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Houston
February 5, 2017
Kristen bounced from foot to foot on the sidelines. “I can’t believe we’re at the Super Bowl. I can’t believe we’re at the Super Bowl. I can’t believe we’re at the Super Bowl!”
“You keep saying that.”
But I had the same jittery energy. The Falcons hadn’t been in the Super Bowl since 1998. This was only the second time in franchise history. And we were going to be on the field for it.
“How are you holding up?” Kristen’s boyfriend, Hong Min, asked. He was an assistant offensive line coach. He’d played ball at Oregon in college and then a year for the Seahawks before moving into coaching.
“All nerves,” she admitted.
“We’ve got this.”
A small crowd formed around them on the sidelines. It wasn’t unusual, but then I saw that there were people who weren’t even
