Saints at San Francisco: A Prediction.

Updated on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 8:36AM by Otter

Updated on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:35AM by Otter

Updated on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 8:10PM by Otter

It’s time for the Tuesday mail-call:

From the Mailbag:

Is God involved in sports?

That’s like asking if physics is involved in sports.

Saints or San Francisco 49’ers?

Hmm.  Offensive bad-ass or defensive bad-ass?

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Saints-Lions: Prediction

Updated on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 11:58PM by Otter

Updated on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 12:56AM by Otter

Updated on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 9:05AM by Otter

When Hugh Douglas and Tedy Bruschi predict a major blowout, I get worried.  Both had great careers, but I’m not sure I like their analysis much.

So I better put up my own.

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Brees' Record & The MVP Award

Updated on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 9:36AM by Otter

Brees is one of the smartest quarterbacks in the NFL right now, athletic and capable and with an elusive quality that produces lots and lots of wins.  Last night, in a 45-16 pummeling of the division rival Atlanta Falcons, Brees eclipsed Dan Marino's 1984 record for piling up 5,084 passing yards, something I haven't had time to do yet as I've been busy with other things.

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News-Notes: Kim Jong Il, Drew Brees, & Other Apotheoses

Drew Brees looking invincible during a game against the RamsKim Jong Il with his son and heir-apparent, Kim Jong Un, guiding the backward Hermit Kingdom to glorious victory

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How To Give Away The Game: Saints versus Falcons

This week the Saints go up against division arch-rivals the Atlanta Falcons, and it's shaping up to be one of the more exciting and emotional Monday Night Football games in recent memory.

Here are the Riparian Church Sports Division's keys to giving the game away to the Atlanta Falcons.

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Celebrate Good Times? Come On! Lakers and Saints

Good touch...

... bad touch.

So the Lakers won The Big One. Fans of the team (or maybe just some random vandals, who knows) took the opportunity to assault a bus-driver and police, trash some property, and raise some hell.

Everybody tut-tuts over these things, but I'd like to point out that its incredibly common in the history of sports, and indeed may well be structurally necessary to sports.

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