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bersl2

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Originally posted by: cubby1223
And let's just conveniently forget that the Saints will likely be moving to San Antonio or Los Angeles in the next few years.

You did not just go there.

But just so that I don't look like I'm side-stepping the issue:

When Tagliabue and Benson met after the storm, Tags told Benson that he's not moving the team for a while---end of discussion. A few reasons:

1) As long as the Katrina remains in the minds of people, moving the Saints would be a P.R. nightmare for the NFL. And now that we're doing so well, it's not going away anytime soon.
2) He's not moving to San Antonio, because that's Jerry Jones' territory. He would never allow it. It's bad enough for him that a team keeps springing up in Houston... a third team would be intolerable for him.
3) He's not moving to Los Angeles, because if there's one owner other than Al Davis that the NFL doesn't want to have that lucrative market, it's Tom Benson.
4) When he croaks, Tom Benson wants to leave the team to his granddaughter, Rita Benson-LeBlanc, already a co-owner and executive. I don't see her as one to want to move the team out of here ("LeBlanc" is a good coonass last name, so she must have family ties to south Louisiana), given how much she interacts with fans. I mean, she even pops up on the sports radio talk shows every once in a while (IIRC). If this is all just a ruse (and I don't think it is), then she is the most cutthroat businessperson I have ever seen---and that's saying a lot considering we're talking about the same family as Tom Benson. (You don't want me to go into some of the unscrupulous practices my father accuses Benson of doing with his automobile dealerships.)

Anyway, Goddell is a Tagliabue guy, so I don't see any reason such policies won't continue.

Now, can we please return to discussion of the upcoming game?
 
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SlitheryDee

I'm really proud of our Saints this year, and thats totally aside from the whole inspirational Katrina-devastated city thing that been going around. We have a good team.

Deuce is gonna get some yards no matter what. That will open things up for Drew, Bush, Colston, Henderson, and possibly Horn (if he's able to play).

The Saints actually have a favorable record against opponents that the Bears have played. I think it was 6-0 vs 5-1.

 

MetalMat

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The Saints rule, I have been a fan since day one.

btw, how is alexandria treatin ya? I think you are the only one on ATOT from there lol.

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
I'm really proud of our Saints this year, and thats totally aside from the whole inspirational Katrina-devastated city thing that been going around. We have a good team.

Deuce is gonna get some yards no matter what. That will open things up for Drew, Bush, Colston, Henderson, and possibly Horn (if he's able to play).

The Saints actually have a favorable record against opponents that the Bears have played. I think it was 6-0 vs 5-1.

 

bersl2

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Originally posted by: Acanthus
A dome team has never won in an outdoor field in the playoffs.

0 and 9.


And yet, there's no reason why it can't be 1-9.

Cold is overrated, and snow is like rain, but the turf is the invariable---the turf is what will change the game.
 

evilsaint

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Originally posted by: bersl2
Originally posted by: Acanthus
A dome team has never won in an outdoor field in the playoffs.

0 and 9.


And yet, there's no reason why it can't be 1-9.

Cold is overrated, and snow is like rain, but the turf is the variable---the turf is what will change the game.

Fixed

Let's see Bush make all those cuts that he's accustomed to on frozen grass This isn't NuTurf or w/e that new fake grass is called in some staddiums. Saints fans better hope Payton has the intelligence to stick with Deuce and hope for some holes to open up like last week.

I could easily see NO opening up a first half lead but tiring out in the second and having the game cave in on them. Da Bears defense has had a tendency to stiffen up very well in the face of adversity over the course of this season, especially in the second halves of games, and I think it'll be no different than how they shut down Seattle in the 4th quarter last week when they needed a 3 and out.
 

evilsaint

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Originally posted by: the bears take it all
Did everyone forget about the Saint's defense?

Bears 31
Saint 24

Pats 40
Colts 17

Bears 23
Pats 17

Cute. But probably true
 

evilsaint

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Originally posted by: flawlssdistortn
LOL they're gonna have Frank Caliendo on the pregame show doing his Madden impression!

Jambalaya, deep dish? Jambalaya, deep dish? :laugh:
 

bersl2

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Originally posted by: flawlssdistortn
LOL they're gonna have Frank Caliendo on the pregame show doing his Madden impression!

Somebody, make this guy GTFO.
 

flawlssdistortn

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Originally posted by: evilsaint
Originally posted by: flawlssdistortn
LOL they're gonna have Frank Caliendo on the pregame show doing his Madden impression!

Jambalaya, deep dish? Jambalaya, deep dish? :laugh:
ROFL that was great, i never get tired of watching him. BOOM!
 

FrancesBeansRevenge

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omfg... I can't take it anymore... the anticipation, the excitement, the bowel shaking FEAR!!

My beloved Saints have never been here before and may never again.

The pressure is making me dizzy. The dream can't end today. Please jeebus.
 

bersl2

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Originally posted by: SirStev0
daaaaaaaaaaa BEARS...

Defenses win championship games.

lol, '99 Rams

Defense does win championships. That doesn't mean that the defense has to be "the greatest" or even the focus of its team. It just has to rise to the occasion and do its job.
 

Syringer

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I only want the Bears to win so that the 12 hour pre-game show for the Super Bowl won't consist of 8 hours worth of talking about Katrina.
 

vi edit

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Anyone elses HD feed from FOX look like it has some kind of watercolor photoshop affect applied to it?

All my other channels are clear. Pulling OTA from local Fox station.
 

Reckoner

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Originally posted by: vi_edit
Anyone elses HD feed from FOX look like it has some kind of watercolor photoshop affect applied to it?

All my other channels are clear. Pulling OTA from local Fox station.

Nope
 

TheShiz

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Originally posted by: Syringer
I only want the Bears to win so that the 12 hour pre-game show for the Super Bowl won't consist of 8 hours worth of talking about Katrina.

uh, you could always just not watch that crap
 
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