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The Only Thing Worse than “Who Dat” is Tom Benson’s Parasol

Posted on February 10, 2010

New Orleans Saints Victory Parade

The "Who Dat" chant has surpassed "Rocky Top" at the top of the "Most Annoying Fan Recitations of All Time" list. The Tennessee fight song loses the title because its lyrics are in English and it doesn't run out of steam after 5 seconds.

That being said, "Who Dat" has nothing on New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson and his parasol.

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The act was stale well before the Super Bowl.

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And well before Benson tried to use Hurricane Katrina to pick up the franchise and flee the city. Benson now says he never attempted to move the team. Others tend to push against that revisionist history about a city that was almost left out in the cold following the storm.

New Orleans Saints Victory Parade

A city that...

New Orleans Saints Victory Parade

...apparently has a much easier time forgiving him than I do.

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