WHO DAT SAY DEY GONNA BEAT DEM SAINTS?

Well, if you're not from LOUISIANA, you may not be able to appreciate this one.  But, in 1967 we got our NFL team, the New Orleans Saints. Unfortunately, we have NEVER been to the Superbowl. I have very strong memories of my Dad yelling profanities at the television! Of course, we were hidden under the big picture window, OUTSIDE of our home....any number of kids sitting there, giggling while listening to the men cursing one minute, then hooting and hollering the next.'
The SAINTS have truly been a team with challenges. One season we may have a 'great' Quarterback, but no defense; or an awesome defense, with no special teams; or an incredibly accurate kicker (of whom we'd rely on for Field Goals when we couldn't make those TouchDowns), but no Quarterback. You get the picture! We have been the 'Underdogs of the NFL', since our franchise was formed.
We've had numerous coaches over the years...'my' most memorable was Jim Mora, until NOW! Sean Payton has been the driving force behind 'this' particular team.  He tries to focus on each game, each week, as it comes.  AND, he instills that in our players as well.
He respects our Quarterback, DREW BREES, and allows him to call some of the plays, actually TRUSTS him to do so! The players, in turn, respect our Quarterback as well. He is awesome at 'threading the needle', i.e., throwing the football to his player, who just so happens to be surrounded by opposing players, yet manages to get it IN THE HANDS of our players! He has provided us, THE FANS, with an exciting game each week, both running and passing. And for our SAINTS to have a PASSING game is just plain incredible!
After winning last week, we were EIGHT wins/ ZERO losses, in other words, 8 & 0! And to put it in other words, no matter HOW it's written: EIGHT and ZERO, 8 and 0, even ATE and OH!  It sure LOOKS and SOUNDS great to all of us, THE FANS!!! People who don't even HAVE season tickets, are purchasing SUPERBOWL tickets already! I am not joking! And the Superbowl will be in MIAMI!
Well, we also beat the St. Louis RAMS today, making us NINE and ZERO! A franchise RECORD, of course, and New Orleans is floating on air! The fans meeting the team at our airport will be in the hundreds. Even when we were seriously losing, our fans, the diehards, never gave up. Others were actually wearing 'bags' on their heads, with AINTS written on them, instead of SAINTS. "I" was one of those diehard fans that was still attending, and supporting our team! But "I" never wore a bag, but ALWAYS dressed in something black and gold (for GOOD LUCK, of course~and so the team knew "I" still loved them)!
With my current financial situation, "I" won't be one of those at the SUPERBOWL (in the event we actually make it there), but you'd better believe that "I" believe, like NEVER before, that THIS team is the one CAPABLE of going! "Dahn heah, cher, we may be some haffass coonasses, yah, but we say dem SAINTS is gawn to da SUPERBOWL yah" and to all who don't believe that we can, we say "GEAUX SAINTS ALL DA WAY"...." WE Believe"..."Bless You Boys"..."and WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN"...they have uplifted the spirits of a state full of people who are STILL recovering from Hurricane Katrina. YOU MAKE US SMILE AGAIN~