VIKING FUNERAL

Your team had its chances, Viking fan!
Four trips to the Superbowl. Four!!! And you came up empty.
No shame in that. It's something just to make it to four Superbowls. And those were some fantastic teams. But you had your chance.
It's the Saints' turn.

Sure, it would be great to send Brett Favre out a winner. I wouldn't mind seeing that. He's a Mississippi Boy like me. He grew up just two counties away from my home. I almost always root for him. But I was rooting for the Saints before anyone had ever heard of Breet Favre. Besides, even if he did win another Superbowl, there's no guarantee he would go out a winner. There's a good possibility he won't leave the game until injury takes away his ability to play. He had his chance. Two Superbowls. Won one. Congrats.
It's the Saints' turn.

I've been cheering on the Saints since 1979, and the stars have never aligned for my team like they did this year. Sean Payton and Drew Brees spent four years molding the offense. Then we bring in Gregg Williams, Darren Sharper and Jabari Greer to help give the defense some teeth. The Saints, a team not built for outdoor football in January, gets to play inside with the Superbowl on the line, in front of their home fans. If they win, the party will roll from the French Quarter to South Beach, without ceasing, for the two weeks between the NFC Championship Game and the Superbowl.
It's the Saints' turn.

But should the Saints happen to lose, I will root for the Vikings in the big game.
Here's to a great one this Sunday.