Sunday is so much more than just gameday. Follow retired 3X NFL Champion Devin McCourty as he explores a different side of Sundays on the BMW Tailgate Tour. We're searching for the best tailgates in the galaxy and hearing from fans of your favorite teams on what makes their tailgate a cut above the rest. This episode we're in New York and these fans still brought the HEAT in the freezing weather. You know we're pulling up in style to each stop in the 2024 BMW X5 xDrive50e. A plug-in hybrid SUV that’s powerful and stylish – combining the benefits of an electric vehicle with the flexibility of a combustion engine. Learn more at https://www.bmwusa.com/
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00:00 Good food, good people, really good drinks.
00:04 I'm phenomenal! I'm a nab now!
00:08 Do the Giants get to win tonight?
00:10 What's up playmakers, it's Devin McCourty. This is BMW Tailgate Tour.
00:14 For football fans, Sunday is so much more than just a game.
00:20 It's an experience you can't find anywhere else.
00:22 I'm bringing you an inside look on how fans of your favorite team really get down.
00:27 As always, you know I'm here in style with the BMW X5 Hybrid.
00:32 I've been in a lot of SUVs, but nothing touching this.
00:35 Let me show you.
00:37 Let me show you what we're working with in the truck.
00:39 You can see right here we got all this trunk space, all the tailgate essentials ready to go.
00:56 I think the cool thing about New York, Green Bay, that fan base is all about energy.
01:03 These are deep, traditional teams. These fans, they don't just cheer when these teams win.
01:09 All in, giving everything they got. They don't care about the weather.
01:13 There's nothing like getting in the car and just feeling like you're in something that is futuristic
01:21 or something that you've never been in before.
01:23 As soon as I got in today, I'm looking at the dashboard, I'm seeing everything, the lights.
01:29 I think it just all kind of blends well together, meshes well.
01:33 It makes you feel like you're in a spaceship about to go on one of those great journeys
01:39 that you tell your kids about someday.
01:41 The space that you have in the car, that allows you to get up, go to sporting events,
01:47 go to a tailgate, but also be ready to go to a dance recital because you've got to have that versatility.
01:52 Many times I've been in this stadium.
01:55 Luckily, though, a lot of times for me I walk away with a victory, so New York fans weren't too happy.
02:00 This is the first time where I'm going to a game and I'm like, "Man, we're about to tailgate.
02:06 We're about to have some fun." And just be a fan.
02:09 Just cheer on, get excited about the guys that are about to play today.
02:13 The coaching staff, this is my first time doing that other than going to youth football games.
02:19 Y'all see the car, you see all the capabilities. Now let's go get some fan interviews.
02:24 All right, so y'all might not know, but my favorite thing in life is twins.
02:30 I'm a twin. We got twins right here.
02:33 All right, we grew up Giants fans, diehard Giants fans.
02:37 Who's more of a Giant fan?
02:40 Like, who's going to be out here no matter the weather, showing up?
02:44 Which one of you?
02:45 I hate to say it, but it's got to be both of us, to be honest with you.
02:47 We're here every week. Not the answer you're looking for, but every week.
02:51 All right, I see what kind of twins we're dealing with here. We're going to have to go deep.
02:56 What is a go-to thing that you bring to every tailgate?
02:59 Got to be beer and food. Can't not have it.
03:03 We like to do the food of the away team, so we like to change it up every week.
03:07 You know, like, Phil will do cheesesteaks and whatnot.
03:10 It changes every week, but you got to have the staples, the hot dogs, burgers, and some cold beer.
03:16 We get a little crazy. The Jets came this year, we roasted a pig.
03:18 So you got to make sure the Jets fan know who is a real good tailgate.
03:21 So, they had a little pig going out here. It was awesome.
03:23 What would be the perfect Christmas gift, or Hanukkah, whatever gift,
03:28 during the holiday season that the Giants can give you?
03:30 Let's spoil Philly's Christmas in Philly on Christmas Day. That would be number one.
03:35 I'm for that. Why not run the table? You know, it's not over yet. Might as well keep going for it.
03:39 I'm going to text Brian Dable and say, "There's two twins in the parking lot. Get it done, Dable. Get it done."
03:46 All right, we just found the best bus in the parking lot.
03:50 How long have you guys had this tailgate bus?
03:53 And what was the idea? How did you come up with, like, let's make a Giants tailgate bus?
03:58 So, we've had it for about six years now.
04:00 Me and my dad used to come. We got the tickets when the stadium opened.
04:04 We used to come in a conversion van, the two of us.
04:06 And then, came up, we found the bus. We were like, "We got to do it."
04:10 So, did it, painted it up, and been doing it ever since.
04:14 What is the one or two things that you guys always make sure the bus is fully equipped with when you come to games on Sunday?
04:22 Good food, good people, really good drinks. You got to get them.
04:29 That is the key to the tailgate.
04:31 You need one gift from your New York football team. What do you want them to give you?
04:37 Oh, it's a W. Always a win.
04:39 Alright, last question. You got on one of the legendary New York football team, LT Lawrence Taylor.
04:47 Why this jersey? Why tonight?
04:49 He is when the Giants were great. It's hard to buy jerseys nowadays.
04:54 So, you got to rock the classics. Greatest defense player of all time. MVP of the league.
04:59 You got to represent LT.
05:01 There you go. I don't know much about being a Giant.
05:04 They took a Super Bowl away from me, but I love hanging out with the Giants right now.
05:08 Alright, we found our first mixed tailgate. You can see right here we got New York, we got Green Bay.
05:17 First, tell me, what is it like when you come together for a tailgate and you know, like, we family, we close, but I'm not rooting for your team. I hate you tonight.
05:27 But that's what makes it fun. You got to mix it up a little.
05:30 With the New York Giants, it is amazing to talk trash.
05:33 Alright, he's all in the spread of love today, but you got Tommy DeVito.
05:39 Jersey boy.
05:41 We feeling excited?
05:42 Jersey, of course. We're feeling excited for a Jersey boy.
05:45 What has been your favorite Super Bowl, the last two Super Bowls that the Giants won?
05:50 David Tyree, you got to say beating the unbeaten, the 19-0 Patriots that didn't happen. I mean, come on. Those were some memorable moments. Come on.
06:00 I'm a former Patriot, so you didn't have to go there. That's kind of a sensitive subject, but I understand what you did there.
06:08 You got it right here. Championship organizations going at it. You got to love it.
06:13 Alright, it's getting competitive out here. We were just over there at a Green Bay bus, but they didn't quite have the grill. How y'all got the grill going? What's on the grill tonight?
06:23 So, this grill here is our newest version we just got. It's our fourth one with our new giant bus. See our giant bus?
06:32 So, we got a wheel of sausage. We got burgers. We got chicken nuggets. We got hot sausage. I was making chicken cubs before Tommy was making them.
06:46 I love it.
06:48 I want you guys to enjoy. We've been hanging out. I've been a giant fan since about '67. We started hanging out here in 1976, and then we combined tailgates in 2007, and now we have a nice crowd.
07:05 Now, we don't get the big crowd because the Giants are 4-8. If they're 5-8 tonight, right? And then we got to beat the Rams and the Saints. We'll be 7-8, and then I think we got to play the Birds, right?
07:19 And a chance to go to the playoffs.
07:21 And then we might get to the playoffs, but tonight's a big night. It's a big night.
07:25 I love how you just rattled off the rest of the schedule like it was nothing.
07:29 Shout out, not just a birthday. The man is cooking on his birthday. He's cheffing it up. It's his birthday. He's got his light on. Look at this.
07:37 He's like a miner. He's like a miner.
07:39 This is a special guy right here.
07:42 I think Leo is bringing that New York fever. Do the Giants get to win tonight?
07:49 Let's go. Yeah, I think we're going to win tonight. Yeah.
07:55 We got a tailgate, but you can't just come to a tailgate and not get some food. Here we go. Here we go. I appreciate it.
08:01 My brother. Manjada. Manjada, as Tommy DeVito would say. Manjada. Manja.
08:10 Ready? Repeat after me.
08:20 Man, we're wrapping up. It's cold out here. It didn't stop those New York fans.
08:25 They brought it through all conditions. My favorite main character, Leo on the grill.
08:31 He's flipping burgers. He's cooking pizza, sausages.
08:34 He had it all cooking today. And most importantly, it was his birthday.
08:38 You got to love a man that will cook on his birthday. Big shout out, Leo.
08:42 We had Lawrence Taylor jerseys. We had people talking about Super Bowls.
08:47 They just know one thing. They want this New York team to bring another Super Bowl to New York/New Jersey.
08:54 Got to love the New York fan base.
08:56 All right. That's it for me here at the New York tailgate.
08:59 But we'll see you at the next stop on the BMW tailgate tour.
09:03 You don't want to miss this. Let's go.
09:05 [Music]