The Agony of Defeat

Well we all know how this game ended, with the Falcons scoring a field goal to take the lead in the last seconds, but we still had a great time and it was fun to add another stadium to our list!

The Georgia Dome is a very nice venue, and it was nice that everything was within walking distance of our hotel. We didn't even bother renting a car there because there's a MARTA stop right there too.

Their idea of tailgating is nothing like ours here in Green Bay, but they did have a little "activity zone" set up with some lame games and canned music.

I was more impressed by this sculpture, which I'm pretty sure is left over from when Atlanta hosted the Olympics in 1996. Of course I had to zoom in for a closer look!

Ok, so the game starts at 1:00 p.m.  We're out walking the streets at 9:30 a.m. looking for a Bloody Mary, only to discover that nothing opens until 11 a.m. Huh?  When this beer kiosk finally opened it was naturally all the Packer fans first in line!

Life's too short to stand in line waiting for cheap beer, so we went on inside to find a place to get those Bloody Marys.

While we're enjoying our cocktails who appears at the top of the escalator but our friends from dinner at Dantanna's the previous evening! We knew our seats were not too far from their section, but to run into them again was just too much. We never did write down their names or contact info, but the way our world is shrinking I wouldn't be surprised if we run into them again somewhere down the road!

Unlike our really boring and colorless tickets from Lambeau Field last year, the Falcons actually gave us some cool ones to keep as souvenirs from this game.

And of course, the obligatory self-portrait shot that we do at every single game we ever go to it seems!

I feel a bit sorry for people who have to watch inside a dome all the time. To me a good flyover is one of the highlights of the game!  Instead they have to rely on the shooting flames and smoke effects, which are cool in their own way but just not the same.

I must say I really did enjoy the half-time show here though, which was some kind of battle of the bands finale that was being sponsored by the local casino.  I especially got a kick out of the little plastic cows with parachutes that they launched into the stands from the catwalk as part of a Chik Fil-A promotion. They were just too cute!

This little "cheerleader" routine was supposed to be insulting to the Packers and their fans, but I actually thought it was pretty funny, especially the guy on the far left with the Clay Matthews wig!