okay, i have to admit that the buildup this week has been relatively calm for Super Bowl 44 (is that LVIX?)...there hasn't been a lot of hype coming out of Miami this week. I think this is because these teams are two of the model franchises in the NFL..players tend to NOT get into trouble, the coaches are class acts; the quarterbacks (Brees and the unflappable Peyton Manning) are elite and also great guys. It is interesting that the Manning family has such close ties to the city of New Orleans...and that the time the Saints (mostly a moribund franchise until recent memory) FINALLY make it to the big dance, they would go up against a MANNING led team.
Most have the Colts running away with it...I have a soft spot for New Orleans and the gulf coast in general, and given what that region has gone through since Katrina ,my heart is with the Saints. WHO DAT NATION!! there is always a fighting chance when emotion enters the fray. Against the robotic precision of Manning, it will be a gargantuan task for Brees and the Saints...but...there is one point that maybe no one else had examined.
THE CHARLTON HESTON factor!!! YES...CHUCK baby! in the movie NUMBER ONE (see PIC) in 1969 he played a QB (Cat Catlin-how about that name? ) for the New Orleans Saints.(and wearing Billy Kilmer's actual helmet) Yes, he gets crushed in the movie's final scene..but is Chuck gotdammn HESTON! the HESTON factor nets the nod...
SAINTS WIN !!!! SAINTS WIN!!! ahhhh to be in the Big Easy after that.....whoooooooDAT!
stevens
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