The New Orleans Saints will be in the Super Bowl ! !

THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !

Have I ever mentioned to ANYBODY out there that I'm from Drew, Mississipp? And that's the town that gave the world Archie Manning, who went on from Ole Miss to be drafted by the Saints in 1971 or so????? And that Archie went on to produce Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts AND Eli Manning of the New York Giants, and both of them have quarterbacked Super Bowl wining teams ??????

Have I EVER told anyone that? That Archie Manning came from a Mississippi town of 2,500 people? IS THIS GREAT, OR WHAT ??????

Note to self: write a post about the time you went to that meet and greet at Roger Staubach's house, and got to see a game from the Staubach skybox, and he told you that if he'd been drafted by the Saints and Archie had been drafted by the Cowboys, they would probably have had reversed careers. That's the exact same thing that every Archie fan said for years. Write about that. Be sure to write about that.

THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !

Can you imagine how conflicted Archie Manning must be? He wore won of the few jerseys that have been retired by the Saints. Pieces of his backside have been embedded into the Saints astroturf. He did play-by-play for them for decades. He lives in New Orleans. If he still has all the car dealerships, they're in New Orleans. AND HIS SON, PEYTON MANNING OF THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, WILL BE PLAYING THE SAINTS IN THE FREAKIN' SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !

THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !

The dream lives ! Come Super Bowl Sunday, Archie Manning is going to be the most conflicted person on this planet. He's rooted for Saints black and gold for 35 years, and now his son is playing against them.

THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !

Note to regular readers in England, Finland, Israel and Australia: This is a big, big deal. You know that game you people play in Europe and Mexico, the little game with the white and black ball, where you can kick it around, but can't use your hands? Take the biggest event in that game, like The World Cup (?) or something, and multiply it by 10. (We can use our hands, we hit each other, we kick field goals through openings higher than the TOP of a soccer goal, and WE HAVE JEREMY SHOCKEY.)

Drew, Mississippi, also produced Pop Staples (of The Staple Singers). Blues singer/guitarist Tommy Johnson lived there during the most creative time of his life. Three books have been written about Mae Bertha Carter, the African-American lady whose children integrated the Mississippi Delta schools because that's the way she wanted it to be.
No city is associated with their team like New Orleans is with the Saints. And more than anyone else, the Saints are associated with Archie Manning.

Old joke about Mississippi: Do you know the names of the two biggest cities in Mississippi?
Answer: Memphis and New Orleans.

Lord have mercy, this is great ! ! !

THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL ! ! ! !