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I'm hoarse, exhausted, and my pelvis hurts from standing up for most of 3 hours.  If fans can't keep up an extremely high level of screaming, clapping, and pounding throughout all the visiting team's series of downs, how can we expect the players to perform at 100% all out, on every play throughout the game?  Can't. 

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Great game, my wife's favorite:  Blowout, so she doesn't have to wring her hands for 4 quarters.  Completely different game than the Dallas loss.  Superdome looked awesome when I walked in, knew it was going to be a good one.  First play of the game, long run for a TD.  Wife stared at me.  I said "Just like at Dallas in 2006.  Now they're cocky and the Saints will roll."  More staring.  "Remember?"  Still more staring. I realized, I think, that Gregg Williams was going for the kill on the first play.  I'm guessing an all out blitz, but the hole was huge, and I thought "If 41 doesn't move over and make the play, this guy is gone" and boom he was.  No matter, I wasn't concerned at all and the crowd got right back into it.  I was able to see Randall Gay's chop strip on the Cards' next play from scrimmage: awesome, classic, fortunate bounce of the ball, my play of the game.  Devery's catch on the flea flicker?  I do not know how Brees got the ball back and was able to gauge and throw that ball.  Did he just chunk it?  A bit short but right in the bread basket, boom 6, right in front of me, awe inspiring yet again.  You saw the game, no more about that from me, but I will say it was LOUD in that first quarter and our seats were on the other end of the field.  So loud, I could feel my inner ear canals.  Warm, tingly feeling, and some pressure.  Did not feel that at the Dallas game last month.  Fans know now they have to help and they did today.  Also, no one (in the 2 sections I could see) sat down while the game clock was counting, until late in the 3rd quarter or so.  That's unusual.  Nobody sat down.  WIfe sat next to a nice mother and daughter, who owned my next camera.  So this should be my last post with really poor photos:

 

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Me and Billy Miller.  More on this Monday.  He's pretty big but so am I.  We should have compared bellies. Ry_3d480_medium

How ironic.  She was actually flaunting it, flagrantly.

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First series. 
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  When you're up 45-14, you only send in 8 players on defense. 

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Game over, fans still yelling.

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Drunk Cardinal fan, likes to have his photo taken.

 

 

 

 


 

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 I went on Dave’s recomendation of Canon Powershot . I got the sx120 got great photos of the other side of the field with the telephoto lens, only drawback no viewfinder.

LOVE MY SHOCKMEISTER AND THE COOL BREES!

by N_O_1saintfan on Jan 16, 2010 10:30 PM CST reply actions  

Still can't believe that Shockey scored while limping around out there

that was rediculous

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by WVPiratesfan on Jan 16, 2010 10:47 PM CST reply actions  

What a game!!!

The whole team deserves an A+!!! NFC championship baby!!!! One more win and we’re off to miami!!!! I would love revenge against Dallas!!!!

by Jricky70 on Jan 16, 2010 11:15 PM CST reply actions  

Where did u bump into Billy Miller?

did u ask about his ach. tendon status?

You think you know, and you don't know, and you never, ever will.-Jim Mora Sr.

by metryman on Jan 17, 2010 1:20 AM CST reply actions  

Miller was signing autographs

In the Dome sports shop before the game. Read his tweets in Saintsational’s “Who Dat Say” post. Wish I had been there to experience it all first hand!

"The Saints made the right decision signing Drew Brees-not just in terms of his arm, but because of his heart and mind." - Marshall Faulk

by SaintsFanMD on Jan 17, 2010 10:11 AM CST up reply actions  

Awesome!

I hope you enjoyed every second!!!!!!

Forget the nickel and dime, you'd better bring a half- dollar to deal with this team.--Tony Moss, NFL editor

by SaintsFan-KS on Jan 17, 2010 8:19 AM CST reply actions  

We were thinking about you the whole time on the threads and what a great time you must be having.

 But where is my Duece pic?

Pulling out the stops.... feeding into the mud in my blood to push into our Saints to Go the Distance....

The VGG is back.

by VoodooGrisGris on Jan 17, 2010 9:04 AM CST reply actions  

I still can't believe...

I’ll be in the Dome next Sunday! Can’t wait to experience that kind of atmosphere live.

This is gonna be a very long week….

Still cautiously optimistic.

by FrenchFreak on Jan 17, 2010 11:41 AM CST reply actions  

Good pix, nice write-up!

Glad you and wifejo4 enjoyed the game and had good seat-mates while spotting your future of photography.

Billy Miller – did you tell him how much we miss having him play?

Hope you have/had a safe return trip.

Where was your hotel? Did you walk around the quarter before/after the game and see any craziness?

Why not us? Why not Deuce?

by Hans Petersen on Jan 17, 2010 1:44 PM CST reply actions  

Yeah I guess that would make her suzjo4.

I was going to get all sentimental with Billy but there was a line behind me. I asked him if he felt like he’d be ready to play next year and he said he’d play today if they’d let him. Gave him my card (with emails and CSC website scribbled on the back) and invited him to do an email interview with Saintsational Dave, told him about Da Chronic quickly (dropped Usama’s and Vilma’s names shamelessly), he said he would check it out. Probably threw my card in the trash as I left, but it was worth a try. More on my Beerman encounter tomorrow.

Hotel on St Charles in the central business district. Usual game day behavior but up a notch. As I stood on the curb waiting for my car, drunk drove by, heard him coming 2 blocks away, yelling and honking. He saw me in my Archie jersey and made eye contact, honking and yelling as I was pumping my fist a little for him. He ran the yellow/red light, probably didn’t see it at all, honking on down St Charles. So we go to eat and most of the guys who walked past our table demanded a high or low 5 while saying Who Dat? or Go Saints! Pretty routine but up a notch, definitely a buzz in the air. As I said, I was exhausted. My voice is down an octave and fuzzy today. Spoke to the desk clerk this morning and told him I was a little hoarse, he said so was everyone who checked out today so far. HA

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by stujo4 on Jan 17, 2010 3:21 PM CST up reply actions  

sounds good - thanks for the detailed answer

again, I’m glad you got to enjoy a BIG TIME victory and a good experience in NOLA.

I spent the last couple days trying not to get too excited (you know, temper my excitement with a bit of cautious optimism) about the game because the last time I get really excited was for the Dallas game and it was a huge letdown of having an all-day hype buildup and then a big crash at night.

But our boys played well in all 4 phases (O, D, ST, coaching) and I’m so ready for the VIKES and the Great and Powerful Favre.

Why not us? Why not Deuce?

by Hans Petersen on Jan 17, 2010 3:49 PM CST up reply actions  

That's cool about Billy and a possible CSC interview...

He seems like a super nice guy in interviews and his column on NOS.com.

I’d actually be suprised if he doesn’t contact you… if he remembers your request. (I have a habit of forgetting stuff after people give me their card, and I don’t have hundreds of people trying to say ‘hi’.)

Saints fan in DFW. Saints go all the way... I BELIEVE!

by Dan Kelly on Jan 17, 2010 8:38 PM CST up reply actions  

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