Who Dat?...Believe Dat!

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My Howard University ties to #41 (Antoine Bethea) and my allegiance to Indy for continuing the legacy of Black head coaches took a back seat to what a championship means to the post-Hurricane Katrina 9th Ward and the entire Who Dat Nation. In the grand scheme of things, people might be asking, “What does this Super Bowl win really do for New Orleans?” I too am a skeptic.
Four and a half years ago, the Superdome was nothing short of a 21st Century Middle Passage. However, to see what one team’s accomplishments have done to transform, shape and hold a community together in the midst of rebuilding proves that New Orleans is the embodiment of resilience. The full extent of what this Championship will do has yet to be seen and the NFL attempt to successfully infringe upon the untrademarkable Who Dat did not deter the Saints Nations who would not lose:
Brees: 1
 Team: 2

Brees: Win
 Team: For You

Brees: 3
 Team: 4

Brees: Win
 Team: Some More

Brees: 5
 Team: 6

Brees: Win
 Team: Kicks (or sticks, not sure because it is hard to make out)
Brees: 7
 Team: 8

Brees: Win
 Team: Great

Brees: 9
 Team: 10

Brees: Win
 Team: Again

All: Again, Again, AGAIN, AGAIN! AHHHHH!!
The words do not nearly convey the intensity and impact as seeing and hearing them on the field with all of New Orleans on their backs.
My two-year tradition of ordering a tray of Buffalo Joe’s Spicy Wings ended when I was late with my Saturday pre-order. Instead, I happily settled for homemade chicken wings with Buffalo Joe's Sauce – about the only thing one could get the day of Super Bowl. My parents’ official Super Bowl party included: paella, enchiladas, homemade guacamole and New Orleans and Indianapolis cupcakes from Sugar Bliss Cake Boutique.
While enjoying the goodness, we became a panel of Super Bowl Commercial Critics. There we only a few that we found exceptionally clever:
Doritos – Play Nice
Dodge – Man’s Last Stand
Google – Parisian Love
E-Trade – Jealous Girlfriend
VW – Punching Game
The only reason I chose the Google ad was for the overwhelming reactions from the women at the party. I think it might have been their predisposition to the announcement my mother insisted my fiancée and I make, which we used as a time to act out a scene from one of our favorite movies: The Proposal. I will give an Honorable Mention to Hyundai’s Brett Favre commercial who – along with Boost Mobile (featuring an elderly ’85 Chicago Bears team) and Snickers (with football playing Betty White and Abe Vigoda) – set the stage, literally, for Bridgestone’s Senior-Citizens Halftime Show.
Ever since that XXXVIII “wardrobe malfunction,” artists from my generation have been blacklisted and replaced by groups who qualify for AARP cards.
XXXIX:Paul McCartney – 67
XL: The Rolling Stones – Mick Jagger (66), Keith Richard (66), Ronnie Wood (62), Charile Watts (68)
XLI:Prince – 51
XLII:Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – they have an average age of 58.9
XLIII: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - the E stands for Elderly (58.5 average age)
XLIV: The Who – Who, between the two on stage, had a combined age of 129
It is so unfortunate because there is a lot of good music from people under the age of 40.
Great game (most watched TV program in TV history) + good times with friends and family while enjoying awesome food = a Satisfying Super Bowl Sunday. Football is over. The depression has already set in…(sigh)

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