TheOak

I was pretty much born this way in 1970... My father was a die hard Saints fan and if the house caught fire on Sunday at 1pm it just a soon burn down around him.

I love winning, and losing is an unhappy place for me... However I watch them because I love to watch them play. For me it is sort of like watching a child play sports... Win or lose.. that's my team out there.

Mardigras9

Close to you 626, born in 71, Saint fan when I found football in my single digits. Dad was not a football fan, car dude, so took all the ridicule myself back then, lol. Even when fans wore the bags, they were "still at the game". Love the underdog and that's were we lived as Saint fans for decades. Adversity is nothing for a Saint fan, we invented the term. Win or lose, never mattered.

xan

I will not tolerate being castigated for having standards.

We had them when the Saints sucked. We had them when the Saints were bad. We had them when the Saints were "euhnn."

Now that the team has had success - knows how to be a winner - I will jump on any sorry-ass player who does not uphold his commitment to playing up to his potential. That includes using his brain.

ok, rant over. Go Saints Go!

Cory9289

Born in '93, my dad has been a fan since they were made (and repeatedly tells me stories and how much he hates the Cowboys). Haven't missed a game since I was 5, and spent a lot of time in high school (well mostly Junior High) being told the Saints suck. When the Saints won the Super Bowl, I reveled in their success and rubbed it in everyone's faces (mostly my football team that! haha).

I now go to ULM (poor Arkansas...), had to get out of football due to my demanding degree but it's so weird seeing Saints' supporters everywhere.

One guy I will never forget is a legally blind guy I tutored. His name was Eric. I don't think he could truly watch the games but he was always decked out with at least a hat and a saints pencil. After I'd help him we'd talk about the Saints and waste a lot of time.

My favorite moment, has to be the "the play" against the Jags. It was a bunch of "YES...NO...YES!...NO NO NO! YES YES NO YESSSSSSSS!"

|Mitch|

damn! I'm getting old

The Dude

lol I graduated in 95.

westbankdaze

Been a saints fan since the mid 80s. When the saints win its a little piece of vengeance from my childhood.

There are no other teams. Only the Saints. I miss those days and put my heart and soul into this team.

RaginCajun83

3rd generation fan, its all I've known so when the time comes I'll pass it down to my child. That's the family tradition ..... cheering for the Saints.

pumpkindriver

I sure have enjoyed reading all these posts. As for me, I think I was a fan from their beginning in '67, but I was 6 so I'm not real sure. I do know for sure I was by '71 because thats when they drafted Archie. Archie was the closest thing to a god the state of Mississippi had ever seen. The whole state was nuts over Archie. And growing up in Jackson, with my big brother going to Ole Miss, well, nuff said.......................................

claus808

24. Grew up worshiping the Saints all my life. Parents are from WV and NJ. Both grew up in Louisiana and met. They coached me from a baby to be a Saints fan win or lose. We even watched the Saints games while living in Venezuela for three and a half years. Weekend trips to the most beautiful white sandy beaches were put off because the Saints were on while living in Venezuela.

I think being a Saints fan is truly something special that MOST Saints fans show. I can't count how many times I hear stories from other Saints fans about growing up being a Saint's fan. It is awesome living in Texas only because seeing the look on Texans/Cowgirl faces is priceless when they try and talk sh!t!