Tonight the New Orleans Saints will play the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football in the refurbished Superdome. I heard a New Orleans resident refer to the Superdome as Louisiana’s World Trade Center. I don’t know how many people feel that way, but I understand the sentiment. It means a lot to the city to be able to watch a football game in the stadium that housed the refugess of Katrina.
I’ve loved New Orleans ever since I first visted it in 1992. Tonight I am hoping the Saints can get a victory and raise the spirits of the city, the state, and the region. Football is not that important in the grand scheme of things, but it is important enough. The Saints have an exciting new player in Heisman trophy winner, Reggie Bush. They have a good new quarterback in Drew Brees. They were the worst team in football last year and had to play their games in Baton Rouge, Oklamhoma City, and the Meadowlands of New Jersey.
Tonight they play at home. Best of luck to them.
…when the Saints go marching in.
I agree. The city needs a dose of hope.
I wish some Saints would march into the Middle East, however, and stop what seems to be a certainty now – an air war over Iran.
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Poppy is doing the coin flip, and he didn’t even get booed. Ridiculous.
for NO than his son, Poopy…
Don’t remember them playing in OK City — that was the basketball team IIRC. Didn’t they spend lots of time in San Antonio…and didn’t San Antonio try to steal them from New Orleans? (LA has tried too, but hell, they steal our water so they’ll steal anything…)
yeah, I think you are right.
what an awesome start for the Saints. Blocked punt recovered for a touchdown in the endzone.
Agreed. There are people who probably look down on sports, and sometimes I’ve been one of them, but let’s face it, you can’t just face disaster staring you in the face day after day, week after week, year after year. You need a bit of entertainment once in a while. The Saints, the Hornets, jazz, food, all the things that make New Orleans New Orleans.
Now if we could just get the media to pay attention to the rest of the story down there once in a while. Harry Shearer seems to be on a one-man crusade to keep NO in front of the public eye, but he’s only one guy.
and very pleasant it is. Though this is such a licking that I almost feel bad for Atlanta walking into it.
The TV has not been very Republican either, something I don’t trust from sportscasters. They had Spike Lee on talking about his NOLA documentary — he ducked trashing Bush, saying he was not going to have “a Kanye moment.” Those who got it, got it.
Too bad the they’re not playing the Giants. There’s an easy victory.
well, being a big Chargers fan, I was so upset when they let Drew Brees go. But now I figure I can adopt the Saints as my second favorite football team (because, you know, atavistic hometown loyalties are hard to overcome).
Brees is a winner, and I think he’ll make the Saints winners as well.
I mean, how about that block he threw so Bush could get the TD?!