Light rain turned heavy the afternoon of Feb. 1, 2010, the start to that week’s Super Bowl festivities in Miami clouded by a gloomy grey fog. The New Orleans Saints, marching into town with a parade of Louisiana faithful behind them, were set to practice at the Miami Hurricanes’ outdoor facility. They needed to move indoors that Monday.
Sean Payton had his pick of locations, as former linebacker Scott Shanle remembered. The Saints settled on the Dolphins’ facility, then located at Nova Southeastern University. It was some 25 miles north of Miami’s campus.
But Bill Parcells was there.