The Saints win the Super Bowl! (There may actually be a God after all...)

[thatcrazycajun]

Tears are very near to coming down my face. If this is a dream, nobody better fucking pinch me because I NEVER want to wake up! The New Orleans Saints have won their very first ever Super Bowl over the Indianapolis Colts, after a nail-biting four quarters in which it seemed they were doomed to fail. Not even Colts quarterback (and New Orleans hometown deserter) Peyton Manning, widely regarded as the best QB in the game today, could keep them from destiny. The final score? 31-17 New Orleans.

There's plenty of reportage on the plays that made it happen and the players who made them, so I won't waste your time with rehashing them here. I only thank whatever God or gods there be for New Orleans' head coach Sean Payton, QB Drew Brees, kicker Garrett Hartley (now holder of a spanking-new Super Bowl record for successful field goal length) and all the rest who helped this once-losingest team in the NFL defy the odds (and the oddsmakers, who favored the Colts to a man) to bring home football's biggest trophy to the City that Care Forgot. Five years after Katrina ravaged the area, a better shot in the arm for morale a still-rebuilding city couldn't ask for.

In other news, pigs are flying, Hell has frozen over and the Cubs are next to win the World Series....

Comments

[gorgeousgary]

Beaded necklaces for everyone! 8-)

[osewalrus.livejournal.com]

Congrats dude!

[maverick-weirdo.livejournal.com]

Does this mean that I should go outside now to start watching for the meteor?

;)

[crystalgee.livejournal.com]

This is one helluva birthday gift!!!

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Oh, HELLYEAH. I hear tell the entire state of Louisiana has been declared a disaster area PARTY ZONE! :) :) :)

(I'm not sorry Peyton didn't get *another* ring; I'm all about the underdogs. :)

(And I'd *love* to see the Cubs win the Big Dance. Pitchers and catchers report in two weeks!)

Sign seen on a church marquee not too far from here:

GOD CALLS US ALL TO BE SAINTS
EVEN COLTS FANS

[hms42]

Glad to hear your (old) local team went 1 for 1 in the Superbowl.

[mshollie.livejournal.com]

The pigs are jet propelled! Woot! Who dat?

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

Go, Saints! (I should note that Michael D. Brown, the ex-head of FEMA, apparently picked the Colts to win. Makes the second time he's been wrong about New Orleans.)

Now, on to another Yankees World Series Championship :-)

[shelleybear.livejournal.com]

Time to get on with life.

[lemmozine.livejournal.com]

Watched it some. Don't care much about sports in general, but a great day for New Orleans is something that's overdue. Now, about those missing FEMA checks . . .

[katrinb.livejournal.com]

The good thing about Louisiana is that, thanks to Mardi Gras, they have plenty of experience throwing a wild party without burning the place down.

And I second the Cubs thing. I've been rooting for them since I was a little kid - the Red Sox have had their turn, and I cheered, and the Saints are having their turn, and I cheered - so next year maybe it's our turn? *she hopes plaintively, but has learned not to place her happiness in professional sports*

[msminlr.livejournal.com]

How, in New Orleans, would one tell the Super Bowl Win Celebration parties from the early Mardi Gras parties?

[sffilk.livejournal.com]

I'm glad your team won, Matt.

I'm expecting a fais do do after Figo on Saturday.

[archiver-tim.livejournal.com]

I keep hearing a certain Bruce Coburn song. And it's playing in my head.

[robin-june.livejournal.com]

Rest assured: It must be real; they talked about it on NPR's Morning Edition this morning.

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Which song, JOOC? I'm not nearly as familiar with Mr. Cockburn's oeuvre as I'd like to be; all I know is "Stolen Land" and that rocket-launcher song.