The view from Row 1, Seat 80. (M. Bradley)
HOUSTON — I'm sitting in the press box at the Super Bowl. I have a front-row seat. I'm a lucky guy. I'm also a sweaty guy.
You don't care about how long it took four AJC professionals — esteemed colleagues Jennifer Brett, Darryl Orlando Ledbetter and Jeff Schultz, plus yours truly — to walk from the TV compound, where we'd joined Zach Klein of WSB-TV to do a Championship Countdown on our many Cox platforms, the media entrance. You don't care, and I'm not sure: I lost count at the 10-mile marker.
But here we are, and thank heavens for that. We're hunkered down in the press box — I'm on Row 1 near midfield — and we've got three hours to kill. But better to be inside than out. And, having arrived last Sunday, I'm ready to go. Bring it on! Rise Up!
(Wait. Did I really say that? What the heck. It's the Super Bowl, y'all.)
Super stuff:
Steve Bartkowski on these Falcons: "A team of destiny."
ESPN: 4 out of 5 dentists … er, coaches … prefer the Patriots.
Football Outsiders: ‘Nightmare' scenario sees Falcons blown out.
The Falcons are headed to the game that defies simulation.
Memo to Boston: I won't apologize for Atlanta or the Falcons.
KIRO
