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Here we are again.
Posted on 1/18/19 at 8:39 pm
Posted on 1/18/19 at 8:39 pm
I don’t like to get sentimental, but here we are again. The Saints are one game away from doing the impossible. Taking this franchise to another Super Bowl. It doesn’t seem long ago when the idea of watching the Saints play in the Super Bowl was a pipe dream. But we’ve seen it once. And we might see it again.
I was 13 when Katrina hit. I personally wasn’t affected, but a lot of good people that I knew were. My countrymen and fellow statesmen watched as they lost everything. I remember watching the news and seeing all the devastation. I still can’t imagine what it’s like to lose it all in one day. Decades of hard work and generations of memories, gone.
Then 2006 comes. The Super Dome is restored and ressurected like it was out of a movie. The first home game back in our Super Dome. Steve Gleason blocks that punt against Atlanta, and the place explodes in absolute pandemonium. It was like as if Katrina never came. Even if for a brief, fleeting moment, all the horrors never happened. That building was alive.
Fast forward 3 years and hell freezes over. Pigs fly. The Saints win the Super Bowl. It was the greatest sports story I’ve ever seen, and you won’t ever change my mind. I saw the Saints go from the most decimated franchise to champions. A city that was obliterated was partying in the streets like it was Mardi Gras. The Saints proved to the world that even though we were knocked down hard, we stood right back up.
Here we are again. About to play for a spot in the Super Bowl. Proving to the world that we are still here. And yet, this game is just as significant. We aren’t a one hit wonder. We aren’t a fluke. We aren’t a Cinderella story. We’re a damn strong franchise in a damn strong city within a damn strong state. And we’re here to play.
It’s funny to put so much stock in a game. After all, I know I won’t be putting on pads, no matter how bad I want to. But like Tom Benson said, people in New Orleans have a little pep in their step when the Saints win. The hope of Louisiana is a little bit brighter when the Saints win.
TL;DR, I know. I just wanted to put my thoughts down somewhere.
2009 NFC Championship
I was 13 when Katrina hit. I personally wasn’t affected, but a lot of good people that I knew were. My countrymen and fellow statesmen watched as they lost everything. I remember watching the news and seeing all the devastation. I still can’t imagine what it’s like to lose it all in one day. Decades of hard work and generations of memories, gone.
Then 2006 comes. The Super Dome is restored and ressurected like it was out of a movie. The first home game back in our Super Dome. Steve Gleason blocks that punt against Atlanta, and the place explodes in absolute pandemonium. It was like as if Katrina never came. Even if for a brief, fleeting moment, all the horrors never happened. That building was alive.
Fast forward 3 years and hell freezes over. Pigs fly. The Saints win the Super Bowl. It was the greatest sports story I’ve ever seen, and you won’t ever change my mind. I saw the Saints go from the most decimated franchise to champions. A city that was obliterated was partying in the streets like it was Mardi Gras. The Saints proved to the world that even though we were knocked down hard, we stood right back up.
Here we are again. About to play for a spot in the Super Bowl. Proving to the world that we are still here. And yet, this game is just as significant. We aren’t a one hit wonder. We aren’t a fluke. We aren’t a Cinderella story. We’re a damn strong franchise in a damn strong city within a damn strong state. And we’re here to play.
It’s funny to put so much stock in a game. After all, I know I won’t be putting on pads, no matter how bad I want to. But like Tom Benson said, people in New Orleans have a little pep in their step when the Saints win. The hope of Louisiana is a little bit brighter when the Saints win.
TL;DR, I know. I just wanted to put my thoughts down somewhere.
2009 NFC Championship
This post was edited on 1/18/19 at 10:55 pm
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Posted on 1/18/19 at 8:40 pm to DeafJam73
Living the golden era of saints football. Enjoy it. Enjoy Drew Brees.
Posted on 1/18/19 at 8:41 pm to WhoGeaux
Wow chills. Let’s finish it off.
Man I love this team
Man I love this team
Posted on 1/18/19 at 8:49 pm to JW6
This game has me fricking terrified
Posted on 1/18/19 at 8:50 pm to DeafJam73
Uhm I’m a falcons fan living in New Orleans and for a goddamn millisecond I almost said that dreaded phrase that starts with “Who”.
Well written, sir. That was a damn eloquent piece!
Well written, sir. That was a damn eloquent piece!
Posted on 1/18/19 at 8:59 pm to DeafJam73
Well said. 
Thought a few on the MSB are telling me an LSU national title was a bigger deal than the Saints super bowl. Some just don’t understand.
Thought a few on the MSB are telling me an LSU national title was a bigger deal than the Saints super bowl. Some just don’t understand.
Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:01 pm to CocoLoco
Maybe for the state. But not for new Orleans and the surrounding areas
Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:02 pm to tigerbait3488
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This game has me fricking terrified
Same
Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:06 pm to SohCahToa
If the saints play clean they’ll be in the super bowl. If they play clean there they’ll be world champions.
Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:07 pm to Nado Jenkins83
Even for the state it was a bigger deal. It’s just a much more prestigious award. You see college ratings compared to NFL, it’s a massive difference. I get someone being an LSU alumni saying a natty means more to them, but objectively it isn’t as big of a deal as a SB win. I was in Lafayette after it and the entire city was a mad house, that’s 2 hours from Nola. Seems like everywhere was wild. Funnest night of my life.
Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:07 pm to DoubleDown
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Uhm I’m a falcons fan living in New Orleans and for a goddamn millisecond I almost said that dreaded phrase that starts with “Who”.
Well written, sir. That was a damn eloquent piece!
go ahead and say it... you know you want to
Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:25 pm to rt3
Say it 283 times and your transformation shall be complete.
Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:29 pm to DeafJam73
I was born in 82 in New Orleans, there is a picture of Morton Andersom signing my bib at training camp when I was 1 years old. my dad is an absolute die hard and had season tickets in 67 in Tulane stadium. I've been a fan since I could breath.
I never ever thought we would be this good. I've been to countless games as a kid and watched us get our arse kicked. my dad still cant believe we are this good. it's incredible and hard to describe really.
man just enjoy it, you never know if we will have this chance again.
who dat.
I never ever thought we would be this good. I've been to countless games as a kid and watched us get our arse kicked. my dad still cant believe we are this good. it's incredible and hard to describe really.
man just enjoy it, you never know if we will have this chance again.
who dat.
Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:35 pm to DeafJam73
Well said and it is a golden age of football for Saint fans.
Never thought I would be able to say such a thing.
Never thought I would be able to say such a thing.
Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:38 pm to DeafJam73
when we make a run like this I always think of the die hard who passed and never got a chance to experience this.
peoples grandmas and grandpas who stuck with the team when they were absolute shite who never got to the glory.
lets win one for these people, we all have them.
growing up my good friends dad was a die hard. they pissed him off mercolicly but he had season tickets and never missed a game. he died from cancer in early 2000s and never got to experience this.
those are the people I think about when this happens.
who dat.
peoples grandmas and grandpas who stuck with the team when they were absolute shite who never got to the glory.
lets win one for these people, we all have them.
growing up my good friends dad was a die hard. they pissed him off mercolicly but he had season tickets and never missed a game. he died from cancer in early 2000s and never got to experience this.
those are the people I think about when this happens.
who dat.
Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:43 pm to CBandits82
SB is in ATL. Perfect.
We just MUST finish this.
I would not call myself a die-hard...but I hope for all the Die-Hards that I know.
We just MUST finish this.
I would not call myself a die-hard...but I hope for all the Die-Hards that I know.
Posted on 1/18/19 at 9:48 pm to DeafJam73
WHO DAT!!!
Posted on 1/18/19 at 10:08 pm to DeafJam73
Well written piece.
I was born during the Dome Patrol era so I started to really follow the Saints during the last years of Mora. Then came the Ditka years along with the quarterback carrousel right beside them. I always wondered what it would be like to experience what Packers, Steelers, or Patriot fans got to experience with winning the Super Bowl. It’s like a kid looking through the window of a toy store and seeing a gift that he/she wants but whose parents can’t afford. That’s what it was like being a Saints fan. And then comes Katrina. Most of us didn’t even know if the team would even come back to the city when it was all said and done.
But in comes Payton and Brees who literally turn the franchise into a 180 overnight even to this day. Since 2006, we have experienced 4 division championships, 7 playoff wins, 3 NFC Championship berths, and a Super Bowl Championship. Before that, in a span of 40 years, we had only 2 division championships and 1 playof win.
Cherish this time, guys. Take it in and enjoy.
I was born during the Dome Patrol era so I started to really follow the Saints during the last years of Mora. Then came the Ditka years along with the quarterback carrousel right beside them. I always wondered what it would be like to experience what Packers, Steelers, or Patriot fans got to experience with winning the Super Bowl. It’s like a kid looking through the window of a toy store and seeing a gift that he/she wants but whose parents can’t afford. That’s what it was like being a Saints fan. And then comes Katrina. Most of us didn’t even know if the team would even come back to the city when it was all said and done.
But in comes Payton and Brees who literally turn the franchise into a 180 overnight even to this day. Since 2006, we have experienced 4 division championships, 7 playoff wins, 3 NFC Championship berths, and a Super Bowl Championship. Before that, in a span of 40 years, we had only 2 division championships and 1 playof win.
Cherish this time, guys. Take it in and enjoy.
Posted on 1/19/19 at 8:17 am to CocoLoco
I don't think the second one will be like the first one but I can tell you, being around for the 2003 and 2007 NCs and every Mardi Gras since 1982, I can say with absolute certainty there was nothing and will probably never again be anything like the Saints winning the 2009 Super Bowl.
I've never seen New Orleans like that. Not even close. Every street in New Orleans was clogged with traffic. People had stopped their cars on Canal Street and just walked away from them. Strangers were pulling up next to each other and entire car loads of people hanging out of the window high-fiving. People stopped on the Pontchartrain Expressway, getting out of their cars in dancing in the streets together. A cacophony of car horns like I've never heard , enough to make New York City jealous. Hard heads out of the Iberville projects hugging frats in polos and penny loafers. I saw NOPD cops hoisted on the shoulders of black folks. I saw people crowd surfing down Bourbon Street. Bars were sold out of liquor and beer in a matter of hours. The city made an entire parade happen with the wave of a magic wand. Every square inch of downtown from the streets, to the balconies, to the windows, to the doorways, to the sidewalks was filled with bodies.
It was absolute chaos mixed with exhilarating joy and pandemonium. I think the release of all the citys pain and sorrow and depression and agony both for the Saints franchise since 1967 and in their own lives and generations going back was all released on that night and I wouldn't be surprised if it moved the Earth off its axis a few degrees.
I've never seen New Orleans like that. Not even close. Every street in New Orleans was clogged with traffic. People had stopped their cars on Canal Street and just walked away from them. Strangers were pulling up next to each other and entire car loads of people hanging out of the window high-fiving. People stopped on the Pontchartrain Expressway, getting out of their cars in dancing in the streets together. A cacophony of car horns like I've never heard , enough to make New York City jealous. Hard heads out of the Iberville projects hugging frats in polos and penny loafers. I saw NOPD cops hoisted on the shoulders of black folks. I saw people crowd surfing down Bourbon Street. Bars were sold out of liquor and beer in a matter of hours. The city made an entire parade happen with the wave of a magic wand. Every square inch of downtown from the streets, to the balconies, to the windows, to the doorways, to the sidewalks was filled with bodies.
It was absolute chaos mixed with exhilarating joy and pandemonium. I think the release of all the citys pain and sorrow and depression and agony both for the Saints franchise since 1967 and in their own lives and generations going back was all released on that night and I wouldn't be surprised if it moved the Earth off its axis a few degrees.
This post was edited on 1/19/19 at 8:19 am
Posted on 1/19/19 at 8:39 am to nola000
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I've never seen New Orleans like that. Not even close. Every street in New Orleans was clogged with traffic. People had stopped their cars on Canal Street and just walked away from them. Strangers were pulling up next to each other and entire car loads of people hanging out of the window high-fiving. People stopped on the Pontchartrain Expressway, getting out of their cars in dancing in the streets together. A cacophony of car horns like I've never heard , enough to make New York City jealous. Hard heads out of the Iberville projects hugging frats in polos and penny loafers. I saw NOPD cops hoisted on the shoulders of black folks. I saw people crowd surfing down Bourbon Street. Bars were sold out of liquor and beer in a matter of hours. The city made an entire parade happen with the wave of a magic wand. Every square inch of downtown from the streets, to the balconies, to the windows, to the doorways, to the sidewalks was filled with bodies.
No question that the city was at its best that night
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