"Pigs have flown. ###### has frozen over. The Saints are on their way to the Super Bowl." -call from Jim Henderson on the Saints Radio Network

 

Somewhere, if only on the front page of the Living section of this morning's Times-Picayune, Buddy D is wearing a dress.

 

Euphoria is running rampant in Chocolate City. I swear, but nothing else of relevance happened in the world except that the Saints are going to the Super Bowl.

• being the 1 in Tampa's 1-26 franchise mark
• Bum Phillips not figuring out how to win
• 1-15
• the original Paper Bags
• The Aints
• Finally winning the Division, only to get throttled by the Vikings in the Wild Card round (1991)
• Bobby Hebert blowing the Dome Patrol's shots at postseason glory
• The River City Relay, only to watch Carney miss the extra point
• Mike Ditka trading away an entire draft for one questionable running back
• Aaron ___ Brooks *wince*
• Not a single player enshrined in Canton

43 years of abject futility are washing away even as I type this. This is every 8-year-old's dream come true, even those 8-year-olds that are now 28. Or 48.

 

The party has started early this year in New Orleans. I can guarantee it won't stop for the next two weeks. And, if the Saints win another game, Lord only knows what will happen next.

 

Y'all come along for the ride.

 

-KIE