Reporter compares Hurricane Milton to the collapse of the Atlanta Falcons' Tremendous Bowl

Even in the midst of one of the most powerful tropical storms in recent history, Atlanta Falcons fans were forced to remember their misfortune.

During a live report from Sarasota, Florida, in the heart of Hurricane Milton on Wednesday, October 9, Climate Channel reporter Pablo Goodloe He urged viewers not to be confused about a lull in the massive storm action using a football metaphor.

“We definitely enjoyed the little halftime show Mother Nature gave us inside Milton,” Goodloe said. “But now we have the second half.”

That's when Goodloe remembered the Tremendous Bowl LI between the Falcons and the New England Patriots in 2017.

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“I must remind everyone that they may still be in the eye right now,” he continued. “There is much more to do. I think of the Atlanta Falcons, winners of the Tremendous Bowl in the first half. “We know what happened in the second half when the Patriots came back to life.”

During the infamous game, the Falcons led Tom BradyThe Patriots led 28-3 in the third quarter before allowing 31 straight points to lose the game 34-3, the largest comeback in Tremendous Bowl history.

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“Don't sleep on the second half of Milton,” Goodloe concluded.

Viewers quickly picked up on Goodloe's reference, including the former NFL punter. Drew Butler. “Did this guy at @weatherchannel just say the second half of Hurricane Milton will be like when the Patriots faced the Falcons in the Tremendous Bowl?” Butler wrote through X.

“The only way to stop hearing about this is if we win one,” lamented one Falcons fan. via X about the team's luck in the Tremendous Bowl.

In a separate and more devastating sports connection to Milton, the roof of the Tropicana Discipline in St. Petersburg, Florida, home of Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays, was torn off due to the storm's high winds.

The area inside the stadium, where the Rays have called home since their inaugural season in 1998, was set up with makeshift beds and staffed with lifeguards. The stadium appeared to be nearly empty when the damage occurred, but a security guard shared a video of the canvas roof being torn apart. via X.

On the morning of Thursday, October 10, Rays baseball reporter Ryan Bass shared a 360 view of the immense damage done to the stadium.

“Absolutely heartbreaking,” he wrote.