CatchLinda

Before Super Bowl, I read an article from the Swedish newpaper Aftonbladet's reporter Petter Westin. After reading that article, I had picked my team. I think it is always mroe fun to watch a game if you have one team in favor. So now after reading this article, the Saints was my pick!

(Long reading, but I found it interesting)

This is why:

-Saints quarterback Drew Brees got hurt in his last game with the Chargers so therefor a sholder injury that kept him from a million dollar contract.

-Of course... the Hurricane Katarina destroyed the city in 2005. And I somehow feel for the people. People evacuate to the Superdome arena and the football team is then already part of the disaster.

-The team has to play it's homegames "away" now in San Antonio. The team lose 13 of its 16 games this season...
-The owner/manager Tom Benson put himself in a bad situation when he wants to move the team to another city. Due to this, the fans strongly dislikes him. This might seem dumb, but after Katarina the football team was something that the people could gather around and also brought jobs to the citizens.

-In March 2006, recently signed headcoach for the Saints, Sean Payton, has two very important visitors in his car... These passangers are Drew Brees and his wife Brittany. Coach Payton is suppose to drive them around dfferent potential areas where they can live, but Coach Payton accidentaly takes the wrong exit off of I-10. Instead of entering the really nice neighborhood, they now ended up in the one of the most destroyed areas of New Orleans. Coach Payton's heart is beating like never before and he thought that he ruined his changes of this quarterback that he really needed. But the affect is the opposite... Mr Brees sees how there are trailors half inside peoples livingroom, cars on the roofs, and upside down cars laying in the backyards. This view maked Drew Brees feel for the people and with his limited amont of choices due to his sholder injury, the team he signs for is the Saints.

-Before the age of 30, Rita Benson LeBlanc (the grand daughter of the not so popular Tom Benson) makes a dramatic change for the team. She lowers the price of the lowprice tickets, and higher the price of the expensive ones. In 2006/2007, the Saints sell out all their seats for every game.. But moer important... The fans and people now feel trust for the management group again. Rita also is a great person in the media aspect. With Rita now in the team, there are not as many conflicts (between caoch and players, players and players, coach and management, management and people and so on...)

-The season of 2006, the people was really with their team. "I have never heard such a loud crowd ever before" says Michael Vick, quarterback for the falcons.  Superdome is now rebuild and the team wins it's firts game 23-3 with Drew Brees playing a great game.

-In the semifinal, the team can win if the kicker will score a field goal. "Just try to picture a fluer-de-lis (the symbol of the Saints) between the posts and just hit that". This is what Coach Payton tells his kicker Garret Hartley just before they can see the ball sailing between the two posts.

-People like these mentioned above have been important for the team, the people, and espeically for the rebuilding of the city after Katrina.

Therefore... I cheer for this team!!!!

When I got home the Saints were losing, but then they turn around and won. Yes!:) And for you non-american. SuperBowl is probably like if Sweden were playing the world cup final in soccer... EVERYONE is watching. Most people have all day parties too...