A read of BlackandGold.com writes...

"My brother in law is a contractor in Iraq and he has made a giant fleur-de-lis for his metal shop on post. If you would like to post it he would love it.
- Mary Pritchard"

It's a great piece of Who Dat work! Thanks for the support for the New Orleans Saints from Iraq!

Mary's brother-in-law's name is Allen Arabie and he calls his art, "Art From War."

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Instead of doing things piecemeal, i'll just put it all in big chunks, beginning with:

Sports
I heard it again last week on the NFL network, how Joe Namath and the Jets “made the oddsmakers look stupid.” From that afternoon in January 1969 through the present, every superbowl week, sportswriters poke fun at the bookies over Broadway Joe. For the most part, I have been quite proud that most of the folks in New Orleans, among just a handful of other places, know better. But...

Todd Ragusa of the Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Louisiana emailed us about a youth benefit raffle for 2010 Super Bowl Tickets. If you are interested in the raffle, please read the press release and information below.

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I've yet to hear any media attention to the fact that New Orleans and Indy shared 6 common opponents this year and how they fared. The point differential was almost two times higher for the Saints. It's just another stat but I think it's as good as any.

How many Saints fans out there are going to the Super Bowl?

I live in Denver & we made our Super Bowl package reservations shortly after the NFC championship game on Sunday.

Give a shout out here.