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It isn't often that I take credit for a Saints win, but I have to humbly claim responsibility here. Well, my wife and I, together, so I suppose it wasn't just me.

After a long weekend of putting in 50 ft of PVC drainpipe, we finished about 3:00 and decided we'd earned a reward. So it's downtown to the Bier Garden to watch the Saints kick ass on the big screen.

Except that it didn't turn out that way. Drew looked sick. The offensive line looked sick, and the defensive line wasn't much better. Ricky Williams was running roughshod over the Saints, and after two quarters and a couple of Hirschbraus (ale and lager, good stuff), we decided that the Saints were losing because we were watching them. It was a big sacrifice to make, but we decided to go home and let the Saints catch up and win an epic victory without our involvement.

Which is just what happened.

So...our voluntary non-involvement in the second half--plus gold pants--proved to be enough to give the Saints the win. I know you all feel you should get together and do something to show your appreciation, but honestly...just being 6-0 is enough for me. Great win, and the knowledge that we had something to do with it will be enough to warm our hearts even when we're 90 and in a nursing home and it hurts to chew banana pudding.

WHO DAT!

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6-0! 6-0! 6-0!

Nice game all around! Missed PATs still mystify me, though.

"With Chance on first, and Evers on third,
Great things from the Cubs will soon be heard."

by LeSaboteur on Oct 25, 2009 7:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks M-E

Your bananas!

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by Saintsational on Oct 25, 2009 7:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

that...

and my cat Maynard decided to join us just as the Saints started to roll!!!!

"For us, there is no spring... only the smell of fresh wind before the storm."
-Conan of Cimeria

by tlsk1066 on Oct 25, 2009 7:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

My girlfriend's daughter was watching with me...

…until halftime, then she had to go to a friend’s house.

She’s not allowed to watch another Saints game for the rest of her life.

;-)

…seriously, she threw mud in my gris-gris!!!

:-P

Irony: An atheist Saints fan.

by GSO Saints Fan on Oct 25, 2009 7:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

M E

thanks for taking one for the team!! Next time, though, hang in there, we have a team that can and will overcome EVERY adversity!!!!

"Indecision may or may not be my biggest problem" - Jimmy Buffett

by Philinwood on Oct 25, 2009 7:24 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

We all appreciate your efforts

But if you think this win had anything to do with anything other than Drew Brees kicking everyone in the ass and willing his team to victory, you’re out of your mind.

by HB-NOLA on Oct 25, 2009 7:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Funny thing

We were sitting next to a party of four from New Orleans, who just happened to be visiting here and decided they couldn’t miss the game, after all. At halftime, we told them we were leaving because we were jinxing the Saints.

They didn’t disagree.

We knew right then they were true New Orleanians, born and bred. Never overlook the power of the jinx. Especially as it pertains to the Saints. So yeah, Drew willed his team to victory…but he had help from the civilians this time.

Super Bowl 44: "If you play in this league and it's not your goal, there's something wrong with you." -- Marques Colston

by MtnExile on Oct 25, 2009 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No ME it wasn´t you, it was the Hirschbräu

Want to do good drink a few cold Dixies! ;-) hahaha

by shecky on Oct 25, 2009 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dix pack of sixie!

The people who say, "Winning isn't everything," don't win very often.

If stupidity is a cancer, you're terminal.

When you die and go to hell, you come back as a Jets fan.

by Hooahsaint on Oct 26, 2009 2:41 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do they still make Dixie Beer?

It’s been a loooooooong time since I had one.

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

by Just 'Nother Day on Oct 26, 2009 5:07 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

I am friends with the owner of the company

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by Saintsational on Oct 26, 2009 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Then, by extension,

I, sir, am a friend of yours!

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

by Just 'Nother Day on Oct 26, 2009 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ever been to Sonthofen?

Birthplace of Hirschbrau. A LOT better than Dixie.

Super Bowl 44: "If you play in this league and it's not your goal, there's something wrong with you." -- Marques Colston

by MtnExile on Oct 26, 2009 7:45 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yup! Granted the beer is better but,,

then almost any german beer is better than almost any american beer. But that´s not the point. Drinkin´Dixie while watchin´the Saints just belongs! grin Drink Hirschbräu on any other occasion.

by shecky on Oct 26, 2009 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, I've been to Sonthofen.

It was supercalafrajalisticexpialadocious!

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

by Just 'Nother Day on Oct 26, 2009 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

BUT THE BEER SUCKED.

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

by Just 'Nother Day on Oct 26, 2009 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You must have had a Dixie

Super Bowl 44: "If you play in this league and it's not your goal, there's something wrong with you." -- Marques Colston

by MtnExile on Oct 27, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Way to stick by your team

Watch every game ‘til the last snap, that’s my motto.

This was a GREAT win that will help propel the Saints to the first 19-0 season in history. Just watch out for big injuries. I’m not talking about Shockey, because it’s a given that he’ll go down at some point. Or he’ll start talkin’.

by BlueMe on Oct 25, 2009 7:46 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Once it was 24-3...

I went and took a nap until the 4th quarter. Woke up to a pleasant surprise.

by jjwest11 on Oct 25, 2009 7:51 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Good job, M-E

Thanks for getting your jinxing ass out of that bar at just the right moment. This makes up for your prediction of a serious Saints injury, which did come true. Man! I hope Big Sed is OK. He looked like he’ll be out for at least a few weeks, if not the season.

"He has got a good ol' boy sense of humor, but he has also got a good ol' boy sense of kick you in the ass, too,"--Gregg Williams describing Bill Johnson. The D WILL ROCK THIS YEAR!

by satchmo26 on Oct 25, 2009 7:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sometimes a prediction is just a prediction

I didn’t jinx nobody. Not me.

Super Bowl 44: "If you play in this league and it's not your goal, there's something wrong with you." -- Marques Colston

by MtnExile on Oct 25, 2009 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wasn't serious

I don’t believe in jinxes. It was just bad luck that Big Sed went down. I guess we were due. Hargrove looked very good in his place. I hope Big Sed isn’t lost for the year. So far, they’re calling it a knee sprain, so if we’re lucky he may be gone for only 3-4 weeks.

"He has got a good ol' boy sense of humor, but he has also got a good ol' boy sense of kick you in the ass, too,"--Gregg Williams describing Bill Johnson. The D WILL ROCK THIS YEAR!

by satchmo26 on Oct 25, 2009 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought Hargrove did outstanding. I had questions on whether he should have been starting over Sed in any case.

The people who say, "Winning isn't everything," don't win very often.

If stupidity is a cancer, you're terminal.

When you die and go to hell, you come back as a Jets fan.

by Hooahsaint on Oct 26, 2009 2:42 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

a win is a win, at least now no one can say we dont have a talented team because we have never been behind and come back

I am a jack of all, and master of none

by doublewide on Oct 25, 2009 8:01 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I thought it was me...

I wore my Drew Brees jersey today for the first time this season. I was sure that I had screwed the pooch, but now I know that it was you and not me. WHEW!!!

"Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake." -- Napoleon Bonaparte

by Cajun in CA on Oct 25, 2009 8:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I can do you one better on the jinxing

For the first time this year I donned some Saints gear. If it were 2006 or before, it would have been a usual occurance on gameday, but for each game of ‘07 or ’08, whenever I wore a Saints jersey or T-shirt we lost, badly,( including both road games in Tampa to which I traveled). So this year I watch in non-Saints gear. Today I figured we are so good the jinx wouldn’t occur. Boy was I wrong, the damn gris-gris was on as soon as I pulled on my Sir Saint t-shirt (I call him “the Chin”, you know the old mascot from the early years) . Anyway by the late first quarter I switch the station to Morgus thinking the watch jinx was in effect, but totally forgot about the shirt. When I realized the shirt jinx was still on I ripped that thing off like it was poison, and when I flipped back to check-up Sharper hasd just started the come back. I’m watching the game now, since I taped it, but I’ll bet you guys left darn near the time I yanked off the shirt.
That gris-gris is strange and powerful stuff Exile. SAINTS ROCK!!

by WalterN on Oct 25, 2009 8:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

“Sir Saint t-shirt (I call him "the Chin", you know the old mascot from the early years).”

His name is, was and always will be “Ironjaw”. No idea where that Sir Saint BS came from.

"Paralyze resistance with persistence" -Woody Hayes

by coldpizza on Oct 25, 2009 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

On the show "How I Met Your Mother"

The main character Ted Mosby wore that shirt in an episode.

Before you pick your Super Bowl winner ask yourself this: Can you name an offense that can keep pace with the Saints?- Jerome Bettis

by Dan39465 on Oct 25, 2009 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sweet.

"Paralyze resistance with persistence" -Woody Hayes

by coldpizza on Oct 25, 2009 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here's what happened to me

The score was 3-24, when my friend from Church called and asked if I would help him deliver a bedroom suit to a girl that had moved to town without any furniture. When we picked it up from the first house, someone saw my Brees jersey and said that I would be rewarded for leaving the game to do a good deed. When I returned home and unpaused the tivo, well, the rest is history. God is good. Believe in the “Holy Rollers”.

This is OUR year!! Yea, I said it. Who Dat!!!

by Big and Easy on Oct 25, 2009 8:52 PM CDT reply actions   1 recs

My story

i find out that i have to work the early shift today and it just so happens my saints are the late game. so i’m pretty broken hearted to begin with i know i’ll only get to watch the first half before i leave for work. well its 24-3 and i’m brushing the tears from my eyes as i go into work just in a miserable mood. when i get a break at work i decide to check the score and see how they are doing thinking the game should be about over. and what do you know saints just scored and 37-34. then they miss the extra point. i promptly turned off the tv. its killing me so i check back in just in time for porter’s pick 6 then they miss the 2 point. but the game is out of hand so i don’t think my bad luck can ruin a 12 point lead with 2 minutes left so i got to enjoy the end. i promise to be a better fan next week.

I see what you got...Lets rock - Al Bundy

by knucklesmalone on Oct 25, 2009 9:10 PM CDT reply actions   1 recs

HA!

That was a funny one.

And I’m just going to go on pretending that that is you in your avatar…

by Hollywoo! on Oct 26, 2009 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

God Was Watching!

Here in Okinawa, we just had a typhoon (that’s a Oriental hurrican, y’all) go by us and it had been raining for 4 days. When the final score came over the computer the sun came out and it’s been sunny ever since!

I’m not kidding. Google the typhoon!

Heeeeeeeey, something pretty powerful going on here!

by Just 'Nother Day on Oct 25, 2009 9:19 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

yeah, I bet it was a Cat5 storm...

"In the end, the bread was in the pudding." -- Bobby McCray

by HansDat on Oct 25, 2009 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually

it was a lil’ one; only about 80 MPH. Fun, though.

by Just 'Nother Day on Oct 25, 2009 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No kidding?

Were you an Army Brat, Air Force Brat, Navy Brat, Marine Corps Brat . . . . or just a brat?

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

by Just 'Nother Day on Oct 26, 2009 7:19 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep

My dad was in the Army. I think we left when I was around 3-4 months old. After hearing some of their stories, I’m amazed I survived.

by SaintsFan-KS on Oct 26, 2009 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was Army too.

SF. Nice meetin’ ya.

Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!

by Just 'Nother Day on Oct 26, 2009 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

My part

I was watching along with everyone else the other out of area Saints fans on the internet live feed. When the score was 24-3 I decided to have a few drinks and devote my attention to cheering for the Cowboys over the Falcons so we could stay a game up in the division. As I was watching I heard the reports of the score getting closer and closer, but couldn’t bring myself to bring up the game for fear that I was the bad luck charm helping the Fins. When I focused my attention to the Cowboys they began whooping the Falcons, and when that game was over they showed the final minutes of the Saints game and luckily by that point the Saints had the momentum and my presence didn’t hurt the team.

"That Brees is a good quarterback." - Giants Free Safety Michael Johnson after a 48-27 Saints victory.

by VAsaintsfan on Oct 25, 2009 9:35 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

my story...

I am not a religious man, at the half time I went to take a piss while in there I prayed to Breezus to find a way to adjust… MAN did that one come through!!

But i will say 100+ people at my bar stopped watching thier games and came to our big screen… me vs 20 phin fans!!

i won WHO DAT!

time for the falcons to be beat like the dirty birds they are… whose got the bird shot for a 12 gauge??

I am a jack of all, and master of none

by doublewide on Oct 25, 2009 9:46 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

but were you wearing gold pants? i’m gonna get me some of those fancy draws

I see what you got...Lets rock - Al Bundy

by knucklesmalone on Oct 25, 2009 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Knucklesmalone

If that’s really you, I’LL BUY ‘EM! (’Course we got to fit ’em first!)

by Just 'Nother Day on Oct 25, 2009 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

really?

you think the picture of the smokin hottie carrying a gun and walking down the street in a bikini would be me? keep dreaming. i’m short, fat, bald and ugly. you dont want to see me in gold pants but i’ll wear them for the team anyway.

I see what you got...Lets rock - Al Bundy

by knucklesmalone on Oct 26, 2009 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh well,

at least I’m short, fat, bald, and good looking. (BTW, that’s a toupe in the pic!)

by Just 'Nother Day on Oct 26, 2009 12:58 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i was at the game

everytime i went to the bathroom or to get another beer we scored… i ended up watching the second half in the concourse. me in the seats dolphins 27 saints 3, me in the concourse dolhpins 7 saints 43.

by DrewBreesManCrush on Oct 26, 2009 9:21 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

watching from los angeles

the only mojo i was able to impart was my peanut eating. eat peanuts…saints score. stopped eating peanuts, dolphins score. haha

by nanvinnie on Oct 26, 2009 9:58 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Thats funny

Thats just like a story i posted on nola.where I only wore my jersy on home games.
This time I decided that we where a team of destiny and wearing my jersy wouldn’t
matter.When we were down 24-3 I was almost kicking myself for wearing it.(I almost got up and walked out of Buffalo wild wings to till the last 5 secs.Then Brees tought me something.Those superstsiouns that we always have there not needed this year
cause 09 is 09 year and now I can wear my jersy everey sunday

by darshiva420 on Oct 26, 2009 12:01 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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