When the NFL football season started in September, there were 32 teams competing for the prize.....Today, there are just Two.....
The New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts play today in Miami and when it's over one of them will be Super Bowl Champions....
The world will be watching the tale of two quarterbacks, Drew Brees and Petyon Manning and while the Colts may be the favorites to win, the Saints, a team once called the 'aints', the pride of the City of New Orleans, the State of Louisiana has become the 'new' America's Team....
Before the season started, Drew Brees gave the members of the Saints team a motivational book "Finish Strong", which featured anecdotes about people overcoming adversity, together with a bracelet inscribed with the words "Finish Strong". These words have become the unofficial rally cry for the New Orleans Saints and theirfans, the 'Who Dat Nation'....
Today, the New Orleans Saints will again,
"Finish Strong"....
With Maggie leading the way, she knows a good thing when she finds it....
With Maggie leading the way, she knows a good thing when she finds it....
As part of Carol's Crew, we here are all honorary members of the 'Who Dat Nation'....as such, we stand and cheer the New Orleans Saints to victory....
"Who Dat? Who Dat? Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints? Who Dat? Who Dat?" Today the answer will be, 'Nobody'.....
More members of Carol's Crew at work in Louisiana......
When the Saints and their fans arrived in Miami this week, they were greeted with the Miami Tower bathed in a golden glow....
To honor both of the Super Bowl teams, this weekend the Empire State Building is ablaze in gold & black for the Saints and blue & white for the Colts....and on Sunday night, the colors of the Super Bowl Champions....
For the City of New Orleans and the Who Dat Nation.....GO SAINTS!!!
Now let's play some football....
199 comments:
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Coreen, you just might get snagged to be a sports writer. Great post.
What I wrote:
OK, I'm up and I'm ready. Where are you Coreen? Are you OK? You didn't find yourself a hot man last night, did ya?
I went to the dinner/shower. Mary's DIL looked beautiful. She has had a lot of nausea since she has been pregnant but she looks great. Husband is gaining all the weight and he didn't need to.
I went over the the casino after the dinner to play. Took $100 and played until midnight, up and down and left with $20 more than I went with. I consider that a very successful evening of gambling.
Jan, I've had lots of broken toes. They aren't fun and can look awful but not too painful usually. If she wanted to go skating, she was probably OK. When kids are in pain, you can see it with their activities. I bet her crying was because she was missing mom and dad. Sadness is usually worse at night when the sun goes down. Everything usually is. Pain is also worse at night. Darkness seems to intensify misery. Have you ever noticed that?
Today's the day, the excitement is building, can't wait for the game to start....
Carol, Mary, we are here with you cheering
your Saints....
Glad to hear that Mary's dinner went well, with
no mishaps....
Nice you went to the Casino, calmed you down a little?....and as long as you left with more than you went with, that's a win....
Now to the business of the day....everything is under control....no nerves, remember your team has accomplished so much....& just one more thing to do....
That's another reason I didn't want to go to any Super Bowl parties today. I wanted to hang here with my peeps today. What kind of party snacks do ya'll want today? Just name it. No diet stuff either.
And how in the world did you get all those pics in there Coreen? I thought they had a limit. Just leave it to a lawyer to make it happen!
Sorry if the post is long, but I wanted to tell the story through the pics....And I had to wait until a.m. to post it because of the
time thing...I had it ready late last night, but had to delete it & do it over in the a.m. to get the right date...
This is a great video just in case you don't remember that last game. Brought tears to my eyes, again!
Saints NFC Champions
And Solar, I liked your joke a lot also. Very funny.
If the game is not your only thing today, here's a list of the ads & which quarter they are scheduled to appear during the Super Bowl....
The Ad Super Bowl
Coreen, great post and pictures - I can see that Carol contributed a couple of them as I see her and Maggie. Both of you did a great job. This gets me into the spirit of things. I am not a football fan usually but today I am.
Carol, you are so right about the toe. It looks much better this am and she feels very little pain although she is not putting her weight on it when she walks. I put some ice on the toe last night but she kept kicking it off in her sleep. I think the kids tylenol and elevating it helped a lot. As you said she did not complain of the pain. I think I scared her when I saw it was so purple and swollen. She cried when she talked to her parents and begged them to come home last night. I talked to them and told them she was OK. They are probably on their way home now- it is about an 8 hr drive. You are right she missed them. It was kind of pitiful - she kept telling them on the phone - "I miss you so much. Can't you start home now." I was wishing I had your tele number last night so I could ask you about it. I do get really stressed when one of my grandkids gets hurt and they are with me.
Yes Jan, two of those pics are of some of my peeps at the joint. Coreen asked me to send some. Friday was "All Saints Day" at the jail and some of us could wear our Saint's stuff.
Since the animals were making their picks, I let Maggie make hers. She did pick the right team. She's a smart girl and knows where her doggie dinner comes from.
"Sadness is usually worse at night when the sun goes down. Everything usually is. Pain is also worse at night. Darkness seems to intensify misery. Have you ever noticed that?"
Carol, yes, It sounds like you know this from experience. I experienced this when my mother & brother died and then when I was going through a divorce over 20 years ago. I call it "My dark nights of the soul." whether we are sick or grieving or depressed, the nights are so much worse.
Carol, I think our animal companions have a special "sense" about what we need or want.
Last night when Taelor (GD) was crying so pitifully from missing her parents, Lobie (our dog) went over and started licking her foot.Oddly, Lobie never pays any attention to Taelor b/c when Taelor was little she used to try to hug Lobie or get up in her face and Lobie would run away from her. I have never seen Lobie get close to Taelor before. Lobie likes people but stays away from little kids most of the time.
CBS is my most iffy channel out here at the Swamp. It's the most distant channel and often fads in and out. I had to set up an extra TV, one of my old ones. It's hooked up to a digital box and it's doing fine so far.
Dogs also seem to want to help someone who is sad and they can also sense injury. They lick their own to heal them.
Coreen;
You're now a very good sportscaster, and U my kind of Pink; U actually like to watch it; and understand it...I bet U even know all about the spread, and all of the calls that go on, during play...U would have been a great football companion.! Do U golf?
Carol,
Everything is all set up for the game...the guacamole will be made just before the game...going to have a six pack of bud in the freezer, one cigarette that I only take one or two puffs, I still get a taste for a cig, when I have a cpl of beers...but can throw it out after a cpl of puffs...haven't had one for 1-1/2 years...going to order a Pizza, from the best place around here....don't care what that fancy-shmantsi lawyer gal has to say.....
Maria, Jan, Have a good day, today.!! U cam make it happen, cos U have control over most things...
ps...about motivation talks....sports are alway's into them b/c all they are-are just big kids that need to me motivated each and every game...usually the quaterback is the captian, and the motivator.
I have one that I tell myself everytime that I start a new project, and try to prepare for this:
"If you start something out right; it will end up right"
What i mean is that preperation is every thing to succseed...all the pep talks in the world will not make one conquer a better prepared team, and having the most talent doesn't hurt either.
Now, im hoping that the Saints are not listening to no one, that they are going to put their heads down, and make it all happen..if they get swelled heads, and don't play their best...they will lose...that's why they need a great motivational talk today....that and another important factor....team-work...it all mathematical in that it all needs to add up........Go Saints....have my fingers crossed for them; and will light 44 ( 44th s.b.) for them to win......
will light 44 candles for them...that should read...44 candles, fingers crossed, get it??
Carol,
Whoever took your pittcher above got you at a good field angle. "Don't even think about sacking this quarterback!"
Thank you for this great thread, Coreen. Puts us all in high spirits.
Rooting for the Saints is an easy pick. There is a lot of Cajun-influence here in Alabama. Maybe because part of the state was French-settled, and the earliest Mardi Gras was in Mobile (1703), 15 years before New Orleans.
As far as the Colts are concerned...who dat? Although grudge-holding is not my thing, and Hubs says it's past time for me to get over it, I've never forgiven the Colts for sneaking out of Baltimore for Indianapolis in the dead of night.
"...[Team-owner Robert Irsay] kept the move secret until just after midnight when by cover of darkness on a cold snowy night he used Mayflower moving trucks to pack up the Colts offices, and relocate them in Indianapolis. By the time anyone realized what had happened it was too late to stop."
Baltimore Colts 1953-1983
Ivy, I had to take the pic myself with my Iphony and my arms are only so long. I was trying to get in the shirt and not too much of my aging face. It seems I ended up with too much of my aging face.
Jan,
Last night I thought you needed rest and comfort, not another story.
But today I can tell that your "cryin' time" story about your grand-daughter reminded me of what happened when we packed off the now-Miss College to summer camp for the first time at age 8. It was several days before we were allowed a phone call, but when we did, I could barely understand a word between her heaving sobs. She pleaded that we come to get her. I listened and reassured her, tried to get her to talk about her activities. In truth, I wanted to jump in the car immediately and drive three hours to get her. However, we had been advised this was a common experience, and the worst response would be to "rescue" her. But it was killing me. Finally, just before saying good-bye, I asked a last question...is there anybody else besides you who's upset. "Y-y-eesss," she said (heaving sob), "there's a lottt of p-p-people cryin'!"
I think I started laughing in spite of myself, and that made her laugh too. A few days later, we did go visit for Family Weekend. She no longer begged or cried to come home. We said goodbyes at the end of the visit, and the rest of the camp experience continued happily.
I recalled saying to her then that this going-away experience would prepare her for eventual-college. We both remembered that, and laughed on the day we moved her into her College dorm. Neither of us succumbed to parting tears that day.
Carol,
You called a good play. lol
I seem to have a lot of American Goldfinch, black and gold, outside today. I think it may be a premonition. They just recently showed up and were in the minority, but not today. They've taken over.
Carol,
That is a good omen considering that it's early for goldfinches to be in breeding plumage!
For history buffs, with a medical interest, an
historian is claiming that William Hunter & William Smellie, the British doctors who were
the founding fathers of obstetrics, may have
ordered/assisted in acquiring subjects by having pregnant women killed....A quite stunning allegation.
Founders of British obstetrics were callous murderers
Oh Ivy, that must have been tough. That's that time when it takes great courage to do the right thing.
There are many times when my young people in the joint feel disserted by their parents when they don't come to bail them out. I tell them that it took great courage for their parents to leave them in jail and that it just proved how much they really loved them.
Ivy, they aren't exactly gold right now, more of an olive, but I know what color they are supposed to be.
It sure does, Carol.
It may be that New Orleans voodoo thing, still not sure what you call it, but I love the black & gold birds landing in your yard, Carol....
Today, its against all odds, but I have to say, there are lots of sports fans up here, who
also believe the Saints will do it....
Ivy,
It's my pleasure to contribute a little, Carol's devotion to the Saints has made it easy....Really didn't think or know much about the Saints before, but gotta say, I am happy to be on board. Really like Drew Brees.....
Kind of figured you may have been a Baltimore Colts fan way back when from your place of origin....but as I have said before, I loved Super Bowl III!
Solar, when you show up again....I did golf, but not anymore, takes to long....
Like sports, respect athletes, their abilities, their dedication, never gambled, do know the odds, but only because I listen to sports talk radio.
But, what's this about a couple of puffs on a ciggie??!!...Fagedaboudit!!!!...where is that determination that you show us all the time...
Ivy, that's awful about those doctors!
Coreen;
Ok, no cigie, but if the saints win, i just might light up a cigar that I have. A hand wrapped cuban from my godsons david's wedding, we are close, and will call him to light one too......determination is a good word....I hate ones that make you feel guilty...like "will power" or discipline.......
Golf is an all day thing, even if U skip the 19th hole....when I used to golf by myself, early in the am, and the first off the tee; i used to run the course carrying my bag...did not even keep score....but did get in shape. I used to get into the high 80's sometimes...but mostly low 90's....learned in the Marine Corps....a go-go dancer taught me to play when I was in N.C. later
Almost forgot this need to know before the game starts
Public Policy Polling Survey:
Dems favor Saints....
GOP likes Colts....
Indies go for Saints too....
But 46% don't care who wins....
Who Dat? Dems like Saints, GOP the Colts
And you will be going outside to take a few
drags on that Cuban, won't you, Solar?!....
Solar, I'll see your cigar and raise you one margarita. I had some of that Jose Cuervo already made margarita mix left over in the frig from my Christmas party. I put a glass in the freezer for later. Parteeeee!
Maggie can't have any because of the alcohol but she did drink a half a cup of my coffee this morning when I left it on the floor. I didn't have to drag her down the road to walk today, she dragged me.
Carol,
Good luck tonight, to you, Mary and the rest of Louisiana. I'm going to tune in with the rest of you tonight.
SUPER BOWL XLIV: Barczy: Saints will beat the Colts ... it will be a Brees
"Who Dat! Who Dat! Who Dat think gonna beat dem Saints!!
Certainly not the Colts.
Saints 38, Colts 27.
It's going to be a Brees.
SUPER BOWL XLIV: Barczy: Saints will beat the Colts ... it will be a Brees
Carol, Did that coffee have cream and sugar, or did Maggie drink it black?
OK everyone, stand up and repeat after me....
"I pledge allegiance to the Saints, and
to the great city of New Orleans; and
to the Super Bowl, for which we will
win; one city, below sea level, under God;
with Mardi Gras and alcohol for ALL."
The coffee had milk and Sweet and Low. She doesn't like her coffee black. Coffee is bad for dogs but I forgot that she liked it and left it in her reach.
One time shouldn't harm her. It must be the milk that attracted her, unless she has a sweet tooth like my dogs.
Glad she's doing OK Carol.
(.. it's a diuretic, so she may have to go outside an extra time or two)
Coreen, I heard about that explosion in Middletown, Ct. on the radio when I was driving.
Isn't that near you? Everything OK there?
Explosion, fire reported in Middletown
Explosion, fire reported in Middletown
""There are bodies everywhere," a witness said. Another witness said victims may still be buried in rubble."
Middletown Power Plant Explosion Caused By Gas Leak, Officials Say
Looks like Coreen was here a couple of hours ago, and the explosion was about 3 hours ago, if I'm figuring correctly. Still, hope she checks in soon.
How do you know when it happened Chloe? Coreen, check in.
Seems that Coreen would have felt or heard something and mentioned it.
Guys,
Thanks for the concern, but the explosion was
at the other end of CT, closer to Hartford & the casino way, Middletown like the name says is in the middle of CT, about an hour north, I think I said it before, our small state, you can get just about anywhere in CT in about 1 hour....only saw it on the local news earlier.
Just getting settled in for the game...took out the recycling, cleaned up the kitchen after
dinner....
Whew!
Everybody ready???
Is Don going to show up for our first blog
Super Bowl party?
I'm ready Carol!
I'll be cutting in and out for the first hour though, until Emma goes to bed.
I guess she is too young to stay up for the party, Chloe.
All I can say is...ya gotta love it!!!
I see a little flashing star over down Tampa way. Don, are you around?
We might be the first for a blog Super Bowl party.
Thank goodness she's too young to stay up! I need the rest.
Beautiful stadium!
Gee, I thought Don was going back to No. Carolina last week...would be nice to hear from him....
I am going to have to remember not to change the channel during commercials, which I always do...
Do you remember life without a remote control....
You here Rez and wife?
Ivy, are you here or in the man cave?
Do you guys plan to blog during the game?
In the Man Cave...with 'puter...all the TV's in the house are on, so I can move around as needed.
Well yes Ivy. It's a party.
Good. Nobody falls asleep...keep the commentary moving...
We got 63 comments (64 with this one). That should hold us for a while. If we have to roll over, what do you want to do? Better to think ahead before too many margaritas... lol
Fall asleep? I might faint but fall asleep, never.
Chloe, prepare something!
You never know with those margaritas...can put anyone into a stupor... lol
No margarita until later.
What are you waiting for???
Move them back, move them back, waaaay back!
We can just do a Go Saints! continuation, if we get up to 200. That way it's short and sweet, and the pics from this thread will still be visible.
Unless there's news by the time we get that far.
Carol,
I forgot to say before that looks like a really great team you have backing you up at the clinic. The A++ Team!
Yes, I think a continuation if needed (and why would it not be?) With the great pic of Carol at the top...she's our QB!!
They are a great team, most of the time.
Cute commercial with Betty White.
Ay yay yay... 42 yrs and he's the oldest player ever in the NFL?
Abe Vigoda?!?! I thought he died already! rotflmao!
Whew!
That tackle might have finished him off Ivy.
Ivy, Carol will probably only have one margarita, so she's saving it until there's more to celebrate, I think.
Great commercial.
Is that reggie bush, not holding onto the ball...both returns he was waiting for a fumble..just got lucky....that is not a good
sign....
Right Chloe. Waiting for a reason to celebrate.
I hope my dogs did not see that Doritos commercial. They might get an idea...
Go Reg!
I don't see Solar here. What up wid dat? He did not get a hall pass, did he?
Wake up Colston.
May be outside with his cigar.
Too many holes.
Cigar like hell. I caught the missing one over there on Trail Mix.
Not looking good here.
Ohhhhhhh no.
Maybe it's time for the margarita?
Might not want to be conscious for this game.
Yes, very nerve wracking Carol. But it's only the first quarter.
Your right Chloe, gulp, gulp, gulp!
Good call!
Good run Carol!!
OK, I'm breathing again.
I just ran into my gissel trying to avoid that tackle.
Having a hard time with my comp..had to restart it twice...
I guess that ankle is feeling better.
That guys an animal
Don't try that at home!
Not missing, and Im no liking all of these commercials, I did like three so far..the bears of course, the betty white...abe V is dead?? and the best so far the Budweiser bridge..still having pc problems tho.
Hey did U just see me in that commercial...Im the one.....
Carol, You have to admit both teams are playing a good game. They're well matched.
I knew that was you Solar!
Nice passes
Good run
I liked that one.
The last 2 drives have been much better, just need to get those points up there.
"I knew that was you Solar!"
Yeah Butt.!
First commercial I've liked.. Ha!
What's wrong with your computer?
Coreen, I think that the Saints were nervous at the start. they need to catch up, and play like they want to win...
What do we do now?
Coreen?
Go for it or field goal attempt?
Now that was really bad...they needed to score a td.....
And I agree they were nervous...
I kept getting a blogging error, when I wanted to post here at the swamp...I have changed some settings, and it seems to be ok now...but time will tell.
Carol,
Did you see the commercial where they had your pre-historic-giant beaver on...ha.!
Should have took the field goal.
Settle down guys.
Go for the field goal, it's to early to gamble away three points,
I liked the gutsy call...but....now they need
to really tighten up their defense....
gulp, gulp, gulp.
Hick.
now whoever gets the return better hold on to that ball....I don't like how the saints returner is handling that ball so far....
They need these 3 points. will give them a big confidence boost; for the next half.
So they got the 3 points back....
2nd half they need to get better on defense....
Good field goal
Can't keep making the kicker do all the work!
I really hate all of these commercials.!!!
... would love to hear their coach right now
Hey did U all see Sally in one of those budwieser commercials??
Sally who?
." would love to hear their coach right now"
Chloe,
He is giving one of those motivational speeches now....if U.....#@$%##... don'T...##$W i;m going to@@### hahaha
Chloe is also known as S.S.S.= Side Saddle Sally.....cos she rides like that go-diva chick..what's her name?
Coreen, did u see that Bear shuffle com.?
do you mean danika patrick
I missed it solar, but i saw a clip of it earlier...the one with the 'old' bears doing their shuffle...
this is the theme for csi ny...but it is much better on the show....
I missed the beav? What was the commercial about?
gotta say the who is just not doing it for me...
queen latifah was ok on america except for the ending which i didn't get.....
carrie underwood did a good job withn the anthem, but not as memorable as when whitney did it....
Carol,
I forgot, but it was dumb...who dat? the who-thats-who...they are still great.!
now see i saw the beav playing a fiddle & not even sure what the ad was for...maybe monster.com...
The sound system doesn't sound that great. Too much money in the lights and not enough in the sound system.
Look who's watching the game with us: TomKat Touch Down, Cameron & A-Rod Get Cozy at CAA Bash
I don't like the singing of the who..but im listening to thier playing...the lead guitarist reminds me of the horror movie guy tho.....Jason...no not him...Freddie crouger.! maybe I was impressed by the stag..that was vg.
It was for monster.com ...
and i agree with the announcers who said that 2nd half saints need to let drew brees pass the ball. he was definitely settling in, even though not many points....
I agree Coreen.
We thought The Who was okay...it's still The Who, but I don't see how Pete Townshend's belly button does not qualify as a wardrobe malfunction.
Going for me second beer...I haven't had two beers in a long time...and won't be responsible for what I say for the rest of the night....been a while....u come here often??
We'll be seeing the real Solar after one more beer. It should be interesting.
now i really like that!!!
Wow!
HA!!!!!
but they absolutely must score a td!!!!
can you imagine being on the bottom of that pile. Yikes!
I bet someone has some fingernail marks on them.
Oooooooh!
gotta love dem saints Carol!
What happened in that locker room musta done it.
The coach happened!
YEEEEEE HAH!!!!!!
They're looking bionic now.
That was a Walter Payton play.!!
thank god almighty! turn drew loose
Un... _____ believable!
"They're looking bionic now."
LOL
thank god almighty Carol?
.. or thank Sean Payton!
That was a nice pass.
# 44 for the colts is a very good one..he is the guy to watch in the 2nd half...used to be a great player named Riggins that also wore 44 ..he was a great one...
You knew this wasn't going to be easy Carol.
Hang in there.
This is the kind of Super Bowl game most people want to see.
He played for the Jets first, then the redskins...
Sadly, there's only one way. You can't let Peyton Manning have the ball.
Coreen,
U new that.! Im coming over...but need to take up golfing again, and don't want to hear a no.!!
That cola ...was the best so far...the sleep walking one....
new=knew...but u knew that, so nothing new. huh Maria.!
Like that google coml.
yes that google was good; I still like the one that u were on.
The Super Bowl is a strain on the attention span of us adult-ADD types. I wish the ad-makers would take that into consideration.
and I like the one you were on.
Thank you for that break!
Didn't get that commercial.
... energy's shifting.
Peyton looks distressed on the side.
Will they go for 2?
Carol?
Say something!!!!
well,there's the ad I was waiting for...nothing comes between friends...i like it...
Chloe,
Don't jump the gun...I'm 'stitious...
I think they made the 2..
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What Ivy?
Chloe,
I don't like jumping the gun either....
I'm not jumping the gun Ivy. I'm superstitious too. It's just a wishful post. I'm planting the seed.
Watching that replay, I thought he had it.
Move! over guys! We're at 199
I can't believe it - We left my son's house 25 minutes ago and the Saints were 16 - we just got home and now they are 31. What a game!
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