NYC vs. Philly: Battle of the Big Cheeses in the NFC

Forget the fact that the NY Giants don't actually play in New York. To NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg, the Super Bowl Champion Football Giants are enough of "his" team to place a wager against the Philadelphia Mayor on last weekend's NFC Divisional Playoff game.

In this wager, it's all about cheese. Cheese steaks vs. cheesecakes. If the Giants won, Philly Mayor Nutter was to send a sampling of five cheese steaks from popular shops across Philadelphia. If the Eagles were triumphant, Mayor Bloomberg was to send a giant New York-style cheesecake from the Carnegie Deli in Manhattan.

The Eagles buried the Champion Giants. Mayor Nutter's going to savoring every bit of his cheesecake this week.

At Our Civic Pride, we're wondering if NYC could have done better. Cheesecakes? We guess it works in that this could be billed as the "Battle of the Big Cheeses". The cheesesteaks are a great ante from Philly. Can't be topped. The only qualm we have with the ante is the volume. 5 steaks? From 5 different places? I'll take 5 Pat's and 5 Gino's and call it a day.

Bottomline: 2 great sports towns celebrating the NFC playoff's in true political fashion: with a nice cheese-friendly wager. Philly's really carrying the weight here with the steaks, so we'll give it 25 Daleys.