I enjoy doing "oppo research" and read the opponent's local paper and get the temperature.
This from the Atlanta Journal Constitution
http://markbradley.blog.myajc.com/2017/01/22/atlantas-falcons-just-became-americas-team
Facing the hated Patriots, the Falcons are now America’s Team
'The Atlanta Falcons aren’t just going to the Super Bowl. They’re going as the choice of everyone who isn’t a New England fan, and why would you be a New England fan if you don’t, you know, live in New England?...
Because the Patriots, as great as they have been and are, aren’t revered. They’re reviled. There’s that lingering suspicion that their coach and their franchise quarterback cheated along the way."
This from the Atlanta Journal Constitution
http://markbradley.blog.myajc.com/2017/01/22/atlantas-falcons-just-became-americas-team
Facing the hated Patriots, the Falcons are now America’s Team
'The Atlanta Falcons aren’t just going to the Super Bowl. They’re going as the choice of everyone who isn’t a New England fan, and why would you be a New England fan if you don’t, you know, live in New England?...
Because the Patriots, as great as they have been and are, aren’t revered. They’re reviled. There’s that lingering suspicion that their coach and their franchise quarterback cheated along the way."