Live from Falcons versus Saints: Welcome to the Egg Bowl!
Borrowing a Mississippi custom, the winner of tonight's game gets a handsome egg trophy. (AP photo)
By now, you’ve heard that some workers at Hartsfield-Jackson greeted the arrival of the New Orleans Saints by pelting a team bus with eggs. What the humorless Saints apparently failed to grasp was that the throwing of eggs is an Atlanta welcoming tradition. Like draping a lei around an arriving tourist is in Hawaii. Or like tossing beads is during Mardi Gras.
Wait a second. Scratch that last one.
As if this rivalry of Big Ben Right and Drew Brees rubbing it in needed more fuel, the egg toss surely supplied it. These teams, as you know, despise one another. The Falcons hate the Saints because the Saints keep beating them and laughing about it. The Saints hate the Falcons because the Falcons never seem to get the yolk … er, joke. (And also because of Roddy White. Don’t forget Roddy White.)
Cold numbers in a heated series: The Saints have won 11 of the past 13 games against the Falcons and seven of nine since the advent of Dimitroff/Smith/Ryan. Yes, it’s getting old. Yes, it’s time for the Falcons to beat this team, which on the record isn’t all that good. Yes, I believe it will happen tonight.
And with that, the figurative floor is again open. I’ll be here to watch, comment and toss out the ceremonial first egg. I invite you to join me, and I promise to do my best to see that all of y’all have an eggcellent time.
By Mark Bradley
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Deanna
November 29th, 2012
11:06 pm
How come our offense looks slow and tired? They haven’t been on the field but 2 minutes in the last hour?
Sam
November 29th, 2012
11:06 pm
Konz is horrible
jbill
November 29th, 2012
11:06 pm
The Falcons needs TD.forget the FG
me
November 29th, 2012
11:06 pm
ay Dubu
November 29th, 2012
11:05 pm
How can the Saints defense be rated so poorly compared to the rest of the league, and manhandle the Falcons like this for the 2nd time this season?
Falcons lit them up the first game. But you were probably passed out after the first qtr.
FALKONFAN13
November 29th, 2012
11:06 pm
Commm mon Ryan
kerryb
November 29th, 2012
11:06 pm
Why is Ryan all of a sudden getting so many tipped balls?
Al
November 29th, 2012
11:06 pm
Never seen so many tipped passes as i do with ryan
MenVsBoys
November 29th, 2012
11:06 pm
Saints DLIne just abuses us.
Coach D
November 29th, 2012
11:07 pm
What happened to the old draw play??? I think one would work here.
Michael M.
November 29th, 2012
11:07 pm
lol Deanna
me
November 29th, 2012
11:07 pm
#66 for the Falcons is killing us.
Great Falconi
November 29th, 2012
11:07 pm
Dirk Koetter gets an F-minus tonight. This has been a terrible gameplan tonight.
phil
November 29th, 2012
11:07 pm
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
MenVsBoys
November 29th, 2012
11:07 pm
Time to make plays.
Falcons65
November 29th, 2012
11:07 pm
We have to have this.
Coach D
November 29th, 2012
11:07 pm
Well, maybe not….
jo
November 29th, 2012
11:07 pm
Need to keep moving the ball. Td might ice this game but we need at least a fg to win because nola will score another td at a minimal.
Roy
November 29th, 2012
11:07 pm
HUGE 3rd down play right here. HUGE
Al
November 29th, 2012
11:07 pm
Drive always stalls
Flowery Branch Yellow Jacket
November 29th, 2012
11:07 pm
With the exception of the TD pass to Gonzalez, can anyone remember another pass down the field for the Falcons? They all seem to be little short passes, either across the middle or to either side. Why are we not trying to go deep at least every once in a while?
MenVsBoys
November 29th, 2012
11:08 pm
Time to convert. Finally!
Great Falconi
November 29th, 2012
11:08 pm
Hey. A first down.
Falcons65
November 29th, 2012
11:08 pm
Got it.
phil
November 29th, 2012
11:08 pm
Stay in bounds, you idiot!!!
SCFalcon
November 29th, 2012
11:08 pm
Frist Down!!
Growler
November 29th, 2012
11:08 pm
FINALLY A 3RD DOWN CONVERSION!
me
November 29th, 2012
11:08 pm
kerryb
November 29th, 2012
11:06 pm
Why is Ryan all of a sudden getting so many tipped balls?
Because the oline sucks.
falconsrus
November 29th, 2012
11:08 pm
Juliooooooooo dat
Michael M.
November 29th, 2012
11:08 pm
I smell the Saints season coming to an end right here
Roy
November 29th, 2012
11:08 pm
That just might do it. But we need a TD for good measure.
Wow.
November 29th, 2012
11:08 pm
Sam Baker sux! Always has and alway will.
SCFalcon
November 29th, 2012
11:08 pm
Run clock run.
Coach D
November 29th, 2012
11:09 pm
Take that to the facemask Vilma… Go Julio!!!!!
SCFalcon
November 29th, 2012
11:09 pm
Yes TD
Mark
November 29th, 2012
11:09 pm
How come we don’t get to the markers on 3rd down. Even the last one Julio had to run it after the catch.
kerryb
November 29th, 2012
11:09 pm
That was a stupid play call
me
November 29th, 2012
11:09 pm
Just horrible blocking.
jo
November 29th, 2012
11:09 pm
That was big but we need more yards to get into fg range because our kicking game has been bad lately…
Al
November 29th, 2012
11:09 pm
Like I said. Always stalls
phil
November 29th, 2012
11:09 pm
Pathetic…..
Boooooooo!!!!!
Great Falconi
November 29th, 2012
11:09 pm
Terrible loss there. Jesus Christ. Come on.
Roy
November 29th, 2012
11:09 pm
I just want to laugh at Curtis Lofton. He’s on a team that could potentially be 5-7 after this one and his season over, but the Falcons would be 11-1 with the NFC South locked up.
MenVsBoys
November 29th, 2012
11:09 pm
Everybody reads our screens!
Sam
November 29th, 2012
11:09 pm
Now out of the fg range
Section 212
November 29th, 2012
11:09 pm
That play may have just cost us the game!
jo
November 29th, 2012
11:09 pm
Pathetic again…
Al
November 29th, 2012
11:10 pm
WTH was that????
Great Falconi
November 29th, 2012
11:10 pm
Hey. Another checkdown to Snelling. That’s working out.
MenVsBoys
November 29th, 2012
11:10 pm
Well that fizzled
Sam
November 29th, 2012
11:10 pm
Idiots