* The Flyers lost to the best team in hockey last night at the Wells Fargo Center, losing to Tampa Bay 5-1. The Lightning avenged an earlier loss to the Orange and Black. Eagles coach Doug Pederson was honored before the game, dropping the ceremonial first puck. The Flyers are off until next Wednesday, when they again travel to Washington to take on the Caps.
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* Several Eagle fans recently climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa and did an Eagle cheer at the top of the mountain. They videoed the chant at the summit, which went viral.
Things are crazy now, but should be even crazier next week, as the games inches closer. Imagine the parties next weekend. The bars will be jam-packed. The restaurants will be full. Super Bowl Sunday is always a big celebration day, but with the Eagles in the big game, the area will be nuts. I'm sure the supermarkets will be crowded, as people stock up on food for the game
The weather forecast is bitterly cold, as an arctic blast invades the country next weekend. Fans will hunker down, eat and enjoy the game. Alcohol will flow. Bets will be made. And after the Eagles win, Sunday night will be one to remember.
Fans will be flooding onto Broad Street and through-out the Delaware Valley . Babies will be conceived. Work will be missed on Monday. Kids at school will be singing the Eagle fight song next week. Residents at nursing homes will have much to look forward to, hanging on the Birds on TV. Prayers will be sent to heaven .
It's the first story on the nightly news. It's the topic of conversation at water coolers in offices all around the area, the talk between strangers who make eye-contact and simply proclaim "Go Birds!"
It's a fun time in our world, whether your'e a sports fan or not. The Sixers and Flyers are on the back-burner until February 5. The Phillies don't start spring training until Valentine's Day. It's all-Eagles, all the time on sports radio. Green adorns the building in Center City Philadelphia. Ex-players and Philly celebrities are weighing in on the game, rooting for the Birds. It's exciting and breaks up our post- holiday blues, our winter doldrums and the boredom of our everyday life.
I think of die-hard Eagle fans who have passed away, including my dad. I think of how he would've loved to be around during this special time. I think of all the losing seasons he endured as a Philly fan, and the redemption he would feel if the Birds actually won a Super Bowl.
And we still have nine days to go until kick-off.
* Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones must be getting senile. When asked for a comment on the Eagles' Super Bowl run, he stumbled, calling Nick Foles "Kolb" ( former Eagle QB Kevin Kolb?), then calling him "Fulk."
I'm really glad Jones is running the Cowboys, not only as owner but as general manager. As long as Jones is calling the shots in Dallas we won't have to worry about the hated Cowboys being anywhere near the Super Bowl for a long time to come.
Meanwhile the Giants named former Eagle coach and offensive coordinator of the Vikings Pat Schurmer their new head coach. Good luck there. New York hires yet another loser. What the G-men do with the overall No. 2 pick in the spring draft iwll be interesting.
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