Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints! Its the first time they’re going to the Superbowl! As I said in my Hawai’i Fishing Fanatic blog post:

“I’m rooting for the Minnesota Vikings to win the NFC Championship. Go Vikings! However, I do like the Saints too since I spent time in my Air Force days deep in the Bayous. My buddies in Mississippi and Louisiana have a great love for the team. I also emphathize with the trials and tribulations the franchise has gone through from the days I was down in New Orleans.”

Wow! what a fantastic ending to a game that was fought well by both sides. A congratulations to Polynesian, Marcus Mailei, who was put on New Orleans injured reserve list in late December. A former Philadelphia Eagle he was recently acquired by the Saints in early December.

Marcus Mailei with the Philadelphia Eagles

Tonight on Monday Night Football (ESPN).

This is a no-brainer if you are a Brett Favre or Naufahu Tahi fan, it’s root for the Vikings. Auwe! Packers have no islanders on their roster. Naufahu looks questionable (back) before the game and running backs (Peterson & Taylor) may be seeing a majority of playing time. Let’s hope to see Naufahu working the backfield and Brett throwing like the last game for a Vikings victory.

Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings - Offense
#38 FB Naufahu Tahi (Brigham Young University)

This is the recent injury report from the NFL:

VIKINGS:

Steve Hutchinson (back), WR Darius Reynaud (hamstring). LIMITED: QB Brett Favre (foot), CB Cedric Griffin (hand), LB E.J. Henderson (shoulder), LB Erin Henderson (calf), TE Jim Kleinsasser (hand), RB Naufahu Tahi (back). FULL: P Chris Kluwe (illness).

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E kala mai to all Hawaii Football Fanatics Blog Fans. I took some time off this weekend to spend time with family and friends since returning to isles. Lots of college football action this weekend. Upsets galore! Yikes! and BYU beating Oklahoma was awesome! The only disappointment I had was with UH’s somewhat lackluster performance against Central Arkansas and Oregon’s loss to Boise State. On one side it was good for the WAC but bad since lots of Polynesians and islanders at Oregon.

I’ll be back on the “post wagon” this week and I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend.

Mahalo!

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