Fleur-de-Links Wild Card Saturday: New Orleans Saints @ Seattle Seahawks - Gameday Edition

I have opted for a new profile picture. Thank you, CP for sharing your image-skills. Just like last year’s Lombardi trophy picture i sported for the playoff run, I’m going with CP’s Two-Dat re-imagining for 2011.

Go Saints!

Let’s go get this, boys!!

In the section on the 1991 wild card game vs. Falcons:

The winning touchdown came on Michael Haynes’ dazzling 61-yard catch-and-run with 2:41 remaining. The Falcons were facing second-and-9 at their 39-yard line, with safeties Bennie Thompson and Vencie Glenn blitzing.
The defensive strategy left the Saints four remaining defensive backs in single coverage against the Falcons’ dangerous wide receivers.
That put Haynes, who prepped at Clark High School, against cornerback Milton Mack, who was thrust into the starting lineup in the 14th game of the regular season because of injuries.
Haynes caught the pass at Atlanta’s 45, then spun toward the middle of the field, where he sidestepped Mack and eluded the fast-closing Mills.
“I don’t know how many guys we had rushing,” Mack said. “I just know I had single coverage against a real fast guy. You can’t make mistakes against those guys or they’ll burn you.”
Haynes’ touchdown capped the Falcons’ rally from a 10-0 deficit in the second quarter. New Orleans linebacker Rickey Jackson questioned the logic of using a blitz that normally was used only when an opponent was inside the Saints’ 20.
"When you do that, you’re looking for trouble, " Jackson said. “All I know is a lot of people in this organization got to get better before next season. That goes for coaches and players.”

Rickey Jackson quotes – I miss them so much…

When Joique scores his first TD in his “breakout” game, we can scream and sing, “Joique to the World!!”

The fact that we are the Saints and they are the Seachickens should be enough no matter the weather conditions

Stadium officials:

We had no idea we were %#$^&*ing fans at the cash register!

We will look into this right away.

“What’s that? We’re charging more for cups that actually hold the same amount of beer?

We'll look into that, too.

We have the Oklahoma Governor’s Inauguration Ball tonight here at the Aquarium. Because of security, I’m locked in after 3. I’m gonna be popping in and out here to catch the game updates, but will have to miss the live action.

As CSC’s unofficial Beer Correspondent and former Superdome Beer Man, I’ve done some looking into the Beergate saga.

It turns out that the stadium was screwing up in favor of the fans.

From the Seahawks’ statement in the linked article:
Fans who purchased a 16 oz. beer actually received 20 oz. of beer for the 16 oz. price. Fans that purchased the 20 oz. beer received the amount they purchased. We are working with Levy Restaurants to follow up with the cup vendor about the measurement and to determine how long this has been occurring at Qwest Field.

So they’ve been serving 20-oz beers at the 16-oz price for quite some time. That’s my kind of lagniappe!

Would that be one of our DE’s?

We’ll be in NOLA next weekend for the Little Feat show at the House of Blues and we’d like to party with our fellow WhoDats. So we need the Boys to win today so that we have the next round to cheer for.

Win or lose, Reggies performance under this pressure will define his carreer as a Saint. If he performs well and we win, I see us advanceing in the playoffs with confidence. There are so many unsettling questions as to how this team will respond to the loss of Thomas and Ivory, so a major contribution by Reggie could make all the difference today. My confidence is not so much right now, even if we defeat the Hawks………..unless, Reggie brings the wood!!!!

If you want to spot a CSCer in the stands, I’ll be the one whose Saints sign has a Duck shoutout.

Let’s continue the tradition of New Orleanians fighting bravely on Jan 8th!

I wont repeat his name but that boy from MS state that grew up running around my house has had his agent contacted by 2 teams and one is our hated rivals

I’ll try to touch base here and get updates on the game. GEAUX SAINTS!!! WHOOOOOOODAT!!!

I’m watching NFL network as I play around on CSC..

Tom Hammond’s voice to me means horse racing, low-rent SEC Jefferson-Pilot games, and the Bayou Classic.

Danny Clark, Jimmy Graham, Charles Brown, Anthony Hargrove, Malcolm Jenkins, Joique Bell, Matt Giordano, Adrian Arrington.

Marques will PLAY!!!