Seven Years Ago Today
 

NEVER gets old.

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... "the block heard 'round the world", :mrgreen:.

Geaux Saints.

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One of my 3 best moments in the dome!

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It never gets old. Thanks for posting.

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Still brings tears to my eyes. What a great moment.

And wow that crowd was special that night. Just a beautiful beautiful thing.

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Lives changed forever on September 25, 2006, the next day was a new dawn and change was forged in stone.

I watched that MNF game knowing my life will change Tuesday morning.

They talk about the storied history of Lambeau, if stories are the measure of a NFL venue, the New Orleans Superdome is a novel with life and death, hope and despair, heroes and villains.

Volume II wrote itself on Monday Night in 2006.

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I was at that game. Someone had offered me $2000 for my ticket and I just laughed at him.

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Morten anderson is here for most field goals LOOK OUT RIGHT THROUGH!!!

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Watching that play, it stirs even more emotions in me today, looking at Steve Gleason then, a young man full of life, and looking at him know.

It now seems so fitting it was Fujita's play that preceded Gleason's play.

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The other thing I will always remember about that game was Mike Karney and Ernie Conwell sitting on the sideline bawling their eyes out. I was too.

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Some might consider that hyperbole, but you're actually spot on.

That game....heck, even that moment (the blocked punt) shifted the direction of expectations for the Saints. No longer was the team going to be content with 8-8 seasons year after year. While things weren't always perfect after that day, and the Saints would make plenty of mistakes afterwards.....but one thing was crystal clear: the culture had changed.

It was evident even in the next week, in a road game against Carolina. The Saints ultimately ended up losing, but they fought, scratched, and battled the entire game to where I remember not even being angry after the loss. I knew they gave their all, and I specifically remember Troy Aikman correctly predicting that "these Saints are gonna win a lot of ball games this season", even when it was obvious they were gonna fall short on that day.

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Awesome play.

But I really feel for Gleason & his family. I have a co-worker who is going through this & it kills me to see him.

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Gotta be a Who Dat to understand !!

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Thanks for this...
I needed it today

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Seven years ago today, my neighbors learned I was a Saints fan.

(After all the yelling, they came over to make sure everything was OK)

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My favorite thing to see every time I go to the Dome.

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I spent time with Steve and his family this week and I can tell you that they are the very best people in the world. And whilst it is difficult not to feel sorry for him because of this, the most cruel way to take someone's life, I can tell you that he genuinely gets on with it each day and keeps fighting. Keeps living.

I wasn't at the game in 2006 but my subsequent love affair with the city of New Orleans was solidified in that one moment. When my hero became even bigger of a hero in the way he handles his ALS, I never thought that one day I would have the chance to also call him and his family my friends.

Anybody need inspiration for a 4-0 on Monday night? I don't think we need much more! WHO DAT!

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I haven't seen it, that is yet.
I haven't been to the MB Superdome, yet.

That is my story and I am sticking to it.
(Marital reasons)
BTW, I love the walk to the Dome from the Marriott on Canal.

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I was there. In that end zone. 18 rows from the field. With my Dad and two best friends.

Not a dry eye in that section that I could see.

Next to being in the French Quarter for the Superbowl win, that's my top sports moment.

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And aside from the football aspect of it, I think the event that was the MNF game, being nationally televised on prime time, it told the country "New Orleans is back", and people around the country and the world saw New Orleans again as a world-class tourist destination.

For a year, most (if not all) the pictures people around the world saw, were of devastation. And then, what they see, is the unveiling of this shiny golden dome. That was the moment that told me New Orleans was back; that to me, really is the moment that symbolized the rebirth of the City of New Orleans.

Now, football and the Saints, that is as much a part of New Orleans as gumbo, Jazz, and Mardi Gras. That is ingrained in the city's soul. Knowing that the Saints were going to stay gave people hope. That Gleason play, that gave the city its soul back.

Sorry, I need to go get this thing out of my eye.

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I have always said and stand by this statement, the Gleason block is the defining moment in Saints history. The super bowl was great, but without the block that changed the world, I dont know if there is a super bowl win in 2009.

Also, after watching the play again, I understand what Payton is talking about when he says the dome has never again been that loud. The dome was shaking. Who knows if that emotion will EVER be duplicated. I call BS on the Seahawks breaking the record for loudest fans during the SF game. I would like to see the measurement for this game.

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Amen.

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Undeniably a testament to the value of Special teams performance.

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I loved it when Gleason punched the Panther play in the groin. I will never forget that. Good block too by the way.

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The fact that Curtis Deloatch scored that TD says alot too. Alot of guys that nobody heard of before the season (Marques Colston, Terrance Copper, Jamal Jones) would score for the Saints over the course of that season, and were a part of that "shift". People may not have known all of their names, but that team fought and scratched their way all the way to the NFL's final 4 that season.