Falcons vs. Seahawks 1/13/13

Sunday morning started off bright and early at 5am.  I got in the shower and got ready while Christian loaded up the rest of the stuff in the tailgate van.  By 6am our friends, Jamie and AnnMarie were at our house and ready to go.  We headed to Christian's Moms to pick up four more passenger and pick up other two up on our way to Atlanta.  Everyone was pumped about the game to say the least.  When we finally got to Atlanta we set up the tailgate and relaxed for the next few hours.

Our group

Doug wore his jorts for the special occassion.  Haha!  He did change halfway through the tailgate because several people were asking if he was gay.

Freddie the falcon also made an appearance at our tailgate!

About 12:15 we pack up everything and started toward the dome.  There was suppose to be some kind of special show at 12:30 before the game.  I didn't notice anything different but maybe it took us a little longer to get in the stadium than I thought.

The dome was rockin!  You could feel the excitement in the crowd.  At halftime the Falcons had the lead at 20-0.  I was feeling a little more confident about the game but still not ready to say we were going to win.  Everyone else kept talking about the next game and their plans.  I was too scared to say for sure.  After halftime it was like the Falcons didn't want to play anymore.  With 31 seconds left the Seahawks scored their final touchdown to put them in the lead 28-27.  I was devasted!  Thankfully, the Falcons didn't hang their head in shame and give up.  Matt Ryan made a 29 yard pass to Harry Douglas and then Coach Smith called a time out.  Ryan made his final pass to Tony Gonzalez (my favorite) and put us in field goal range with 13 seconds left on the clock.  Just before the ball was snapped the Seahawks tried to ice Bryant.  I am so thankful they did because Bryant missed the first kick.  Thankfully the second kick sailed right through the uprights and gave the Falcons the lead with less than 10 seconds left on the clock.  The Falcons had finally won a playoff game under Coach Mike Smith.  The dome went crazy!!  Everyone was jumping and yelling.  Of the three game we have actually made it to this year that have won them all in the last 10 seconds.

We had a horrible trip home that evening.  It started pouring rain and the van clearly needed new wipers.  I could barely make out the lines on the road.  My nerves were shot by the time we got home.  We are all looking forward the NFC championship this Sunday.  Hopefully we will win and get to go to the SUPERBOWL!!!  Christian and I have decided we are going to LA if the Falcons go.  We have family that we can stay with and at least be close.  If people didn't want a million dollars for tickets maybe we could afford to go to the game.