�This is for the people of New Orleans and Katrina!�-- LSU Tigers forward Glen Davis, after beating Texas, and reaching the Final Four.
Davis� sentiment is truly heartwarming, and the storyline of LSU winning one for its waterlogged state is sure to be a well played in the next week.
(The Bish is probably having a hard time right now, deciding whether to be the 203rd writer to tackle this obvious angle, or going with his fresh �UCLA is good, but let�s not compare them to a John Wooden-coached team yet� take.)
But let�s not kid ourselves. From a sporting angle, the best thing that happened to New Orleans residents played out over a week ago.
When their crappy QB, Aaron Brooks, left town.
And became a Raider.
That�s right, there was actually a team stupid enough to pay $8 million to have Brooks lead their team to somewhere just below mediocrity over the next two years. Of course, that team had to be the Raiders.
Even the Raiders can�t put a good spin on this signing. Brooks �provides us with a veteran presence,� Coach Art Shell said. That�s about as big an endorsement as you�ll see.
Those weren�t Mardi Gras parades you saw on TV the other week in New Orleans, they were actually parades celebrating their team actually having a decent chance at winning now, with Brooks gone. Between Brook�s poor decision-making skills, and what we will politely call Coach Shell�s clock management �issues,� it should be a great year next year. For Haters.
New Orleans, Aaron Brooks is gone. There is hope for your city, after all.
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