Interesting excerpt from Saints coach Sean Payton's new book, "
Home Team", about the mental aspect of preparing for the Super Bowl:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-0...uper-bowl.html
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Ornstein said there were about 20 billboards placed along the routes most likely to be traveled by the Colts’ buses after consultation with local police. He was hoping they’d annoy Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, who’d just won a record fourth Most Valuable Player award.
“I brought my billboard guy with me and I said, “I want that sign, that corner, that corner, that corner,” Ornstein said. “As a result, wherever Peyton was, he saw the fleur-de- lis. By Wednesday, he’s starting to get a little sick of us.”
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Saints players and their families received extravagant gifts such as cell phones and cameras during the week leading up to the game, and had an opportunity to show them to the Colts...
Saints players even got logoed bathrobes with their names on the back and their numbers on the sleeve.
“Here’s our guys with their camcorders that have "New Orleans Saints Super Bowl 44” on them, all filming the Colts guys,” he said in an interview. “Well the Colts had just checked into their hotel and they had a Super Bowl hat and a Super Bowl t-shirt and it just didn’t cut it.”
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