Starting off with good intentions by only drinking a bloody mary, that 3-13 season had me loopy by the start of the second quarter.

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my gameday ritual..... my mom and dad watch the game. plenty of food and drinks, no phone calls or visitors during the game, and none after the game if we lose cause pretty pissed and no voice left from all the screaming. and i must drink outta my yellow saints cup ive had for years which is held together with duct tape but it gets the job done. after the game its wwl radio for saints talk. gettin giddy about sunday just thinkin about it. family ,food ,and football is what louisiana is about down here.

When possible, I try to have cajun food or buffalo wings before the game. I try to keep my schedule open for the rest of the day/night after the game. If the Saints lose (and especially if they look real bad like last year in GB) I will go work out or go running to release the pent-up frustration. Or I will just to take a long hot shower to wash away the stain of the loss :-).

I used to have a Ricky Williams teddy bear that had to watch the game w/ me, but it stopped working after the Saints playoff win.
Sometimes it seems the Saints share my karma. If I am having a crappy day those are the days the Saints play bad and then it's even a worse day.

My ritual for tommorow is to wake up early..wake my daughter..get a quick bite , slip on my oldest pair of jeans and my Swilling jersey...hop in the minivan, pop in a DVD for the kid and head to Cleveland with a buch of food and start giving the Browns fans the scoop on whats about to happen: "Reeggie Bush is going to devistate their city more than Art Modell did when he took their franchise"! I let you know how that works out...I'm willing to take a few punches for my squad!

I normally wake up early on Sunday mornings, drink lots of coffee while watching anything on TV concerning the NFL, I then get to the computer and get the latest on the Saints , I setup my fantasy football lineup,
I then get ready for ESPN SportsCenter and from that point forward for the day I sit and watch football games until late Sunday night...

I work midnights until 730 am so i come home watch nfl matchup then nap until noon.
get up order pizza and start the inebriation

I wake up bout 7 a.m...(Pacific time)
Fry or grill something.
2 beers before 9...
Talk crap to my friends till bout 9:45
Give the wife a kiss and shut the door to the "saints room"
pray.
more beer.
kick off , cut the cell phone off and won't sit down till half time.
usualy i'm either realy pissed or nervous as hell.
Damn I love football.

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Pretty funny to me that everyone's ritual is so similar to mine - with all the same elements. Beer, bad food, Saints merchandise (t-shirts, jerseys, beercups, hats, etc.), dogs hiding, wife and kid "out shopping" (also hiding), FOOTBALL!

Nothing like it in the whole world!

crackin' open my second beer as we speak...
LETS GEAUX SAINTS!!!