Military men enjoy watching game overseas
February, 5, 2012
Feb 5
11:03
PM ET
By Matt Ehalt | ESPNNewYork.com
Giants fans are celebrating the Giants win all over the world, whether they're in in New York, New Jersey, Indianapolis or defending our country in Schweinfurt, Germany.
ESPNNewYork.com talked to a pair of military men stationed overseas in Schweinfurt and they talked about the experience watching their beloved New York Giants win the Super Bowl in a foreign country.
Captain Ed Mallue Jr., a 27-year-old from Brick, N.J.
ESPNNewYork.com talked to a pair of military men stationed overseas in Schweinfurt and they talked about the experience watching their beloved New York Giants win the Super Bowl in a foreign country.
Captain Ed Mallue Jr., a 27-year-old from Brick, N.J.
"It has been a phenomenal day. I went on a trip this weekend and came back and started preparing the food in my apartment (in Schweinfurt). I was preparing for people to come over and we made about three pounds of bacon, a bunch of shrimp, fruit and vegetable platters. We were prepared and we had a good spread for five people.First Lieutenant Christopher Albornoz, a 23-year-old from West Babylon, N.Y.
We watched the game on my wall, it's a projection of my sling box and it's been great but it's been tough because it's a whole lot later than the states, as it's 4:15 our time, so it has been pretty difficult to stay up and we had a few people here that are darn close to falling asleep right now.
It's really nice being in the Army and serving in Europe. Our time to go to work has been extended to 13:00 (1 p.m.) from what is usually, 06:30 (6:30 a.m.)
I was really excited down the stretch in the fourth quarter and that last four minutes was really quite awesome. We didn't really know what to expect and ultimately the Giants won and that really made me excited.
My celebration was essentially eating more bacon. I'm pretty much the biggest Giants fan of my group here and we do have a Patriots fan here and she really was quite disappointed. We do have another supporter of the NY Giants here and she was not necessarily asleep but tired. Overall we just had a great time watching the game, even though it's 4:15 a.m. over here.
I was shaking toward the end of the game. I was really concerned for the Giants and that last play we very close but it hit the ground."
"This was completely different than watching the 2007 Super Bowl. I expected not to watch the game with anybody but a friend and I decided to go to Heidelberg, Germany, to pass the time and just have a good weekend. We came to this place and surprisingly almost everyone there was a Giants fan because no one liked the Patriots.
Everyone we were with was pretty much Anti-New England pro-New York and it was unbelievable watching the game. Everyone who was the bar was an American and everyone was just a Giants fan. It was great. They actually stopped letting people in the bar after 2 a.m. so the final three hours no one came in.
I was up and down during the game. New England played a great game but the New York football Giants had great play from their defensive ends and a tremendous offensive game. Our kicker was scoring. It was a definite roller coaster of a game not knowing when Tom Brady was going to make a play, but Eli and our defense was holding up their end and had a great game.
This was more exciting than 2007. I knew a whole bunch of Patriots fans that said how this year they were going to play a lot better than the NY Giants. Once again, the NY Giants came out on top and pulled it out. They deserved the win.
It was a fun time, absolutely, 100 percent. Up and until the final minute, the Patriots played a great game but once again the New York football Giants came out on top and deserved the win."
TEAM LEADERS
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Eli Manning
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| RUSHING | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | ||||||||
| A. Bradshaw | 171 | 659 | 3.9 | 9 | ||||||||
| B. Jacobs | 152 | 571 | 3.8 | 7 | ||||||||
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | ||||||||
| V. Cruz | 82 | 1536 | 18.7 | 9 | ||||||||
| H. Nicks | 76 | 1192 | 15.7 | 7 | ||||||||




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