This weeks’ events in Louisiana football were bittersweet for me – LSU with its first loss and the Saints with their first win. It really stinks losing to Florida, although it will be much worse losing to those “people” two states over. I really want to gloat to Mr. Cy (my brother’s ex-father-in-law) on Facebook. He is always posting about those menstruating pachyderms. Other than this issue, I have always had a great deal of respect for him. I really want to upset their national ambitions. I would like a SEC team to win the National Championship again, consolidating our football superiority on the rest of the nation, but not Alabama. Saban is the devil, to bring in a Water Boy paraphrase.
For the Saints, it was a great weekend because we finally finally finally won. They had been playing tight with the rest of their opponents but just could not get the W. I have to admit that the defense backs suck more than I can even describe in words. In the 3rd quarter, they forced me to turn off the game and I didn’t even see the big finish. Rivers (Charger’s QB) was dropping the long ball into his receivers hands all night. Freakin’ depressing. Now, we have that behind us and we can start playing with more focus. Another good milestone for the night was Drew Bree’s passing of Johnny Unitas for the TD streak record. Go Drew!
Perhaps the most surprising team to set the chattering agog in Louisiana was the LA Tech Bulldogs. Normally, these guys are not even on my radar except for the fact Tech is my favorite cousin’s Alma mater. He really likes them. Well, he posted an interesting story on Facebook that I will link here: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf–unconventional-attack–la–tech-runs-high-flying-offense-through-its-center–not-qb.html. I, along with a great many other fans, wish we had this offense. Damn straight.
On a positive non-football note, I got to hang out with the Moak boys for some Conference watching. It was uplifting as always. Just have to see if I can actually incorporate some of it into my life. No so easy all the time. :-(