the New Year. Now if you'll excuse me I have a tailgate to cover, and I have to squeeze into that vintage 1985 satin Pats jacket I've been wearing. The one I got when I was 11? Yup, it's a size "M" for Manchild, and it looked great on me when I played Atari.
Just old Fitzy Claus dropping down your drunken chimney, spreading good cheer, Patriots spirit and videos presents to all the good boys and girls of New England, and beyond. Naughty or nice, if you need to relive some of the past weekend's fun, or a coupla laughs heading into Week 17 (or something to help divert you from all the Christmas relative-related hohah, this is the least I can do.) The above was a little Pats vs. Dolphins action, and below are some highlights from the tailgate outside Foxboro this past Sunday the 23rd. Damn fine food, damn fine frozen beverages, damn fine form, Foxboro!
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a cold Bud Light!
Happy Gameday/2 days before Christmas, you humps! Getting ready to head out to the game today. Anyone who's gonna be out and wants to show off or engage in our tailgate jackassery, we'll be in the main lot across from the stadium, running around, handing out some Fitzy Claus gifts, hooting and hollering like it's our job...which it is. Hopefully the weather holds up a bit, or at least isn't as brutal as last week (shutting the beer down at half time doesn't help a guy get through 5 soaking layers!)
Here are the first few videos from this weekend - we got 2 more coming, so check back tomorrow for some extra special Christmas Eve postgame treats. Till then Go Pats and a good GFY to all.
Cheers and Holiday Beers,
Fitzy
Fins @ Pats Preview
And a Christmas Wish List for the Dolphins ('tis the season, you know...)
Mother Nature had her way with us yesterday with another Nor'easter, but it didn't stop the Pats fans from tailgating up a storm.
Since the Pats are still undefeated and on their way to "19 And Done," me and the Team Fitzy crew will be back in Boston and Foxboro next weekend to cover the Pats' final home game of the season against those suddenly surging Miami Dolphins. If you want to meet up with us at next week's tailgate, give me a shout at and let me know where you'll be.
Well, the good news is I can feel my toes, and legs, and my everything else after freezing my Fitzy off at Gillette today. So much fun in Foxboro today. And hey - Big wins don't have to be pretty. They just have to be wins. More on the tailgate and the game experience to come (just gotta stand in front of a human-sized dryer and shake off like a yard dog first.) In the meantime here's a coupla videos from this weekend's Patriot coverage.
A Patriots Holiday Hypothetical Only Boston Could Love
And My Big Chance to be a Cheerleader...
(Anything for a laugh, or to be closer to TFB)
Greetings from Foxboro - or the ice cold neighboring vicinities! Got a little Pats/Jets Preview video for your pregame consumption. Plenty more videos this weekend coming down the chute - including the saddest and most uncoordinated cheerleader lesson you've ever seen.
Till then go Pats and GFY. And stay dry! It's gonna be a wet one tomorrow.
At day's end, the Pats proved to be just too good. And so the good folks at ESPN (thanks in part to a little creative lobbying from yours truly and crew) have decided to switch me from coverage of Monday Night Football to full-time Patriots Pursuit of Perfection. Yes, "Monday Night Mania" has been fun, but now I am 100% all about The Run for 19 and Done. And I am amazed I can even type correctly and not spill words all over the keyboard like an electrocuted Edward Scissorhands because I am SO FRIGGIN' PSYCHED!
So starting this weekend I will be back home, in Boston, making videos surrounding the Patriots, the coming game, the mania, the experience, the pursuit, you name it, we're all over it, like McDaniels gameplan on Anthony Smith last Sunday. AND we'll be setting up a big tailgate in Foxboro Sunday around 8am, wandering around, interviewing folks before and after the game, so if you plan on grilling and drinking your breakfast and ;lunch and enjoying you some Patriots-in-person, give a shout at and tell me where you're at and what's going on. I can honestly say, with great pride, "Dude, I'll be there like it's my job. BECAUSE IT IS!"
Oh, and if you already weren't convinced Belichick was gonna try and beat the Jets 140-0, read THIS. Mangini, close your eyes and get something to bite down on 'cuz it's gonna sting.
In the meanwhile, if you wanna see yours truly get his ass handed to him by an NFL QB in Madden (and one on I.R., no less!), or the sad state of tailgating affairs in Atlanta, check out some of the videos below, from last weekend. I can't say I blame Bobby Petrino either.
Cheers and cold "Let's go 14-0 and make videos about it in Foxboro together" Beers,
Fitzy
Video #1: DJ Shockley Schools Fitzy
Video #2: The Saints/Falcons Tailgate on 12/10/2007
I know I've been as dependable with homemade WPWs of late as Amy Winehouse has been about wearing clothes outta her friggin' house. But let us not talk of excuses, factors and reasons why that's been. Let's just bust some balls and talk some Pats in the brand-new Wicked Pissah Webcast that's currently in post-production. We'll have it up in a few hours, definitely by Friday afternoon. So keep checking back, refresh, tell your friends, WHATEVER! And like your favorite pizza place, and your mom, it delivers.
In the meantime, if you need something to get you fired up, read this. Absolute nonsense! And to put that into Patriot perspective, definitely read this. Oh mercy I can't wait for Sunday @ 415pm. I feel like we have to re-prove ourselves, AGAIN (and yes, I meant to write it that way.)
I'm still looking into it but I'm not sure you can legally squeak out a victory any tighter than last night versus the Purplebirds. Holy frozenballs it was a night to remember - for the game, the fear of having to walk out of their listening to those whiny crab-yappers boasting about taking the Pats down, and then the fear of getting shot, stabbed or stuffed in a garbage can on my way out (not that I woulda felt it considering it was 7 degrees outside in the whirling semi-snow.) DAMN Baltimore was pissed! Oh well...sorry your defensive coordinator called timeout (and by sorry I mean NICE CALL, DUDE!) Unreal game, unreal experience, unreal night, unreal team. If anyone gets a chance send a "Thank You" card to Baltimore's secondary for holding on 4th down (something they did all night, by the way, so order up some cheese to go with that nice referee whine you served all day), and also to Jabaar Gaffney for that catch. it was better than David Givens's rockstar MNF catch to beat the Broncos back in '03. Shame none of the Ravens fans wanted to back up all that smacktalk to me with a little postgame breakdown. Oh-freaking-well.
We've got some issues at hand, some holes to shore up and some problems to fix, but we also have the best coach, the best QB and a 12-0 record to defend. And "The Run for 19 and Done" continues this Sunday in Foxboro vs. the Steelers. Hey Ben, hope you like your Roethlisberger with extra GFY Sauce!
As I toil away at the GFY Industries Man-Lab on a new homemade certified Wicked Pissah Webcast, here's a little video taste of what tailgating was like in Baltimore. The fans were friendly beforehand, it was the whole "we lost, eff you" routine afterwards that wasn't so sweet. But meeting a boatload of awesome new Pats fans in person was! Thanks for sharing, thanks for caring, and thanks for GFY-ing, everyone.
