Busted: My Bounty Lies Over The Ocean

From the Mailbag: 

Whatdya think of yer Saints NOW?

Grr.  Shaddup.

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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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Newsflash: NFL Receiver's Ego Does Not Automatically Say Stupid Things

Scientists think that Colston might have some special gene mutation that allows him to go for four excellent seasons and a Super Bowl without saying dumb-ass things, and are investigating whether his DNA can be used to cure other NFL wide receivers.

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A Few Observations On The Week In Football, Fate, Boethius, and Of Course Religion

Randy Moss, remembering happier days, praised his old coach and teammates on the New England Patriots, and if his voice was plaintive as he lamented being traded to the lamentable Minnesota Vikings, well, Boethius would have fist-bumped him and said, "'Sup, ma brotha."

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It's Only A Game. No, Really.

Jim Henderson is the Saints' radio play-by-play guy.  He's an English major from upstate New York, and a jewel. 

I want his job.

Just two comments to reduce the gross triumphalism of this post:

Adrian Peterson's game against the Saints was amazing.  His fumbles and Favre's across-the-body middle-of-the-field overtime pass (see "hubris") cost the Vikes the game.  But the rest of his game was scary good classical playoff stuff.

And nobody, but nobody, but Peyton Manning and his Class-A receivers could pull off the stuff they pulled off in the Super Bowl.  His pass to Dallas Clark in triple coverage is among the best passes in NFL history, and he had an excellent throw to Collie in the 4th quarter that few quarterback-receiver tandems could pull off.

But the Colts were outcoached and outplayed.

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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