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Saints Video: Saints at High Point of Season (WWLTV.com)

Jim Henderson and Bradley Handwerger discuss the Saints win and Jim says it is the high point of the team's season to date.

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Mark Ingram's 4th Down Conversion Builds Confidence

Bradley Handwerger / WWLTV.com Sports Reporter

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mark Ingram kept churning his legs, head down and trying to bull through the right side of the Saints’ offensive line on a key fourth-and-one play late in the third quarter.

Don’t make the conversion and give the Jaguars, down only 10 points, the ball in New Orleans territory with renewed life.

But a friendly push from a teammate helped Ingram get over the proverbial hump, giving the Saints a first down.

Seven player later, John Kasay hit his third field of the day, the final score in a 23-10 Saints win over the Jaguars.

“I think one of my linemen pushed me in the butt, pushed me over,” Ingram said. “My legs were keeping going, but somebody pushed me and helped me over the top.”

It was just one of 34 running plays for the Saints (3-1), but it was a confidence-building one.

The Saints finished the day with 177 yards rushing with a 5.2 yard per carry average. Darren Sproles finished with 75 yards on seven carries while Ingram had 55 yards on 17.

Meanwhile, the Jaguars (1-3) finished with only 104, a key statistic Saints coach Sean Payton wanted to win heading into Sunday.

“We outrushed them and that was a goal for us,” Payton said. “We thought that’d be critical. Statistically if you look at their history playing at home, they’re about an 85 percent winner when they win the rushing battle.”

Added Ingram, “You heard about their front seven stopping the run, not bringing too much pressure and just flat out stopping the run. To be able to run the ball like effectively on a front seven like that is encouraging.”

But it’s plays like the fourth-down conversion that could help in the future.

Left guard Carl Nicks said it’s all about confidence.

“I think our confidence that our coach has in us gives us confidence to even call that, let alone execute it,” Nicks said.

As for the offensive line helping Ingram on the play, Nicks won’t take the credit.

“He’s being generous,” Nicks said. “That was all him. I remember pulling and thinking, ‘Man, this is a lot of bodies in here.’ And then he’s over there. That’s the Heisman for you right there.”

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Chris Ivory may not have a court appearance for until 2011

Court appearance for Saints Ivory not likely until 2011

by Scott Cody / Eyewitness Sports
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 11:40 AM



A Washington State prosecutor says any arraignment or other court appearance for Saints running back Chris Ivory most likely won't happen before January 2011.

(See incident report)

Whitman County prosecutor Denis Tracy says because Ivory no longer lives in the state of Washington, travel considerations and scheduling conflicts have been taken into account but Tracy insists, Ivory isn't receiving any special treatment. "We would extend the same courtesy to anyone not living in the state facing similar charges," Tracy said.

Ivory has been charged with felony assault in Whitman County after he allegedly hit another student with a beer bottle during a college party back in July 2009. At the time of the alleged assault, Ivory was a member of the Washington State football team. He was kicked off the team shortly after the incident. Earlier this year, as a member of the New Orleans Saints, Ivory claimed he was dismissed from Washington State for being late to meetings and for no other reason.

Eyewitness Sports has obtained a copy of the incident report surrounding the alleged assault. According to the report, the alleged victim says an argument with Ivory began over cigarettes and ended with Ivory hitting the alleged victim in the head with a beer
bottle. One witness says she saw Ivory then kick the alleged victim while he was lying on the ground and bleeding.

According to the report, one witness actually identified another Washington State football player, not Ivory, as the suspect. That witness later said after looking at pictures on the Washington State football team's website, he couldn't positively identify Ivory or the other player as the person he saw commit the alleged assault.

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Payton and Brees fire-up the Saints Fans (Video)

Sean Payton, Drew Brees and other Saints were at the Saints 2010 Kickoff Pep rally on Saturday night. Sean Payton told the Saints faithful that there goal is to bring the second Super Bowl Champions trophy to New Orleans this season.