Thanks to ESPN Radio's "Mike and Mike in the Morning" for sharing with a national audience Monday the the heartfelt emotion and solid summary provided in one simple end-of-the-game call by WWL's Jim Henderson during the NFC Championship Game.Henderson, considered one of the best play-by-play men in the NFL, called the Saints game on radio—as he has for nearly 30 years. So, he's witnessed a lot of football, and suffered right along with the team's fans.
His call when the victory was certain after the game-winning field goal was perfect: "Pigs have flown. Hell has frozen over. The Saints are on their way to the Super Bowl." Better still, his unbridled emotion, his sheer happiness, made good radio.
As the local team's guy, Henderson and people like him should be homers. They should enjoy the victories and endure the losses. That's what makes them different from national types on TV. And Henderson's hardly untalented. He's respected nationally and has been honored 13 times as Sportscaster of the Year in the state of Louisiana.