50 Things I think I learned this week.

November 13, 2006

Things I think I learned this week:

 

1. The Saints will have 3 losses when they beat San Diego in the Super Bowl.
2. I stick to my predictions until rationality sets in.
3. The Saints’ Run defense is erratic at best
4. The Saints’ Pass defense is poor.
5. Angelo Brocatos is back and better than ever
6. The Saints’ offensive year will go down as their best ever, unless they continue to fumble.
7. Driving up Tulane Ave makes you feel like you are in Beirut
8. The roast beef po-boy at Parkway Tavern is as good as any in New Orleans
9. The oyster po-boy at Bozo’s remains undefeated.
10. Ocean Springs downtown is pretty cool and Al Fresco’s is a neat spot.
11. I don’t know why a guy catches two TD bombs one week and sits the next
12. Nothing personal, but the guy who replaced him cost the Saints a chance at victory when he had a bad day at the office on the last drive
13. I’m now not sure that New Orleans will ever come back
14. If I were mayor I’d subdivide the whole city for the next 5 years and appoint an assistant mayor for each neighborhood and see if they can save their neighborhood.
15. Voters hated the Iraq war almost as much as I did
16. New Orleans is going to need to be rebuilt much like Iraq.  Too bad our money, I mean China’s money they’re loaning us, is going over there.
17. The French Quarter is back and stronger than ever.
18. The restaurants are still great
19. Diets are hard when sausage bread enters the picture.
20. I still have about 600 restaurants in New Orleans to try
21. That doesn’t bode well for my diet.
22. My dog is insane.
23. I don’t know what the coast is going to look like, probably condos, but it’s going to get fixed much faster than New Orleans.  The houses in New Orleans are still flooded – just not with water.
24. As excited as the den got when Reggie soared is nothing compared to how excited Bella got when we all yelled.
25. The prospect of Carson Palmer flinging footballs around the Superdome this weekend scares me.
26. I’m glad the GM of theChargers was right about Philip Rivers – or we wouldn’t be where we are.
27. We didn’t miss Joe Horn in his first week out.
28. We did yesterday
29. Drew Brees played another great game.  Can’t fault him.
30. I liked the way the Saints blitzed a little more.  That’s why I’m not a coach.  It didn’t work. 
31. No other Saints team I could remember would shrug off a 14 point deficit and still lead at halftime.
32. The defense got worn down
33. The defense is not a ball hawking one and that is going to hurt more and more.
34. Marquis Colston may be the best Saints offensive weapon ever if his progress continues.
35. If you can name one wide receiver in the NFL you would trade him for at this moment you’re smarter than me.
36. The Saints offensive line is really the biggest surprise of the year so far. (Did you see them in preseason?)
37. Rutgers is going to get screwed
38. The winner of the Notre Dame – USC game is in the catbird seat
39. Notre Dame knows when to lose a game.
40. Tulane is pretty bad.  USM is pretty good
41. Arkansas is going to get screwed
42. Snug Harbor is a neat place.  Listening to Ellis Marsalis doing a set while you finish up eating is pretty cool.
43. The Marigny is becoming one of our favorite parts of New Orleans
44. Every running back fumbles.  Reggie’s reached his quota.
45. Reggie hit the line better this week than in previous weeks.
46. I’m glad I don’t have to make my living betting football.
47. The prognosticators are just as bad as me.  They are slow to recognize improvement and momentum.
48. Tom Brady isn’t Superman after all.
49. Peyton is halfway there.
50. I still think Drew Brees is MVP