Went over to Our Lady of Hopeless Cases this morning and prayed as earnestly as a man can pray these days in this salacious city of New Orleans- replete with its countless temptations and Houses of Ill Repute.
Prayed hard. Prayed real hard for my lost journalistic objectivity.
It's hard not to fall head over heels for these New Orleans Saints.
I'm not in love, so don't forget it
It's just a silly phase I'm going through
I keep your picture upon the wall
It hides a nasty stain that's lyin' there
So don't you ask me to give it back
I know you know it doesn't mean that much to me
I'm not in love, no-no
(It's because...)
I was born in Sweetwater, AL to ...
They say he would proclaim from the rooftops:
Allow me to intoduce myself. I am the Reverend Bob Harrington, the Chaplain of Bourbon Street - the Roto-Rooter of your wayward soul!
Shame over Success! Turn from your evil ways! Flush those sins from your soul!
Now, I say! Now, I say! Now! Now! Now!
Amen and Amen! Alleluia and Alleluia! Amen and Amen!
Some of those suffering Saints fans - lost sheep as they were - heeded the Reverend's call and returned to the flock. Some joined the Reverend on the rooftops. And, as legend has it, some of them jumped from those very same rooftops.
Chaplain Bob himself eventually succumbed to the temptations that infamous street has to offer.....succumbed to those very evils he preached so valiantly against- before rediscovering the Lord in the Autumn of his years.
Alas, that was the seventies. A very different time. The Saints were coached by an ex-Marine and the GM was an astronaut and the organization was full of space cadets and the Miami Dolphins ruled the football world with a bespectacled QB and a trio of running backs named Mercury and Csonka and Kiick.
It was 1972. Richard Nixon defeated George Mc Govern and was re-elected President. Watergate was on the verge of erupting. Terrorism struck the Olympics in Munich. And the Miami Dolphins were on their way to making NFL history.
Dolphins Blank Colts, 16-0--Go Down in History
Miami, Fla (AP) " The Miami Dolphins compiled the best record in National Football League history Saturday, going undefeated in 14 regular season games and becoming the NFL's greatest rushing team ever, as Garo Yepremian kicked three field goals for a 16-0 victory over the Baltimore Colts."
"Miami became only the third team in the NFL to go undefeated.The 1942 Chicago Bears finished 11-0 and the 1934 Bears were 13-0. The Cleveland Browns won 14 straight, but did it in the old All-American Conference before they joined the NFL.
"Fans in the Orange Bowl saved two of their biggest ovations for the appearances of quarterbacks Johnny Unitas of the Colts and Bob Griese of the Dolphins."
On Wednesday at 4:48 a.m., ESPN Radio asked the question, "Is Mercury Morris getting worried? Will the Saints go undefeated?"
By 5:18a.m., the network announced that the Saints are the number one team in football in the latest power rankings."
We aren't done here. It's going to be a dramatic comeback.
Pretty heady stuff these days in Nawlins. Feels like Mardi Gras all year round in The City That Care Forgot.
6:00 a.m. "8 and O, baby!," shouts the Wal-Mart greeter. "8 and 0, dawlin!"
I think she is insane but, nevertheless, laugh and yell and shout and generally make a total ass out of myself....."Who Dat! Who Dat Say Dey Gonna Beat 'Dem Saints? Who Dat!" before quickly walking away toward the self-help section.
While most of America would laugh at the suggestion that these Saints will be the first team in NFL history to go undefeated since those Miami Dolphins, minds can be changed.
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