How Deep is Your Love? Is Your Love...How Deep is Your Love?

And I thought the BeeGees references were over after my last “Staying Alive” post about Gibbs last month…

I do love the Saints, too. I have a magnetic Saints helmet on my car door, and numerous fleur de lis window clings on the car, too. The other night, as my wife and I were taking a walk, I saw a gold VW Beetle convertible with a black ragtop parked outside a bar, and I nearly talked her into letting me go get our camera and the helmet magnet so I could put the magnet on the car while she took take my picture standing next to it.

I have lots of Saints gear: t-shirts, pullovers, hats, a flag, a Saints build-a-bear named Deuce McBearister (that my niece and nephew gave me), socks, cardboard Saints give-away signs from the past, and these items get placed around the living room in different arrangements for each game. My wife bought me a big HD tv for my birthday after we drafted Reggie, and we get the Sunday ticket every year so we can watch EVERY game. I have been a devoted reader and contributer to the CSC ever since I learned about it from my uncle and joined in July of this year.

When I was a kid, my Dad’s best friend from growing up in New Orleans would drop his kids at our house as he and his wife went into the games with their season tickets, and we’d listen on the radio (Wayne Mack and Danny Abramowicz, then Jim and Archie) and always act out the last few plays of the games in the backyard with a nerf football. I had a cheap Archie jersey we bought at Sears, I think, and my friend Michael had Wes Chandler, #89 – he was our favorite receiver for a looooong time.

I’ve been to maybe 20+ games at the Dome over the years, and then saw them play twice at Cincy (once @ Cinergy, once @ Paul Brown), once @ Indy in Peyton’s rookie year, and once @ St. Louis Rams (I live in Louisville, KY now). I skipped the first two days of classes at college my sophomore year to watch them open the 1990 season on MNF against the 49ers – anyone else remember that frustrating 13-12 loss? Our D played AWESOME against the defending champs, but Fourcade and the offense couldn’t find the endzone to save their lives (which led Finks to give up a LOT in a trade with Dallas for STEVE WALSH, BABY).

So, I do love the Saints and will be a fan for life.

WHO DAT?
WHO DAT!!!!!
WHO DAT SAY DEY LOVE DEM SAINTS!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Saw Archie playing college ball on TV and followed him to the Saints. Seems like the NFC West was on TV every week so I saw the Rams a lot and became a fan of Roman Gabriel too. But Archie and the Saints stuck. I don’t know why. Then Archie left and I stuck with the Saints. I don’t know why. Losers. But you did NOT want to finish your season, playoffs bound, against the eliminated Saints. That was one thing I always took pride in, that the Saints would surely beat your ass when it no longer mattered. If you needed one more win to get in and you were playing the Saints, you were in big trouble. Never wore a bag on my head, never called them the ‘Aints, never wanted to. If someone asked who was my favorite team, I would mumble “… Saints.” and then listen to the ridicule. Never knew another Saints fan in Kansas. You couldn’t fine a Saints T-shirt or Saints helmet pencil sharpener up here, there were none to be had (except maybe mail order) until the late ’80’s. I remember looking in the JC Penney catalog at the cheap kid’s jerseys and often the Saints were not listed as an ordering option. Things changed with Tagliabue as NFL commissioner. He made it easier for fans to get what they wanted, even things they didn’t know they wanted. The Saints started to make some progress. A winning season. A playoff appearance or two. Then regression. Now, after all this time, we are this close to the goal: Super Bowl win. So if I root only for losers (which seems to be the case), if the Saints become a dynasty with Super Bowl rings on every finger, do I turn my back on them and root for the Lions? Well, I’ll probably root for the Lions but HELL NO!!! Do you know how much we’ve suffered for the Saints? The Saints may become as annoying as the New York Yankees, I don’t care, I’m going to shove it in everyone’s face for the rest of my life! SAINTS!! Love the Saints. Win or lose. Don’t know why. Got a Saints helmet T-shirt on right now, gonna wear it today.

Hey CSC’ers.

First, for those of you with significant others why are you on this site today. You should be lavishing affection on the one who means most of you because…well because some brilliant person came up with this most commercial of holidays. Cha-ching!

It is commercial, but it is fun. Plus there is the almost guaranteed occurrence of “snuggle-bunnies”. That is unless you give your significant other a spatula instead of some flowers.

How much do i love those Saints? Ask my wife and its way to much. I think my jersey total is about 8. About 4 hoodies. 4 shirts (with another on the way, will mail my cheque on Monday Dave). Several hats and toques. I named one of my pups Deuce. My wife, bless her heart, decided to secretly make our wedding social theme a Saints theme. Even though vastly out-numbered, me and the wife, told Dorsey and his “posse” (somewhere in the neighborhood of about 15 rather sizable gentlemen) that the Saints were going to beat them soundly on Sunday (thank god she was sober as a nun at the time). Every day the Saints play, i am watching it on the Sunday Ticket. In full attire, sipping my beverage of choice out of my Saints mug.

For me, my becoming a fan started when i was about 5, my grandfather was a huge Vikings fan and one day watching them play the Saints, something clicked and i apparently professed that the Saints were my team. And so it began. One live game under my belt, with the next one scheduled to occur in the Dome. Hopefully this year!

Grumps

If you recall back in that short season of 1982. I got turned on to the Saints after they shut out the Bears 10-0.
EVERYONE around me was a Bears fan.
I noticed that the Coach was named Bum. I said THIS is my team!
Me and Morton Anderson joined the Saints the same year. I lasted longer.

The sad part about being a saints fan.. and i know there are soooooo many sad parts. I have only actually been to ONE game. Last year in Detroit.

Here is hoping I make it down south.

Grew up Cowboys fan and was for first 36 years, holding my nose since ‘89 when Jerry Jones bought the team.
Couldn’t hold my nose anymore after 2005 season when Jerry Jones signed T.O.. Friends of mine from college moved to Mobile after being flooded in Katrina. I offered to go in on season tickets as a move to cheer up, and was instantly smitten, especially considering first home game on MNF against Atlanta and the playoff win over Philly. Who wouldn’t be?
Jerry Jones got Terrell in the divorce, but I have visitation rights this year in the Dome.