Jeff Duncan: Saints' historic road win augurs hope. A special football season is upon us.

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Before this weekend, there’d been 47 instances where the Saints, LSU and Tulane played road games on the same weekend, and at least one of the trio had lost each time.

There’d been four previous times that Tulane and LSU each won their road games on Saturday only to see the Saints fail to complete the trifecta on Sunday, losing to the Texans (2007), Falcons (2004), then-Redskins (1988) and Broncos (1979).

Granted, this is trivial stuff, the kind of esoteric information that only football nerds like myself appreciate. (Full disclosure: The research took several hours and three cups of coffee to complete on Monday.) But it’s also revealing, a potential harbinger of promising things to come for local football fans.

The Saints, LSU and Tulane all appear headed for big seasons. Not just winning campaigns, but potentially special ones.

Yes, I know. It’s incredibly early. Way too soon for sweeping proclamations. Adversity in the form of injuries, bad breaks and blown calls awaits. But if ever there was a year for things to come together, it’s this one.

And heaven knows, we need it. What with the unbearable weather, incompetent civil services and embarrassing local political leadership, we could use some positivity during these tough times.

This football season promises to deliver.

The Saints are 2-0 for the first time since 2013, one of just nine unbeaten teams left in the NFL.

The good news: The last four times they’ve started a season with two wins, they’ve gone on to make the playoffs.

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SaintFanQ · 09-20-2023, 10:58 AM

Its great that we are now 2-0 but we need to remember that we have only done it by the slimmest of margins! I think the team are doing really well and as the season progresses the Offence will hopefully start to gel even more! The Defence are playing excellent football too!
My outlook on the season it just take it one game at a time as I think Sean Payton used to say and don't look too far ahead but it is nice to be positive too. Well done team, keep it going! GEAUX SAINTS!

09-20-2023, 08:13 AM	#1
Threaded by SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 37,107 Blog Entries: 29 Rating: (0 votes - average) Before this weekend, there’d been 47 instances where the Saints, LSU and Tulane played road games on the same weekend, and at least one of the trio had lost each time. There’d been four previous times that Tulane and LSU each won their road games on Saturday only to see the Saints fail to complete the trifecta on Sunday, losing to the Texans (2007), Falcons (2004), then-Redskins (1988) and Broncos (1979). Granted, this is trivial stuff, the kind of esoteric information that only football nerds like myself appreciate. (Full disclosure: The research took several hours and three cups of coffee to complete on Monday.) But it’s also revealing, a potential harbinger of promising things to come for local football fans. The Saints, LSU and Tulane all appear headed for big seasons. Not just winning campaigns, but potentially special ones. Yes, I know. It’s incredibly early. Way too soon for sweeping proclamations. Adversity in the form of injuries, bad breaks and blown calls awaits. But if ever there was a year for things to come together, it’s this one. And heaven knows, we need it. What with the unbearable weather, incompetent civil services and embarrassing local political leadership, we could use some positivity during these tough times. This football season promises to deliver. The Saints are 2-0 for the first time since 2013, one of just nine unbeaten teams left in the NFL. The good news: The last four times they’ve started a season with two wins, they’ve gone on to make the playoffs. more here Twitter Attached Thumbnails Crusader likes this.
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09-20-2023, 08:16 AM	#2
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09-20-2023, 10:58 AM	#3
SaintFanQ Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Leicester, England Posts: 790	Re: Jeff Duncan: Saints' historic road win augurs hope. A special football season is upon us. Its great that we are now 2-0 but we need to remember that we have only done it by the slimmest of margins! I think the team are doing really well and as the season progresses the Offence will hopefully start to gel even more! The Defence are playing excellent football too! My outlook on the season it just take it one game at a time as I think Sean Payton used to say and don't look too far ahead but it is nice to be positive too. Well done team, keep it going! GEAUX SAINTS! AsylumGuido, SmashMouth, Rugby Saint II and 1 others like this.

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