BleedinBlue Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Both T.O. and Michael Strahan are at the Kentucky Derby (race begins in a few minutes) and both were stopped for interviews. T.O. was alone without a date and all dressed up. He was decent enough and was carrying a bag of popcorn and telling the cameras to "get your popcorn ready". He said he didn't know anything about horses so he was betting his money on "Cowboy Cal" because the horse had the name "cowboy" in it (42-1 odds....duhhh). Billy Bush (the interviewer) busted his chops about not going to the superbowl and T.O. took it well. T.O. said he felt they had made some good improvements off season and were going to be a better team this year and hopefully get to the superbowl. Fifteen minutes later, a dressed to the nines Strahan and his companion, Nicole Murphy was stopped on the red carpet. When Strahan was interviewed, he was his usual confident jovial self, big grins and hamming it up with the interviewer (Billy Bush....a huge Giants fan). After a few yuks, he was hit between the eyes with...."are you coming back to play this season?"...so of course I immediately turned the TV up. He said he hasn't made up his mind yet....just like last year. He said, "I wake up in the morning and sometimes I really want to play more football....but I also wake up some mornings and I feel like I don't want to play anymore football". Then he said, "I have to be honest, I wake up a lot more mornings not wanting to play anymore football than I do wanting to play". Billy Bush told him that he and the Giants fans deserved to have him come back and play one more season. Bush practically pleaded with him to come back which drew a huge grin out of Strahan. It was a good interview. Who knows.....he'll probably be back simply because he doesn't have another job lined up (ala Tiki) and it's a lot of money to pass up when you got nothing else coming in. I hope he does anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gateb Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Job offers would flow in by the second if Strahan announced he retired. Good stuff otherwise. T.O.'s popcorn schtick is really old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jranieli Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 If he was going to retire, he would have done it already. He will be back but using the same tactics as last year. We will see him back at the end of camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGBLUE01 Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 He'll be back. No training camp, then he'll be back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 If he was going to retire, he would have done it already. He will be back but using the same tactics as last year. We will see him back at the end of camp. I don't blame him. Those two-a-days are a bitch. I think he will be back because he's really enjoying himself out there. He's by far the fan favorite and after winning the SB, why not try to repeat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorBanksCarsonVanPelt Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Nicole sure wants him to come back...pocket a few more millions...then go onto the post football life. Sans peanut butter sandwiches hopefully.....the peanut butter makes him a little too uptight for my tastes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandolphScott Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 I don't blame him. Those two-a-days are a bitch. I think he will be back because he's really enjoying himself out there. He's by far the fan favorite and after winning the SB, why not try to repeat? Giants won't have him practice twice a day, you can pretty much guarantee that.. especially after last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeef2 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 "I have to be honest, I wake up a lot more mornings not wanting to play anymore football than I do wanting to play". For this statement alone, if I were the Giants, I would make sure he comes back on the team's terms, or not at all. It's been a nice run, capped off with the biggest victory in franchise history. But Strahan doesn't have nearly the incentive to come back strong this year that he did last year. He was coming off a very expensive divorce, and didn't stand to make nearly as much as an analyst as he would now. Now, he's won a Super Bowl, he's in a little better position financially, and there'd be a bidding war among the networks for his services. He still stands to make more money on the field, so he'd prefer to cash in one last time. But he knows this would probably be his last year regardless, so there's really no incentive to put up big numbers once his name has been signed on the dotted line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Strahan played a monster game in the Super Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmenroc Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 I see him coming back for one more go at the superbowl. The rest of the team is young and talented. After this season, he can ride off into the sunset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herc Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 he can do whatever he wants as far as im concerned. his career plus the superbowl gives him ton of goodwill as far as im concerned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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