NFL legend Drew Brees retires

by Stephen Lew/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesJan. 17 will be a day that the state of Louisiana will always remember. Saints legend Drew Brees played his final game in a 30-20 loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Brees gave the Mercedes-Benz Superdome one last look before going into the locker room, and the Who Dat Nation realized that part of the journey is the end.

“Although his career has ended, our love for him never will,” said Elisa Castillion, a freshman pre-med major from New Orleans. Brees brought hope to the city in a time of doubt. He signed with the Saints a year after the city was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. He and first-year head coach Sean Payton…