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September 9, 2007

Sublime to ridiculous

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. _ Yesterday morning at 10:30, I was watching the Corps of Cadets parade crisply across The Plain at West Point to the strains of stirring marches played by the U.S. Army Band. This morning at 10:30, I was inching through the parking lots outside Giants Stadium, inhaling the fumes of alcohol stoves and alcohol-fueled Jets fans chanting ``J-E-T-S, Jets! Jets! Jets!"

The ambience of college football is just SO much better than pro football.

The caliber of play in the NFL makes up for that, though -- especially when the Patriots put together an opening drive like the textbook (or, perhaps, playbook) 91-yarder they just strung together in grabbing a 7-0 lead 10 minutes into the game.

There's all sorts of construction going on as the early stages of building the new Jets-Giants Stadium is underway. That led to a great line this morning by Journal photographer Mary Murphy, who wondered: "Do you suppose they'll dig up Jimmy Hoffa?"

-- JIM DONALDSON

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