Cheers on the Wind

Too worked up about the fix in which the Saints found themselves, with less than 2:00 in the fourth quarter, I muted the TV and turned to an article which I was reading. But within a minute (real time, not football time), I heard distant cheers, and turned to the TV to see that the Saints had tied the game!

1:13 to go, Redskins' ball. I'm nervous again.

:43, 1st and 20.

Ah geez, a flag on the Saints.

:28 Interception Saints! More distant cheers.

:18 2nd and 20, Saints' ball.

:12 3rd and 5, on the 50 yard line. The idea is to get within field goal range.

:07 1st and 10, a field goal attempt from the 40 yard line. I guess they don't want to run out of time. What happens in football if it's tied at the end of regulation? I've never seen that before.

Oh, after a Washington timeout, Brees is back on the field.

Nothing doing, 2nd and 10, field goal attempt from the same distance.

Field goal short! Damn. Overtime.

A coin toss. Interesting note, for television's sake, they wrote on the heads side of the coin a large, red H. Redskins get the toss and the ball.

Turnover to the Saints. More cheers.

Field goal Saints! 33-30 in overtime. Lots more distant cheers. They're still going. So the Saints are still undefeated, with a 12-0 record, just like their counterparts in the other league, the Indianapolis Colts, who won earlier today.

As they say here in my new town, WHO DAT? [...say they gonna beat them Saints?]