http://www.nola.com/superbowl/index.ssf/2010/02/super_bowl_champion_saints_set.html
Forget Endymion. The Super Bowl champs have set a new standard for superkrewes.
Deliriously welcoming back the team that brought home the hardware after 43 years, adoring Saints fans were packed 15 deep along the streets of the Central Business District on Tuesday, braving temperatures cold enough that New Orleans officials had to enact the city’s freeze plan.
But who really cared? As spectator Gerard Braud put it: “We have endured the American nightmare. It’s our time to live the American dream.”
As the parade got set to roll, the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve band got the crowd primed with the unofficial Saints anthem, “Halftime (Stand Up and Get Crunk).” It would be the first of many, many renditions, some performed by the song’s actual creators, the Ying Yang Twins. No one seemed to tire of it.
There wasn’t much filler at the front. The second float featured quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees, his backup, Mark Brunell, and the men in charge of protecting them: the offensive line.
nola.com
2/9/10
