Miscellaneous

The Arizona Cardinals? Damn good football team. Defied the oddsmakers last season by getting to the Super Bowl and coming damn close to winning it. This past weekend, they won in most impressive fashion, beating the Green Bay Packers by a jillion to a mere zillion. My Saints have their work cut out for them this weekend.

But for a minute, let?s talk about the music. Any sports team would be proud to have the coolest fight song in its league. In the NFL, the Saints have the top two fight songs in the NFL. Here?s the proof.

First up, via Matri?s VatulBlog, the classic Saints song, featuring Louis Armstrong on trumpet and vocals, and (I think) Sen. Al Franken on clarinet.

Okay, so possibly that wasn?t Al Franken. It was close enough. Anyway, here?s the other song, popularized by U2 and Green Day, but originally performed by the Skids.

So here?s the challenge to Cardinals fans: Has your team got one fight song comparable to either of these?