The NFL franchise that brought you the bag heads is now 11 and 0 after whipping the New England Patriots 38-17. Here are a few random notes and slightly modified reflections first posted at theAdrastos Virtual Cafe:
- I admit to being gobsmacked that
the game was such a rout. I thought the Pats would win. I would still
prefer that the Saints lose a regular season game: it’s hard to go
19-0. Just ask Bill Frakking Belichick.
- Speaking
of Bill Frakking Belichick, he’s the Tricky Dick of professional
sports down to the scowl and glower. I keep expecting him to say “let
me make this perfectly clear” or “let me say this about that.”
- I
wish the NFL wouldn’t turn the coaches into human billboards for their
team gear. I miss the days of Lombardi and Landry in their suits and
fedoras or John Madden looking eternally rumpled in his short shirt
sleeves and badly knotted tie.
- I’ve
been reluctant to say this before but Drew Brees reminds me of Joe
Montana. Joe couldn’t throw the ball 75 yards either but he was deadly
accurate and cool under fire. Besides, former LSU Tiger great JaMarcus
Russell has an amazing arm and has been a major bust in the pros thus
far.
- I usually listen
to Henderson and Hokie on WWL radio with the mute button on the teevee
but I was DVRing stuff tonight. Jaws is okay but Gruden and the other
guy are dolts. It’s back to WWL from now on.
- I refuse to say Who Dat. It’s too exclamation pointy for my taste.
- The
340 pound Patriot Defensive Lineman Vince Wilfork is aptly named. I
could stand to lose some weight myself but he reminds me of former
Dodger reliever Terry Forster who David Letterman called “a fat tub of
goo.”
- Finally, I
wish the teevee people would show the Wiseman brothers in their jump
suits just once. I want to seeMr. Clio andDillyberto in HD. (The Wisemans are NOLA bloggers and bon vivants. They also wear shrimp boots and hard hats to home games. They’re a stitch.)
I’m too tired to pinch myself so I’ll let my favorite Canadian band, Barenaked Ladies, do the job. They’re clearly equal to the task, eh:
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