Not quite a playoff atmosphere in the Greater New Orleans area today but about as close as you'll ever get to one in October. WOW. This game won't make or break either team's season. The Saints have 11 games after this one and the Giants have 10. A lot can happen and I'm just not going to worry about homefield advantage, NFC supremacy, rankings, and implications further down the road. For one thing, there are teams in Minnesota, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, and Green Bay that will have something to say about that. For those reasons, I won't be watching any of the pre-game shows. I'll turn the TV on at noon. I'm looking at today's game as sports entertainment of the highest order. For the Saints, the formula is simple and hasn't changed since Head Coach Sean Payton got here. If the Saints take care of the ball, they'll take care of the Giants. There are other great matchups this weekend, too, like Ravens-Vikings and Bears-Falcons. On this perfect autumn Sunday at CrabAppleLane, I'll be staying in during the best portions of it. Oh yeah, just one more thing:
After running a few errands yesterday, we stopped in Abita Springs and took in the sights. They were having something called "Dem Fest" in the Abita Beer Plaza so we walked the other way and headed east down the St Tammany Trace. We plan to go there on the bikes one day but it will undoubtedly be a weekday the first time we do it. The Sunday images are from that excursion. More below the jump if you're interested.
UCM Museum - Abita Springs, LA - October 17, 2009 - A gas station in a previous life?
Quote of the Day
Barring an unlikely tie, the numeral "1" will appear in one team's loss column for the first time this season.
Joe Lapointe, New York Times
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "But this is crazy. It's roughly 2 and a half hours before kickoff and they are rehearsing for the halftime show which (spoiler alert!) will feature a cast of hundreds, a marching band, cheerleaders, dancers, zombies and music that includes Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and Santana's "Black Magic Woman.""
St Tammany Trace - Abita Springs, LA - October 17, 2009
St Tammany Trace - Abita Springs, LA - October 17, 2009
St Tammany Trace - Abita Springs, LA - October 17, 2009
St Tammany Trace - Abita Springs, LA - October 17, 2009
Nice pics.
Bikes yielding to pedestrians is politeness.
Everybody yielding to horses is common sense.
"Everybody yielding to horses is common sense."
I think the military says, "Incoming fire has right of way." Almost the same. :)
Heh. Your boys did well. The Vikes had a shocking collapse on defense in the fourth quarter and won only because of a missed field goal at the end. The Ravens didn't quit and almost pulled off a win. A reality check is in order for the Vike's D.
I caught the tail end of the Vikes game. It wasn't on here. CBS had the second game but since the Vikes-Ravens wasn't over at 3PM, they showed the end. The Ravens had just gone ahead, 31-30. Wild finish. These types of games will serve them well later in the year. I'm a bit concerned about the Saints not being challenged yet.