Just be happy that you have a seafood festival, among other things. There are a lot of people for whom Saints games (and their own home cooking) are the only bits of New Orleans they have. You have New Orleans itself; savor it, treasure it, gulp it down and go for seconds, while it’s still there. All the rest of us have is a nearly empty go-cup. Waaaaah!

BTW, are you going to buy one of those houses in South Delhi? What’s up with that?

I feel your pain.. and being up in Toronto I have no seafood so stop feeling down and go have some more for me.

The game itself.. I dont know why but Monday night Saints games also have me … waiting. Regardless of what i do Saturday Night, crawl into bed at 8am in the morning my eyes pop open at 1pm and the TV is coming on. Those days they play at 4pm mean i have to wait for 3 hours.. doable. The late late games are killers… how do you have a rush that long before the game even starts?

I think that the Monday games, i just hold back the feelings until that opening kickoff.

I don’t know which defense is going to show, without Sedrick Ellis especially. It seems the football gods have it in for us this year, with each injury another piece removed a la Jinga, waiting for the mountain to topple.

 Still, so much rides on this game. Win it, and we can get to the bye week at 4-4 or better, which bodes well for the 2nd half of the season when we (hopefully) get healthy.

 I think dropoff in intensity is due to playing out-of-division. 1 of first 6 games is a divison foe, kind of odd in my book.

http://www.canalstreetchronicles.com/2008/10/5/628467/vikings-saints-scouting-re#comments

rotoworld:

Bernard Berrian (questionable, foot) “should play” on Monday Night Football against the Saints, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
A late addition to the injury report, Berrian was hobbled in late-week practice and may not be at full speed if he goes. The Saints are susceptible to deep threats like Berrian, but Sidney Rice is a better bet to pace Minnesota in receiving. Rice is also questionable, but is fully expected to play.
Oct. 5 – 11:45 p.m. ET
Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press

How can you not get up for this game. It is primetime and will be nationalnally televised. We are never on Monday Night (except last year when we looked dreadful againts Tennessee) Everyone is going to see the best QB in the NFL wing it all over the field. I am so amped for this game, it is a huge one. If we can follow the plan and make a team score 30 to beat us we should be allright because even Indianapolis was able to hold Minnesota under that number.

Roman Harper is going to have to come up huge for us and it is Vilma’s most important game.

I think as we get closer to the actual game, you will begin to feel the hype.

But, I’m sure that will change by game time. After watching my FF team put up pathetic points yesterday in what will surely be another crash and burn defeat by tonight, my mind has temporarily drifted away from football. The excitement will have returned by kickoff. It may fade once I see Kornheiser on my TV screen. He is a buzz kill of dramatic proportions. I hope Brees’ arm has been well rested this week as I have a feeling we’ll be seeing many a pass from him.

great video- gets me pumped!!

You predicted the Vikes to win but are a Saints fan? Tsk,tsk! Your concience is only biting you in the arse – going to the game in the Dome predicting the opposing team will win……uh huh. How were you able to sleep last night! lol

knowing you won’t be able to run the ball, knowing you’ll only fall another game behind the juggernaut that is the Carolina Panthers. It’s time for Brees to air mail one in and start thinking about what QB you might be able to draft next year. :)

Only two weeks till be get it on!!! But first we have to take care of the Bucs, no problem.

Lemme be the 1st to say… Your “juggernaut” won’t come close to winning the South… It’s safe for me to say, you won’t even keep it within 2 touchdowns when we light up the scoreboard in two weeks!!!!

And as for the MNF game… Yes, I’m pumped… I’ve been looking for newborn clothes online for the newest arrival… Unfortunately, most things are 12months n up…… She’s already diehard tho… She’s tried on daddys’ Reggie bush jersey already.. Ha..

I got the wings defrosting, the Corona’s on chill… the buffalo wild wings sauce ready to go & I’m fired up…!!!!!

I think it’s a combination of things. Yes, yesterday sucked because of the wait. I found myself watching Nascar and just flipping to the games now and then. And by the way, I’m not a huge Nascar fan. When I do watch though I pull for Dale Jr. . Well, with around 16 laps to go it looked like he might pull off a W. until………..the big one #2 happened and took him and pretty much the rest of the field out. Then I lost all excitment yet again. I was so close to having somthing to cheer for yesterday I could almost taste it.

Now today is here and I have the same feeling. It reminds me of the feeling I had last year when we were at 4-4. It was like a roller coaster that made me sick. Oh, and on top of it all, I would have been there tonight if my kid’s grades didn’t stink and we didn’t have a parent/teacher conference at 4. Coming in from Mississippi after that and I might drive off the twin span!. But anyway, I’ll get excited closer to game time. I just hope we come out with a W and we don’t get taken out in the end.

From my point of view, previous week against the Niners had the same no-hype feeling as tthis week. Why? Maybe because we all know we can’t measure our strenght as a team against neither both team. Let’s face it, they’re not exactly play-off contender…I know I’m already anxious for Carolina and SD game in London.

Or maybe we’re just already emotionally drained for all that has been going on since training camp: bringing Shockey in with still no clue on how he’ll be when he plays 4 games in a row, wondering about Deuce until last game, would Reggie be a bust or not, is Vilma’s knee gonna hold up, will they finally start Meachem, what about our secondary or letting Henderson go. I don’t know for you guys but, adding it up with all those %$?&$?#& injuries to key players got my stress level pretty high for the last month and a half! Guess mental fatigue was kind of kicking in.

Then again, we’re close to six hours before kick-off and I put my Saints cap on (my boss hates it). And, slowly but surely, I do feel my game mood building up again.

Maybe I was just feeling guilty picking Vikings on FunOfficePool before I realised I couldn’t do that and changed it. Or maybe I got tired of having people (Hi MT) aim at me for first place and end up with an even more big of a gap with second place.

Enough of that non-sense.,..Game on!!!!!!

Geaux Saints baby!

When I start feeling the way you describe on the front page, I must remind myself that it is “only football” and should be taken as entertainment. Win or lose, the fun is finding out. Football should not be the end all of your life, if it is, well, good luck.

We should win this. Also why does everyone find it necessary to use other songs than the U2/Green Day song for the Saints???

The Saints and nola have their/our OWN U2/GREEN DAY song!!!! Who else has that? Nobody. It’s F’ing cool and should always be used.