Will The Falcons Win A Super Bowl In Your Lifetime

Atlanta Falcons fans, will the Dirty Birds win a Super Bowl in your lifetime?

It was about a week before Super Bowl LI . My dear friend and actor Marshall Allman (LJ Burrows from Prison Break) and I had just left a United States men’s national soccer team (USMNT) game in San Diego and were driving back to Los Angeles.

The USMNT had tied Serbia 0-0. But I did not care because I was too excited and extremely confident about the Falcons upcoming game against the New England Patriots.

I was certain my Falcons were about to win their first Super Bowl.

Nonetheless, on the car ride home, I asked Marshall a question. (By the way, Marshall is perhaps the biggest USMNT fan in the United States.)

“Marshall, do you think that you will see the (USMNT) win a World Cup in your lifetime?”, I asked. “Yes, I think so.”, he replied.

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I then took the opportunity to realistically breakdown his optimism.

Based on the fact that the World Cup is played every four years, and the average lifespan of a human being is 79 years, I offered Marshall a sobering perspective.

At the time of our conversation, Marshall was 32 years old.

Utilizing the average lifespan of a human being (79 years), for the sake of my point, I concluded that Marshall had about 47 years of life left.

Based upon my limited math skills (and ability to utilize Google), 47 years from now will be the year 2064.

Since the World Cup is played every four years, between now (2017) and the year 2064, the World Cup will be played twelve times.

That’s it. Twelve times.

And if you keep up with soccer, then you are most likely aware that the USMNT failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. Which means that the USMNT has only eleven potential World Cups to possibly play in and win between now and the year 2064 (the year Marshall will turn 79 years old).

There have only been a total of twenty World Cups played in history and the USMNT has not won any of them.

Furthermore, I pointed out the fact that Brazil has won five World Cups, which means on average, Brazil wins every fourth World Cup.

Based on this math, Brazil is projected to win at least two of the next twelve World Cups.

If that is the case, then the number World Cups the USMNT could possibly play in and win between now and 2064 would go from eleven to nine.

Math and history tells us that Marshall could potentially have only nine chances left in his lifetime to see his favorite team win the greatest prize (World Cup) in the sport (soccer).

It is very possible that he will go his entire lifetime without seeing his team win the World Cup.

There have been a total of fifty-one Super Bowls played since 1967.

Of those fifty-one Super Bowls, the Atlanta Falcons have won zero.

During those fifty-one years, the Atlanta Falcons have generated moments of pure magic through former Falcons quarterback, Michael Vick. They were minutes away from winning the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots. Atlanta has had an NFL MVP on the team.

Yet, despite all of this, they have yet to win the greatest prize in football.

Fifty-one years and no Super Bowl win.

I am 35 years old. This means that if I live to be 79 years old, I have forty-four more opportunities to see my favorite team win a championship.

Will I see the Atlanta Falcons win the greatest prize in football? Or will they go another fifty-one years without winning a Super Bowl?

Up until last year (2016) Chicago Cubs (Major League Baseball) fans had to wait 108 years to see their team win another World Series.

It is safe to say that there were some Cubs fans who were born but passed away without getting the opportunity to see the Cubs win the World Series again.

Point is, it is very possible that one may go their entire lifetime without seeing their favorite team win a championship.

I may go my entire life without see my beloved Falcons win the Super Bowl.

So what if that is the case? What if I never have the opportunity to see the Falcons win the Super Bowl? What if Marshall never sees the USMNT win the World Cup?

To that I say, for me, there is not a greater feeling in all of sports than to see my Falcons win. I could never bring myself to become a fan of another team because my heart simply will not allow it.

Sure, there are those who remind me of the fact that Atlanta has never won a Super Bowl. There are those who recall the Falcons epic Super Bowl collapse against the Patriots.

However, neither their opinions nor comments can separate me from the connection I have to my team.

My connection is stronger.

I will forever be an Atlanta Falcons fan because it is simply who I am. Good. Bad. Win. Lose. I cannot pull myself to like any other team. That will never change. It did not change when we lost two Super Bowls and it will not change if we win two Super Bowls.

I am a Falcons fan because everything within me tells me to be. The greatest failure won’t be not having seen my team win a Super Bowl during my lifetime. Rather, the greatest failure will be failing to remain a Falcons fan for my entire lifetime.

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Those who are not, wouldn’t understand it, but being an Atlanta Falcons fan is one of the greatest feelings in the world! It is who I am. It is what makes me happy. It is why I cheer on Sundays and why I am disappointed when we lose. I am a “Dirty Bird” for life.

It is enough for me…for a lifetime.