Monday, January 4, 2009

KICKING OFF THE NEW DECADE...

The holidays unleashed a flurry of activity at the bar, with busy nights throughout, from Christmas through New Year's Weekend. With the number of folks being in NYC for the holidays, we were the benefactors of plenty of good nights.

Now that the New Year has successfully kicked off and New Year's Eve celebrated, we're waking up to the realization that it's back to the old grind. I'm pretty sure that you must have a pretty difficult time going back to work today. I'm certainly having a difficult time getting back into the day-to-day routine, that's for sure. At least we have the NFL playoffs to get us through the month of January.

Speaking of the NFL Playoffs, the NY Jets pulled off the improbable feat and made their way into the playoffs as the #5 seed, defeating the third-string team of the Cincinnati Bengals, 37-0 last night, in what was the last football game played at Giants Stadium. It capped off a crazy day of Week 17 action in which the playoff seedings weren't determined until literally the last game of the season.





The DOLFANS NYC fan club found disappointment as their Miami Dolphins were one of the teams that found themselves on the outside looking in at the end of the day, thanks to their loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. In a strange twist of fate, however, the Pittsburgh Steelers found themselves on the outside looking in later in the day, being knocked out of playoff contention, thanks to their rivals, the Baltimore Ravens.

So here are the matchups for the first round of the NFL Playoffs:

SATURDAY, JAN 9, 2009

NY Jets vs Cincinnati Bengals (4:30pm)
Philadelphia Eagles vs Dallas Cowboys (8pm)


SUNDAY, JAN, 10, 2009

Baltimore Ravens vs New England Patriots (1pm)
Green Bay Packers vs Arizona Cardinals (4pm)

Three out of the four matchups are rematches from Week 17; I don't think that's ever happened before. Should be interesting to see if the results are the same this time around.






There are plenty of pictures from Brew Crew Sunday, Week 17 as well as New Year's Eve posted on our FACEBOOK page. Check them out and if you haven't already done so, become a friend of Third and Long while you're there!

TONIGHT: MUG NIGHT MADNESS is in effect tonight, featuring the return of BEER BINGO! Free to play and plenty of cool prizes to win! $2 Domestic Draft Mugs OR $1 Bud/Bud Light/Coors Light mugs ALL NIGHT LONG!


That's It. That's All I Got.