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Aug/14

JETS FEST 2014: FAMILY NIGHT

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Aug/14
The Jets are getting ready for the Giants game by holding an open practice at Hofstra on August 21

The Jets are getting ready for the Giants preseason game by holding an open practice at Hofstra on August 21

Hofstra University
1000 Fulton Ave., Hempstead
Thursday, August 21, free with advance registration, 3:30
www.newyorkjets.com

Hey, the Jets are 2–0, baby! Sure, it’s only preseason, but ya gotta take ’em wherever you can get ’em. Yes, we freely admit that we are longtime Gang Green fans, which is like living in a state of perpetual dental surgery without anesthesia, only worse. (However, there’s always lots of nitrous oxide, because it tends to get pretty funny. Of course, we only laugh when it hurts.) We might always have Super Bowl III, but that was forty-five years ago. Since then it’s been a parade of, well, you can insert your own phrase here. But we’re not about to give up, not with Geno Smith behind center, Michael Vick on the bench, and the best defense in the NFL. (At least that’s what Rexie and the team keep telling us. They’re nothing if not optimistic.) Anyway, the Jets will be getting ready for their annual preseason showdown with the Giants this weekend at MetLife Stadium by participating the day before in Jets Fest at their old home base of Hofstra University on Long Island. (You can print out your free advance tickets here.) On Thursday from 3:30 to 5:00, fans can go on rides, get alumni autographs, listen to live music, get their face painted in team colors, and scarf down plenty of football food. At 5:30, the Flight Crew and Aviators will kick off game-day festivities, including player introductions in which the Jets will enter through a tunnel lined with lucky Kids Club members, followed by a field-goal contest. And then the Jets will hold an open practice prior to their final home preseason game, when they take on Big Blue on August 22. (Let’s not mention what happened at last year’s battle.) The Jets will head to Philadelphia on August 28 for their last preseason game; the regular season begins September 7 against the Raiders at MetLife Stadium. What will this year bring? Butt fumbles or the playoffs? Intercepted shovel passes or the Super Bowl? All we can say is, bring out the nitrous oxide. Now.