T-Rock's Take on the Giants

A few other notes from the Blue Carpet entrance to the ring ceremony:

Zak DeOssie was the first to arrive. He said said he remembers getting hit on the head by his father's Super Bowl ring when he was younger. This is a lot different than the way they used to do things. The previous Super Bowl champions were given their rings in a "ceremony" in the film room at the Stadium on the first day of minicamp.

The crowd that gathered at the entrance to Tiffany & Co. was mixed with Giants fans who were there by appointment and passers-by who stumbled on the show. Many pedestrians had to ask what was going on. "The Giants? That's a football team, right?" asked one woman who was told what was happening.

Most of the players and coaches rolled in in three charter buses helped by a police escort. Some of the other players provided their own transportation and came in limos and luxury SUVs. They were dropped off on 57th Street and walked in the Fifth Ave. entrance to the store.

Here's the fashion report I promised: The best-dressed was R.W. McQuarters in a three-piece suit. Most players simply wore suits and open-collar shirts. Yes, O'Hara's hair was neatly combed. No, Eli did not wear a tie.

Free-agent departure Gibril Wilson said he flew in from Atlanta today for the ceremony. "A couple of guys told me about it and I was like 'Man, I gotta get up there to get my ring'" he said. "These are my boys, the guys that I came in with. To accomplish what we accomplished was a great thing and we're going to be linked forever." another free-agent former Giant, Kawika Mitchell said getting his ring "seals the deal."

Lt. Col. Greg Gadson walked into the building on his prosthetic legs. He said he was touched to be included in the ring ceremony by the Giants. He said having a Super Bowl ring will mean somethin different from his other piece of jewelry, his West Point class ring. But he said he's got two hands so he can wear one on each.

And Brandon Jacobs wasn't too thrilled about the timing of the ring ceremony since the team begins its OTAs tomorrow morning. "I think it's terrible timing. We can't really go out and enojy getting your ring and everything. But a lot of guys are excited to get it. Instead of making us work tomorrow they could have pushed the work back and still gotten our rings tonight, but that's not how it goes. We have to get up in the morning and get ready to go to work and work towards another one of these things."

Strahan won't have that problem.

Asked what he'll be thinking when he's presented his ring, Jacobs said "We upset their (butts)."

Strahan, by the way, showed up escorted by Eddie Murphy's ex-wife Nicole.