It is Iggle weekend

[chelelev]

The biggest weekend of the NFL season (next to Superbowl but one step at a time).  No wonder January 24th is the most depressing day (and I do hope it is real depressing in Atlanta Monday am) of the year.

I have paid homage to the playoff gods.  Proper sacrifices of cold beer and chips have been acquired for the Sunday am sacrificial service.  I am prepared not to watch if they seem to do better without me, I will not be wearing any Iggle gear (but if it appears that they need me to put it on, it is ready to go).  I really really really want to be doing the Happy Dance come 4 pm est (wearing my Iggle wardrobe at that point).

GO IGGLES!

Comments

[takarakanashi.livejournal.com]

I REALLY hope they beat Atlanta.

My godfather is Morton Anderson. As soon as he hightailed it to Minnesota... I stopped watching Falcon Football. PLUS, I'm a Saints fan.

*makes donations to the football gods with you*

[chelelev.livejournal.com]

Thank you for making the donations to the football gods.

I am not familiar with Morton Anderson (must google him). Does he still play?

[bigbrain61.livejournal.com]

He's the Vikings kicker. :-p

[chelelev.livejournal.com]

Oh my, I wasn't that observant last weekend was I? Guess I only pay attention to the Iggles and Hawks. My bad :( .

[bigbrain61.livejournal.com]

He's actually been in the league for 20 years for the Saints, Chiefs, and Vikings. He's 44 years old. He's pretty much a sure shot for the hall of fame - excellent accuracy kicker, but pretty much useless beyond the 35 yard line. (No offense to the above)

[chelelev.livejournal.com]

Now that we know someone who is related to him....do you think we can get ourselves a couple of Super Bowl tickets?

[takarakanashi.livejournal.com]

Frick, I wish I could get myself some Superbowl tix... *takes trip to the department of back story* He and my dad tried out for the Saints at the same time... they got to be good friends... we were the only family invited to the Saints parties, and all the football players wanted to hold me... imagine big football player guy holding wee lil baby Amber... yay cute.

Anyways, long story cut short... my parents made him my godfather. His parents gave me a really expensive amber heart from North Sea. He got mad at my dad for asking him to repay the money he borrowed... they're not friends anymore... but he's still my godfather. Therefore, I couldn't get myself any tickets if I tried.

Sad story about how becoming famous makes you a jerk. No offense taken.

[chelelev.livejournal.com]

It is so sad when good friends have a falling out over money (which can cause marriages to break up much less friendships). Sorry.

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

I know absolutely nothing about football. The other day, I was trying to figure out which line was beating the other one: the blue line or the yellow line.

[chelelev.livejournal.com]

Sometimes the blue lines beats the yellow line.

[bigbrain61.livejournal.com]

And sometimes the white line wins.

[laurushka.livejournal.com]

I have my green shirt, clean and ready to wear, but not sure if the playoff gods want me to wear it or not. How will I know???

[chelelev.livejournal.com]

Have they won when you wore a green shirt before? If not, don't do it (my policy). Others seem to be able to wear Iggles colors and they still win.

[laurushka.livejournal.com]

That's the hard part-- I'm not consistent in wearing it on game days, but I think they have won AND lost when I wear it. I have decided I will NOT be wearing it today. I will also not be wearing the cheesey "Football: An American Tradition" sweatshirt my dad's wife got me for xmas a few years ago. Pretty sure I wore that last year. And, I will NOT be ordering Pizza and Wings. Whatever we eat today, will already be in the house. Pretty sure we did the pizza and wings thing for the last two years. (I'm talking about specifically the NFC Championship game.)
Three years ago, when it was an away game, we watched it with our pal who has season tickets. So, the last two years he was at the games, and that wasn't an option.
6 hours 15 minutes to game time, and it's still snowing...

[chelelev.livejournal.com]

It is still snowing? Oh my. What are the snow accumulations?

We went to a bar last year, won't be doing that this year.

Be prepared to change plans if current situations are not working. Last year, when they were 3rd and 26? I ran and got the Iggle's jammies on and they won that game. Wore the jerseys out (with jammie bottoms and turtlenecks) and they lost big time.