He may have been born in Fall River, Massachusetts, BUT.. his heart is in New Orleans !  In 1982, Lagasse replaced Paul Prudhomme as executive chef of the famed New Orleans restaurant Commander’s Palace.

Well a a few members of the Whodatnation were lucky to have lunch in Miami at one of Emeri’s places and boy was it good !  We also had the chance to see Food Network personality Mario Batali who was at Emeri’s restaurant.

Emeril and the Who Dat Nation

If you are on South Beach and hungry go to the Lowes and check his place out.  He was wearing a “Whodatnation” pin but one of the girls covered it up : )

Well I just made it to South Beach and the Whodatnation is all over. Got some great video and hope to have it up soon. If you have any pictures send them to the forum.

We had alot of request for Who Dat Nation gear, well guess what we have some so check it out and if you want something special let us know and we can see what we can do.

This is was of the top shirts as of today.

Whodatnation shirt

Who Dat !! Click here to check out the gear !

At the start of the season we had Gus Kattengell sending us stories each week about the Saints.  Well Gus is now working hard on AM 690 with the “The Sports Hangover” all week long from Miami, 10am-Noon”

If you are in New Orleans and want to listen live to Gus make sure you check out his show streaming live on the internet at http://www.wistradio.com/

Who Dat Gus !!

By Chris Kirkham, The Times-Picayune

February 04, 2010, 2:00PM

As speculation mounts on whether Indianapolis Colts star defensive end Dwight Freeney will play Sunday, his probable backup, Raheem Brock, has nonetheless been confident about the Colts’ chances in Super Bowl XLIV.

His Twitter followers yesterday got a sense of that bravado when an image appeared on his page showing Hurricane Katrina barreling toward Louisiana with a superimposed image of the Colts’ logo with a message that said, “Storm bout to hit miami on sunday! Lol.”

Colts player Raheem Brock's Twitter photo page

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By Pat Yasinskas

MIAMI –- The defensive line coach of the New Orleans Saints and his best player got into an argument about numbers Tuesday.

aints defensive end Will Smith, often labeled an underacheiver, had 13 sacks this season.

Relax, Bill Johnson and Will Smith were just having some fun, sending messages back and forth through a reporter during Super Bowl XLIV week.

“The one thing I’ll admit is I feel bad that we’ve overworked Will,’’ Johnson said. “He wound up playing close to 800 snaps. The next highest guy on the defensive line was somewhere between 500 and 600.’’

“Eight hundred snaps?’’ Smith asked, looking shocked. “I played 1,000 snaps. Actually, I think the exact number was 1,008. You go tell him that.’’

Johnson was gone by the time the reporter came back.

“You couldn’t find him?’’ Smith asked a few minutes later. “That’s all right. I’ll tell him 1,008. It was no 800, I can tell you that.’’

The actual number of snaps can be hashed out between Smith and Johnson. The point is that Smith was on the field a lot, and, after being labeled as an underachiever at various points in his career, the defensive end produced what easily was his best season.

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By Kevin Seifert

MIAMI — I was at a friend’s house and I walked past a mirror. The person I saw, I didn’t recognize. Dark eyes. Looking bad. I realized I had to do something different. Everybody has their moment when they say, ‘Man, I have to do something different.’

For Anthony Hargrove, that moment came on April 4, 2008. A promising but troubled defensive end in St. Louis and Buffalo from 2004-07, he had been suspended from the NFL for multiple violations of its substance abuse program. It was time to get help.

What happened between that moment and today is one of the most compelling storylines of Super Bowl XLIV. Hargrove is now an important part of the New Orleans Saints, the only team willing to sign him last summer. He’s a havoc-wreaking defensive tackle and a 300-pound cover man on special teams. He has spoken openly and eloquently about his journey, and so it seems appropriate to let him tell most of this story himself.

When you have the kinds of problems I did, you feel like you’re locked in a closet. You’re hoping someone will come by and let you out. Finally, somebody did.

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