The World Premiere of The Saints Guy

What a fine time for the Saints Guy to make his presence known - right after Mike McKenzie returns an interception for a touchdown to put the Saints up 31-17 in the third quarter. Lest we forget Drew Brees threw for well over 300 yards in the first half alone. Here’s hoping for the win.

So with the Saints Guy making his first appearance, he’d like to make a few things known for the readers and fans out there in the world. The list is as follows:

1. The Saints Guy is long overdue. With a different kind of “Guy” for nearly every region of the world, no team or organization deserves a “Guy” more than New Orleans. Louisiana is such a special place, not just for those who reside in the great state, but for anyone with an appreciation for good food, hospitality and fantastic football on every level from high school to pros.

2. The Saints Guy prefers anonymity. There’s plenty to be said for someone who will not reveal his identity while providing a service for others. Or mainly just because he’s not getting paid for the gig… yet…

3. The Saints Guy refers to himself in the third person a lot. Like the great Ricky Henderson (born on Christmas Day), the Saints Guy feels his points will get across better by not overusing self-pronouns such as “I” and “me” when making references.

4. The Saints Guy knows you think he’s a knockoff of Bill Simmons (The Sports Guy), but he’s okay with himself. Mr. Simmons is one of the greatest sports writers of The Saints Guy’s lifetime. And since he does such a fantastic job of covering all things Boston (which is ironic because The Saints Guy does favor the Sox and the Celtics (but prefers the Hornets; don’t get him wrong)), The Saints Guy is going to leave those subjects alone as much as possible. And let The Saints Guy make something perfectly clear: he is in no way shape, form or fashion officially affiliated with Simmons or has any intentions of impeding the great work he does.

5. The Saints Guy has “The Saints Babe” and “The Saints Pup.” Expect both to contribute. The Saints Pup is actually sitting next to The Saints Guy right now enjoying this 38-17 lead in the fourth quarter. And The Saints Babe is probably watching DVD’s of “Grey’s Anatomy” in the back. Don’t get her wrong, she loves her Saints, but her attention span is not long enough to sit and watch the entire game. She’ll check in periodically for scoring updates, and when you’re married to The Saints Babe (and believe The Saints Guy when he says “babe” is not an overstatement in the least), you don’t ask for much more.

6. The Saints Guy knows plenty about sports, but has friends who know more. They, too, will contribute, but they won’t know it. Names will be changed to protect the innocent for the time being. Most of The Saints Guy’s friends are indeed Saints fans and offer their own unique prospective.

And, lastly, for those of you reading the fine print, The Saints Guy is not going to really refer to himself in third person nearly this much. It’s only cute for so long.

To give more brief history, The Saints Guy was officially born right after the devastating loss against Carolina at home this past season with The Saints Babe and myself in attendance and The Saints Pup staying at her grandmother’s house. (To answer your next question, there are no The Saints Kids, and Godspeed there are none any time soon.) As we were leaving New Orleans, it dawned on me to retire the Drew Brees jersey I had worn four games in a row (to the tune of 0-4) for the beginning of the season. Since the retiring (only to be used during poker with friends-- it’s actually good luck at the card table), the Saints have rattled of four straight wins; three of which were convincing and two blowouts. And since writing is one of my pleasures in life, it’s the best way for me to give back to the team and fans that mean so much to the NFL and the great state of Louisiana.

So after the brief introduction, we’ll kind of cover what’s going on here. As you’ve probably guessed, this web column will be heavily focused on the New Orleans Saints while other sports and non-sports will be sprinkled in periodically. But the Saints will be the primary concern during the football season.

We’ll have “Timelines” and “Mailtime” (thank you, Mr. Simmons) every now and then for your reading enjoyment. The more you email (saintsguy@gmail.com), the better “Mailtime” will be. Hopefully, enough of you will contribute, and we’ll make this something everyone can like.

With all that, The Saints Guy is signing off for the day. The Saints did indeed hold on for the win, and we’re back to .500 for the first time this season since we were 0-0. There’s a lot of football left to play, and rest assured 9-7 or 10-6 will win the NFC South.