I get a little whimsical on the weekend for my teams

   

My teams came through once again

As the title of this post indicates, I get a little whimsical on the weekend for my teams.

I will explain why in a moment but let me set this up as to why good weekends are important for yours truly.

I am a devout Atlanta Braves fan since the 1970s when they couldn't beat anybody or it looked they should have been given a playoff share from the Cincinnati Reds.

Of course that has changed over the last 22 seasons with the Braves chopping their way to 20 winning campaigns including this one and I can't be happier.

While my devotion is not as strong, I have been a big fan of the Atlanta Falcons win, lose or lose big.

My fanaticism for the Falcons is strong enough to enter into a bet with a former employer while I was living in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The bossman was a season ticket holder for the New Orleans Saints and one week his club ventured to the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium for a game and the bet was a day off if the Falcons won or my services were free for the day if they lost.

I yelled and screamed and was so involved with the proceedings that I spent part of that day off on the couch as I was extremely exhausted.

I am not a betting man and that event kept me from becoming on for a long time.

By the way, the Saints are part of this story.

As for the Georgia Bulldogs, the loyalty started with my father who became a fan through a gentleman named W.C. "Buck" Bazemore who was a co-worker of his.

Watching a Georgia game on the television in our living room was not safe as plastic helmet banks and other items could be hurled toward the television set.

Remember the 1980 Georgia-Florida game? My father was quite excited that day and a boyhood acquaintance of mine named Mike Gillespie came over and egged the old man into going crazy.

Mike wanted Georgia to win and was not a Florida fan but he enjoyed getting under people's skin including my father's which that day was probably not safe since I thought the old man might shove his head through the ceiling of our living room.

Fortunately, Georgia won and Mike barely survived bodily harm.

Now that I have set this up, time to return to 2012 and get to the point.

Since the beginning of the football season, I have need the Braves, Falcons and Bulldogs to emerge victorious over the weekend and I wanted the Saints to lose.

For two weekends, the Braves swept the opposition, the Falcons won their games and Georgia has had a good start after a third of the campaign while the Saints who I detest with my last breath lost and are now 0-3.

This past weekend, I didn't get my sweep but the Braves did take two out of three from the Phillies and should qualify for postseason by Thursday while Georgia not defeated Vanderbilt but dominated them while the Falcons went to the West Coast and dominated the San Diego Chargers 27-3.

I did get my fourth desire as the Saints blew a 24-6 lead over the Kansas City Chiefs at the Superdome and wound up with a 27-24 overtime loss.

So far, three teams are answering the "who dat" question to the Saints as the prepare to face the Green Bay Packers next weekend.

I need to look at the positive in life and I need this scenario to happen this coming weekend just for the heck of it.

I am a fan and I am partially subdued but now and then I do get a little whimsical about my teams.