As the New Orleans Saints continue their extended victory lap with the Lombardi Trophy, word has emerged of a pair of Indianapolis indignities that will make one of the only teams to beat the Saints in 2009 even more determined to knock them off in 2010.
The story comes from Peter King of SI.com.
The Saints’ staff had dinner on Friday night at St. Elmo Steakhouse. Coach Sean Payton wanted a magnum of Caymus Special Selection cabernet sauvignon. (We assume that opening the bottle entailed no unscrewing.)
The only problem? Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was hosting his staff in the same room the next night, and Jones had phoned ahead and reserved a bottle of the same wine. But there was only one left.
Payton insisted, and in continuation of a recent trend he won.
It wasn’t enough for Payton to secure the wine. The next night, when the Cowboys arrived, the empty bottle was on the table with a handwritten note on the label: “WHO DAT! World Champions XLIV, Sean Payton.”
Did we mention that the Saints play in Dallas this year?
And why do we suddenly have a strange feeling that the Saints are going to sign T.O.?