Geaux Tigers. If you can win out we’d really appreciate it, that way we won’t look even more retarded than we are when we have to choose who gets to play for the title.

P.S. - Can you forward this message to Cal? Thanks.

Hey Sean and Tom,

I am available for a tryout whenever you’re ready. I know Brees hasn’t thrown the ball backwards yet, but give him some time. And I figured since the Hornets are bringing back all of there old/busted players, this would be a good time.

Honestly, could I do much worse at this point?

I have this “friend” who is very angry and has brillo hair…anyhoo, this guy thinks Les Miles sucks and Hester is terrible, yet he claims to be a fan of LSU. Should I just rochambeaux him in the nertz or is he correct?

12 game season starts next week, boys. 12-4, here we come.

Tebow is not the boss of me!

The Taints couldn’t win a Katrina-themed “Punt, Pass, & Poo” in the Dome.

I am standing in my house with a towel around my neck laughing.

Aaron–put me down for $20 on Sir-Bites-A-Lot in Bad Newz Kennelz Monday matinee.

Hey LSU students, thanks for all the well wishing. As you can imagine, it will take time to respond to all the messages that were sent this past week. I’ll do my best. Oh, and many of you have offered colorful “suggestions” as to different “items” that you insist I should “insert” into certain “orifices” on my person. Sorry, but I can’t make any promises.

See y’all in ‘09 during my Heisman campaign.

While I just adore spirited sports fans, I must say that, as a newcomer to this city, it is odd that fans actually have hats celebrating the Division Champoinship of last season. I mean, talk about grasping for straws! I come from the #1 sports city in America (as voted by the Sporting News) - Detroit. There, nothing sort of a ‘real’ championship is celebrated. It is a shame the New Orleanians are so ignorant of other sports (such as hockey) or they could see how a true sports championship franchise built and rebuilt year after year and season after season. Tip to Saints fans Read all you can about the Detroit Red Wings and their pursuit of their 11th Cup!

Thanks, and RECALL Nagin! (Blanco is already recalling herself)

Yeah Detroit rocks!!! Hey Nolaman, if I were you, I’d keep my mouth shut about Detroit’s pro football team, cause, well, they suck. Let’s go draft some receivers. Matt Millen for president!! And how much of an idiot do you have to be to bring up hockey in the south? Move to Canada where people care about that garbage. Moron.

Wearing hats that commemorate a division title or wild card is more appropriate than setting cars on fire and rioting in the streets. But hey, we’re not as progressive down here in the south.

Hey NolaWoman–does declaring nuclear war on yourself and lighting things on fire after winning games constitute a ‘real’ championship? Gosh, we have a lot to learn down here! Maybe we can mix in throwing dead fish on to our playing fields and players jumping into stands to pummel fans so we can be a “real” sports town.

p.s. Sporting News? Seriously? I can’t decide if I’m shocked more that you read that over Chuncky Asses or that you can even read in the first place.

Coach Payton gave me the starting nod over Reggie this weekend in Seattle after my second carry for a first down in yesterday’s game. For those of you scoring at home (or for those of you that are all alone), that makes two carries for two first downs and an 11 yards per carry average over the course of my short but celebrated Saints career. I think we can turn it around with a restructured backfield of myself and Mike Karney.

The 12 game season starts Sunday in Seattle!

Hey NolaMan,

If you were a hot dog, would you smother yourself in relish and eat yourself???…..I know I would.

and Hey author of this blog (I think your name is Geoffrey), is there a particular reason that you didn’t comment on the Cubs in your Monday morning entry??

MOSES ALEEEEEEEEEW………..A FAAAN

NolaMan–DON’T MAKE ME COME UP THERE!!! *pointing towards Detwat and flexing thighs to rip out of jorts*

The Cubs? Funny someone mentioned them here. They didn’t seem like much to me. Would’ve been a lot more fun if the Astros would’ve won the division, I mean, at least we would’ve had some kind of competition. Guess you’ll be waiting till next year. Yet again. In the meantime me and my friends will be dismantling the Rockies. Thanks for the warm-up games.

Yours truly,
B Dub

I AM TOO OLD FOR THIS S*&%!!!!!!

B Dub: wanna play tummy stix??

Detroit: come for the mediocrity, stay for the soul crushing lack of ambition.

Hey Mr. Donnie, you need to go wipe my pee off the toilet seat. Now.

Daddy Donnie: may I please eat something other than cold gruel because i think i have rickets now. And why do I have to go to bed at 3pm??

Terre Haute, Indiana: Come for the vodka, stay for the railroading.

This batch of fig stew I whipped up for the next tailgate smells terrific!

Could someone please pass me the Gold Bond Powder?

Could someone please pass me the Hemmorid?

I JUMP HIGHER IN MY JORTS

Could use a little wind here!

Hey Coach Payton,
Thanks for not bringing me down with you to New Orleans. Things have worked out pretty well for me here in Dallas. I’d say ‘See you in the playoffs,’ but who are we kidding?

Q: What do you call 53 people sitting around a TV watching the Super
Bowl?
A: The New Orleans Saints.

Q: How do you keep a New Orleans Saint out of your yard?
A: Put up goal posts.

Q: Where do you go in New Orleans in case of a tornado?
A: The Superdome - they never have a touchdown there .

Q: What do you call a New Orleans Saint with a Super Bowl ring?
A: A thief.

Q: Why doesn’t Baton Rouge have a professional football team?
A: Because then New Orleans would want one.

Q: What’s the difference between the New Orleans Saints & a dollar
bill?
A: You can still get four quarters out of a dollar bill.

Q: What do the New Orleans Saints and possums have in common?
A: Both play dead at home and get killed on the road!

Q: How many New Orleans Saints does it take to win a Super Bowl?
A: Nobody knows and we may never find out.

And my favorite:

Q: What do the New Orleans Saints and Billy Graham have in common?
A: They both can make 70,000 people stand up and yell “Jesus Christ”.

YAW YAW YAW FOOTBAW!!!
YAW YAW YAW LEMME TOLE YAW!!!
YAW YAW YAW SAC AU LAIT!!!
YAW YAW YAW ST. AMAW!!!
YAW YAW YAW COO YI-YI!!!
YAW YAW YAW FOOTBAW!!!

Burning cars? Hmmmm….. I was at all three parades in downtown Detroit for the past 3 Red Wing Championships in the past 10 years. No burning cars. Just 1.1 Million people enjoying a winning team.

It is VERY apparent that I hit a nerve with my post.

And YES, the Tigers LOST the 2006 World Series. But at least they GOT there! and yest it is true the Pistons lost the Finals in Game 7 a few years ago, but at least they GOT there (and they have won 3 titles in the past 18 years). The Lions, well they DO suck. But, they ARE better than the (S)aints!

And none of you have ever been to a sporting event until you have sat on the glas and witnessed a Gordie Howe Hat Trick firsthand.

Ah the ignorance of the South! Lazy is as Lazy does.

CHEERS!

I also find it curious that I was initially talking about the Saints, their fans misguided support and the woeful state of the (non)sports teams in this city. The replies all dealt with the CITY of Detroit and it obvious shortcomings. But nobody really debated the accuracy of my SPRTS city.

And honestly, if you want to start throwing stones at a city, do you REALLY want me to start throwing them at NOLA? I mean come on! I have so much more ammunition: Corruption in politics, dreadful public schools. High murder rate (although we are MUCH better shots in Detroit *wink* - amatuers!). Awful roads, crumbling infrastructure. Levees (LOL). And WHAT is up with stealing that old, old, old high school cheer from the 1970’s - ‘Who Dat’? Oh, I almost forgot the Police (best department money can buy!) And we in the ‘North’ know how to pronounce the word “ASK”. But then we have a working education system there…

(1) how ironic of you to brag abour how your teams “got there” yet didn’t win the championship in their respective sports after YOU started this thread by calling out Saints fans for merely ‘getting there’ (”it is odd that fans actually have hats celebrating the Division Champoinship of last season. I mean, talk about grasping for straws!”) Why the sudden change of heart? Why are YOU now “grasping for straws”? (2) You live in Nola, I presume, so if it sux so bad–leave. Go back to Detwat. How much of a loser are you that you’re bashing a city that you’re in now–you don’t see us in a Detwat blog bash Detwat and bragging about our native city. Get a life, chief. (3) Detwat is famous for riots after major sporting events-’burning cars, etc.’-you know this as does the world. Get you head out of you ass.

Fact: Gordie Howe was a pot-smoking child rapist. Everyone knows that. Go commit your hate crimes elsewhere, Gordie. You and Stevie Yz*xv@cs^ty!#man will burn in Hell for your crimes againt nature.

Correct on 90% of your counts, but Detroit has some of the oldest franchises in any of the major sports, so they have their lore and their history. I, personally, am from Tampa and lived in NO for three years. As a Bucs fan first, and a Saints sympathizer second, I can say that the way expansion teams were formed pre-Panthers/Jaguars was a joke, so having long, frustrating bouts with awful teams is part of the experience of sports teams in the south.

Meanwhile, in Tampa, the Bucs and Lightning have won titles in their respective sports and this town went nuts and I regret not being a New Orleans resident during last year’s run. There are tremendous fans who take sports support to a new level down here, just look at college football (which, never forget, will run the sports scene down here). No knock on Michigan’s obvious success over a century, but if you want live and die support, through thick and thin, knowledge of the sport from 5 year old kids to 90 year old women, and pure un-adulterated fanaticism, look no further than Baton Rouge on a Saturday night or 90% of the other football venues south of the Mason Dixon.

NOLA Man,

First off, you keep making this South v. North comment, which is highly annoying. You use it like there is some sense of sophistication and ellegance about the North that we lack down here. Now, while it may be true we do things “differently” in New Orleans — by no means are we a traditional Southern city. As for sophistication and ambiance, where else is there French and Spanish influence married with an acceptance of religions and broad based culture? You can’t find that anywhere else in the world. So, please, get off the slow, lazy southern train.

More importantly, you say you want to talk about sports and not cities - well, lets do that. In New Orleans, you are right, we host Superbowls - we don’t play in them (note: please don’t compare hockey/baseball/basketball — we can talk basketball down the road after we have some history in the city with the Hornets). And true, right now we are playing about as good as Jesuit H.S. However, we have played 4 teams with winning records, one of which is undefeated after 5 games. The old saying - things are never as good as they seem, and when things are bad, they are not as bad as they seem - this is the Saints of ‘06/’07. This club will pull out of this nose dive- when? I am not sure. But, when they do, it will be similar to Pittsburg last year.

We are 0-4, three games out of first place in a division that has no returning healty starting QB from the previous season, one QB who is going to jail (Vick), one team with not one, but THREE runningbacks out of the season (Tampa), and another who has its 1 and 2 string QB injured and Vinny T might be starting for them this week (Carolina). This is a 16 game season — the Saints look like hot garbage the first two games and slightly, but not much, better the last two games. Point being — they are still in the hunt despite playing possibly worse than any other club.

As for a Detroit v. Saints matchup — or The Murder Capital Bowl — I would like our chances. Then again, I drink Who Dat Kool-Aid…12-4 boys, 12-4.

Hey, to all that posted replies to my ‘comments’. I love the diverse answers that you are all giving. My intention was to rile up some emotion. You all ROCK! Thanks for replying. I’ll see if I can start a new (annoying thread next week. So keep the ideas, insults, barbs and opinions coming!