Well, it’s that time of year again. 

It’s time for the liquor to flow like water as thousands drown themselves in beads and shame along Bourbon Street, while pizza from The Boot litters the streets of Uptown, with other remnants of lost pride.

For six days, the students of LSU are granted the opportunity to make the drive down I-10 into New Orleans and let the debauchery ensue. 

But this year, there is a catch. 

That’s right, Super Bowl Sunday will be held in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the week right before what is arguably the greatest event of the year — Mardi Gras. 

So what are you waiting for?

Whether you plan to drink some hurricanes and watch the game at Pat O’Briens or make a drunken case along Canal Street for a Saints comeback in 2013, any excuse to make the trip to New Orleans is a good one.

In the days leading up to the Super Bowl, however, there will be talk of conserving money for next week and taking some time off to get mentally prepared for what will ensue during Mardi Gras.

Don’t listen to that. 

While its not terrible advice, a little less sleep and a road trip won’t kill the lead up to your Mardi Gras break. 

And attending an event that showcases the last game Ray Lewis will don the purple and black or where there’s a possibility of Randy Moss getting his first ring is on the table here.

So maybe you can catch history being made; live in the moment and take in the smells of America’s greatest sport and city all at the same time. That’ll make you puke if the drinking doesn’t. 

Or you may even stumble through the French Quarter with a hand grenade, shouting obscenities and proclaiming your hometown team should have been here.

I am assuming most will do the latter. 

I’m sure many have already been forewarned of the danger that comes with large, out of town crowds in New Orleans (see: Alabama Tea-bagger). In a high stakes atmosphere, however, emotions will run rampant no matter where the location of the game is. 

Two weeks ago outside of the Georgia Dome, an Atlanta Falcons fan was stabbed by a San Francisco 49ers fan in an altercation after the Falcons’ heart-breaking loss in Atlanta. 

Geaux Dirty Birds?

In all seriousness, violence like this can occur at any sporting event, regardless of the city the game is played in, but is more than likely a rare occurrence.

One more check toward you going to Nola.

I’ll go ahead and also make the assumption now that everyone remembers, or partially remembers — or was informed later — the National Championship game in New Orleans last year. 

And aside from the outcome for the Bayou Bengals, most in attendance would love to relive that euphoric weekend again and again.

So do it. 

Please don’t mistake my priorities to be in other places outside of education or safety, which are of the upmost importance. 

But before you’re in a cubicle somewhere, checking the ESPN app on your iPhone and refreshing Twitter, it is important to do something of exactly this nature.

And more importantly, hide your kids and hide your wife if you are brandishing the name “Roger Goodell” because that is the only reason I can think of to stay home this weekend.