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It's 1986. You are the new owner of the New Orleans Saints and you could drive the most expensive luxury car but you drive a Chevy Caprice instead. You made your business fortune in Texas- where every thing is big—especially the corpone and bullshit—but that was never your way. You said the only reason you bought an NFL team is because it was your hometown New Orleans Saints. You said, had it ...

We've all heard the arguments from his detractors (mostly unemployed NFL coaches like Brian Billick or NFL draft gurus who spend a lot of time primping their hair or the beer-bellies in the cheap seats). He doesn't take snaps from under center, they say. His throwing motion is too long, they say. He drops the ball too low on his delivery, they say. His arm strength is not great, they say. His running style won't ...

The late San Francisco 49ers Head Coach Bill Walsh was fond of telling the story of how his team was trailing the New Orleans Saints 35-7 at halftime. This was Bill Walsh and Joe Montana: The Early Years. They were just on the verge of terrorizing the NFL for the next decade. He told hisáteam that he didn't care if they lost. He told them they probably would lose. He said what he ...

"They call you lady luck, But there is room for doubt, At times you've had a very unlady like way of running out." -Frank Sinatra/Chrissie Hynde Lady luck ran out after 13 games. On a Saturday night, no less. Ruined a great Saturday night party on Bourbon Street, no less. Against the Dallas Cowboys, no less. At the hands of Tony Romo, no less. Who hangs out with the likes of Tiger Woods, no less. Alas, they say you can ...

"They call you lady luck But there is room for doubt At times you've had a very unlady like way of running out" -Frank Sinatra/Chrissie Hynde Lady luck ran out after 13 games. On a Saturday night, no less. Ruined a great Saturday night party on Bourbon Street, no less. Against the Dallas Cowboys, no less. At the hands of Tony Romo, no less. Who hangs out with the likes of Tiger Woods, no less. Alas, they say you can ...

They call you lady luck But there is room for doubt At times you've had a very unladylike way of running out - Frank Sinatra/Chrissie Hynde Lady luck ran out out after 13 games. On a Saturday night, no less. Ruined a great Saturday night party on Bourbon Street, no less. Against the Dallas Cowboys, no less. At the hands of Tony Romo, no less. Who hangs out with the likes of Tiger Woods, no less. Alas, ...

They call you lady luckBut there is room for doubtAt times you've had a very un lady like way of running out - Frank Sinatra/Chrissie Hynde Lady luck ran out out after 13 games. On a Saturday night, no less. Ruined a great Saturday night party on Bourbon Street, no less. Against the Dallas Cowboys, no less. At the hands of Tony Romo, no less. Who hangs out with the likes of Tiger Woods, no less. Alas, ...

You are Tony Romo, one of college football's greatest quarterbacks and one of its least famous. You only receive scholarship offers from some damned Division II school named Mankato State and from Eastern Illinois University. Being a historian of the game, you know Mike Shanahan is an EIU alum and you like the Communications program and the girls are pretty and well, what the hell, EIU it is then. What the hell is ...

Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world. This is another thing about the world which is upside-down: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me; only the haters seem alive. Walker Percy á Any Saints fan 40-plus remembers when they became a Falcon hater like it was yesterday. Itáwas Nov. 12, 1978, when New Orleans Saints fans discovered the kind ...

Thanksgiving Day 2009 (Panama City Beach, Florida) It's twenty years later, and team owner Tom Benson no longer dances in the end zone. Yet Saints fans still dance Sunday nights away at the Famous Door on Bourbon Street. A live wire, barely a beginnerBut just watch that lady goShe's on fire, 'cause dancin' gets her higher than-uhAnything else she knowsDance (Dance) the night awayOh-oh-oh (Ah) Come on g-girl, dance the night away Yeah, ...