neugey

Hi guys, I am a Saints fan currently living in Omaha, Nebraska. I've read the forum casually for a few years now but have started to read it regularly this year due to the hiring of Coach Payton and the acquisitions of Reggie Bush, Drew Brees and others. The fan interaction is interesting in the forum and I'd like to put my 2 cents in about the direction of the Saints. I'm really looking forward to this season.

Here's a brief story on how I became a Saints fan. Growing up in Sioux Falls, SD , I really didn't care a great deal for the game of football outside of playing catch with my friends. Why didn't I care for football? Maybe part of it was resentment - almost all the guys on the HS football team acted like self-righteous jerks and lost a lot of games - they seemed like hypocrites. I've been a big Lakers fan since childhood and had always loved basketball more. Also, South Dakota doesn't have a Div I football team to rally around and I had no interest in the Vikings.

I went to Dakota State University in Madison, SD and started getting into football when all the guys in our dorm would hang out and watch MNF. I started to really understand football and became enamored with the strategic aspects of the game. The next progression for me was to become a fan of an NFL team. The regional teams didn't fit well - the Vikings didn't interest me, Packers fans creeped me out, Broncos fans were too arrogant, didn't like the Chiefs colors, the Bears were too close to MJ and the hated Bulls. I liked the Cowboys, especially Emmitt Smith and their style of play, but they were starting to get too cocky, Michael Irvin annoyed me and I didn't want to pile on the bandwagon. Kind of liked the Raiders, but did I really want to put money in Al Davis' pocket? I started to notice the Saints - always loved their colors and uniforms and the Dome Patrol defense was exciting to watch. Sam Mills and Renaldo Turnbull were two of my favorite players. Jim Mora was a no-nonsense coach, but one who didn't seem to be too full of himself. Several other factors also came into play - 1) I was getting into Blues music and I read about how a lot of the great Blues players came from NO - especially Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. 2) I was developing a taste for cajun food - gumbo, jambalaya and red beans and rice, 3) I was intrigued by the culture of NO - Mardi Gras and the French Quarter. It seemed like the polar opposite of South Dakota.

Becoming a Saints fans was an avant-garde choice and I liked the shock value of telling people in the Midwest that I liked the Saints. I guess I've felt for these and many other reasons certain forces pulled me toward the Saints - maybe there is a voodoo spell at work .

Anyway, I look forward to continually posting here. Cool site!

papz

What! You hate the Bulls?! What's wrong with you!

But, welcome aboard man. Post on...

pakowitz

welcome!

spkb25

welcome bro. i too am a displaced saints fan being from south jersey and my whole fam being eagles fans. i hate tho eagles fans. especially the last 5 or 6 years.

JOESAM2002

Welcome,enjoy the crazies!

saintswhodi

Dude, I think I know more about you now than dudes I have posted with for years on here. lol Welcome.

NewMexSaint

Welcome , and as I was told when I joined the other day...... Hold on to your jockstrap.

LKelley67

Welcome aboard neugey. A very nice intro there. Our numbers here are multiplying quickly with the anticipation and excitement of something different than the same old rerun style of play we have seen for a few years. From now until when camp opens would be a good time for everyone to give a little bio like that (a good size). It will be good for the newbies to get to know a little about the posters that have been around a while. NEXT

NewMexSaint

Well , heres my bio.

I have been a saints fan so long I cant remember ( 86 or so). I HATE bandwogn fans with a passion. I have been to several games along the west coast. I live in Seattel now, so I have been ridiculed by the seahawk fans, I love the Saints with a passion. I grew up in a small town in New Mexico and , as you all know, we had no team to root for. I worked in a hip clothing store back in the day, and I could not stand how they would come in to buy the latest and greatest team. I remember watching the Saints draft Ricky Williams and getting teared up.,.. I then ordered a Williams Jersey and the vendor could only ship 20 at a time , so I took my size and shipped all the rest of the Ricky Jerseys out.... so no bandwagon fans could have one.

I have had my head split open in Phoenix because I refused to wear the paper bag, Peanuts thrown at me in San Fran, Jeersy ripped off in Denver, and the list goes on. I personally dont give a Fu#% what people think about my Saints. If you dont like it, then eat a D@#$. SERIOUS !!!! Im tired of explaining why I love the Saints and got the Fluer Tattoed on my arm. If you dont agree and you dont like the Saints, Then Screw YA!!! I have now based everyone I meet on " What team do you like" If they say they like who ever won the superbowl last, then I dont like them... it means they are followers and I dont have time for weakA$$ people.

I love our boys and have thrown hooks over the Saints several times, but only because of rude fans for another team. I now live in Seattel and it discust me that the Hawk fans have crawled out of the woodwork , pretending to have been there for the last 20 years of suffering.
Last year was one of the hardest in remembrance to me, and Im still here.

My first jeresy was a Shuler , and I still wear it with pride....... and to all bandwagon reggie jumpers out there.... get off our wagon!!!!!

hagan714

newmex man you have run into some real crappie fans.
Let see i have been a saints fan from day one. At 45 I can say I have seen ever possible way to screw up by them. Started at Tulane in game one. Going to the practices and getting the autographs from Billy and the boys.
In high school we would crash the gates. About 10 of us would line up and just run through. They would get at least 2 of us before we vanished into the crowd. Believe you me I now that dome well. Ever watch a game above the the big screen on the cat walks? those are the true nose bleed seats. Not that we could not afford tickets, It was fun.
Went through the brown bag faze. We would sell them to fans out side the game. 5 cents to get bagged.
The most heart breaking game was when we missed the playoffs with a kick wide right from i think 45 yards out. That was what 1983? Got into a fight with some rams fans after the game in front of the dome gates. We got the best of them outside the dome. Hehe remember running from security with the shirt torn off my back.
Moved from NO and was in Chicago for the snowball fight with the bears fans, Must have had 3 feet of snow around us by the end. Bears fans let us drink for free after the game. I guess our reward for being good targets. We got hammered both times. They did feel bad for us but we were good sports about it.
Was living in MPLS when the viking demolished us. They could not understand why I was still happy. hey it was our first winning season.
Now I live in Boston and find the the fans here respect the loyalty we as have have. Sure they laugh alot but we deserve it. They for most point would like to see the saints make it.