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Why the Saints Will Win Today

The omens are bad…

1 – The Colts last Super Bowl win three years ago was also in Miami

2 – CBS broadcast that game with Jim Nantz and Phil Simms…just like this year

3 – The dude who announced that long-time Saints Pro Bowl linebacker Rickey Jackson made the Hall of Fame, called him “Randy Jackson” (too much American Idol for the man)

That’s EXACTLY why the Saints will win. Peyton Manning may be the best QB of all-time (in my nearly 40 years of watching the NFL, he is), but he won’t beat Who Dat nation today.  Why?

Something unexepected seems to happen in Super Bowls. especially over the last decade:

– Eli Manning and the Giants had no chance to beat the undefeated New England Patriots. They did.

– The Patriots ( a decade earlier) had no chance of slowing down the “Greatest Show on Turf) – the St. Louis Rams and Kurt Warner.  They did.

– The Baltimore Ravens could not beat the heavily-favored New York Giants with Trent Dilfer at QB.  They did.

Today, the 40+ year ordeal of the Saints ends with a victory that will result in a never-ending party on Bourbon Street.  I’m changing my pick from earlier in the week.  The QB from Indiana, Drew Brees (Purdue) will out-duel the QB from New Orleans, Peyton Manning (grew up and played high school in New Orleans) in cold Miami.

Final score – New Orleans 34 – Colts 31

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Who Dat? The NFL Messing Things Up Again, Dat’s Who!

Who Dat?  The National Football League says, “WE DAT!”

There is an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal’s weekend edition on the famous battle cry of New Orleans’ faithful for their football team.  “Who dat” has endured the test of time, which includes substantially more losses than wins for the Saints.  It’s a cultural colloquialism that nobody outside the Gulf Coast cared about.

Until now.

The NFL, in it’s infinite wisdom, has sent out cease and desist orders to all New Orleans vendors who were printing “Who Dat” shirts 24/7 in the wake of the team’s first Super Bowl appearance.  The NFL says they own the phrase.  Really?  I didn’t think you could own a common phrase that has been used since at least the early 1970’s and started with a high school football team in New Orleans.  But wait.  There’s money to be gained and licensing to be had.  So in jumps NFL commissioner and phrase baron Roger Goodell to dispose of all those pesky entrepreneurs trying to horn in on their town’s success.  If anyone is going to make money on the Saints, it’s the National Football League!  The NFL says the Saints own it…which means revenue for the league.

This reeks of Creole’ Jambalaya gone bad.

The NFL never cared about the name before. Just like they never cared about Seattle’s “12th Man” until we started making waves as a franchise.  In a time where New Orleans should be reveling in the glory of their first Super Bowl in 41 years, the NFL is committing unsportsmanlike conduct. Heck, this even draws bipartisan support from the two congressional delegates in Louisiana who have thrown the red flag at the NFL and called on Goodell to reverse the call.  I wouldn’t hold my breath.

The NFL needs to realize that they are a business of the people.  This type of fatuous behavior always ends up making them look bad in the eyes of those who are in effect their clientele.  They still hold on to the belief that they are powerful enough to withstand anything from player strikes to Pro Bowl fiascos, and they may be right.  In the meantime, they come off looking foolish.

Who dat think they gonna beat those Saints?

The National Football League attorneys, dat’s who!

Read the Wall Street Journal article

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