{"id":119,"date":"2010-02-07T22:29:35","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T22:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/roddreher\/2010\/02\/who-dat-hell-freezes-over-god-loves-nola.html"},"modified":"2010-02-07T22:29:35","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T22:29:35","slug":"who-dat-hell-freezes-over-god-loves-nola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/roddreher\/2010\/02\/who-dat-hell-freezes-over-god-loves-nola.html","title":{"rendered":"WHO DAT?! Hell freezes over; God loves NOLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Child, child, I am just back from a Super Bowl party, and I cannot believe I&#8217;m typing the words: The New Orleans Saints are the champions of the world!<br \/>\nI mean, <i>damn!<\/i><br \/>\nMy dad phoned to say: &#8220;You tell those people you with: WHO DAT!?&#8221;<br \/>\nYeah! Oh, to be in New Orleans tonight. To be in New Orleans this week! 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