I never dreamed the site would turn out like this!!
 

Everyone,

I'm one of the originators of this website, I thought of the name for this site and was the first person to register blackandgold.net the domain name. I lost involvement many years ago, due to family and such things.

I haven't been in to check on this site in quite some time but I just looked and wow this is incredible. I have barely scratched the surface of what is available here and am absolutely floored. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever realize that what I started would turn into this.

Congratulations staff, fantastic job!!!

Rick Hernandez

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Mr. Hernandez you sir, are the godfather. :notworthy::D

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Kutos to Halo....

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I dreamt this every year for 40 years.

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Thanks to all the great members and to the Saints for driving us here but thanks the most to the ones who KEEP us here.

After 2 1/2 years, B&G is my addiction!

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While you're at it, can you go fix Saintsreport? It's a mess....

LOL....

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SaintsReport used to be B&G's big competition. Is that still the case?

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If you want to call it that. Its probably more crowded, but most normal
people go in, see the daily cat-fights and general prissyness, and quickly
migrate here. We just have almost nearly zero drama, and everybody seems to have a life.

So welcome back Mr. Rick. I started lurking here, and found the place
very hospitable, was particularly moved by JOESAM thread, and also the aversion to politics and divisive talk. I've already met a bunch of posters here in person, and your Houston chapter, meets weekly.

Its the polar opposite of my old site, where I encountered the equivalent of dogs peeing on fences. The day I started posting, all the big voices here said, "Welcome," or "Hey you're crazy, you'll fit in well here." Its been quite worth my time.

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amazing.....halo and the rest of the mods do a great job of keeping this site great

you should've seen it before the site crashed.....halo is doing a good job of keeping it up and running and getting everything back to normal.....but once everything gets back to normal you will be even more impressed

like everyone else said.....there isnt a better place to relax and talk saints football

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When I tell friends about this site they always ask why I don't post on SR, most of the regular posters know the answer to that. This site has a strong group of knowledgeable posters that have a funny side as well. I post here frequently and I'm just glad to be a part of the B&G. BTW Good job on the domain name.

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This site is truly the best!

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I read it for the avatars ... oops I mean the articles

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Absolutely!!!! Avatars are one of the differentiators from when the site was first born.

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Saintsreport is all right. I used to go there about ten years ago. But by far the worst saints forum is the Myspace one. I went on there, and started getting called a newbie, by a bunch of sixteen year old kids. They were more interested in who had been there the longest, than talking about football. B&G is by far the best there is. By far.

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all of u that have been banned from SR say "I". lol. i swear it wasnt my fault tho. SR if full of whiney little b*****s who have to correct each other on every little misspelling and cry about things such as, 870am talking lsu football at 8am on a sunday morning

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mmm... I think that's "aye," but (ROFL) ....

but yes, I completely agree regarding Site-X denizens...

thanks... you got me laughing...

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RICK!! How has it been? Welcome back!

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You are a liar. You didn't start squat. Everybody knows that I started this site and
Halo begged me to sell it to him. He still owes me $25 Million.

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Talk is cheap... Until Halo chimes this thread has no creditability.

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"creditability?" Damn, yoooz edumocated.

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Aye.

This site is the best.

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I- I, Gumbeau.

Did you read my "condom story?"

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Where is your condom story at? Do I need a credit card?

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Saints Report Be Damned . . . Can you fix ForeverFan, he is outta control . . . ROTFLMFAO!

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LOL... consider it free porn. I told it on the Woodrow's thread. Believe it or not--- its a true story!!! not exaggerated. You have to read it.

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I read it. Pretty funny. Might save that thread. :)

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we're gonna make it a sticky! get it? haaaaaaaa!

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Yea... you've got your hands full with some of the things you come up with.

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Wow not going to get into a ******* contest. Inevitable people say stuff. Simply go to the Waybackmachine.com (very cool site) and look at the oldest copies of this site you could find... I'm in there on the staff.

Don't laugh at how amateur the site looked compared to now, remember this was more than ten years ago.

;)

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are you being facetious?

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The site doesn't exist. :boohoo:

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It was right after Al Gore invented the internet. Andrus and I were drinking one night. I told him of my idea to start a Saints Forum once this internet thing too off. He told me to get on it right away. The rest is history.

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Sorry that's the name, here is the URL

Internet Archive: Wayback Machine

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and I'm waiting for the apology ;)

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Pay no attention to FF. He is a nice guy but most probably just ran out of cat pictures for the week. :-D

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That figures ... there's a lot of this over there.

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How did you plan on offsetting your carbon footprint?

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LOL... your not getting a apology from me yet. In any case, I just kicking your can a bit since anybody can come here and post anything. Hope you can take the heat.

Look, I hope it's not BS, but until Halo chimes in on this... So why did you leave? Why aren't you a moderator?

I used to cruise this site since 2000 and don't remember your name. In fact, I don't remember anybody's name. But you are correct... the place does look fantastic. It is 1000 times better. Stick around and enjoy the fun.

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I don't. I plan on leaving more.

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