re: Which win was a bigger deal in Louisiana? 2003 National Championship or Super Bowl XLIV?

I'm a loyal fan of both, and both were special.

My take, the Saints winning the Super Bowl.

It's the highest level, it's a bigger event, and historically LSU had one national title already and had been close at times (and has since gone on to play for and win several more).

We just never expected the Saints to win one, not in our lifetime. A history of being one of the worst franchises in the league, had the long "no winning season" streak, then could never win a game in the playoffs.

2009 was incredible. Not only were we building momentum from the post-Katrina era, we beat everybody's favorites to get there (Favre) and to win (Manning). It shook the NFL so much they changed the OT rules because of that; "poor Brett never got the ball, we have to fix that".

And let's give some love to Tracy Porter. Kid from Port Allen, La, who otherwise had an okay career, with the 2 biggest plays in franchise history: picking Favre off when they were driving for the winning FG in the NFC championship, and pick-six on Manning when he was driving to tie the Super Bowl late.