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Eagles vs. Cowboys Preps

Eagles vs. Cowboys Preps - Friday, January 8, 2010 at 6:22PM EST

Friday, Jan 8, 2010 @ 06:22pm EST

It's a big weekend for football fans.

The stakes are already high in the NFL playoffs.

Then you have the long running rivalry between the Eagles and the Cowboys.

That rivalry will be served up Saturday night. on WBRE-TV starting at 8pm .

The Anthracite Cafe in Wilkes-Barre knows what's expected from a big NFL playoff game.

For the Eagles and Cowboys, expect and prepare for big crowds.

Anthracite Cafe owner Mike Krushinski said, "We got to keep a lot of food in the house, the place will definitely be packed because it's a home crowd. A lot of eagles fans, a lot of Dallas fans, big rivalry so we hope to be packed."

Krushinski says his place should be rocking Saturday night.

There's a large base of Eagles fans and yes, Dallas Cowboys fans are represented well here in this area as well.

The two teams square off in a loser goes home playoff game Satruday night.

Patte's sports bar manager Mark Fino describes what he expects.

The seats may be empty on Friday, but Fino is preparing for a large group of birds and boys fans.

Fino said, “I'm going to go with the eagles fans. I'm going to say i don't want to get beat up tomorrow. There's a lot more eagles fans in here than cowboys fans."

John Yenason from the Back Mountain area will be one of those Eagles fans.

"It's just a lot of fun watching it and you know, it's nice when you're rooting. It's like a high school game, you're rooting for the home team and myself, the eagles are the home team," said Yenason.