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revrew · 04-17-2019, 01:52 PM

The suddenly hottest ticket in town
Dick Grayson, sports reporter, Des Moines Register

At the beginning of the season, no one – I mean no one – could have even guessed that Joker Field would still be busy this weekend.

Even when the improbable happened and the Des Moines Dragons completed their worst-to-first rise to atop the NFC North, nobody expected Des Moines … to HOST the NFC championship game.

But when the Dragons won not only their first, but also their second ever playoff game, and when the New Orleans Saints rose from the 5th seed to knock off the 'Niners AND the Giants … all of a sudden …

We need to buy tickets! The NFC Championship Game will be in Des Moines!

04-17-2019, 01:52 PM	#170
revrew Team Chaplain Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Just outside Des Moines, IA	The suddenly hottest ticket in town Dick Grayson, sports reporter, Des Moines Register At the beginning of the season, no one – I mean no one – could have even guessed that Joker Field would still be busy this weekend. Even when the improbable happened and the Des Moines Dragons completed their worst-to-first rise to atop the NFC North, nobody expected Des Moines … to HOST the NFC championship game. But when the Dragons won not only their first, but also their second ever playoff game, and when the New Orleans Saints rose from the 5th seed to knock off the 'Niners AND the Giants … all of a sudden … We need to buy tickets! The NFC Championship Game will be in Des Moines! __________________ Winner of 6 FOFC Scribe Awards, including 3 Gold Scribes Founder of the ZFL, 2004 Golden Scribe Dynasty of the Year Now bringing The Des Moines Dragons back to life, and the joke's on YOU, NFL! I came to the Crossroad. I took it. And that has made all the difference.