Big Sole Blog (BSB)

First, congratulations to Drew Brees who broke Dan Marino's record of 5084 passing yards in a season yesterday during a game in which the New Orleans Saints clobbered the Atlanta Falcons. As I said on Twitter, "That record couldn't have been broken by a finer person."Second, WOW! to Jerome Simpson of the Cincinatti Bengals. I saw a clip on ESPN last night that blew me away. He flipped over an

I was working on something else, when I glimpsed the headlines for Metrodome's roof collapse. I thought I was misreading the news, but it's true. With the blizzard sacking the Midwest, so much snow has fallen in Minneapolis that the stadium's Teflon roof caved in. As a result, the Vikings/Giants game will be Detroit tomorrow night. Gee, I hope Prince is nice and warm. Here's Fox Sports video of

I just saw the Drew Brees commercial with his wife Brittany for Walgreens and Nyquil. It's posted above. I won't give it away, but it is sweet and cute.

I nearly broke my neck to get to my 3:00 class at the University of New Orleans yesterday only to find out I was one of less than half of my classmates to attend. One person said the campus parking lots started emptying just after noon as Saints fans headed to the French Quarter to see the parade put on by the NFL and concert with Taylor Swift and the Dave Matthews Band to celebrate the first