49 DAYS UNTIL SAINTS HOME OPENER..
I LOVE football. No, love isn't even the right wording for it...I don't even know if there is a word for what I feel during football season. I grew up in a town where it didn't matter if you were winning or losing, TRUE fans stayed until the VERY end. At the age of 2 I announced I wanted to be "a webel" and have been shouting Hotty Toddy ever since. I attended USM and when they are playing in-conference and anyone but Ole Miss I'm rooting for the Golden Eagles. There are even a few other SEC and College teams I'll root for.. like the Gamecocks =)
But, first and foremost, I am a SAINTS fan. and not just a regular one.. if God would allow it.. I'd bleed black and gold.
Nothing beats walking into the Superdome just before a game starts..
IT. IS. ELECTRIC.
Every nerve in my body comes alive and I just want to scream and shout and dance and anything else I can possibly think of to help drive Drew Brees & company into the endzone.
I have been all over that stadium in the nose bleed section, the press box, the media tent, some very good seats and a luxury box...even the locker room. I've even been fortunate enough to step onto the field. (I nearly passed out)
The players are down to earth guys and every one I've met were nice and extremely receptive to the fans. In a day in age when you've got snotty/snobby/rude/etc sports stars this just isn't going on in NOLA..
You can imagine my shock and excitement on Super Bowl Sunday. As a life long Saints fan (and a borderline pessimist) I didn't really think we stood a chance, but I was so happy they'd made it! Then TO WIN IT?! I'm still on a high from it.
Will they repeat? I have faith they can.. now that they have done it. but even if they don't, EVER, I'll know there is black and gold flowing through these veins..
So am I ready for football season? Hell yeah.. Damn Right.. WHO DAT!
SONG OF THE DAY: Halftime by Ying Yang Twins
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