I could actually script (dream and wish) a storybook saga to make this more enjoyable is....
That Petrino, somehow, some way, gets hired by the Saints!
Now, bear with me...
Let's see....Benson gets panicky and Petrino get hired as, let's say, Saints OC....Brees comes back... they draft 3 studs in the late rounds, Saints pass for 6,000 yds, run for 2,000, their defense records 52 sacks and 16 INT's... they go 15-1 (we win here, of course), and routes everyone in their way ( except us) like Alabama playing East Tennessee....
Meanwhile, we get a respectable 12-4, draft a corner that show shutdown mentality in week 9, 2 sleeper OL/DL studs, and an explosive returner that breaks punt return records (Boykin, maybe??)....Have a defense that is not showy (38 sacks/10 INT's) but only allows an average of 16 pts a game, etc....
We meet the Saints in the Superdome for the NFC championship and halfway through the 2nd qtr, we concuss Brees, break Ingram's ankle like we did to Garrison Hearst in '98, put a 40-burger on them, and cause Petrino to leave quietly out the back door during halftime...
End result: blowout loss by the Saints and we get our 1st SB Championship,in their house, by beating the Texans, 39-21
Now for that story, I want 1st dibs on crapping on that Fleur-de-lis when it's all over....
