The Saints pulled it off - THANK GOODNESS! There was some weird activity there at the end. Don't know what was up with that. Anyone understand why Drew Brees would run backwards and spike the ball behind the endzone so that the team can score a safety? Why not just spike the ball?? Anywho...
The trip was really great. Not only did I get to see the Saints play, but I got to hang out with actual NOLA friends!
We went to dinner at Smiths of Smithfield - a 5 story restaurant/bar where the higher you go, the more expensive it is. We ate on the 2nd floor. :) They did serve organic beer and I have to take a picture of anything that says "Bob". That's for you dad...
The next day we went to the Tower of London. By the time we ate and toured, it was time to head out to the game.
The stadium is apparently only a couple of years old:
They even set up a tailgating party. It was very strange to see all of the people in football jerseys and then hear their accents - clearly English. There's more international interest than I thought!
I was very impressed with how efficient everything was. I was more impressed that the stadium had it's main focus on the Saints due to the fact that they were giving up a home game to be there. San Diego would've been away regardless. There was a mention in the email sent to all who bought tickets, both scoreboards were all Saints logos, there were huge Saints banners covering the first few rows of seats, and there was a Saints flag on every seat. We had first level seats - not too shabby.
Stereophonics started off the show:
Then Neyo sang the National Anthem:
And then Joss Stone sang God Save the Queen:
Deeuuuuuuuuuce....
One of the many great shots we were able to get.
Overall it was a fantastic experience and I can't wait til next year!!
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As I understand it, Brees ran around, then went into the end zone and took a safety because it used up time, then San Diego only had time for 1 play. Had we just kicked it off, they would have been able to try at least twice to get into the end zone. And, he threw the ball backwards, so that there was no chance for a fumble and touchdown for them, AND if he had thrown it forward, it would have been an incomplete pass and they would have taken over on downs. Soooooo, a backward pass means we kick off, get everyone in the end zone to keep them from scoring. Which, we did!! PRETTY SMART! whew!!
So, why didn't he just take a knee 4 times since they were under 2 minutes?
Hi Nikki,
Your Mom gave me your blog address. This is the first "blog" I've been to, or visited, or "hit"... I need to get the lingo down.... LOVE IT! It's great seeing pics of you and your friends having such a good time on the other side of the world. Jackie's tennis team was our opponent today, but she had to work. She came about lunch time though. How's work? What an opportunity for you. Later...
Nita H.
Hi Nita! Getting comments is fun so keep 'em coming. Work is going ok - just getting through the kinks and the growing pains. Personally, I love Ireland! It's beautiful here and the people are nice and Europe is so cheap to get around. I'm taking advantage of that as much as possible. I'm happy to be your first blog - you'll be addicted to blogs in no time!
Glad you had fun...pictures are great. Can't wait to see you next month.
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