The Atlanta Falcons May Need A Geography Lesson En Route to London
By Mike Cardillo
In a shock move, #NFLUK game this weekend switched to Barcelona by @Atlanta_Falcons pic.twitter.com/3DKJ6Pdukg
— Michael Preston (@PRMikePreston) October 22, 2014
The Atlanta Falcons are playing the Detroit Lions this Sunday … somewhere on planet earth. To be safe, let’s say the two NFL teams are playing in “Europe.” Or more specifically Western Europe. Maybe Spain. Maybe London. We’re not quite sure where the game will be played(*) thanks to this supposed Falcons-produced infographic floating around cyberspace on Wednesday that was picked up by Yahoo!’s Shutdown Corner blog.
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(*) The game is totally being played in London at Wembley Stadium. The team fixed the earlier mistake, see:
Relocating to London this week has been no small task
— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) October 21, 2014
View the entire infographic: http://t.co/Uomy8EmyoB #UKFalcons pic.twitter.com/hZv7CzMaVB
See, the Falcons cheerleaders even performed at the Wolverhampton/Middlesbrough soccer game earlier this week, confirming the team’s presence in England.
That still doesn’t explain this whole 4-8-15-16-23-42 numbers mystery, however.
[Photo via Getty]