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The underdog Saints

and the favorites, the Colts, locked in a tight one in the second half.

If Peyton Manning can't come up with something here,

the Saints are going to walk away with their first Super Bowl victory.

It's a resilient football team, this New Orleans Saints.

They just have some toughness that they've shown all year.

And I'll tell you, Super Bowl week,

they weren't out playing patty-cake gettin' ready for this game.

They practiced hard.

Let's go! Let's go! Hut!

It's picked off! It's picked off!

It's Tracy Porter again! He's running free!

He's gonna go all the way!

Hands outstretched! It is a Saint touchdown!

Seventy yards on the return!

For the first time ever,

the New Orleans Saints are the world champions.

It's time for the presentation of the Lombardi trophy.

Coach Payton, what does it feel like to be holding that trophy?

Nobody thought we had a chance when I came to New Orleans.

Nobody thought we had a chance entering this season.

Nobody thought we had a chance entering this game. It feels pretty good.

I'll bet it does, Coach.

But, for the record, I believed in you,

and I believed in this team from the very start.

I don't remember you saying that.

I didn't share that opinion publicly, but I said it a few times around my house.

Okay.

You can get going now.

You got it, Coach.

Hey, come on in.

Hey, Coach, um, I was just wondering--

Get me a piece of Juicy Fruit.

Okay, is that code for something?

Yeah, it's code for "I-I like the taste of gum."

Get it.

- You need something? - Uh, yeah.

Uh, Mr. Good-all is on the phone. Line one.

Roger Goodell on the phone? The commissioner.

Uh, he didn't say what his job was.

Roger.

The National Football League,

an American institution and ten billion-dollar-a-year industry,

is caught up in one of its biggest scandals.

The New Orleans Saints paying players to injure opponents on the field.

He condoned a bounty system.

He lied about it to the NFL's faces.

As a head coach,

you need to be held accountable and responsible.

Coach Payton has been suspended for a year.

How much contact can he have with the team?

The league has told me Sean Payton's

not to have any communication that relates to coaching activity.

Okay, so you're out in front of it.

Then why is it all over the news, huh? They're throwing me to the wolves. You--

It cannot be condoned...

Well, just fix it. All right? Do your job!

Payton should be gone for the year.

You know what I think when people say they didn't do enough?

You did nothing. All these guys deserve what they got.

Watch the line. On your feet, everyone. Let's go.

Hey, Coach Bizone is here.

I'm sorry I'm late, guys. Freaking chain.

- Cool bike. You get it for Christmas? - No. It was my neighbor's. He died.

Oh, I'm sorry for your loss. No kickstand, Coach?

It didn't come with one. That's why you lean.

Coach Bizone taught us something. It only took three seasons.

All right. That's enough. That's enough. Take a lap.

Who, me?

No, Mitch, not you. Them. Go. Let's go.

Okay, good. I don't take a lap for nobody.

You get out of here too.

All right, let's get going, guys.

All right, Warriors.

Uh...

It was a good practice, right?

Marcos, way to hustle. The rest of you, um...

Yeah. You know?

Remember, game is tomorrow at two o'clock.

Wait. Two? I thought it was four.

Come on. It was four last week 'cause it was an away game.

Tomorrow's at two because we're playing at home.

Wait, who did we lose to last week?

I forget. It was the team with the orange helmets and the swords.

Could've been the Vikings, the Romans, or the Knights.

- The Blacksmiths. Thanks, Paulie.

Marcos, count us out.

All right. Come on! Come in here, baby!

Come on, come on! Hype up, hype up!

My body hurts. - All right.

Ready? One, two--

Warriors!

I got you, Coach.

Hello, and how are we tonight?

Uh, good, I guess. Not sure why I even drove out here.

- Are you staying with us tonight? - Yeah, what do you have available?

Let's see. All we have left is our presidential suite.

Great. I'll take it.

Ah.

It's $125 a night.

That's fine.

Do you know how long you're gonna be staying?

Mm, not sure.

Because I have to put in a check-out date in the computer. That's how it works.

Let's just say three nights.

If you stay four nights, you can get the fifth free.

- Fine, four nights. - So you don't want the fifth night?

Why don't you tell me how many nights I should stay?

I'm not allowed to do that, sir.

Then let's go with five, as long as the fifth night isn't more of this.

Thank you for that thoughtful answer.

And with the blue and white Warriors losing by 34 points,

here comes Harlan Haire for the field goal.

- There's our boy, number 44. There he is. Go, Connor!

- Let's go, Connor! - Connor!

Harlan, you okay?

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

Hut!

- -

My butthole! -

This is nice, huh?

I'm feeling kind of dumb wearing this, Jamie.

It's cozy.

Our combined body heat's actually melting the M&M's in my trail mix.

Baby, everyone is staring at us.

They're not staring at us.

They're staring at your ex-husband.

Sean?

What are you doin' here?

Hey. It's nice to see you too.

I didn't mean it like that. Like, "What are you doin' here?"

I meant it like, "It's nice to see you, but what are you doin' here?"

Just came to watch my son play.

It's nice to meet you. I'm a little nervous.

I've only seen you on TV

and in the pictures that your ex-wife threw away of you.

I'm Jamie, Beth's new husband.

Oh. Sean.

Sorry about the chocolate. Um...

Just awkward, you know.

This is your Snuggie, and you're...

Don't be awkward.

I'm just happy, uh, Beth found someone to Snuggie with.

What the heck was that, ref? Come on!

These kids are 12 years old!

What are we teaching them about violence and conflict resolution?

That's another touchdown for the Vikings.

I'm guessing we're not the Vikings.

That'll do it.

Seems like the Warriors are gonna save on some electricity yet again.

What's with that?

Once a team gets up by 40, they turn off the scoreboard. Game over.

Kind of put an end to the trauma pain fest.

Big football fan, Jamie?

I'm, uh, more of a fan of my stepson.

- That's why I'm here. -

Hi, Con.

- What are you doing here? - Wow. Glad everybody's happy to see me.

Oh, he didn't mean it like that. Did you, honey?

I just came here to do some scouting.

You never can find good prospects too early.

Hey, you, uh, you played a great game out there.

We lost zero to 40.

No, no, I mean, you. You were personally great.

You can't help it if all your teammates are horrible.

No, no. He was... he was good too. Couple of good guys.

Couple of horrible ones.

Listen, I was just hoping to get some time together.

Maybe we can catch up, you know?

Good game, Connor.

Hey, we're having a barbecue tomorrow with some of Connor's teammates.

Why don't you come by?

- All right. Yeah, that sounds good. Okay.

It's at three o'clock. I'm doing some interesting things with saffron.

The scoreboard thing is tough, huh?

The league don't want the boys to feel too bad about themselves.

I think it makes 'em feel worse.

- Definitely doesn't feel great. -

You did a nice job out there, Coach.

Thanks. We're getting there. Troy Lambert.

Hey, Troy, I'm Sean. Sean--

I know who you are. Connor's a fine young man.

Well, his mom did a great job.

That she did. It was a pleasure meeting you.

Okay.

Hey, Sean.

How you doing? Mitch Bizone. I'm Connor's coach.

Well, assistant coach. But, still, you know, we're all part of the team.

Uh, anyway, um, I-I hope I'm not out of line here,

but, uh, I am really sorry about everything that's been goin' on with you.

I mean, I've been seein' everything all over the news.

It's all good. Thank you.

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