re: Sumbitch...Falcons have to play abroad next year.

I'm actually thrilled. Always wanted to go to one of these games, but was still in school back in '13 and didn't have the scratch to get out to London.

If it's in London (likely, as it is technically a designated home game), it'll be awesome. The Falcons have a big following over there, and were featured a while back on having one of the best dedicated pubs in the country for NFL teams.

NFL road trips are some of my favorite. You go to some awesome cities, the flights out of Atlanta (if booked in advance) are super reasonable, and hotels are never an issue. The stadiums are nice, and the fans (exception: New Orleans or Philly), are usually really cool folks. We try to do 2-3 a year.

College away trips were fun while it lasted, but I'm pretty over having to drive to 4-5 hours each way to rural southern states, pay 700 to stay at a marginal hotel, and sit on metal benches around borderline blackout humans that chugged whisky for 2 hours because the vendors in the stadium don't sell alcohol and they don't want to lose a buzz.