Who Dat....

It has taken me a couple of days to completely digest what transpired on Sunday evening. While I respected and admired Drew Brees and Sean Peyton beforehand, they have both entered a different stratosphere now that they are Super Bowl Champs.

While there is no doubt that the Saints were the best team on the field, I have heard many different takes on the game sealing interception thrown by Peyton Manning. While I will be the first to agree it was not Manning's best throw, in my opinion, that INT was at least 50% Reggie Wayne's fault. He totally quit on the route if he had been where he was suppose to be (the Colts run a precision passing attack) Porter still might have intercepted the pass, but Wayne would have tackled him immediately.

Beyond the actual game, I must say it is great for New Orleans. Back when Hurricane Katrina devestated the entire region, I had a daily sports talk show in the Monterey/Salinas area. At the time, I thought the Saints were a hopless cause. How would the Saints repair the Super Dome? Who would fill the much needed luxury boxes, which corporations would not move their headquarters out of the Delta? And most importantly, why would a free agen go to the Saints?
Much credit needs to be given to Paul Tagliabue, I know he took heat for making the Saints play a home game in New Jersey, but he sternly told Saints owner Tom Benson he would stay put. The NFL helped pay for the repairs, and Sean Peyton brought in Drew Brees......and the rest is history.

While there are many scenes of celebration from the Big Easy, I think this video of Drew Brees teaching bar patrons his pre-game chant is pretty cool.