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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LOL at The Aints
November 29th, 2012
8:53 pm
Good Job D,, playing with a intensity i havent seen in a while,, and speaking of Seen LOL
Michael M.
November 29th, 2012
8:54 pm
Need another touchdown on this series to sink the dagger in the Caints…………….
phil
November 29th, 2012
8:54 pm
Brees makes me want to retch in a bowl….
DawgNole
November 29th, 2012
8:54 pm
Filter issues again, MB. Two of mine in there. Disappointing.
kingdaddy
November 29th, 2012
8:54 pm
Brees can’t take hits. Why can’t our OL protect like theirs???
Michael M.
November 29th, 2012
8:55 pm
Saints make me want to throw up……………I hate that team
Seen This B4
November 29th, 2012
8:55 pm
ahh…………..ahhh
phil
November 29th, 2012
8:55 pm
Emotion always burns out eventually….
We need another TD, right now!
lees
November 29th, 2012
8:55 pm
Does look like the Birds are mission driven tonight.
Jimmy
November 29th, 2012
8:55 pm
Turner hitting the hole very well.
LOL at The Aints
November 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
Great blocking tonight, so far,
DawgNole
November 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
Where’s Turner been all season?
godless heathen
November 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
No running back is going to make yards without holes.
SoGaDawg
November 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
Somebody had a MEETIN this week with some coaches! Dad gum Turner!!!!!!
Todd grantham
November 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
I think Brees is starting to crack.
Big Crimson 75
November 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
Maybe Ol’ Lousaka wasn’t doing us any favors.
Michael M.
November 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
Turner has 67 yards already…………….say what ???????????????????
kingdaddy
November 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
Michael the egg-turner…lol…
Jimmy
November 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
Turner playing with some urgency tonight.
Iluvnutella
November 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
hey Saints fans, ur food is AWESOME!. Ur town, ur team and ur fans all Suuck big fat ones. Dont like it?
COME AT ME BRO!
we steal ruin this state
November 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
Welcome home, Michael Turner. We’ve missed you.
phil
November 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
Ryan looks horrible again….
kingdaddy
November 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
Matty put a little extra on that…
DawgNole
November 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
Douglas hurt–again.
phil
November 29th, 2012
8:58 pm
Pathetic…..booooo!
LOL at The Aints
November 29th, 2012
8:59 pm
Oh Great, Phils here LOL,, Pipe down Phil.
Roy
November 29th, 2012
8:59 pm
Offense needs to pick it up. Gotta score touchdowns against the Saints. We are not going to beat them 7-0. STEP IT UP!
J.J.M.
November 29th, 2012
8:59 pm
If you are going to throw go with playaction right now
Iluvnutella
November 29th, 2012
8:59 pm
The Saints (like L. Grizzard so aptly put it) are like two mules fightin over a turnip. They ALL suck!
phil
November 29th, 2012
8:59 pm
Turner has been resting all season….
Yeah. That’s it.
DawgNole
November 29th, 2012
9:00 pm
Early fire startin’ to fade. Seven points sure as hell won’t win it.
kingdaddy
November 29th, 2012
9:00 pm
Saints think they own us, but the yokes on them, lol…
The Hitman
November 29th, 2012
9:00 pm
Ryan is off tonight. The Aints are getting too much pressure up the middle.
Sam
November 29th, 2012
9:01 pm
Our passing game is struggling
phil
November 29th, 2012
9:01 pm
Release Julio…..
bnakka
November 29th, 2012
9:01 pm
No one is going to talk about the mugging Malcolm Jenkins took from Douglas but they want flags for the falcons…..
Michael M.
November 29th, 2012
9:02 pm
The Caints are pathetic…………………indeed !
lees
November 29th, 2012
9:02 pm
Good sign maybe….NO return team blocker runs into his own return guy. NO is worn out after 49ers encounter
Jimmy
November 29th, 2012
9:02 pm
We got no pass rush.
playmeortrademe
November 29th, 2012
9:02 pm
Why do Falcons coaches tend to abandon what is working in the name of balance? Do what works until they stop it.
Mark Bradley
November 29th, 2012
9:03 pm
Looked like a pass rush there.
DawgNole
November 29th, 2012
9:03 pm
Need that heat on Brees–badly. Only way to beat him.
Iluvnutella
November 29th, 2012
9:03 pm
Woot Woot ….stick that in ur pipe cesspool Saints…..
kingdaddy
November 29th, 2012
9:04 pm
Looking good, crap, flag…
Todd grantham
November 29th, 2012
9:04 pm
69 is eligible. And available.
phil
November 29th, 2012
9:04 pm
Fire Jimmy!!
AndrewRiggs
November 29th, 2012
9:04 pm
Time for 7
LOL at The Aints
November 29th, 2012
9:04 pm
Ok, need to get some points here,
DawgNole
November 29th, 2012
9:05 pm
Need to get something out of this one. Starting inside the 50. Good start to Cox for 8.
kingdaddy
November 29th, 2012
9:05 pm
Cox, GA YECH…