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Help Send Monique to Super Bowl

The 26-year-old Powder Springs woman is one of 14 finalists in the Ultimate Sunday Night Football Fan Contest.

Powder Springs resident Monique McGee and her mom, Tracy, have the chance to go to the Super Bowl free, but they need your help.

Monique is one of 14 national finalists in the Ultimate Sunday Night Football Fan Contest.

Contestants entered by writing 100 words or fewer about why they’re the ultimate Sunday night football fan, and the field has been narrowed since early September, Monique said.

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“I pretty much wrote about me and my mom because that’s our time together every week,” she said. “We sit down in front of the TV every Sunday night and watch football together.” 

Monique, 26, is a alum and graduate student majoring in education at Georgia State. This season she took her mom to her first football game, the Sunday night game when the Falcons beat the Eagles at home.

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The five-day, four-night trip to the Super Bowl in Indianapolis includes a behind-the-scenes look at NBC's Sunday night football and tickets to the Taste of the NFL party.

“That would be the trip of a lifetime,” Monique said. “It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. I’ve liked football ever since I can remember.”

Voting continues through Jan. 6. To vote, click here, “Like” the Facebook page, then click the button that says “Monique McGee."

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