About
This Cache:
New
York Jets
(AFL: 1960
– 1969
NFL: 1970 - Present)
1968 AFL-NFL
Super Bowl Champions (III)
Five Facts about the New York Jets:
·
Bill
Parcells is the only coach to have coached as an away team in his
own home stadium for two different teams. He did this for the New
York Giants when they played away against the New York Jets, and
then he did it again as the coach of the Jets when they played away
against the Giants.
·
In
1967, Joe Namath became the first professional Quarterback to pass
for over 4,000 yards.
·
Jets
quarterback Mark Sanchez was the first rookie quarterback in NFL
history to start his career out with a record of 3-0.
·
The
New York Jets were originally known as the New York Titans for
their first three years until they were sold to a new ownership
group who named them the Jets.
·
Neither
the New York Jets or the New York Giants play any of their games in
New York, they both play in New Jersey..
Now
about the cache: Week
3: Slight change of pace. Within our series we plan on throwing a
few different types of caches out there, so here is a puzzle for
you. This puzzle is not the most challenging puzzles out there;
however it will take some time/research to obtain the numbers. This
cache is not a park and grab of any kind. The coordinates posted
are not where the cache is located. To obtain the location of the
final cache, solve the additional trivia listed below and solve the
puzzle. The cache is hidden in typical fashion, but the hike to the
cache might prove to be slightly more challenging just as the road
the super bowl tends to be. Muggles should not be that much of a
problem on this one. One thing to note, this cache is not
accessible from I85! Do
not attempt to retrieve from I85! Remember
to keep track of your playbook for the series.
Puzzle:
A: [How old was Rex Ryan when he
became the Jet’s head coach?] minus
[What jersey number did Joe Namath wear?]
B: [How many fans can the new
Meadowlands stadium hold?] minus [What was the
maximum number of seating in the old Giants Stadium?]
minus [Total number of points scored by the 1968
Jets (including post season points)] minus
[The total weight of 3 players the Jets drafted in the 2009
draft (at the time of the draft)? ***Hint: nfl.com/draft is more
accurate than wikipedia.*** ] minus [What
draft position did the Jets draft the defensive end Terry Day?]
plus [What draft position did the Jets draft the
Running Back Blair Thomas?]
C: [Which Super Bowl will be
hosted at the new Meadowlands stadium?] minus
[The jersey number of the player who was drafted in the first
round in 1996] minus [As of 2009, How many
super bowls have the Jets won?]
D: [As of 2009, how many former
Jets Players have been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of
Fame?] times [For the 2009 season, How many
flight crew members were there?] plus [How
many points did the Jets score in the Wildcard playoffs in the 2002
season against the Colts?]
Final Coordinates:
N 35
C.D
W 080
A.B
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
About The Series:
"ROAD
TO THE SUPER BOWL"
Welcome to the NFL football
season. What would the NFL season be like without a new football
cache series to find? Throughout the football weeks, bluepant and
mob1971, will be hiding a series of different style NFL team
caches. These caches hope to excite the football fanatics and also
teach the not so football savvy some things about each team. These
caches will provide clues and information to our Super Bowl cache
finale called "Road to the Super Bowl"
PRESEASON
GAMES (Teaser caches, does not include the needed hints for the
series finale cache):
DALLAS
TEXANS and
CANTON
BULLDOGS
Series Finale:
Stage 1 – Playbook
Stage 2 – Super Bowl
Each cache
will contain a trivia question about that team that could be
critical to finding the final cache "Road to the Super Bowl".
Please make sure you take time to read your playbook and keep up
with the questions and answers in preparation for the FINAL exam.
Please DO
NOT POST any of the answers or questions in
your logs. If you have any questions regarding the trivia
questions, feel free to email bluepant or mob1971. The FINAL
playbook will contain a variety of questions from the above caches
in order to obtain the "Road to the Super Bowl" coordinates
(HINT:
Answers to FINAL playbook will come from a number of caches you
found during the season, so I would hate for you to try to skip one
or two of the caches and miss a question). Have fun and enjoy this
series.