This is a giant edition of Smithology.
Today, we examine the very name of Monday night’s opponent. The New York Football Giants (as they are legally named) earned their label from the New York Giants Major League Baseball team. Rumor has it that the New York baseball team, which originally was referred to as the Gothams, was eventually dubbed by many as the Giants after a locker room speech by manager Jim Mutrie in which he referred to his team as “My big fellows! My Giants!”
So now, 90 years after the Football Giants came into existence, the name remains the same.