Brian Manzella
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WORLD CHAMPIONS!
Espn, NFL Network, "analysts" get ready to eat crow!!!!
WHO DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTT!
Espn, NFL Network, "analysts" get ready to eat crow!!!!
WHO DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTT!
Who Dat Say Dey Gonna Beat Them Saints? now with a Manzella BLOG!
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vjsinger
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Told you they would do it and now they get the respect.
Good to be right at least once, huh????
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Matt 4-L
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Congrats to all the true Saint fans in Louisiana, I’m not talking to the band wagon jumpers who became Saint fans the last couple of years, instead the true fans who stuck by their team through the down years too. This is coming from a guy who lives in Michigan and is compelled to root for the home team Lions even when the team looks hopeless, a sincere congrats for sticking out all those lousy years, enjoy it!
Brian Manzella
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No Chance, huh?
No Chance, huh?
By Brian Manzella
Who Dat Set Dey Gonna Bet Them Saints?
Before the game—almost every expert.
It reminds me of the time at a Kobe Japanese Steak House in Orlando, Florida. Myself, Michael Finney, and Chad O'Dell went to eat there with a few other folks. I sat on the corner of the Hibachi table, next to another Hibachi table. The person sitting right next to me was a guy who was a teacher for the David Leadbetter Academy.
We talked off and on during the meal, and while he was a fairly nice guy, the amount of smugness about his boss and his academy was almost unbearable.
At some point, as I am wont to do, I dropped a little line with a wink.
"I'd love to debate David about the golf swing on national TV, with the folks out in TV land getting to call in and vote for a winner."
He smirked and replied, "You would have no chance. He would kill you. He knows more than anyone. It would be a slaughter."
My reply stunned him.
"No chance? You mean without having any idea if I know a monkey from sand wedge, or if I have spent the last 20 years living and breathing golf swing, you'd give me no chance?"
His defiant answer, "It's Leadbetter. He's the best."
Just like all the experts said about Peyton Manning.
The Saints have no chance, "It's Peyton Manning. He's the best."
Hype is defined as publicity that is exaggerated and often misleading. Boy, the hype machine was in full effect for this Super Bowl.
My Dad always believed you could "put the mouth" on something or someone. Or do it in reverse. Like when the silly CBS pre-game announcers talked about the big advantage that the Colts had at kicker.
That's when I knew we were going to win.
Matt Stover—a guy who they forgot was only on the team because the Colts regular kicker, Adam Vinatieri was injured—was supposed to have a big advantage over the Saints kicker Garrett Hartley—a young man who came into the Super Bowl 25 for 27 with a game winner in overtime in the NFC Championship game.
Come on.
Peyton Manning is a great QB. No doubt. I have always been a fan of his, him being from NuWallins like me. I am darn sure the only time I ever pulled for the University of Tennessee in my life was when he played for them.
But Peyton Manning has one only one Super Bowl ring. He has been the star of over a half-dozen Colt teams with a legit chance to win it all. Sort of like Brett Farve. A great QB from near my home that has had several chances to win it all, and has the same number of rings as Peyton—one.
So all of this "best ever" stuff is really premature at best.
Like what they were saying about Leadbetter about ten years ago.
It never occurred to the "analysts" to look at common opponents. The Saints and the Colts both played the Patriots and the Jets. The Jets gave the Colts a scare in the playoffs, and the Pats had the Colts dead-to-rights. The "Bless You Boys" from Da Bayou blew the Jets and New England right out of the Superdome.
But the analysts ignored this.
Just like the Leadbetter employee did when I told him my "common opponent" story, the one about Papa John Schnatter.
For those who haven't heard the oft-told tale, Schantter had spent $75,000 with Leadbetter with little results. He switched to Manzella and Finney and in about 18 months, was 10-15 shots a round better. Leadbetter than asked Papa John to appear in an informercial about the Leadbetter Academy after hearing of his improvement. Schnatter declined.
The Saints won one for ages, partly with some fuel from all the naysayers.
Tony Dungy.
Ha.
As far as the matchup went, it was really was a very simple. The Saints have one of the greatest offenses of all-time, and every bit the equal to Manning at QB with Drew Brees. They have more big-play potential on Special Teams, and a defense that never lost a game that all four starters in the secondary have played with Brees at QB.
It was going to be a good game, and it was.
Several plays stood out to me.
Three or four touches by Pierre Thomas that were all-world. The Lance Moore super catch and spin for the two-point conversion. And the near interception by Malcom Jenkins.
Peyton Manning is a very studied QB, but this time, his film work was matched by New Orleans-area native Tracey Porter. Porter basically won two straight games with key picks, and they ought to build a statue to the guy, if you asked an old DB like me.
In the end, a 14-point victory for the Saints, and a big fat win for the Greatest City on Earth. One that went through the horrors of Katrina, and have had to endure all the stupid comments since.
"They should never build that city back."
"The NFL had to buy all those tickets to the Saints games. No way those people bought them all."
"There is only 50% of the people back in the area."
Yes, this one was for the people, and all the folks that are never supposed to be able to have a chance against the "best in the business."
You think I could get Tony Dungy to say something bad about my chances?
No Chance, huh?
By Brian Manzella
Who Dat Set Dey Gonna Bet Them Saints?
Before the game—almost every expert.
It reminds me of the time at a Kobe Japanese Steak House in Orlando, Florida. Myself, Michael Finney, and Chad O'Dell went to eat there with a few other folks. I sat on the corner of the Hibachi table, next to another Hibachi table. The person sitting right next to me was a guy who was a teacher for the David Leadbetter Academy.
We talked off and on during the meal, and while he was a fairly nice guy, the amount of smugness about his boss and his academy was almost unbearable.
At some point, as I am wont to do, I dropped a little line with a wink.
"I'd love to debate David about the golf swing on national TV, with the folks out in TV land getting to call in and vote for a winner."
He smirked and replied, "You would have no chance. He would kill you. He knows more than anyone. It would be a slaughter."
My reply stunned him.
"No chance? You mean without having any idea if I know a monkey from sand wedge, or if I have spent the last 20 years living and breathing golf swing, you'd give me no chance?"
His defiant answer, "It's Leadbetter. He's the best."
Just like all the experts said about Peyton Manning.
The Saints have no chance, "It's Peyton Manning. He's the best."
Hype is defined as publicity that is exaggerated and often misleading. Boy, the hype machine was in full effect for this Super Bowl.
My Dad always believed you could "put the mouth" on something or someone. Or do it in reverse. Like when the silly CBS pre-game announcers talked about the big advantage that the Colts had at kicker.
That's when I knew we were going to win.
Matt Stover—a guy who they forgot was only on the team because the Colts regular kicker, Adam Vinatieri was injured—was supposed to have a big advantage over the Saints kicker Garrett Hartley—a young man who came into the Super Bowl 25 for 27 with a game winner in overtime in the NFC Championship game.
Come on.
Peyton Manning is a great QB. No doubt. I have always been a fan of his, him being from NuWallins like me. I am darn sure the only time I ever pulled for the University of Tennessee in my life was when he played for them.
But Peyton Manning has one only one Super Bowl ring. He has been the star of over a half-dozen Colt teams with a legit chance to win it all. Sort of like Brett Farve. A great QB from near my home that has had several chances to win it all, and has the same number of rings as Peyton—one.
So all of this "best ever" stuff is really premature at best.
Like what they were saying about Leadbetter about ten years ago.
It never occurred to the "analysts" to look at common opponents. The Saints and the Colts both played the Patriots and the Jets. The Jets gave the Colts a scare in the playoffs, and the Pats had the Colts dead-to-rights. The "Bless You Boys" from Da Bayou blew the Jets and New England right out of the Superdome.
But the analysts ignored this.
Just like the Leadbetter employee did when I told him my "common opponent" story, the one about Papa John Schnatter.
For those who haven't heard the oft-told tale, Schantter had spent $75,000 with Leadbetter with little results. He switched to Manzella and Finney and in about 18 months, was 10-15 shots a round better. Leadbetter than asked Papa John to appear in an informercial about the Leadbetter Academy after hearing of his improvement. Schnatter declined.
The Saints won one for ages, partly with some fuel from all the naysayers.
Tony Dungy.
Ha.
As far as the matchup went, it was really was a very simple. The Saints have one of the greatest offenses of all-time, and every bit the equal to Manning at QB with Drew Brees. They have more big-play potential on Special Teams, and a defense that never lost a game that all four starters in the secondary have played with Brees at QB.
It was going to be a good game, and it was.
Several plays stood out to me.
Three or four touches by Pierre Thomas that were all-world. The Lance Moore super catch and spin for the two-point conversion. And the near interception by Malcom Jenkins.
Peyton Manning is a very studied QB, but this time, his film work was matched by New Orleans-area native Tracey Porter. Porter basically won two straight games with key picks, and they ought to build a statue to the guy, if you asked an old DB like me.
In the end, a 14-point victory for the Saints, and a big fat win for the Greatest City on Earth. One that went through the horrors of Katrina, and have had to endure all the stupid comments since.
"They should never build that city back."
"The NFL had to buy all those tickets to the Saints games. No way those people bought them all."
"There is only 50% of the people back in the area."
Yes, this one was for the people, and all the folks that are never supposed to be able to have a chance against the "best in the business."
You think I could get Tony Dungy to say something bad about my chances?
Yes!
trickyric67
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Enjoy the victory, but remember my Dolphins took both the Colts and Saints to the wire and beat the Jets twice!
hey I gotta smile about something
hey I gotta smile about something
Brian Manzella
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Super Bowl is most watched TV show ever
2/8/2010, 12:39 p.m. CST
DAVID BAUDER
The Associated Press
(AP) — NEW YORK - The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in television history.
The Nielsen Co. estimated Monday that 106.5 million people watched the New Orleans Saints upset the Indianapolis Colts. That beats the "M-A-S-H" finale, which had 105.97 million viewers in an era when there were fewer television sets.
Compelling story lines involving the city of New Orleans and its recovery from Hurricane Katrina and the quest for a second Super Bowl ring for Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning propelled the viewership.
2/8/2010, 12:39 p.m. CST
DAVID BAUDER
The Associated Press
(AP) — NEW YORK - The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in television history.
The Nielsen Co. estimated Monday that 106.5 million people watched the New Orleans Saints upset the Indianapolis Colts. That beats the "M-A-S-H" finale, which had 105.97 million viewers in an era when there were fewer television sets.
Compelling story lines involving the city of New Orleans and its recovery from Hurricane Katrina and the quest for a second Super Bowl ring for Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning propelled the viewership.
Steve Khatib
Super Moderator
I love the Leadbetter or pop teacher instructor cloanes that dont have a clue as the only instructor/method they ever looked at is their boss. What narrow minded insular jerks.
Great Papa Jon story. It's all true. Well done SAINTS.
Great Papa Jon story. It's all true. Well done SAINTS.
vjsinger
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More "crazy", outlandish, laughable predictions by vjsinger, or maybe not so crazy...
Drew Brees will win 2 MVP awards and 1 more Super Bowl. Tom Brady will win no more SB's. Peyton Manning will win 1 more Super Bowl and all three Quarterbacks will be in the hall.
The Saints will have the best offensive line and offense in football for the next 5 years. Who Dat!
Drew Brees will win 2 MVP awards and 1 more Super Bowl. Tom Brady will win no more SB's. Peyton Manning will win 1 more Super Bowl and all three Quarterbacks will be in the hall.
The Saints will have the best offensive line and offense in football for the next 5 years. Who Dat!
Bill Miracle
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I always love it...
when someone sparks Brian's passion to come out on this board. I am entertained! Think I'll skip 24 tonight and retire early!
Who DEY!
Who DAT!
when someone sparks Brian's passion to come out on this board. I am entertained! Think I'll skip 24 tonight and retire early!
Who DEY!
Who DAT!
Matt 4-L
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I admit I was skeptical about being a huge number, you know its gonna be big just because of the superbowl but all time? Yup I was surprised. I knew the Saints were gonna be a big draw for the simple fact of Katrina and the Saints notoriously lousey past and everyone would want to see "Charlie Brown" kick the football. But the Colts? No disrespect to the Colt fans or Peyton, he is one of the best Qbs in the league but I find their offense unbearable to watch. Peyton dissects the defense on every play and runs the clock to the last second and more times then not its a dump off pass. I know they had an awesome record but its like death by 1000 paper cuts to watch. Plus, we were talking to small markets on top of that. So I will say in the words of the Fonz, "I was wrrrrrrrrrr, wrrrrrrrrr, wrrrrrrrrrr, wrrrrrrrrrong", they did pull a big number.
I know that post was for my bennefit Brian
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