The LSU Tigers and Rice Owls are opponents in the College World Series Super-Regional playoff in Baton Rouge. LSU fans in attendance may covet this item from the Onion Boutique.
Of course, I would not wear such a thing; I’m more of a Tulane fan.
... Tulane? So says King Kaufman, applying irrefutable who-beat-whom logic:
Hat tip to Prof. Alan Childress, Green Wave Law School.
Sean Payton’s Hall-of-Fame namesake has the answer to the Saints’ kicking woes.
Believe it or not, I used to be a fan of professional wrestling. In the 1980s, Suzanne and I often bought tickets to the live wrestling shows at the Superdome, the Municipal Auditorium, or the UNO Lakefront Arena. We once met Arn Anderson and gave him a ride to the airport after a match with Dusty Rhodes.
Our favorite wrestler then, bar none, was the Nature Boy, Ric Flair. He was always the top dog, the jet-flying, styling, profiling, limousine-riding, kiss-stealing, wheeling-dealing son of a gun—the greatest pro wrestler who ever lived. A rich man’s Hulk Hogan.
So imagine my sigh when I read this AP story, saying that Nature Boy got himself beaten up by his daughter’s boyfriend. That will happen when you’re (yikes!) 59 and the boyfriend is 22. Time catches up to us all—even the Nature Boy.
A hint to NFL general managers everywhere: don’t draft a philosophy major.
Pre-Game Coin Toss Makes Jacksonville Jaguars Realize Randomness Of Life
In late August, Orleanians keep an eye out for hurricanes and their tidal surges. We also keep an eye out for Reuben Friedman’s annual in-depth predictions about the Tulane Green Wave’s football fortunes. Reuben knows a lot about college football, and his knowledge of Green Wave football lore is unexceeded. So if you like the Green Wave or college football generally, then you will enjoy reading Reuben’s predictions.
Click here to download Reuben’s predictions (MS Word format).
The Hornets are having a great season. But they have a marketing problem that no one in the NBA wants to talk about: they’re competing with the memory of Pete Maravich and the New Orleans Jazz. And fans with long memories who felt betrayed when the NBA allowed the Jazz to leave have cold feet when it comes to giving their hearts to another NBA team.
Be that as it may, this weekend the NBA All-Star Game tips off in New Orleans. To help you get in the mood — and to help you understand New Orleans’ love of the Jazz in the late 1970s — here’s a video of Pistol Pete versus Walt Frazier and the Knicks, scoring 68 points with no 3-point line. The game was played in the Superdome, which Jazz fans thought was a fine place to watch a basketball game.
In every game that Pistol Pete ever played, there was at least one moment where everyone watching gasped, “I don’t believe it.” In this video, that moment occurs between 3:47 and 3:50.
That was the entree. If you’re in the mood for dessert, watch this video of Pistol Pete versus the NBA in a game of HORSE. The “I don’t believe it” moment occurs between 1:30 and 1:59.
CANTON, OHIO. Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning’s gonads were selected for enshrinement today in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Manning gonads will join defensive end Fred Dean, cornerback Darrell Green, wide receiver Art Monk, cornerback Emmitt Thomas, linebacker Andre Tippett, and tackle Gary Zimmerman as the Class of 2008 enshrinees.
On hearing the news, Manning said, “I’m just so proud of both of them.”
The news spread quickly through the French Quarter, where joyous crowds celebrating Mardi Gras were already feeling little pain. Up and down Bourbon Street was heard the chant, “Go nads go! Go nads go!”
If you think you’re a die-hard fan of your favorite team, you probably don’t hold a candle to the Saints fans who were watching the game last night at Ms. Mae’s bar. According to this Times-Picayune story, these fans would not stop watching their favorite team get pummeled by the Titans — even though the bar was on fire:
A three-alarm fire damaged popular nightspot Miss Mae’s at Napoleon Avenue and Magazine Street on Monday night.
Fire officials believe the fire started next door at Cafe Bayard and jumped the 18-inch gap between the buildings, according to Chief Glenn Trainor of the New Orleans Fire Department....
Fire officials say they had some resistance from bar patrons who were reluctant to evacuate because they were watching the Saints game....
Tip of the cap to Maitri for this one.
Last year, the Saints gave hope and joy to people who needed both badly. Now that they’re going through some adversity, it’s our turn to return the favor.
Seriously, anybody can love a team while it’s winning. The real test of love is whether it’s constant during tough times. And after the last two games, boy!, these times are looking kind of tough.
This Monday, my firm is having a dress-down Saints day — we can come to work in jeans and Saints jerseys. I’ll have mine on. If they keep losing, I may have to buy a black-and-gold fleur de lis flag. If they go 0–16, I may have to get inked.
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