By Justin Dewiel

January 8, 2009

The Lowdown

Just like their 2008 NFL season, the Eagles Group page has had its ups and downs. Again, like its counterpart, the page has come on strong lately and now features some of the most active community members on EA SPORTS World. Over the last month, the group membership on the page has more than doubled. Even though they still trail the Cowboys group in sheer numbers, they are beginning to become one of a few NFL group pages out there that are challenging Dallas for their Top spot. After already knocking the Cowboys out of the NFL playoffs, I see no reason why the Eagles fans here on EA SPORTS World cannot overtake the Top NFL group spot too.

Team History

The Philadelphia Eagles are an American football team known for their passionate fans that will accept nothing but winning. The Eagles have won three NFL titles and have made two Super Bowl appearances with the most recent being against the New England Patriots in 2004. The Eagles fans are well known for the incident in 1968 when they threw snowballs at Santa. You can find a more detailed account of the experience here.

The recent run of the team over the last decade has been led by Head Coach Andy Reid and QB Donovan McNabb. The start for McNabb with the Eagles was not a good one as seen here with the reaction of the Eagles fans on the day he was drafted back in 1999. The Eagles have had their ups and downs under his leadership, but no one can deny the dominance the team has shown since McNabb's arrival in Philly. Now the team is in the thick of the playoff race yet again, and is showing no signs of letting up. Will the Eagles and McNabb make it to the Super Bowl, or will they be derailed by the division foe New York Giants this weekend? Only time will tell.

Fight Song

The Eagles have one of the more popular American Football fight songs that the fans shout after each Eagles touchdown. For those of you who are not Eagles fans, here are the lyrics:

Fly, Eagles Fly, on The Road to Victory!

Fight, Eagles, Fight, Score a Touchdown 1-2-3!

Hit 'em low, hit 'em high,

And watch our Eagles fly!

Fly, Eagles fly, On The Road to Victory!

E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles!

Team Chatter

·         Eagles CB Asante Samuel: How will he do in his playoff rematch against the Giants?

·         Eagles target Giants' running game: See what DE Trent Cole has to say!

·         Is This It for Donovan McNabb and Andy Reid?: You decide!

·         Eagles' blitzing defense giving wings to playoff run: What are their plans for the playoffs?

Hottest Videos

·         The Immaculate Reception: It's not Franco Harris, but WOW!

·         Long Brian Westbrook TD Run: Remember the headline: Big Screen to Broadway?

·         Brown with the INT-TD: Did that just happen?

·         Eagles over Vikings: Was there ever a doubt?

·         1988 Eagles Players Rap: Buddy's Watchin' You!

·         Randall Cunningham's Punt: A must see!

 Top Blogs

·         Westbrook is the Man!:  Is he the best RB in the NFL?

·         How do you say 10?: Phil Frazier asks!

·         An introduction...: From Ryan Ferwerda

·         Donovan Mcnabb's Personal Blog: Check out what the QB has to say!  

The EA SPORTS Group Page Challenge

Our challenge to the Eagles fans out there: Continue to be active on the site and publish all of your latest videos and blogs relating to your Philadelphia Eagles to the Eagles Group page. This can be done by choosing the Eagles under the "Publish to Group" option next to your videos or right under your blogs when you are creating them. We want to use this as a one stop place for community members to go to see the best the Eagles fans have to offer on EA SPORTS World. This challenge goes out to all groups out there. We want to see who can be the group that has the most members posting videos and blogs to and interacting on their team's page on a daily basis. Is it going to be the Eagles fans or someone else? It's all up to you!