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Paint the town Big Blue. As for the Jets and their fans, they’re feeling blue once again and have to be green with envy over the Giants’ Super success.
The Giants have given their fans an amazing ride with one more big game to come against the Patriots in Indianapolis at Super Bowl XLVI.
“To see all our fans walking around New York wearing blue, it makes you proud and you don’t want to disappoint them,’’ Giants president and CEO John Mara told The Post, noting the job is not yet complete. “I know how happy the fans are now. I want them to be happy in two weeks, too.’’
That was essentially Tom Coughlin’s message to his Giants after the classic 20-17 overtime victory over the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday night at Candlestick Park.
“My dad would have enjoyed this so much and being around this team,’’ Mara said of his father, Wellington. “The greatest thrill I’ve had being around the Giants was watching him accept the Super Bowl trophies in 1986 and 1990 [seasons].’’
More Super times are ahead, and in case you didn’t think there is a social media rivalry between the Giants and Jets, the Giants sent out a Twitter-tweak after they punched their ticket for the Super Bowl. On the official Twitter account of the Giants yesterday it was proudly noted: “Some teams are happy getting to Conference Championship games, but #ImReallyGoodAt winning them! 5-0 all time! #ALLIN’’
Yes, the Giants and their fans are all in and again the Jets and their fans are all out.
Four years ago I drove an RV to the Super Bowl in Arizona, where the Giants pulled off the Mesa Miracle over the Patriots, and met some terrific Giants fans who are planning to hit the road to the Super Bowl again.
Greg Scharfstein, 36, and three of his buddies, Joe Irovando, John Vingara and Scott Tourville, will be heading to Indy next Thursday. Scharfstein and his crew are known as the Big Blue BBQ. You will find them staked out at parking lot J-19 at MetLife Stadium every Giants Sunday. They are fully prepared for Supe XLVI and RV II.
“I’m living the Giants dream,’’ said Scharfstein, who co-owns with his brother a small business called Cutting Edge Glass in Rockaway, N.J. Scharfstein traveled to five Giants road games this season and would not miss this Super RV journey.
“Half the fun is getting there,’’ he said.
Mike Brown, a firefighter from Mt. Vernon, is planning another RV trip to the Super Bowl with a bunch of his firefighting buddies. Brown, 47, lived the dream in Arizona, using a little New York know-how.
On the morning of the game he ran into someone wearing an “NFL Hospitality’’ badge. Brown boldly asked the gentleman if he could help arrange tickets for the game. When a polite “No’’ followed, Brown countered brashly: “Thanks for the hospitality, buddy.’’
The hospitality agent lived up to his badge, made a phone call and the next thing you knew Mike and his pals were sitting pretty in a luxury suite watching the Super Bowl for $1,000 a ducat.
“We had the greatest time, something we still talk about,” Brown said. “Now the young guys want to make this trip because of the experience we had.’’
The Giants have given their fans something special once again. For poor Jets fans this is a repeat of the ultimate Super nightmare: No matter what team wins, Giants or Patriots, they lose again.