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Wednesday, January 28, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
New Jersey holds giant celebration Fans brave cold to attend victory party in Meadowlands
United Press International
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — They were their "giant blue" hair and coats, partitioned on the "giant blue" tarp and even their skin showed a hint of "giant blue" from the sub-zero wind chill.
It may not have been a ticker-tape parade through Manhattan, but that didn't dim the spirits of the championship-starved New York Giants fans who turned out yesterday for the New Jersey equivalent, a three-hour bash celebrating a 39-20 Super Bowl victory over the Denver Broncos.
"Our team has a special name for this place," Coach Bill Parecils told the screaming, confetti-throwing crowd at Giants Stadium.
"When we come through that tunnel, we say we're in 'our house' and you're our family." Parcells told the crowd, estimated by organizers at 45,000. "And to thank you, I have a
little something to show you."
Rarecalls hoisted the Vince Lombardi Trophy high overhead and was showered with a Gatorade bucket full of contetti, symbolic of his post-victory dousings by team captain Harry Carson.
Carson.
Fans who filled most of the lower deck and half of the snow-covered field roared in approval. Some had arrived as early as 4 a.m., waiting outside the stadium in single-digit temperatures to cheer the team that did what no other Giants squad had done since 1956 — win the NFL championship.
"It's cold, but it's worth it. I'm warm on the inside." George Jones, a 77-year-old resident of Montclair, N.J., said. "We've been waiting a long time to celebrate like this and the waiting paid off."
Tom Clarke, who drove for two hours with his wife and daughter from Scranton, Pa., said, "I'm 58
years old and the last 15 have been spent waiting for a day like this."
The crowd of high schoolers was given a bag containing confetti, streamers, pom-pom and assorted cookies. But they opted for a snowball fight.
"They'll never understand what this means to guys like us," Jack Feldman, 51, of Union, N.J., said of the younger fans. "They're newcomers. They don't know about last place and last place and last place. They don't know about 2-12 and 2-14. I am just grateful (thos days) are over."
Feldman and his friend, Alan Cohen, arrived at Giants Stadium at 7 a.m. assuring themselves of getting into the celebration.
Rich Byrne, 23, of Staten Island, N.Y., slept in the stadium parking lot overnight to get inside for the festivities.
"I watched my father throw things at the TV every Sunday for 10 years."
Byrne said, "I'm glad I didn't suffer through all those losing seasons. I'm even more happy for my father than for myself. We've got the kind of defense that can dominate any team and it's going to be around for awhile.
"The Giants are the first world
and we could be proud," he said.
"and we couldn't be proud," he said.
New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean, handed out specially minted gold medallions to the players and coaches and referred obliquely to the New Jersey-Giant New York feud over the Giants that erupted in recent weeks.
New York Mayor Ed Koch had refused to be the host for a taxpayer-supported ticker-tape parade in Manhattan because the Giants left the city in 1976 to play their home games in East Rutherford, across the Hudson River.
Koch later agreed to a parade when the American Express Co. agreed to pick up the tab.
Sports Briefs
NEW YORK — CBS's telecast of the Super Bowl received a 45.8 rating and 66 share across the country, making it the lowest-rated Super Bowl since 1981.
"The numbers are not as high as we thought they would be." said Linda Levens, associate director of program analysis for CBS Sports.
Levens said that neither team had the national appeal that the Chicago Bears displayed in the previous Super Bowl, which received a 48.3 rating and 70 share.
The Giants-Broncos game drew the lowest rating of any Super Bowl since the Oakland Raiders played the Philadelphia Eagles in 1981.
Super Bowl rating down; lowest since 1981 game
Sunday's game between the New York Giants and the Denver Broncos drew a 47.8 rating and 68 share in 13 major markets, but the ratings were much lower in the rest of the country.
The highest-rated Super Bowl in history was the 1982 game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Cincinnati Bengals. The CBS telecast of that game received a 49.1 rating and 73 share.
Royals sign Gubicza for one year
Levens said that the viewing audience for this year's Super Bowl declined in the second-half when the Giants pulled ahead to a 39-20 victory.
CBS had estimated that 150 million viewers would watch this year's Super Bowl, but the number of fans who watched it was 12.6 million.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mark Gubicza, the subject of trade rumors during the winter baseball meetings, has agreed to a one-year non-guaranteed contract with the Kansas City Royals, the team said yesterday.
High school recruit picks K-State
Watson, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound quarterback, passed for 52 touchdowns and more than 5,000 yards as a three-year starter for Park High School. Last season he threw for 1,422 yards and 14 touchdowns.
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PARK HILL, M. — High school quarterback Paul Watson announced yesterday that he decided to attend Kansas State, canceling visits to Kansas, Missouri and Minnesota.
The contract terms were not disclosed.
The Royals also signed left-handed pitcher Bud Black and outfielder Gary Thurman, 22, to one-year contracts.
Gubica, 24, a right-handed pitcher, posted a 12-6 record and a 3.64 ERA with the Royals in 1986. He was named the Royals Pitcher-of-the-Year by Kansas City baseball writers.
Black, 29, finished the season with a 5-10 record and a 3.29 ERA. Black also had nine saves.
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