That’s dirty, Sanchez – Jets QB Mark Sanchez picks nose and wipes it on Mark Brunell

During the first quarter of tonight’s Jets-Steelers AFC Championship game, Jets QB Mark Sanchez was caught on camera picking his nose and then unabashedly wiping it on the jersey of veteran QB Mark Burnell.
As our good friends @ticketradio tweeted: that’s dirty, Sanchez.


Video: Mark Sanchez picks nose and wipes it on Mark Brunell

New Meadowlands Stadium awarded Super Bowl XLVIII

By Jenny Vrentas/The Star-Ledger

From: http://www.nj.com/

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N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, flanked by Giants guard Chris Snee, left, and Jets center Nick Mangold, right, celebrates the announcement that the New Meadowlands Stadium will host Super Bowl XLVIII.IRVING, Tex. -- Get those hand and feet warmers ready -- the Super Bowl is coming to the Meadowlands.

Today, the NFL’s 32 owners voted to award Super Bowl XLVIII to the new $1.6 b

illion home of the Giants and Jets, placing the league’s showcase event at an outdoor, cold-weather site for the first time.

"The league, the sport has come a long way," Giants president and CEO John Mara said to the NFL Network.

The Super Bowl didn't land in New Jersey for the first time without some drama, though. The Meadowlands bid wasn't ratified until the fourth and final round of voting, when, pitted against the bid from Tampa Bay, it garnered a simple majority (at least 17 of 32 votes).

"There was a lot of drama," Giants executive vice president Steve Tisch said of the suspenseful vote. "With every round it got a little more dramatic, a little more exciting, there was a little more anxiety."

The New Jersey/New York bid, which also beat out traditional hosts South Florida for the 2014 game, was considered the favorite heading into today’s secret-ballot vote at the league meetings. Several high-profile owners had publicly backed it in recent days, and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell had called it an “attractive” option for the NFL.

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Fans in Duffy Square, in New York, celebrate the announcement that the New Meadowlands Stadium will host the Super Bowl in 2014.The three bidding cities each made a 15-minute presentation this afternoon, followed by a secret-ballot vote by the owners to determine the winner.

"It was down to two teams and two cities, two great American cities. I just believe the owners have the faith in us that in three-and-a-half years we’re going to put on a remarkable event," said Jonathan Tisch, the Giants treasurer and co-chairman of the New Jersey/New York bid committee. "The greatest game in the world will be played on the biggest stage in the world."

The historic selection could help accelerate and sweeten a naming-rights deal for the New Meadowlands Stadium. The game is also estimated to pump between tens of millions and hundreds of millions of dollars -- depending on whom you ask – into the metropolitan area. Thirty to 50 percent is expected to stay in New Jersey.

"We had a common goal to build a beautiful stadium," Steve Tisch told the NFL Network. "And we had a common goal to get the Super Bowl in 2014."

The winning bid embraced cold weather, offering self-warming seat cushions and parking lot fire pits, while trumpeting the country’s biggest stage across the river in Manhattan. Many game-week events and hotel rooms will be booked in New York City, but New Jersey is where teams will train and stay and where all game-day activities will be held.

The league waived its weather requirements -- a minimum temperature of 50 degrees, or a roof on the stadium -- to allow the Meadowlands to bid. It remains to be seen if this will be a one-time event, or if a new precedent has been set for Super Bowl bidding.

Tampa Bay is a four-time Super Bowl host, as recently as 2009. South Florida has hosted the game 10 times, more than any other city, but the league previously suggested Sun Life Stadium needs substantial improvements before the championship can return.

"I was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey," Jets owner Woody Johnson said. "To be involved in bringing something like this to the New York/New Jersey region is a tremendous thing."

When Fans Get Custom Jerseys

When your last name is Sanchez, you’re due a fair bit of teasing… at least as a kid. But when you play for the Jets, creative fans with custom jerseys will pick up the torch and continue the mockery no matter how old you are.

Jets upset about home games on Jewish holidays

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr., AP

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets, upset about being scheduled for home games on consecutive Sundays in direct conflict with Jewish holidays, sent NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a letter Thursday asking that one of the game times be changed.

The Jets' home opener is Week 2 against New England at 1 p.m. on Sept. 20, which falls during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. New York then plays Tennessee at 4:15 p.m. the following Sunday, with Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, beginning at sundown.

In the letter to Goodell, owner Woody Johnson suggested the game against the Titans be changed to a 1 p.m. start to give Jewish fans time to arrive home before sundown.

``I am extremely disappointed with the league's decision to schedule us to play at home on consecutive Sundays that are in direct conflict with the Jewish High Holy Days,'' Johnson wrote. ``There has long been an understanding that neither the Jets nor the Giants fans should have to bear completely the brunt of this issue since we are in the largest Jewish market in the country.''

Jets officials called the league offices first on Wednesday to express their concern, and Johnson followed with a formal letter Thursday.

``We were not contacted prior to this decision,'' Johnson said. ``We are flexible and would have been more than happy to work with the league to accommodate as many of our fans as possible.''

Brian McCarthy, the NFL's vice president of corporate communications, said the league received the letter and was reviewing it.

The Giants are on the road for both weeks, with games at Dallas at 8:20 p.m. in Week 2, and at Tampa, Fla., at 1 p.m. in Week 3.