bord du rasoir ([info]bord_du_rasoir) wrote in [info]randompictures,
2010-02-08 03:02:00

who dat
















































Why the Saints winning the Super Bowl is a big deal for most New Orleanians:



The Saints Curse:
Their first 20 seasons = 20 consecutive losing seasons.
THEN they finally make the playoffs ... they lose FOUR times.
THEN 33 years into the Saints franchise, in 2000, they (barely) won a playoff game.

Forget all the stuff about Katrina ... regardless of all that, because the Saints franchise has been so bad for so long, the city most likely appreciates this victory more than any other city ever has or will.

The Saints were definitely good this year but they were lucky. I've never watched a game with so many close calls as the Saints-Vikings game two weeks ago. And this game came down to a hand-full of gutsy calls and lucky plays— an unsuccessful fourth-and-goal-from-the-one play, a reviewed two-point conversion, a successful random, completely-unexpected third-quarter on-sides kick, and an extremely timely interception and run-back — when it looked as though New-Orleans-native Peyton Manning was in the zone efficiently marching towards tying the game, all of a sudden, it was a 14-point game - what had looked like a crushingly disappointing drive turned into almost-certain victory for the Saints within seconds.

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[info]jman4442002

February 8 2010, 08:05:49 UTC 2 years ago

great photo collection :)

[info]vmdesign

February 8 2010, 08:09:43 UTC 2 years ago

Congrats to your team :)

Drew's son is sooooo cute!

[info]friskykitten64

February 8 2010, 10:02:11 UTC 2 years ago

Great pics! And good for them. It's their turn.

[info]lots42

February 8 2010, 11:36:11 UTC 2 years ago

That scar on his face looks infected.

[info]bord_du_rasoir

February 9 2010, 03:05:14 UTC 2 years ago

It's a birthmark. People have been giving him shit for it since he was a baby.

[info]brigeyboo

February 8 2010, 12:04:31 UTC 2 years ago

I've never sat down to watch a football game, but even I watched this one and was quite impressed by the saints. I was amused when they started shooting off fireworks here when they won ;P
who dat nation baby.

[info]leahfu

February 8 2010, 12:14:41 UTC 2 years ago

Must have been a blast at the French Quarter

[info]rufushonkeriv

February 8 2010, 14:04:02 UTC 2 years ago

GO SAINTS!!!!

Worst Commercial was the guy in the coffin full of Doritos.

[info]rick_day

February 8 2010, 14:58:54 UTC 2 years ago


The first NFL game I remember as a kid was the 1967 NFC championship "Ice Bowl". After that, for almost 45 years I was a die hard Cowboy fan. I NEVER missed a game. I had dual appreciation for both the 'boys and the falcons, up to last Oct., when I flew to Dallas and watched a bunch of thugs in white and silver uniforms low-class their way to victory at JerryWorld™. I began to see Cowboy fans as 'infected with the STARS', including my son, whom I indoctrinated to the Cowboy Cult from infancy.

I have been a season ticket holder in the NFL for the past 8 seasons. I have missed exactly one game during that time (the last Saint's visit to Atlanta).

And I never EVER miss a Super Bowl.

Obviously, I am a big fan of the NFL. But I am a bigger fan of equality and fairness. I didn't watch one second of that game. These images were the first I'd seen of any part of 'that game'.

Serious congrat's to the Saint's but Fuck CBS and their hypocritical choices of which commercials to allow and which to deny. I am sick of Jesus Freaks and their "pro life" agenda. And fuck CBS. I'm boycotting them forever.

[info]magmachan

February 8 2010, 23:46:58 UTC 2 years ago

This was an interesting and informative comment, and I agree with you 90%. (The other 10% is that I've never really had a favorite NFL team and I don't go to games)

[info]bord_du_rasoir

February 9 2010, 03:02:20 UTC 2 years ago

Have you seen or heard anything about the ad? (Although I watched the game, I totally missed the ad.)

By all accounts, it's the most luke-warm, unclear ad ever.
Pam: I call him my miracle baby. He almost didn't make it into this world. I can remember so many times when I almost lost him. It was so hard. Well he's all grown up now, and I still worry about his health. You know, with all our family's been through, you have to be tough...

Tim tackles his Mom.

Pam: Timmy! I'm trying to tell our story here.

Tim: Sorry about that, Mom... You still worry about me, Mom?

Pam: Well, yeah, you're not nearly as tough as I am.
Far from being a pro-life ad, it was an ad about how fragile Tim Tebow's mom thinks he is, and not much else.

[info]rick_day

February 9 2010, 04:33:37 UTC 2 years ago

I actually have no problem with that ad. What I did have a problem with is them turning down NORML, and that gay dating site as 'controversial' when 51% of the country is pro-choice.

Just sayin'...

[info]6cubed

February 8 2010, 16:11:13 UTC 2 years ago

i was happy for them last night :')

[info]plexplex

February 8 2010, 19:00:06 UTC 2 years ago

WOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!

[info]koneko_wish

February 8 2010, 22:48:56 UTC 2 years ago

I couldn't care less about football, but I do enjoy seeing a city full of happy people partying. :D

[info]mycroftholmes

February 9 2010, 00:04:11 UTC 2 years ago

And not, y'know, tipping over cars and setting them ablaze like when Chicago wins something.

[info]koneko_wish

February 9 2010, 00:29:50 UTC 2 years ago

Hey, it's fuckin' freezing. Car fires warm us up.

[info]otrostonedsoul

February 9 2010, 19:04:39 UTC 2 years ago

Thought I was going to see This
http://izismile.com/img/img3/20100209/daily_picdump_340_71.jpg
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