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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A die-hard Jets fan from New Dorp who drove the 720 miles to Indianapolis with two friends to watch his beloved team take on the Colts was set upon by a vicious assailant who fractured his skull.  Doctors had to insert a metal plate in his head.  “I’m not looking too cute right now,” said Robert Formola, 30, who as a result of the brutal assault Sunday outside Lucas Oil Stadium suffered a “depressed skull fracture with contusion to temporal lobe,” according to the medical report. Formola, an account manager with Prompt Mailers on Staten Island, spoke to the Advance from the recovery room in Wishard Memorial Hospital. Besides the titanium plate in the left side of his head, Formola has 30 staples running along his hairline and may never again be able to play two other sports he loves, hockey and softball. “Say what you will about the Meadowlands, but they have people protecting you,” he said. “After I was hit, my friends couldn’t get an event security guard — no cops at all.”

Now listen world.  I know the Jets are set up to dominate the NFL for years to come.  I know their head coach has become a smash hit fuckin superstar with New York City and the rest of the country.  I know they have a poised and talented quarterback ready to run the show for the next decade.  An emerging stud running back in Shonn Greene coupled with Leon Washington returning from injury next year.  A marauding defense who will only be bolstered by the return of their most talented player Kris Jenkins.  These things are all apparent.  So I know you’re all green with jealousy.  But how about you start acting like civilized humans instead of fucking animals?

Police brutality, unprovoked tasings, fracturing skulls through brutal assault?  Say what you want about the Jets and their fanbase showing confidence and swagger about the franchise but nobody from New York is bashing heads like neanderthals.  Sounds like Bobby Formola is gonna be alright but lets hope he’s fully healthy for the Super Bowl run in 2010.