Ahem

I'm not usually much of a credit whore or anything but I think it's worth pointing out that we've been on this topic at the Yellow Blog since long before that Dallas game.

Curse of the Black Pants: Saints deny uniform style is jinxed

After Dallas beat a black pants-wearing Saints late in New Orleans’ 2009 Super Bowl run, the drumbeat grew louder and louder from Saints fans who knew one thing – wearing black pants was not the way to win the big game.

After the Saints lost to Atlanta in the third game this year while wearing, you guessed it, black pants, Who Dats were screaming about the uniform faux pas from the highest points they could find in flat southeastern Louisiana.

I've never liked the Saints' black leotard look and I've nagged about the black pants here and there but didn't start building a serious case against them on the grounds that they affect gameplay until the 2007 season right about here. And then the idea quickly gained momentum. Readers began compiling statistics. We examined various pants match-ups. Black vs Gold. Black vs Black. People started to organize. There's a Facebook group. Bugging WWLTV via Twitter to get the scoop on what color pants the Saints are going with has become a weekly ritual. It takes years of persistent lobbying before a cause reaches critical mass but at least this article demonstrates that we've managed to get somebody's attention anyway.

Now, about these pink gloves...