Ben’s Sports Take: Falcons remind us how to get ‘Jiggy Wit It’

The Falcons are putting together their best season in franchise history, but is anyone outside Atlanta giving them a real chance at a Super Bowl run?

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The year was 1998.

A gallon of gas costs about $1.15.

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Will Smith was cranking out one hit single after another. Ya know, the post-Fresh Prince days when Smith was laying down hot tracks such as ‘Just the Two of Us’, ‘Miami’ and my personal theme song, ‘Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It.”

Everything from the FDA’s approval of Viagra to President Clinton’s denial and ultimate affirmation of Oval Office BJ’s, 1998 was quite an interesting year.

Especially here in Atlanta, where the Falcons put together a 14-2 regular season before making it all the way to Super Bowl XXXIII in—of all places—Miami.