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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Great Falconi
November 29th, 2012
11:24 pm
Ahhh, Turner.
Section 212
November 29th, 2012
11:24 pm
There was down by contact
LOL at The Aints
November 29th, 2012
11:24 pm
Nothing comes easy,
Pigskin
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
Ballgame???
Roy
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
The refs should have blown that whistle! They saw Turner fighting!
jbill
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
Thats BS….
Michael M.
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
YEEEEEEEEEEEES 11111111111111111 GO SAINTS
MenVsBoys
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
You gotta be smart in this position. Should have been a whistle though. But probably not.
FALKONFAN13
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
Great effort Turner but get down IDIOT!
Sam
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
Wow. These refs are horrible. The nfl should fire these guys
Al
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
Down by contact but wtf. Fall to the ground when they try to strip!!! MORONS @ gt and the falcons
Coach D
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
Holy smoke!!! Our only hope is # 79 grazing him with his shoulder pad!!!!! Say it ain’t so!!!!!
Jay Dubu
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
The regular officials have been almost as bad as the replacements were, but no one complains as loudly!!!
phil
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory….
Your super Bowl bound Falcons. Lol
kingdaddy
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
He was down back at the spot of the fumble.(if it even was a fumble) that’s bs…
sid
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
regardless of how this turns out Turner should be gone ASAP.
Roy
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
Bottom line…Turner needs to hold onto that ball…but knowing the lovefest the refs and the NFL have for the Saints, they’ll rule it a TD.
jbill
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
Forward motion had stop
Growler
November 29th, 2012
11:25 pm
That has to be down by contact, right ? Can’t believe Turner just didn’t go down. Boneheaded decison there.
me
November 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
This officials are a joke. All of the talk about how the integrity of the officiating was so bad with the replacement refs. These clowns are no better.
Turners forward progress was stopped for 2 secs.
Even if it is a fumble. The guy who picked up the fumble was down by contact.
More pathetic officiating.
kerryb
November 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
He was getting ganged and pushed back and there;s no whistle. Are these still the replacement refs???
SCFalcon
November 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
Stupid zebras helping the aint’s…… Ever since the reopened the sewer dome, the refs have been in their hip pocket.
Bring back the replacements!!!!!!
mars=lifetime dawg
November 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
How long does a runner stay in one place before a whistle sounds???
JK
November 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
This is on the refs. Forward progress had clearly stopped for three or four seconds. No surprise given they weren’t calling the holding all night.
blame game
November 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
this sucs
Michael M.
November 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
Too little too late for the Caints……………..Falcons still win this won…………………….go suck eggs until next year Aints and their fans………………………
The Hitman
November 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
Just when I was starting to like Turner again, he fumbles. I hate him!
phil
November 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
Giving them the fumble, Turner was touching the guy when he was on the ground.
USMC DAWG
November 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
You would think as fat as Michael Turner is he could just fall on the friggin ground!
Great Falconi
November 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
Kinda hard to fall to the ground when three guys are holding you up.
Roy
November 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
HERE HOPING SAINTS TD
Never First, Just the Best!
November 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
Well they have to check with the Comish to see if he wants to give the Saints a TD.
Mark
November 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
Slow Mo Turner with a 10 point lead playing kill the man with the ball with the Saints rather than going down like he did every time since the 1st quarter. All of a sudden he wants to run hard.
Big Crimson 75
November 29th, 2012
11:27 pm
Weak attempt by roddy to stop the return TD.
NO ball at 30.
Bree’s still has a chance to extend TD streak.
SCFalcon
November 29th, 2012
11:27 pm
As long as it takes for the aint’s to strip it…….
UGA Season Ticket Holder since 1986
November 29th, 2012
11:27 pm
First, the refs let that play go on WAY TOO LONG!!! Second, I swear to you that I heard a whistle before the Saints player took off. I swear to you I heard a whistle before the Saints player took off. But they let that play go on way to long. The refs did stop the play before the Saints player took off.
USMC DAWG
November 29th, 2012
11:28 pm
Michael,,,, Fall on your fat a$$!
FALKONFAN13
November 29th, 2012
11:28 pm
The whistle should have been blown! WTF are the refs thinking about? They are just watching the DAM play waiting for something to happen!
El Snipero
November 29th, 2012
11:28 pm
Saints fans. The NFC South is officially no longer yours.
And no playoffs for you. Ha!
Raiderbeater
November 29th, 2012
11:28 pm
I heard a whistle. Did anyone else?
Falcaints
November 29th, 2012
11:28 pm
Same old Falcons, why is Turner still a Falcon ? He could not start for any other team in the league.
SCFalcon
November 29th, 2012
11:28 pm
This is total BS!
phil
November 29th, 2012
11:28 pm
There was a whistle…
It was just a ref celebrating the turnover.
me
November 29th, 2012
11:28 pm
I counted on the replay and Turner was pushed around for 4 secs with no forward progress. What a horrible miss by the officials. 4 secs of getting mugged.
Jay Dubu
November 29th, 2012
11:28 pm
Why did the ref blow the whistle, and then trail the guy down field as though nothing had happened.
Get the replacements back!!!!
Great Falconi
November 29th, 2012
11:28 pm
I don’t care how fat you are. If a bunch of guys are holding you up to strip the ball, they will eventually get it if the whistle isn’t blown.
jbill
November 29th, 2012
11:28 pm
Thats what happens when you get to conservative…go down damn it.
El Snipero
November 29th, 2012
11:28 pm
How do you want your departing eggs? Poached or over easy?
If you’re Brees, I think “scrambled” is the way to go.
Thanks for the 4 INTs, sucker.
J.J.M.
November 29th, 2012
11:28 pm
turner fat ass
Coach D
November 29th, 2012
11:28 pm
Now we have a chance for another pick….