South Jersey turns orange

Since I've been home for break pretty close to a month now, I have definitely noticed a changing of the guard so to speak.

It seems as though this time every year sleepy old South Jersey turns into the Eagles nest, where literally everyone I know flocks to the stores to purchase their EAGLES DIVISION CHAMPS! merchandise. But more specifically, many of the local shops and businesses in town and surrounding the area are usually decked out in the hunter green we are so familiar with.

Probably the most popular pizzeria here in my town always has their windows painted for the start of the winter season. So normally, its a chilly snow scene with a winter-like icon dressed in green, a sure sign of their Eagle pride. Something that took me by surprise this year however, was pulling into their parking lot to pick up my pizza and wings combo with a 2 liter soda, and gazing upon the slightly different color windows. A snowman riding a sled, with a hockey stick in his hand? Thats right, not a football or a helmet, but a hockey stick, as well as a Flyers logo on his hat and an orange and black scarf.

With the Phillies season months away, and the Eagles dusting off the golf clubs.. and the sixers still trying to shake off the loss of Allen Iverson, the Philly region is longing for a team to cheer for, and the Flyers just might be the answer.