Talk Atlanta Falcons Gamedays

-Shower. Complete hair fixing.
-Pick a jersey for the day.
-Quick check of the booze and food situation.
-Programming of Comcast and two DirecTV boxes to record Falcons game.
-Bringing two other HDTVs down into the living room for three games at one time viewing.
-Pour first beer or mixed drink.
-Making sure the sound and picture for Falcons is on the main TV.
-Cleaning of TVs
-More booze.
-Weekly conference call with buddies to discuss gambling and fantasy strategies.
-Checking Twitter, Falcoholic, and the Falcons Message Board for news.
-Around noon, begin securing any booze and/or food needed.
-About 12:30 drinking and killing time (because pregame shows SUCK).
-Bring cooler into living room.
-Make sure all sites and fantasy trackers are up on both laptops.
-12:55: Phone on silent or just off.
-1:00: Game time.

Get up around 9
-Do the 3 S’s (shart, shower, shave)
-Don the jersey I picked out the night before (usually vintage number 10)
-Call whoever is going to the game with me (if home game) to assure no last minute brain farts occur.
-chug 24 oz Moutain Dew
-Get bottle of Patron on ice to sneak into game (place in cooler in car)
-Leave home and meet up with friend(s)
-Either tailgate with friends or meet buddy at CNN for pre game food (Ga Dome food still sucks by the way)
-Drink Patron and Beer
-Drink on beer and Patron
-Get to seats before kickoff
-Drink Beer and Patron
-Watch game (if still upright)
-Drink more Patron and beer (if bottle isnt empty)
-Take the train back to my car and hope I can drive 12 miles back to my house
-Get home
-Turn on HD for second game of the day (unless it involves Dallas, then I take a nap)
-Drink more beer and Patron (new bottle waiting at home)
-Eat something… whatever the wife throws at me
-Watch sunday night game (if not already passed out)
-Pass out

12:56 – Start thinking about fantasy lineup.
1:00 – Hope Baldinger isn’t announcing.
1:03 – Turn TV on.

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About halfway through.

-I wake up around 10 or so
-go down stairs and get on nfl.com to read about the game (even though i’ve already done this 100 times throughout the week)
-Go get my 1966 Tony G jersey on
-Turn on the FOX pregame show and listen to their reasons why atlanta will never win
-watch the game
-have a mental breakdown anytime something doesnt go our way, no matter the score.
-either have a great day or the worst day of my life depending on the outcome

But I got excited when I first heard

I go to school in New Jersey (ugh), so it stinks that for the past couple of years I don’t even get Falcons games unless they’re on national TV. But when I’m home, it goes like this:

1. Wake up and drink Pepto because there was a Dawgs game on Saturday and many libations
2. Put on a pot of chili
3. Make sure my Fantasy team is in order
4. Read the Sunday AJC (my dad subscribes, otherwise I wouldn’t touch that drivel)
5. Settle in and watch Matty Ice progress into the next Joe Montana

I absoloutely hate watching football from strange angles, so I’ve only ever been to the games when I could score tickets on the Mezzanine level between the 30s. That means I’ve only been to the Dome a handful of times. But I’m fine watching at home on the big screen, and I don’t have to worry about sobering up before getting behind the wheel.

Me and my 9 year old son get up around 10:00am, since we were up till 2 or 3 am watching sportscenter over and over-UGA and the other 100 and some colleges!
 Get online get our fantasy teams in order – he has one and I have one-different leagues-usually yahoo public..
 Head to Buckets sports bar, since we’re in Indiana can’t get no Falcons on TV here either, grab a spot, order some food, watch pre-game shows, get ready for the game!!
Watch game, get pissed off, be happy, get pissed, be happy, and so on and so on.

However this year we are coming down to see the Game versus the Cardinals. First home game of the season – LOVELY!!!!
Flying down Saturday, staying at the Marriot suites, go to game Sunday fly back Sunday night!! Can’t freakin wait man!!!!!
Thanx for readin’

Get up at 12 or so, eat a large bowl of cereal. Digest, find my smoking vegetables, smoke said vegetables, call my Raiders fan friend, razz him on how terrible his team will be, get the Red Stripe out of the fridge (Hooray Beer!) turn on whatever network happens to be carrying the Falcons, and not move until the game is over. But now I work at Hooters and have to be there by 1 and not leave until 1 in the morning. And I have to work MNF, and Thursday’s if a game is playing. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Very pricey but for a west coast falcon fan who grew up w/1 game a year on tv which they usually cut away from cuz we were getting crushed more than worth my wife complaining that they raised the price again. My ritual starts@7-8 depending on when the 7 year old gets up for cartoons, begin overanalyzing fantasy team, eat huge breakfast,now rejoice being on west coast so falcons early most weeks,reanalyze fantasy team, begin to feel queasy as gametime approaches, curse 7th piece of bacon,stare at clock,take position on couch,pepsi@my side,world fades away. Falcons!!! Stupid fantasy team…

If I’m having a group over, my day actually begins on Saturday because I have to get all the ribs rubbed and sitting for some time before I get them going. Then I’m usually up around 4am to start the smoker and have the meat on by 5am at the latest. Then it’s a quick nap before everyone else gets up. After that, the process is the same with or without people.

-Wake up and shower.
-Put on Ryan throwback jersey.
-Cook omelets for everyone (and check on meat if doing it).
-Start preparing the food for later (chopping onions, garlic, etc.)
-Make sure the kids have plenty of stuff to do upstairs and clean up a little for any guests that might be coming over.
-Start cooking everything (wings, dips, salsa, burgers, dogs, brats, and continue to check on the meat in the smoker).
-Start drinking beer and entertain guests while watching the game.

I’m going to college over in Scotland, so the game doesn’t start until 6:00. So I’ll hang out all day, do some homework, check fantasy. Then around 5:30 grab my Falcons cup, filled with SoCo and Coke. I have to get the games in my comp, its kinda expensive but I can’t live without it. Start watching pregame and just mumble through it either agree, but usually totally disagreeing. Then when the game starts, I’m totally silent except for “yesssssssss!” or “ffffffffuuuuuhhhhhh”. Then every once in a while, my roommate busts in to comment how “the Falcons sucks” or ask if “the quarterback is still in jail?” just to mess with me. Then watch some games I don’t really care about.

…turn on the TV at work, and pray the game was on. If it wasn’t on, I would pray that nothing happened at work that would keep me away from tracking the game on the computer or trying desperately to find an online stream.

But damnit, this year I’m not working Sundays any more, so I’m going to start back up with my old routine. It’s pretty simple.

10:30 a.m. — Wake up.
11:00 a.m. — Shower. Gotta be clean for gameday.
11:30 a.m. — Beer.
12:00 p.m. — Lunch
12:15 p.m. — Panic, realize I’m almost past deadline and set my fantasy lineup.
12:30 p.m. — Beer
1:00 p.m. — Game. Beer. Food. Joy.