Before Houston Nutt took the Job in Mississippi, the Rebels were winless in the SEC. In his first season, the reverend drove his team to five SEC wins, one of which came against Florida in the Swamp. They then finished up a sixgame winning streak with a beat down of Texas Tech in the Cotton Bowl.It has only been a year since the Saints were 03, shrouded in scandal and going nowhere. It might as well have been a lifetime ago.Brees passed for three touchdowns to go with his scoring run and the Saints beat the Arizona Cardinals 317 on Sunday to improve to 30 for the first time since 2009, when they won the Super Bowl."Hopefully we can just continue to get a little bit better, and gain confidence and momentum and keep the train rolling," said Brees, who connected twice with tight end Jimmy Graham for scores and once with Robert Meachem. "I'm very happy to be 30, 20 in the (NFC South) division, 30 in the NFC.

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