If you’re a Saints fan, this is a must-see video. I shot it on my iPhone as the clock ticked down to zero and the Saints won their first Super Bowl title. We charged the field to interview players and I kept the camera rolling. The video is unedited and runs six minutes and 30 seconds. It captures the emotion, excitement and enormity of the moment. And don’t miss the kiss planted on Reggie Bush by his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian.
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The home state of the World Champion New Orleans Saints.
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Gulf Breeze, FL – We’re in the home stretch. 1,856 miles down. We’ve done a lot of driving during the past seven days — New Orleans to Ft. Lauderdale to Miami to South Beach to Hollywood (FL) to Miami Gardens and points in between.
During my career, which includes work in sports and news, I’ve covered a college world series, bowl games, NCAA basketball and baseball regionals and a U.S. Women’s Open. I’ve traveled to some great locations and seen a lot of great moments in sports up close and personal (remember Valpo’s Bryce Drew knocking Ole Miss out of the NCAA’s in 1998?). But this seven day trip tops them all. By a mile.
I, like many others, waited as long as I can remember to see the Saints reach the Super Bowl. I’m only 34. Some waited much longer. Some didn’t live to see it.
Not only did a lifelong dream come true Sunday night, but I was there — on the field and covering the Super Bowl for my hometown. To me, nothing has been more gratifying, exciting and emotional than covering Super Bowl XLIV and relaying the atmosphere back to the people of New Orleans.
No program in the history of television was watched by more people than Super Bowl XLIV. That’s incredible. And it’s a night I’ll never forget.
I kept telling people who thought the Colts could win that only one ending was possible for this story. And it was a happy one.
So much for that Superdome curse.
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Tallahassee, FL – We arrived here around 9:00 eastern time tonight and went straight to Cracker Barrel for dinner/breakfast.
After we ate, WDSU morning anchor Melanie Hebert challenged me to eat and swallow seven crackers in 60 seconds. I couldn’t swallow them all in time. Cheap road fun.
Now I’m getting ready to go to bed and this hotel room is a little on the disgusting side. I won’t go into details, but I’m not crazy about taking my socks off in here. Oh, and the deadbolt is cracked in half (pictured). The deadbolt was missing on the first room I had tonight.
Back on the road bright and early tomorrow.
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Gainesville, FL – We’ve been on the road today since about 12:30 eastern and are stopping in Tallahassee tonight. We’re about 100 miles away.
What a game last night. I’ll try to get my thoughts down here later tonight. I’ll say this right now — it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.
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I shot some incredible video on my iPhone at the Super Bowl last night. I wanted to try to capture the feeling and emotion of the moment. Here’s a sample. I’ll upload more once I get to my computer back home.
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL – I’m updating this morning from the hotel business center because my iPhone took a dive last night into a pond in the lobby.
I was chatting with WDSU morning anchor Melanie Hebert when my wife called. As I answered the phone and lifted it to my ear, it slipped through my hands, bounced on the ledge behind me and tumbled into the water. Melanie made sure she snapped a few pics as I was trying to rescue the phone with the help of one of our news photographers.
So…all the pictures and videos I’ve shot on the iPhone this trip are gone. I did upload most of the videos to my YouTube channel, but a lot of the pictures were never transferred to a computer.
Now I plan to hustle over to the nearest AT&T store, which is about 20 minutes away, and replace the drowned phone.
Meanwhile, I’ll head to the stadium at 2 p.m. today for what promises to be a long day/night/morning of Super Bowl 44 coverage. Assuming I am able to replace the phone, I’ll update from the stadium here and on Twitter.
As we get closer to game time, I’ll also unveil my score prediction.
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL – It’s a great day for a drive, so we’re heading to the stadium to do a site inspection for tomorrow’s broadcasts. Sports anchor Fletcher Mackel, executive producer Rich Kiss and I, still recovering from being denied access to the Kim Kardashian Super Bowl party last night/this morning on South Beach because we arrived too late, are forging ahead. The show must go on.
Sun Life Stadium isn’t far from the hotel here — about 20 minutes or so. I’ll post a video from the road shortly.
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL – We just left the Convention Center here after covering Queen Latifah, Carrie Underwood and The Who at their news conferences. The Who broke into an impromptu performance and did three songs. During the Q&A, the festive mood dipped a bit when someone asked Pete Townshend about the 2003 pedophelia charges against him in the U.K. The charges were later dropped, but a group in Florida had asked the NFL to ban Townshend, to no avail.
Now we’re stuck in traffic trying to get back to the our set at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino for my live hits at 5 and 6 p.m.
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