The Introduce Yourself Thread
 

With so many newbies and this being a lull in team activity this is a good time for everyone to get reacquainted. Something I like about BnG is that there is some pretty good quality of dialogue and you don't have to sift through so much chaff. The more the merrier fo sho but it is also nice that you can get to know the posters here a little more personally as well.

How 'bout we try to insert some little intro-bio-profiles in one spot here for our reference?

I'm gonna lift the two from the neugey thread that gave me the idea for this---

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!

NewMexSaint-

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!!!!!

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. We did not start it. But we finished it.
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.

I'm a Colts fan but as a Purdue grad Drew Brees will always be my favorite NFL quarterback (sorry Peyton!). The Saints are now my right up there with the Colts as my favorite NFL team. Can't wait to see the new-look Saints next year.

well, lets try to remember how i came to love the saints
I am 34 yrs old and have lived in new jersey my entire life. and i have been a saints fan since i was old enough to pick a team to root for. (Dad was a jets fan and richard todd comes to mind as their QB back then). For many years i could only see games vs the jets or giants due to T.V. restrictions. As i got old enough, the Sports bars woked for a while then came Direct tv
I have my magnetic saints helmets on my truck(you get strange looks in NJ/NY area with something like that on your vehicle) and once football season gets here my flag flies in front of the house. As you can guess, info in this area about the saints is hard to come by so BNG was a godsend. Ihave been reading the fourums for quite a while but just recently joined.
G O S A I N T S :D :) :( :o :oops:

Yours truly-

I'll try brevity but I have been a fan since the inception of the franchise.

The NFL used to really suck bad in how terrible they treated new franchises. They made it really hard to even reach respectability to start of with. It wasn't just the Saints. Check the history of the Falcons, Bengals, Buc, etc. Those early years were agonizing but it was all stil new. Hope was all there was, only one way to go, right? Thirteen years to the first 8-8 season! OWWW! If Archie with Thunder and Lighning could have had any defense that would have been a contending team. That era was when it became competitive and more than just a bumbling fumbling expansion team. That was my adolescence. At least I grew up in south Louisiana in the midst of Saint suffering with everyone else. There at least was always Cholly Macs Tigers coming close.

I moved to Alaska and lived there for 22 years. A couple of times I tried to leave my allegiance to the Saints. The end of the Phillips era particularly. That effort resulted more in just trying to not watch the NFL at all. Hope for the Saints always kept me coming back though. In a place that had a very divergent fan base from all over the country I became identified as the Saints fan. It was far and few in between to have any co-supporters. The Mora era was one you could stand with pride though. Those were solid teams no matter what the record was. If it wasn't for being in the same division with the damn team of the decade there would have been greater times then. I turned my head as much as possible when Ditka arrived. I knew this was another Aint chapter that would have to pass. I really liked the start of the Haslett reign. It turned for me (and I think he should have been fired) after that 2002 end of the season 3 game collapse to some of the worst teams in the league. The 2003 1-4 start and I was cemented as a critic.

In 2004 I moved back to Louisiana to help my son get his life on track. Along the way I found a new wife and life too. If the Saints wouldn't have had those late 2004 wins we could have gotten this rebuilding program on a year earlier. I am optimisitic about the new start this year. I'll be around though even if we are considering picking Brady Quinn in next year's draft. After 40 years just one Superbowl victory will be enough for my lifetime. I'll cry like a baby and scream as loud as anyone when it happens. It won't be just for me though or about the team. It will be because I know the fans here, they deserve a champion. People in other parts of the country do not understand the depths to which football reaches in Louisiana culture. I do not know if fanatical and geeky guys who spend hours chit chatting about this team are the tip or the main part of the iceberg. In any case, these are championship fans, no matter how the team performs.

My name is Fatius Jeebs, I am 31 years and I have a Saints problem. I have been a fan since 1989 and I must say it has been a difficult and rather painful journey. But it is a journey I refuse to give up on. It all started in New York in '89. I managed to catch the last 2 games of the season that year. Not sure how it happened but hey....if not for those games I probably would not be here. I was watching the game and I began to admire the amount of heart the Saints were playing with. I also began to notice just how friggin awesome their uniforms were. Last game of the season the Saints had already been eliminated from the playoffs. In fact, a statement came out at the bottom of the screen at the beginning of the game that stated, "The Saints are the best team in football not to make the playoffs this year." They were playing the Colts that night and destroyed the Colts' chances of going to the playoffs with a 31-6 victory. Over the next couple of years it was tough to follow the Saints because things like Sunday Ticket did not exist sooo...I would watch whoever was playing Dolphins or not...just to see the ticker at the bottom and see if the Saints were winning. I fell in love. Slowly...I got to learn names.....faces....schedules....rivalries...and of course...the dubious history. I'm a sucker for underdogs and bad ass uniforms. LOL....GO SAINTS!!!!

I should probably do this since I don't remember doing any formal introduction. First off I gotta clear up some things. I'm maximkat (26 years young) and no I'm not a woman. It's been my online screen name for multiple things over many years. It also has nothing to do with maxim magazine, as I had this name long before I or anyone else had even heard of it, possibly before it even was a magazine.

Anyways, I grew up in southern new jersey and was automatically a Phillies, Flyers, and Sixers fan by heart. For some reason I always hated the eagles (maybe it had something to do with Buddy Ryan). So up until about middle school I didn't have a football team as much as I loved the sport. Then I had to do a book report on something or other, and I thought I'd use the opportunity to pick my team. We actually had a Saints book in our library (yeah a little tiny library of a middle school out in the sticks had a saints book). I'd peg the book as a "Nfl yearbook" type of things as each team had one representing them in some sort of set. I read most of them, and like many before me said "wow those uniforms are only the coolest i've ever seen in my entire life." I grew up without cable for the most part, the first game I can remember was Bobby Hebert at QB and the Eagles pulling that comeback on our boys in the playoffs which was tough. I only just last year got to see my first Saints game in person when we got trounced by the Giants. The fans were good to me though, for obvious reasons. Hopefully one day I will see one in NO.

I will be getting my Bush jersey soon, and that demotes my Deuce jersey to "lounging around the house clothes" and that demotes my Brooks jersey to "rags for cleaning crap up around the house". My Horn jersey will always be at the "lounging around the house" level as he has never been my favorite, but I'm still a big fan. Also my favorite players ever for the team were Eric Martin and Sam Mills. My dad went to Purdue so I'm a big fan, go Brees!!!

Some of this I've posted before;

I became a New Orleans Saints fan in 1986. Jim Mora was moving from the USFL to the NFL and bringing most of his dominating defense with him. Unfortunately I could only read newspaper articles and a (very) few internet postings over the next few years to keep my interest. Good or bad seasons I've kept them at the front of my list of teams to watch.

I've never waivered on my love of the Saints and had to put up with a lot of *stuff* because of it and the area I live in. The first Saints game I went to was in Philly (side note: never let me go to a live Saints game against the Eagles, they're 0-3 when I'm there) when it was one of the coldest games on record and Eric Allen returned two INTs for TDs. I've been to five (Saints games) live, two at the Dome, one in Carolina, and two here in Philly. I'm (still) trying to convince the wife that traveling to away games once or twice a year to different cities would be a fun, but she seriously HATES all sports.

I'm HUGE overall football fan. So when the wife wouldn't allow the dish, I actually had (have) Eagles season tickets and would go there 4+ times a year. Sadly I'd be watching the ticker for the Saints scores in between plays and during time-outs. I've finally gotten Sunday Ticket so I can relax and watch the Saints games at home.

My name is tigersaint31 and i am 31 years old, and i have been a Saints fan for as long as i can remember. My entire family are Saints fans as a Saints fan I take alot of crap from other people. I let them say there little piece and then i tell them all the same thing. Not if but when we win the superbowl, and you see me coming do not run and hide just sit down and take it like a man, because all the crap we as fans have taken over the years i am going to give it back to you and all at one time. The Saints are my team whether they win or loose and they always will be. I was at the the first playoff game we ever won, and there was this lady sitting by me and my friend, and after the game was over she was crying, this lady was in her late sixties at least. We asked her why she was crying and she said she was not a football fan but her husband who had just passed away was. She said he would buy season tickets to the Saints games every year, and all he ever wanted was for them to go to the playoffs. She was crying because he passed away a month before the Saints won there first playoff game. GO SAINTS

Bottom line......we are all the best football fans around. Nothing beats being a Saints fan. These stories are really cool. Keep 'em coming! :saintsfan:

..please allow me to introduce myself... I'm a man of wealth and taste...

... I became a Saints fan one late Fall afternoon while a freshman at Loyola University... friend got tickets to the Whiners-Saints game... Whiners killed the Saints by like 30 points (IIRC)... but the thing that stuck with me is that no one left the building until the end of the game, and everyone was partying and drinking, and being loud, and it was all good... well, maybe I was too drunk and all of 'em different colored seats fooled me into thinking the dome was full, but I had a grand time... beer was flowing... strangers bought me a beer because I was sitting near them.. and God knows how many rounds I bought for my entire seat row... since then, I've been hooked and not been able to get away :)

The handle "Tobias Reiper" comes from the Hitman video games. Tobias Reiper is the name of the main character.

As some of you know, I was born in Mexico. I ended in New Orleans because LSU had no space for me that semester - LSU being the school my Dad graduated from - so I decided to do a semester in Loyola since they had a spot for me that Fall, thinking I was going to transfer the next Spring, but after a semester - well, 2 days really - in New Orleans, well, Baton Rouge didn't seem as exciting :) .. after graduating, I stayed in the city for many years. I left N.O. in the early 90's, but I love the city so much and have so much fond memories of the city and the people that in my heart New Orleans is my second hometown.

I've been a Saints follower from the time the announcement was made that New Orleans was getting a franchise. Although, I have to admit that I became disinfatuated with the team over them bringing Herbert back after his infamous holdout. That was just donkey wrong to bring him back. Oh well, I got over it and have been on the roller coaster ride of SaintsEmotion forever it seems like. I have gotten hyped up over seemingly good draft picks only to be continually disappointed, but I still bleed Black and Gold. I'm praying that what I am feeling about the team this year is the real thing . . . there are too many "IF's" to be sure. I'm ready for training camp and preseason to start and can't wait for the regular season.

Well, I am 28 and i have been a Saints fan since i was old enough to watch tv with my dad...i thought anything that you could watch on TV that could make a grown man yell and scream and cry and cheer had to be worth watching and i havent stopped since...I am the kind of Saints fan that whenever i get a break from work, and wife, and twins, i check the internet to see if there is any news that i may have missed. I love the Saints...i feel like the knowledge i have of the players and their history is unquestionable. I like posting on this site especially during this time of year because this is the slow time and it still gives me a chance to talk football and keep things interesting.

i am a saints fan from NEW JERSEY. that is the greatest state to live in. anyone that doesn't know that or understand you get a big go f... yourself from me. yous guys can blow. i have been a saints fan since like 86 or 87. i have been to N.O. once when i was 18. enjoyed myself and look forward to getting back and finally watching a game. anyway good to meet you all again.

The ONLY good thing about jersey, is the Sopranos. :P

I'll be 31 next month. Saints fan since my first breath. Spurs and Braves fan since 1988 and 1989 respectively. Born and raised in the N.O., and wish the economy and education system was better so I could have stayed. My whole family, except for maybe one aunt and uncle and set of cousins, was still living there until Katrina. A lot have gone back. I did not miss a Saints game until 1998 when I joined the army. Have worn my jerseys everywhere I have been stationed, Monterey, CA, San Angelo, TX, Ft. Huachuca AZ, Killeen, TX, and now San Antonio. Even Kuwait. The best feeling is when you are somewhere outside of New Orleans and see another Saints fan. There is a kindredness that is unexplainable to any other fan of any other team, and age, race, gender, none of that matters. Saints fans are the gumbo that keeps the faith in this team going. I'll now return to my seat.

alright whodi u r banned from jersey. " how could u say that ron. poop ... poop mouth. poop out ur mouth"

Amen to that.

Ya know....I get that same weird feeling when I see other Saints fans too. Its almost like being a biker.

Wasabi... I'm papz and was born in '81 which makes me about 25... I think. Grew up watching baseball and gradually gravitated towards football after watching my sister worship the Saints. I've practically attended every college/university within the New Orleans/Baton Rouge reason... and one in Florida. I'm an ultrasonographer who hates his job and I drink myself to sleep (just kidding!) to forget about how crappy it is working for the company I'm at. Currently residing in Buffalo but I'm trying to move back down south in the Austin/Dallas, Atlanta, or back to New Orleans... so if you work in a hospital and know if someone's hiring, holla at me. :mrgreen: Favorite sport teams... Texas Rangers, Braves, Saints, Carolina Panthers, and the Bulls... and yes I'm a sports junkie.

Finally get to take a couple of days off to go back to New Orleans (I love you Memorial Day), and I'm probably going to come back engaged... and broke again.

And... nice thread Kelley.

I'm a young gun, clocking in at 20 years old. I was born in Gretna, but moved to Tampa Bay soon thereafter because of my father's business. After a 6-year stay in Tampa, I moved to Dallas where me and my family have resided ever since. I don't know if it's because I love punishment or something, but I have been a Saints fan ever since my first day on this earth. I haven't been to a Saints game in the Superdome since I was one year old. On a side note, I thought I'd share a funny story at this time. My older brother who also roots for the Saints, although he's not as fanatical as me, was at that game when we were in New Orleans. After the game, we were taking an elevator down to the concourse level when Tom Benson stepped in with us. He saw my brother who was probably about 4 at the time, and asked him, "So little boy, what do you think of the Saints?" To which my brother appropriately replied, "They suck."

Anyways, for whatever reason, the Saints have stuck with me, much in the same way that I consider Louisiana my home even though I've only lived there for a year and a half before my brain was formed enough to conjure memories. I'm proud to be from New Orleans, and I'm proud to be a Saints fan. I've gotten a lot of crap from my friends, especially those who are Cowboys fans (which is almost all of them), but I still love the black and gold.

The other day I was in Target and I had my Saints hat on and I was just walking down an aisle when a family stopped me and asked me if I was from New Orleans. The parents, and their three kids had been evacuated from New Orleans and had probably seen some of the worst stuff I could ever imagine, but they were so excited to see a kid in Dallas with a Saints hat on. It's stuff like that which makes me believe that the Saints have the best damned fans in the country and makes me proud to root for the black and gold.

I am currently a junior at Wake Forest University in the heart of Carolina Panthers territory. I'm studying business and I enjoy watching Demon Deacon basketball and football, St. Louis Cardinals baseball, and Dallas Mavericks basketball.

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kewl stuff guys, keep it coming.

that woman at the playoff game story choked me up. we GOTTA see a superbowl win before i croak. WE are just too good of fans!

well i guess its my turn... im 24 will be 25 next month...

ive been a saints fan all my life... i would sit and watch the games with my grandfather every sunday and i kinda grew into it...

last year my family lost all our possessions and our house in hurricane rita and have since taken refuge all over LA...

i got my saints tattoo at 19 and ive always wanted to get another one and do some more stuff to this one... hopefully it will be next week!!!

thats about it i guess...

GEAUX! SAINTS!

I'm with ya pak. I want a cool fleur tatoo but I'm afraid. As long as Benson is in control....i'm kida scared to get one.

hi, my name's forest,,,,,,,,,,,,forest gump..........................
and momma says stupid is as stupid does.........................
so, i've been a saint's fan all my life...................................
and if you need a shrimp recipe, bubba is here...............
well, that's all i've got to say on this subject..................................................smitty

Im a die hard saints fan, as well as an avid Brooks hater. I am a Ms. Gulf Coast native who resides in Biloxi. My favorite teams are the Saints, Braves, and USM(Southern Miss). Iam currently enrolled @ USM. My favorite Saints player of all time is . . . Too many. Hoby Brenner, Eric Martin, McAfee, Gill Finerty, Gene Atkins, Brett Maxie, The Dome Patrol, Ironhead . . . etc. JOE HORN!. During the season, I can get through a ****ty week at work just knowing that I'll be at the Dome come Sunday. There is no better feeling(well, maybe one) than walking through the entrance and seeing the field. The crowd, the atmosphere, the beer, Horn's endzone dances, man, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I have and always will be a die hard Saints fan, no matter where they are.

My father sat me down in front of the tv for my first Saints game back in 79, and I've been hooked ever since. Don't remember much, because I was five at the time, but the list of players I've seen come and go are too numerous to mention.
I remember when Benson bought the team, and kept them from moving back in the 80's....he was considered a god then. Funny how things (and mentalities) can change throughout the years. The dome patrol years were some of my favorite, and I had that badass Dome Patrol poster with the four standing in a row, dressed up in these Public Enemy-esque security outfits in front of the dome....wish I had kept that thing.

Hey now, just turned 23 (the greatest number in sports history with Michael Jordan and Don Mattingly). I Live in New York, always have. Yankees have always been my baseball team, growing up they were so terrible that it was easy to get tickets so my dad would bring me to a bunch of games every year and I became a fan. As for the important part, becoming a Saints fan. I've liked the Saints for 20 out of the 23 years I've been alive. It all started on November 26 1986, the Saints were playing the Jets and my dad was watching the game. When I saw that black and gold my eyes lit up, I knew that would be my favorite football team. I asked my dad what team that was and he said "the Saints." I don't think that he would have ever thought that 20 years later I'd still be a Saints fan. I go to Saints games whenever they come up here to NY and always rock out my Saints jersey's. I watch the games at a sports bar near by and can't wait to see Reggie running crazy around defenders this upcoming season.

Yay, it's time for what I do best - talking about myself.

I'm Jon. I'm about to be 21-years old in July. I was born, raised, and still reside in the Acadiana area. As my name suggests, I'm a radio deejay (amongst other things) at an Oldies radio station. I've been in the industry for almost 4-years now. I'm currently attending college at ULL.

My grandpa, father, and uncle used to get together every Sunday and watch Saints games, so being a Saints fan is a family tradition. As a kid, I just fit right in with the rest of the guys and watched the Saints. I can't really tell you what year I actually started being able to comprehend football, but it was somewhere around the late 80's/early 90's. My mother would make matching homemade shirts for my dad and I with Saints logos and helmets.

I remember (long ago) my dad had joined the New Orleans Saints club. We recently opened up one of the envelopes and marveled at all of the cool (now outdated) stickers and other such things. If I'm not mistaken, the front of the catalog had a picture of Martin Anderson.

When I was finally able to understand football, for Christmas my great-great grandpa got me a Ricky Jackson action figure. He passed not along after that, but it's a memory I will always remember.

Anyways, my uncle passed away in the mid-90's and Sundays weren't the same for a few seasons. We're trying to bring back the tradition now, but my grandpa has endured so much disappointment from the Saints over the years that he tends to leave in the middle of the game. Hahaha! Occaisionaly though, he'll last the distance. We always try to make atleast one game a year, but last year we ordered season tickets for the first time. We did it again this year.

In 2002, I fell in love with a girl who happened to reside in San Diego (it's a long story.) Soon enough, I made many trips to see her the following year. While I couldn't catch Saints games on Sundays in San Diego, I watched the Chargers instead. Oddly enough, I became a Chargers fan - just as my girlfriend became a Saints fan. We're no longer together (still great friends, thoguh), but since then I've decided that I can't date a girl who atleast shares SOME love for the Saints.

Basically, I was raised into fandom, but I wouldn't have it any other way. My biggest dream is for the Saints to win the Super Bowl while my grandfather is still around. He's followed them since day 1 and he started the family tradition. He deserves no less.

I plan on raising my kids the same way, so I hope they keep the team where it belongs.

New Orleans Saints for LIFE!

Blah, I had a couple of errors.

What I meant to say is *I can't date a girl who DOESN'T atleast share some love for the Saints.

I was born in '75 & was wrapped up by father & grandfather in a Saints blanket (so I guess I was born a Saints fan). Attended my 1st game with pops & gramps in '79 & I actually remember the game. It was an early insight into the franchise I would grow up to love. We got our a** kicked, but my father & grandfather, though cursing for hours, walked out of there still proud to be Saints fans. I am also 3rd generation LSU fan & alum. Besides those two, I am a Red Sox fan. Something I was also born into also, being my grandfather served in the war with Ted Williams & soon after became a Red Sox fan. I also had that "Dome Patrol" poster hanging above my bed. Ahhh......those were the days. Thanks for that memory, BnB. Besides sports, I have worked in the oil field since the end of '97 & still reside in the great state of Louisiana.

best football poster ever.....hands down.

im 28 and as the name suggests im from west virginia. along with the saints i root for the braves, LSU, WVU, and bobby labonte. id say sports and music are my main passions in life. if im not watching something to do with sports im probably rocking out to some iron maiden or KISS.

i was born in new orleans and til the age of 10 lived right outside of chalmette. my parents moved here way back when and ive been here ever since. through all the years ive never been able to let go of the saints. my dad has parted ways and ive seen him jump from team to team every year. he loves to bust my chops when we have the seasons like we just did but i have too much pride to let them go. i may not comment very often but i read daily and really enjoy the site. infact i think i enjoy the site more during the offseason. as anyone outside of LA knows, its tough to keep up with saints news when youre not in the immediate area. so you guys get my kudos for a great site.

also id kill for some crawfish....its been almost 20 years since ive had some and my mouth still waters for good new orleans cookin'....

There are lots of young bucks here. I'll be 41 next month. Here's my rundown:

Moved to New Orleans in 1972. My whole extended family was/is season ticket holders all that time. I lived in section 652 of the dome until I graduated from high school in 1983.

Moved to Atlanta to go to school. I decided to stay and work in academia.

Living in Falcons country sucks. This forum is my salvation. Along with NFL Sunday Ticket, which I'll be subscribing to for the 4th year.

I usually get to the Saints-Falcons game in Atlanta. I also usually get to at least one Saints home game at the Dome.

SFIAH

Hey you may no me as Allsaints I have been a saints fan for as long as i can remeber I was really grown into being a saints fan i guess you could say...... My Brother was always a Cowboys fan gah !! I hated it because i would say Cowboys suck and he could always say look who has been to the SB ....... yeah got me there but anyways my grandpa is a saints fan Thats how I stared liking them every sunday we would go to eat over at my Grandmas house and watch the Saints..... I will always watch the Saints and be a Saints fan NO MATTER WHAT !!!!! I cant wait till i get to bring my Grandpa to the Saints Falcons game he has never been to a Saints game and i really think he will love it.........

Well here goes.

I am 25. I was born in Abbeville, LA and moved to Lafayette, LA when I was 8. I graduated from Acadiana High School and UL Lafayette. I was a part time DJ at a local radio station in Lafayette and got offered a full time job in Iowa. I moved here when I was 22. Lots of Packers, Vikings and Bears fans but I proudly sport my Saints jersey every Sunday as I venture my way to the local sports pub and watch NFL ticket.

My first memory of the Saints was I believe 1987 or '88 and Ruben Mayes. I didnt know why, but I fricking loved Ruben Mayes. Then Dalton came aboard and he became my favorite along with Morten Andersen. My dad hated every other team in the league that ever beat the Saints in a meaningful game. If they ever beat the Saints, he remembered where he was, what the score was and how bad the Saints got beat. I remember one time being at my uncle's house when I was around 8 or 9 and it was Cincinnati and Minnesota playing on Monday Night Football and I asked who he was going for. He said "The Saints". It took me around 5 years to finally understand what he meant.

I am currently in a 2 year relationship with my wonderful girlfriend who is pregnant with our first child. She also surprised me last week with tickets to see the Saints play at Lambeau. Shes a keeper.

I have seen the Saints play in St.Louis, Minnesota, Atlanta and of course the Superdome. The feeling when one sees another Saints fan can not be put in words. You can just see the suffering in their face and know that you have been along for the ride for a lot of the heartache that they have seen. I love seeing older guys in Saints jerseys and hoping that my Saints fandom will be filled with much more success than their long suffering years have been.

Oh well, unless Benson moves, I will be a Saints fan till I die. I have threatened to quit rooting for them nearly every year. I sometimes even express my hatrid for every player and coach on the team. Come Spring time I get pumped, and come fall Im right back in front of the TV thinking this season will be different.

Go Saints.....Forever!

Here's my story...


21 years old, living way down here in South Texas, not a lot of love for The Saints. Been a die-hard since 90 (cmon, i was only 6 at the time) never liked the cowboys, my half bro has family in NO, so he brought me to my addiction. I drive to NO at least 3 times a year to see my Saints. My 5 and a half month old son already has his Saints gear, so he is the next generation of die-hards. Fixing to join the Coast Guard in the next few months, but as for now i spend my 40 as a Manager at a Radioshack in little ole Kingsville, Texas. Also a die-hard LSU, San Antonio Spurs, and Corpus Christi Hammerheads(indoor football, my buddy owns the team so i gotta be a fan) Played soccer all my life and went far, youth world cup a couple times. Now, Im old, work, play with my son, and scream at the TV from August til Decemeber!!!! Go Saints!


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SPURS BABY!!!! We was was robbed. 8)

Word.......thanx to that game, i gotta buy a new big screen. My TV has a remote hole thru it now...ohh well.......IT's SAINTS TIME NOW!!!!