Falcons Gameday Traditions: Superstitions

But not just wear them any old way. No, we have to have a certain rotation to it. I wear my turner jersey to all road games and my ryan jersey to all home games, and my son does just the opposite!! This way we are covered either way!! I even tried to switch the rotation when we lose 2-3 games in a row. I still haven;t found the foolproof thing to do or wear to make sure the falcons win. If anyone EVER does please make sure you share what it is with the rest of us falcons fans!!!

What you need to do is get a seam ripper (you can get one at Walmart for practically nothing) and take off the name and name plate, put your name on the back, or just leave it blank. The guy was a hoser when he played for the Birds, did nothing in my book, waste of time and money. Another bonehead move by previous Falcon managments down through the years. Though I thought at the time the move was briliant.

Keep doing it brother!

At least you’re getting the most out of your money.

It’s not so much a superstition as it is a weird quirk, but I become paralyzed when something exciting is happening. I’m normally a fidgety person, but during a play like Matt Ryan’s first career touchdown pass I stop breathing and moving for a few seconds, then come out of the play screaming like a banshee.

It really frightens those I love.

Also, I prefer it if someone else’s watches my daughter during gametime.

I apologize for my unsuperstitiousness.

i wake up pretty early around 9 am or so and have to figit around with my fantasy football teams. it never fails that when i dont have to work on sundays i always wake up early bcuz i kno it is football time. i will have literally 5 to6 windows open on my lab top. 3 fantasy teams. a website for sitting or starting players, falcons play by play, and so on.

and Dean’s French Onion Dip. Freakin’ weird I know, but that’s what I was eating when we won the miracle game against the Bears last season, and it stuck around. Plus, I like them.

1.) Chips and salsa
2.) waring the jersey corresponding to where we are playing
3.) and no one is aloud to sit on a certain cushion of the couch any time except when sports are on, its usually pretty lucky, its my “sports Cushion”

Undershirt/Jersey/Hat to every home game. I started doing this in 2008 to get some good mojo after the awful ‘07 season, and the only game I missed that year was the Broncos game. So due to the fact that this shirt/jersey/hat combo was a part of each home win in ’08 I’m never not wearing them at the dome again.

I do wash them though, which may explain why I was there for the eagles/saints losses this year. I’m sure the people who sit near me appreciate that I wash them however.

I’m amazingly superstitious. I’m educated, reasonably well-read, analytical, and damned superstitious.

Until 2008, I would never wear anything red, because it caused inconsistent defensive play. Now I do just the opposite to juice the offense. Away games mean the white Harrington jersey (yea…hook, line, and sinker…I liked the seam ripper idea. Tomorrow, I go to WalMart and start changing it to Tolliver) and home games call for the red Crumpler jersey. Depending on whether the Spirit moves me, I may also wear the Braves hat I bought before the 1991 season – definitely a good luck charm, but it squeezes my brain mercilessly. Beer (cheap and from a can, please) and chips (preferably in the convenient 16 ounce, single-serving container).

Mrs. AnOldBird avoids the house altogether, because I tend to be unduly tense. She does think blogging Falcoholicly is a great idea, because it keeps me in my seat and less likely to throw things.

Superstition really is a powerful thing.