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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Todd grantham
November 29th, 2012
9:15 pm
Falcons looking great. And I thought all they had was a Wing and a prayer tonight.
Big Crimson 75
November 29th, 2012
9:15 pm
Babs is having a very good season
FalconFan
November 29th, 2012
9:15 pm
Dunte!!!
LOL at The Aints
November 29th, 2012
9:15 pm
Nice Tackle,
kingdaddy
November 29th, 2012
9:15 pm
Dante’$ Inferno, lol…
phil
November 29th, 2012
9:15 pm
Dunta!!
In OUR house!
DawgNole
November 29th, 2012
9:15 pm
Big Crimson 75
November 29th, 2012
9:12 pm
What up King/Nole??
Roll Tide Ladies!!
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Takin’ a break from the Dawg blogs, BC–and from Thomas Brown.
Todd grantham
November 29th, 2012
9:16 pm
That dumb ass that egged the Saints’ bus might never know what he begat tonight.
phil
November 29th, 2012
9:16 pm
Make a play…
Michael M.
November 29th, 2012
9:16 pm
I cant hardly hear the announcers for the crowd noise on the radio…………..lol
Big Crimson 75
November 29th, 2012
9:16 pm
finally called it……2nd delay of game.
Jimmy
November 29th, 2012
9:16 pm
Apparently it is a chicken house
LOL at The Aints
November 29th, 2012
9:16 pm
Phil,, who says “hello”,, whats the matter with you,, LOL
kingdaddy
November 29th, 2012
9:16 pm
Big Crimster…
LOL at The Aints
November 29th, 2012
9:17 pm
I think Phil is a woman. Lol
chirp
November 29th, 2012
9:17 pm
Here comes the test: the Saints have been stung and won’t go away and cry. Birds have to man up. And they did; nice stop.
Michael M.
November 29th, 2012
9:17 pm
Go sit back down on that goose egg Drew Sleeze,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
falconsrus
November 29th, 2012
9:17 pm
D#### whoop there it is
phil
November 29th, 2012
9:17 pm
Bierman overpursues….kills his sack total.
Jimmy
November 29th, 2012
9:17 pm
Take the ball down their throats.
DawgNole
November 29th, 2012
9:18 pm
Shanks a punt and gets 53 yards out of it. That’s the Aints for you.
Mark Bradley
November 29th, 2012
9:18 pm
Sorry. More technical difficulty.
Falcons can go up three scores here. And I’ve seen Gonzalez make that touchdown catch only about fifty times now. What a ballplayer
Michael M.
November 29th, 2012
9:18 pm
hahaha @ LOL…………………sounds like one huh ……….worry, worry
Todd grantham
November 29th, 2012
9:18 pm
The officials are littering the field with flags.
MenVsBoys
November 29th, 2012
9:18 pm
Brees must go down, and he must go down hard!
Big Crimson 75
November 29th, 2012
9:18 pm
Bierman overpursues….kills his sack total.
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Phil — What sack total!!
phil
November 29th, 2012
9:18 pm
No woman here, doofus…
Michael M.
November 29th, 2012
9:19 pm
Stick that dagger in deep with another Falcon Touchdown !
bnakka
November 29th, 2012
9:19 pm
No sweat settle down Saints, you got this….. score don’t matter
Todd grantham
November 29th, 2012
9:19 pm
Super dome is now being called the super coop.
godless heathen
November 29th, 2012
9:19 pm
If we get up by 48, I’ll go to bed.
MenVsBoys
November 29th, 2012
9:19 pm
Would love to see some killer instinct from this offense.
son's who?
November 29th, 2012
9:19 pm
“Matt Ryan has a touchdown pass … so does Michael Turner … so does Tony Gonzales.”
Love these announcers!
Jay Dubu
November 29th, 2012
9:20 pm
Falcons need to put 7 more on the board right here.
mars=lifetime dawg
November 29th, 2012
9:20 pm
Rats..filtered!!! Oh well phil, you missed a funny. Anyway, phil, it’s a big house, our stadium. Don’t be a humorless you-know-what.
Scott
November 29th, 2012
9:20 pm
It’s the Falcons division at this point of the game! We know, they’re gonna know it! Go Falcons!
LOL at The Aints
November 29th, 2012
9:21 pm
Easy Phil,, settle down,, LOL
Sam
November 29th, 2012
9:21 pm
Is roddy choking
bnakka
November 29th, 2012
9:21 pm
That’s it Saints settle down, these Falcons going no where….
Scott
November 29th, 2012
9:21 pm
Snelling is like a pinball machine! but usually goes backward once hit
LOL at The Aints
November 29th, 2012
9:22 pm
Lofton is Fat and Slow. Nice hit though
MenVsBoys
November 29th, 2012
9:22 pm
I hate playing conservative in the 2nd Qtr.
nobody
November 29th, 2012
9:22 pm
Block in the back….
Jimmy
November 29th, 2012
9:22 pm
Block in the back
kingdaddy
November 29th, 2012
9:22 pm
DawgNole
it’s a completly new model TB…that’s what you get for carrying on with him. I thought you would know that by now. Let him go after the trolls. Let them deal with him, lol. I don’t read many post over 4-5 lines…
Block in the back on punt…
phil
November 29th, 2012
9:22 pm
Punt already?
Pathetic.
Saints will score here. Letdown time.
ramblinwreck80
November 29th, 2012
9:23 pm
catch the dang ball Roddy…SHEESH!!!
bnakka
November 29th, 2012
9:23 pm
What you talking about conservative….. They are trying but as we all know Falcon’s lead is nothing these days….
Roy
November 29th, 2012
9:23 pm
If the Falcons had a killer instinct, they’d win the Super Bowl. Just can’t seem to put the nail in the coffin can they?
Scott
November 29th, 2012
9:23 pm
Saints goin’ nowhere, not even the playoffs, so yeah, settle down saints