As you might imagine, excitement is rising in cities that still have football teams in the running for this year’s Super Bowl.
And as Sunday’s game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers gets closer, hometown pride is in strong evidence on the Internet, where Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Green Bay’s Austin Straubel International Airport are engaged in a good-natured Twitter throwdown that includes smack talk and a bet that involves cheese, coffee and team jerseys.
Here’s some of what played out on Thursday.
Both airports took a time-out Thursday night and will no doubt be back on the field on Friday. Stay tuned.
(Disclaimer: I live in Seattle. So, Go Seahawks!)
Challenging @GRBAirport to an #AirportThrowdown for @Seahawks win #GBvsSEA #NFLPlayoffs #GoHawks pic.twitter.com/cjMc05q1G4
— Sea-Tac Airport (@SeaTacAirport) January 14, 2015
We’re in @SeaTacAirport! There’s no substitute for experience. GB has 12 world championships and 4 SuperBowl trophies. Um, Seattle? #GBvsSEA — Green Bay Airport (@GRBairport) January 14, 2015
.@GRBAirport The @Seahawks weren’t lacking experience back in Week 1. #GBvsSEA pic.twitter.com/x9ogK94MVE
— Sea-Tac Airport (@SeaTacAirport) January 14, 2015
.@SeaTacAirport: That was then… this is NOW! #GoPackGo #GBvsSEA #airportthrowdown pic.twitter.com/ri16TSwq9Z
— Green Bay Airport (@GRBairport) January 15, 2015
.@GRBairport You’ll only have one #12 @CenturyLink_Fld – we’ll have 67,000 #GBvsSEA @Seahawks pic.twitter.com/v6IKFysE4O
— Sea-Tac Airport (@SeaTacAirport) January 15, 2015
.@SeaTacAirport: We only need one! And an MVP on top of that! #GBvsSEA #airportthrowdown #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/jMG3O8fJhi
— Green Bay Airport (@GRBairport) January 15, 2015
.@GRBairport We’re excited to see him & offer some FREE HUGS! @Seahawks #GBvsSEA #AirportThrowdown pic.twitter.com/kX1KlOI0lV
— Sea-Tac Airport (@SeaTacAirport) January 15, 2015
#airportthrowdown GRB Dir. to send lb. of cheese & don a Seahawks jersey if Pack doesn’t win (WON’T happen). What’s @SeaTacAirport wager?
— Green Bay Airport (@GRBairport) January 15, 2015
.@GRBairport We’ll match you pound 4 pound! SEA Dir will send our best coffee & wear Pack jersey on Twitter #GBvsSEA #AirportThrowdown
— Sea-Tac Airport (@SeaTacAirport) January 15, 2015
.@GRBairport Able to leap an offensive line in a single bound! @Seahawks CAN fly! #GBvsSEA #AirportThrowdown pic.twitter.com/ADKDrFKIzT
— Sea-Tac Airport (@SeaTacAirport) January 15, 2015