Getting to Know You: Retro Edition

1. Dome
2. Dome
3. My senior year of high school my dad took me to the Saints-Bucs game for a graduation gift. Saints were down 30-0 at the half.
4. I think it was 1990? Saints-49ers, they lost 13-12
5. I met Ricky Jackson years ago at Pontchartrain Park golf course, just rememer he had enormous hands

1. Where were you when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory?

Smokey Bones restaurant, SR50 at Hiawassee Rd., Orlando, FL

2. Where were you for “the punt block” on Monday night against the Falcons?

My living room, Greensboro, NC

3. What is your worst Saints memory?

…just ONE? :-\

Carney missing the PAT that cost us the tie in Jax after the River City Relay.

4. What was the first Saints game you attended?

Can’t remember details, I was about 6 years old. I remember it was at Tulane Stadium, it RAINED, and the Saints, surprisingly, lost. ;-)

5. Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story?

A couple through the years…back in the 80’s I was a bartender, and Morten Anderson came in to my bar a few times. Nice guy.

1. Where were you when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory?
I was out of Louisiana, on or about that date. I may or may not have been serving in the armed forces in or about a country that may or may not be named. Doing things that may or may not be mentioned.

2. Where were you for “the punt block” on Monday night against the Falcons?
I don’t remember where, but I do remember crying and hugging people.

3. What is your worst Saints memory?
The Saints had a chance to go to playoffs for the first time if they beat the Rams in the Superdome. Me and my best friend scrapped up the money to buy tickets by cutting grass. Kenny “the Snake” Stabler was the quarterback. I lost my voice at that game and got my heart broken.

4. What was the first Saints game you attended?
My Uncle took me to my first game in Tulane Stadium. It was the Falcons and the Saints lost.

5. Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story?
I met Joe Horn, I did some work in his house. I think he was disappointed I didn’t ask for an autograph.

1) Dont remember
2) At Home
3) 2-14
4)NO at TB, My girlfriend bought me tickets for my birthday and while the saints lost the game (TB won division) it was cool as helllll. IDK if you guys have been to TB stadium but before the game their Jumbo-Tron showed this video of TB harbor with 3 pirate ships attacking. Saints, Panthers and Falcons. The TB ship comes out, destroys ATL, destroys Carolina, then faces off with the NO ship and a stadium erupts out of the water. I have no love for TB but they know how to put on a good Jumbo-Movie.
5) Nerp, but if any of em want to come to CT i’ll show em around

1. Where were you when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory?
In the Superdome.

2. Where were you for “the punt block” on Monday night against the Falcons?
In the Superdome.

3. What is your worst Saints memory?
Many bad ones, but the absolute worst has to be Mike Lansford’s last-second FG in the 1983 season finale. At 16 years old, I left the Superdome in tears. That hasn’t happened before or since.

4. What was the first Saints game you attended?
The 1974 exhibition opener vs the Pittsburgh Steelers at Tulane Stadium. I haven’t missed a home game in Louisiana since.

5. Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story?
Several times, the most memorable being Craig Heyward. We were both rummaging through a discount cassette bin at Sound Warehouse (David Dr and Vets, its a Family Dollar nowadays), and got into fairly lengthy, meandering conversation, mostly about Tower of Power and Mario Lemieux, as we both had ties to Pittsburgh.

We checked out at about the same time and he asked me for a ride across the parking lot to the Walgreens at the opposite end of the strip mall. He had parked there and walked to the record store. I thought it funny, as his laziness and run-ins with Jim Mora were regular news at the time. In spite of that, I gave him the short lift.

He stood outside my car for a few more minutes, and we continued to shoot the sh** about music. A hot chick walked out of the Walgreens and he motioned toward her, as if to ask “would you hit that?” Just a super cool, laid back dude. It was like running into an old friend from high school, only I had never met the guy before. He shook my hand, told me to be cool, hopped into a brand spanking new gold BMW and disappeared.

Further exposing my newbie status.

1. Where were you when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory?
At that point I had never watched an NFL game in my life.

2. Where were you for "the punt block" on Monday night against the Falcons?
Probably asleep, somewhere in England. I know my wife was watching.

3. What is your worst Saints memory?
Haha. Nothing like any of yours. I watched the loss to the Bucs in Week 13 of 2008 on tv. That sucked.

4. What was the first Saints game you attended?
None, yet. Potentially the road game in Baltimore this coming December.

5. Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story?
Nope. Boring or what?

1. Home
2. Home
3. Too many to talk about.
4. Superdome, early 80’s, Saints and Atlanta. Saints won.
5. Bobby J. Hebert, went to school with him, grades 1-12
     Edward Orgeron, ex offensive line coach,Saints, went to school with him grades 1-12.
     Clarence Verdin, ran track against him in high school, he went to H.L.Bourgious in Houma, La. He was a return man, speedster for the Ind. colts.
     John Fourcade, he came to South Lafourche to play a playoff game against us in high school. He shot all our fans the bird during the game. I went up to him after the game and I told him he sucked and he was an asshole. He just looked and smiled and kept walking.

Where were you when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory?

 Late for a wedding. Had to leave for it (trust me, per my wife, had to leave for it) with St. Louis down 7 just when Saints were punting the ball. Don’t hate me.

Where were you for “the punt block” on Monday night against the Falcons?
  
 Section 323 in the Dome, which is 2nd level behind the end zone where the play happened. Swear to this day I can still see Gleason come straight at me up the middle for the block “Here they come up the middle!!”.

What is your worst Saints memory?

  I am a short-timer (ticketholder since 2006) but this is a tie. Leaving the Dome after the Carolina game in 2007 to start 0-4 was really, really rough. All the hope for that season gone, and losing a game the Saints led all day at the end. Another Jason David special. Also rough but not as bad in hindsight (winning cures all) was leaving the Dome after the Tampa game last year when Saints lost in OT. Never heard a Dome crowd leave that quietly, it was like a funeral. Unhappiest fans of a 13-2 team in history. Thankfully the Bears saved our bacon and home field advantage. Did I really just say that?

What was the first Saints game you attended?

   Sainst beat the Falcons in 1990 season (I believe) something like 14-10. Deion was in his prime and hearing the boos for him from the Faithful was priceless. Sat in a luxury box for the only time.

Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story?
 
  No. Never realized that until you asked the question. But Drew comes to Mobile in 2 weeks for a book signing.

1. at work but watching the game
2. at home watching the game
3. the playoff game against philly when hebert threw 24 int’s
4. saints vs bucs in tampa 2006
5. sam mills before he was a saint, he was from my hometown

1. At my dad’s house, we freaked.
2. At my dad’s house, we freaked.
3. I have blocked all bad memories from my mind before the 09 season.
4. Hope to go to the Browns game this year if finances hold up.
5. None unfortunately.

Where were you when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory?

- in slidell watching the game with my friend robby and his folks.

Where were you for “the punt block” on Monday night against the Falcons?

- working at copeland’s that night unfortunately. fortunately though, copeland’s has tv’s. (and shrimp and tasso pasta…mmmmmm) the whole place went through the roof. one of the best nights as a server, but more importantly, one of the best nights as a saints fan ever.

What is your worst Saints memory?

playing in the same division as young and montana. payback time…2010 style.

What was the first Saints game you attended?

the folks brought me to games starting at a young age so i don’t remember the first, but the first one i remember going to was against the lions. dad got sideline passes at the dome somehow, i met barry sanders (he was so short!!) and we won

Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story?

at a young age i went to a couple of those saints camps for kids and met some players, although my brain cells are gone at this point so i couldn’t tell you who…something tells me ray zellars and mario bates, but i could be mistaken. oh and i did meet that everett guy…what was his name? was it chris? :D

would love to meet deuce, drew, and tyrone hughes (was always my favorite player). …and also aaron brooks so i can finally wipe that grin off his face

1. Sitting with my (then future) father-in-law in his seats at the Dome.
2. Sitting with my father-in-law in his seats at the Dome.
3. Carney shanking the PAT after the ESPY “Play of the Year”
4. December 2000. Lost to the Broncos.
5. Once bowled next to CB Fred Weary. Chatted with him briefly. I’ve spoken to Archie a couple times when I’ve seen him – once getting an oil change. We joked about Dr. Phil, which was on TV in the waiting room while we waited. Had a brief discussion with him about cigars on another occasion.

1. I was sitting in the car listening to the radio at intermission during one or another of my kids’ school performances.
2. I was at home, screaming.
3. The one that sticks in my mind is the 1978 loss to Kenny Stabler and the Raiders. Archie had the team up 17-0 at the half, if memory serves, but the Raiders came back to tie in regulation and win in overtime, 34-31 or somesuch. The Saints ended up 8-8 and out of the playoffs, and went 1-15 the next year. I was scarred for life.
4. I believe it was a Saints-Cowboys game in Tulane Stadium in the late 60’s or early 70’s. I was pretty young, and can’t remember exactly when, but the Saints, in the midst of a bad year, actually beat the Cowboys in what would be referred to today as a trap game. The Cowboys ended up winning the Super Bowl, if I remember correctly.
5. I met Doug Atkins when I was a boy, at a development in Mississippi where he and my dad happened to have both bought a lot. He was a big man by any measurement, but he seemed absolutely monumental to a young boy.

Where were you when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory?
In the nosebleeds. The muffed punt was the loudest I ever heard the Superdome

Where were you for “the punt block” on Monday night against the Falcons?
At my house. I remember I jumped up off the sofa and almost hit my head on the ceiling fan
 
What is your worst Saints memory?
Probably the whole 2005 season. I have it pretty much blocked out of my memory.
 
What was the first Saints game you attended?
I can’t really remember, but I know Bobby Hebert was the QB at the time. Don’t know who they were playing or if the won or lost though.
 
Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story?
I’ve met a couple, mostly at autograph signings and what not. The one person that I actually got to talk with wasn’t a Saints guy, but Dom Capers. I met him at a wedding when I was about 12. Nice guy, this was before he coached the Texans, but I became a Texan fan while he was their coach.

1. Home. The first milestone I waited for.
2. Home. I think I felt the ground rumble when the dome erupted 250 miles away.
3. Tough, but has to be the loss to Chicago in the 2006.
4. Pre-season game against Dallas in Shreveport.
5. Bobby Hebert. Had several classes with him at NSU.

1. Where were you when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory?
At home, which was in Pensacola at the time.
2. Where were you for “the punt block” on Monday night against the Falcons?
At an Albuquerque sports bar.
3. What is your worst Saints memory?
The John Carney missed PAT in Jacksonville right after the River City Relay. I was also at the ABQ sports bar at the time, which had very few Saints fans. They had just switched the main viewer to show the Saints game, since the Cowboys game I think it was had just ended. There’s lots of Cowboy fans out here. The place had about 80 people in it and everyone got real excited about the relay TD we had just scored. It was just me and one other Saints fan sitting together at the bar at the time, so lots of people were congratulating us on a magnificent comeback. Then, Carney missed the PAT and everyone in there let out a long, collective groan. They then all kinda laughed, some said we were cursed, and most looked at us with a weird mixture of pity and amusement as we just sat there stunned. As my friend buried his head in his arms on top of the bar, I told him, “It’s OK. One of these days we’re gonna win it all and then we can say we were there through all the bad times like this.” That day finally came on February 7, 2010.
4. What was the first Saints game you attended?
One of the Falcons games in 2001.
5. Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story?
Nope, never had the pleasure.

1. Was at home with my parents watching the game on TV
2. In the Dome with good seats, man that was such a great game.
3. I’d say my worst was the 06 NFC championship game. I waited so long and felt like they would pull it off, but then the game went south for them and they started to get their asses handed to them and I ended up with a hole in my wall that I had to fix.
4. I was young about maybe 9 or 10 (1984 or 1985) so don’t really remember much about the game but am pretty sure it was against the Rams in the dome. Believe the Saints won.
5. In 2002 I had the fortune to meet the entire team and flew with them to Miami for a pre-season game against the Dolphins. It was when the team had their training camp during that period in the jurisdiction that I work (law enforcement). I and other officers did security in our off-time for the team at the direction of the hated Santini. As a thank you Santini invited two officers to go with the team to assist with security for the game. I was chosen with another officer by my department and had a great time. It was so cool being on the sidelines in the Miami stadium with the team while they were playing. In hindsight, it’s actually crazy to think that 7 years later the Saints would be on that same field winning a Super Bowl.

1. Where were you when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory?

I was there with my dad and little brother. I had gone the week before when they lost to the Rams at the end of the season too. Winning that playoff game was all the sweeter for it.

2. Where were you for “the punt block” on Monday night against the Falcons?

In Syracuse, NY watching from the comfort of my off campus house. I was ecstatic.

3. What is your worst Saints memory?

NFC Champ from 2006. Being an Eagles fan as well as a Saints fan I figured the reason I wouldn’t be rooting for an Eagles SB was because I’d be rooting for a Saints one. Turns out I was a few years off.

4. What was the first Saints game you attended?

Can’t remember really. I think it might have been a pre-season game against the Chiefs.

5. Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story?

Well, when I was young I lived in Mandeville a couple blocks away from Bobby Hebert. I met him, but don’t remember the encounters really. More recently I met Sean Payton at Finn McCool’s when he came for a Pub Quiz before the start of last season. He hosted a round and sat in on three rounds before leaving. He was very comfortable in the environment and fit right in. A very cool guy. My team won that night too, so I now have a football signed by the whole team in my possession.

   1. – At home in my living room in Montana…crying like a school girl.
   2. – At home in my living room in Montana…crying so hard i made crying like a school girl seem manly.
   3. – Playoff loss to Philly. We were playing well in the first half, everyone was dancing around having a good time. Then Reggie White comes out of no where for a safety. Then Reggie White comes out of no where and shoe string tackles on a 4th down conversion. Then Reggie White…well you get the picture. I’ve been passionate about my hatred for the Eagles ever since.
   4. -1983 home game versus the 49ers. Was with my parents, my brother and my grandmother. It was a gift for my Grandma’s birthday who was actually a huge Joe Montana fan….go figure.
   5. I played craps with Mike Ditka in Las Vegas….funny guy, smoked too many cigars. A funny story actually. My last name is Brister. I grew up in Moss Bluff, Lafeyette and later New Orleans. At the time i was growing up Bubby Brister was a big time star in college down there. People naturally thought my mother was his mother (his mother was actually my brother’s junior high vice principle). So because people thought my mother was Bubby’s mother, we’d constantly get free things. Free movie rentals, soft drinks at the store etc. etc. Now don’t get me wrong, they never really asked my mother if she was, she’s honest enough that she would say no, but since they always naturally assumed…hey, free gear!

1. At my house in Metairie

2. Still at my house in Metairie, except it had no walls and was pretty much empty because it was being renovated after the storm.

3. In 1980, when one of my work buddies told me that he thought LSU could beat the Saints that year.

4. The very first game in 1967 with my dad.

5. I met Sam Mills at the French Riviera gym in Metairie during his “Dome Patrol” days. We worked out together for about 45 minutes before he left. I also saw Rickey Jackson there one time too.

1. Where were you when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory?
- At my grandparents house in Gonzales. My Grandpa was a school principal for 40 odd years and I had never in my life seen him as animated as he was during that game.
2. Where were you for “the punt block” on Monday night against the Falcons?
- Taylor Hall Dormitory at LSU. I ran screaming and crying through the Pentagon.
3. What is your worst Saints memory?
- John Carney’s miss after the River City Relay.
4. What was the first Saints game you attended?
- Cardinals at Saints 2007. They won 31-24. Best Christmas present I ever received. I remember it was like walking into Mecca for the first time. The Saints have won every game I’ve ever been to, so you should all definitely donate your tickets to me so we can keep that streak alive.
5. Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story?
— I have yet to have that honor, but I will meet Drew Brees at Borders Books in Baton Rouge on the 25th. Anything you guys want me to tell him?

1+2) At my house
3) Carney missed PAT after the River City Relay.
4) Pathetically, I’m unsure. I was a little kid, I know that.
5) Worked out in the same gym as Archie Manning last summer. He’s in pretty good shape considering he his age and the number of hit hards he took in his career.

1. If I recall correctly, watching the game with friends at our dorm lounge at Tulane.

2. Watching the game at home. I’ll never forget that night as long as I live.

3. Oh man, I think I had somehow blocked out the memory of that botched extra point until this thread came up. I recall bellowing out the loudest, longest and foulest litany of curses that my little mind could conjure up until my throat went hoarse. Kinda surprised I didn’t have the law called out to my house that day, in retrospect.

(Dis)honorable mention goes to the loss to the Bears in the NFC title game. The loss itself was bad enough of course, but I’m a proud, card-carrying Gator Hater (any Florida products that play for the Saints are of course forgiven) and so the Saints losing to a squad quarterbacked by Rex Grossman made the loss all the more bitter. Now that I’m on this point, coming out for the opening game the next season and getting slaughtered by the Colts also stands out in my mind.

4. Have yet to attend a game live.

5. Never that I can remember.

1. Where were you when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory?
Not a fan at the time. I jumped on the “bandwagon” toward the end of 2006 regular season. The re-birth was pretty much fitting with the rough time I was having at the time.
 
2. Where were you for "the punt block" on Monday night against the Falcons?
I shuttle all the time between NY and London. I think the game was live on a satellite channel in UK but I missed it
 
3. What is your worst Saints memory?
In such a short time… I have to say the loss vs St Louis in 2007… it really looked they righted the ship after that 0-4 start… what a disappintment… and it really hurt that trick TD play

4. What was the first Saints game you attended?
Wembley 2008, Chargers @ Saints. The stadium was 90% Saints and you could hear it

5. Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story?
Never had the pleasure

1. I was in the Dome, about 10 rows from the top in a corner section, when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory.

2. I was watching MNF sitting on my new apartment in Dallas, for “the punt block” on Monday night against the Falcons.

3. My worst Saints memory, was any time HWSNBN was on the field.

I would get so f-ing pissed, I would want to punch my TV.

One time I slammed my fist down on my coffee table and bent it a little, while hurting my hand like a mo’ fo’.

Another one, also involving HWSNBN was… I came back early from a visit to California to see the Saints vs Colts in the Dome b/c I had season tickets. We got torched thanks in no small part (ok, it was all his fault) to J…. M***** F****** D….!

4. The Rams playoff game from question #1, was the first Saints game I attended.

5. I’ve never met a Saint. :-(

1. My living room in Metairie.
2. My living room in Southern Maryland.
3. My two worse memories were the loss to the Oakland Raiders on Monday night when Stabler brought Oakland back from a large deficit to win, and the loss to Tampa Bay to give them their first victory as an expansion team. Boo!
4. Late 1960’s in Tulane Stadium. Falcons game, and I remember that the Saints loss, and I couldn’t get over how high up we were because those were the best seats my dad could afford!
5. Oh, I’ve met quite a few. The entire Dome patrol—Jackson, Swilling, Mills, and Vaughn at an autograph signing during their prime, plus I met Joe Wendryhoski after his Saints career was over (he’d be a good answer to a Trivia question!) I’ve also met Archie Manning and former kicker Morten Anderson. Oh, and current player Usama Young. There might be others, but those are the ones that stand out!

1. I was in Hohenfels Germany on a training mission for Iraq Deployment. My chief contacted me via radio the next day. I watched NFL replay a few years later. Really wish I could’ve seen that game…

2. My couch in Des Moines, Iowa. Watching with a bunch of Vikings fans. It’s a sweeter memory now. (although I watched this most recent Super Bowl with the same guys, that was better)

3. 2006 NFCCG loss to the Bears. Hands Down, no contest.

4. Sunday, Sept 8th. 1991. The day I became a Saints fan. Grew up in a Cowboys household, went to the game with my dad (I was 9) because we happened to be in KC and got tickets. Watching that game, I decided the Saints were my team as I’m from Iowa (no Pro team), hated Dallas (still do), and love New Orleans (Jazz Musician). The way that season went was a plus too. 7-0 was amazing. The subsequent playoff loss to the Dirty Birds is the root of all my hatred for everything in the world that has and will ever exist.

5. Haven’t really “met” any Saints players. I did get to watch Drew Brees put a hurting on my Iowa Hawkeyes back in his Purdue days. I’ve also been at a few of the same parties as Adrian Arrington if that counts.

1. So far as I know, I must have been here in my mountaintop bunker.

2. Same place.

3. I’m with DrWhoDat: the season finale against the Rams in 1983. The Saints’ defense stifled the Rams the whole game, but the Saints allowed a safety, a TD on a punt return, and two pick-6’s. Then the Rams drove for the winning field goal as time expired. And I was there. That one hurt bad.

4. Saints 24, Steelers 14, Dec. 15, 1968. All I remember is that we won, and that my feet were frozen. That was the coldest I ever felt growing up.

5. Sorta. Kinda. Vincent Alexander went to my high school. Not while I was there, but I met him. Does that count?

1) A few too many beers… I think I was in Picayune at a friends house.

2) In an empty office suite wiring cubicles with a stream of the game playing on the paging system.

3) Last season against the cowgirls. I got thrown out of three bars that night.

4) Against the Eagles in ’85.

5) Seen a few around, but Tom Dempsey is the only Saint I’ve met. I did get to talk to Benson for a few minutes in San Antonio years back which went fine right up until the point my brother told him to “quit being a jew and pay for a real QB”. Thanks bro, he listened.

   1. Where were you when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory?

In N.O. running around my front yard with my cuz screaming!

   2. Where were you for “the punt block” on Monday night against the Falcons?

In a Dallas hotel, watching before a graduation.

   3. What is your worst Saints memory?

Every time we lost to the Cowboys.

   4. What was the first Saints game you attended?

Don’t remember I’ve been going before I could remember.

   5. Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story?

I met many but I remembering meeting and putting on HOF Ricky Jackson shoulder pads in the Saints locker room.

What is your worst Saints memory? Probably the craziness of the NFC title game. Can’t wait for the rematch so we can erase whatever BS still lingers with a straight up in your face win. Hard game to stomach.

What was the first Saints game you attended? Haven’t been yet but the 1st will be against the Browns in Oct and then against the Cowgirls on Thanksgiving.

Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story? Thomas Morstead and everyone already knows the story.

1) the dome
2) the dome
3) losing to bengels in 2002 in the second to last game, i watched the game at espn the zone in disney world filled to the brim with other nfl fans. the wheels were falling off our team, but we lost to the 1 win bengels when all we needed was one solid drive. after the game was over, the one bengels fan in the place stood up and screamed “we’re gonna win the super bowl!” the entire place started laughing hysterically while i snuck out.
4) dont remember, my parents took me to games when i was really young… so i couldnt tell you which one was first.
5) ive met plenty, but im not a very starstruck person (drew would probably be the only one to really leave me awestruck). my family used to own a small part of the team when i was younger, so we used to get field passes and go down on the field while the team was warming up. so at the time, i had met rickey jackson, hebert, sam mills, floyd turner, jim mora, morten anderson, etc… recently ive only met a couple… joe horn, hollis thomas, steve gleason, but i havent met any of the players on the team right now including drew unfortunately.

that so many people’s worst memory was the missed PAT. I dunno, guess i just always looked at it in a different fashion i suppose. When we missed the PAT i screamed once, shrugged, and said “well that figures.” I guess it was because i felt we didn’t deserve to win off the freak lateral play. Fun as all heck to watch though.

I’m guessing it was all the heartache and torture i felt as a child and young adult watching the Saints from 1981 on (was over seas so i didn’t get into football until i came back to the U.S.). I remember the agony of the aints years, and never really understood why people wore the bags on their heads. You bought tickets to watch them play, so support them, don’t patronize them. I remember the glory of the Dome Patrol days and having one of the stingiest defenses in the history of the NFL paired with offensive instability. All in all, I’d say that all that definitely numbed me to both the PAT and the 2006 championship. Honestly i wasn’t that down after 2006….i was too damn proud about how far we actually had come.

1. At home with friends and family.
2. Was @ the game. My friend who had just gotten a job with espn as a make-up specialist got us 8 tix free! Kicker was when ESPN showed highlights, they showed us in the stands.
3. 2008 bunch of us had tix for the saints 49ers game. We go out on Bourbon Street night before. We end up in some club after paying $25 to get in, after 30 mins I get approached and get tossed out for no reason. So I attempted to re-enter to get my car keys from my buddy, big mistake. I woke up in OPP. They release me after the game starts. I didn’t have any clue to where my buddies were, my keys or car, my cellphone has died, or even where they are sitting. As I walk up to the Dome I literally walk right past all my buddies as they are leaving the game. BTW Saints win the game 31-10.
4. I attended several with my mom as a child, but first tix I remember paying for was Saints vs Bucs @ Tiger Stadium.
5. Joe Horn, Dece Mcallister, several others while they were training in Jackson. Joe comes around every year or so to go rabbit hunting with us.

1: work. I was a cook at a small restaurant
On the North Shore. The only customers were a nice but insultingly unaware couple who came in during the third quarter, when the Saints were getting ready to let the Rams back into the game. The three of us who had to work collectively lost our minds when Hakeem dropped the ball, which, after the way the fourth had gone, did seem to prove there was a God after all, and that he was kind of a prick, but liked to keep it interesting.

2: in Opal Divines, a bar in Austin. I(and my girlfriend, in a kind of begrudging support I’m sure some are familiar with) were the only ones even paying attention to the game. I loved every minute, but the atmosphere was a little sad, since there was no camaraderie or solidarity to enjoy.

3: plenty to go around, but one that comes to mind that o haven’t read here yet was a loss to Cleveland on a hail Mary in 2001(?). Cleveland was not as bad then as now, but it was still and embarrassing loss, and I remember taking that one a little harder than others for some reason. Maybe I was drunk.

4: NOS vs. SF, 1990. close game, but a loss. It wasn’t the first time I hated the niners, but it did get a little more personal that day.

5: I met a few. Bobby Hebert and John Fourcade both lived on the Northshore, and I met them both biking in their neighborhood(separately). I met Stan Brock at a little league game once. John Carney went to my mom’s church. That’s all that comes to mind.

1. Where were you when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory?
In my parents’ house with some of my high school buddies

2. Where were you for "the punt block" on Monday night against the Falcons?

again my parents’ house, living at home after i graduated college

3. What is your worst Saints memory?

don’t remember the game, but i coach high school football and i’m from pennsylvania – friday night we were eliminated from state playoffs, saturday penn state lost and sunday the saints completed my worst sports weekend ever

4. What was the first Saints game you attended?
I was either 15 or 16 against Tampa Bay at the dome – one of the billie joe’s was the starting qb

5. Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story?
not yet

1) I was watching the Saints-Rams game at my apartment in Louisville, KY. I nearly jumped through the roof when H dropped the B. It was a big football week for me – I had been at the Dome on Christmas Eve for the disappointing reg season finale against the Lambs the week before, and then the day of the playoff game, I had actually spent most of it driving back from Memphis because some friends and I had gone to the Liberty Bowl and watched U of Louisville lose to Colorado State in the coooooold Memphis air. I remember we went to a rib joint in Memphis after the game, and on the TVs in the restaurant I watched LSU and Rohan Davey tear it up in the Peach Bowl.

So, back to the Saints-Rams playoff win – that game was such a roller coaster, and then we held on for the win – Brian Milne – OH MY! But after the game, I went out to bars with a bunch of friends, and the whole time, I couldn’t stop watching the ESPN highlights of the game over and over again at every bar we went to. I wasn’t very good company, but I enjoyed that night of drinks and highlights VERY MUCH.

2) I was watching the Saints-Falcons MNF game at my home in Louisville with my wife. I had just finished dinner (grilled cheese and tomato soup) and set the dishes aside when the big play came – and I whooped and hollered like MAD!!!! What a play – Stevie G. and Curtis DeLoatch were awesome on that play!!

3)Worst Saints moment could be from any one of the final three games of 2002. Maddening and frustrating was the end of that season. We needed one win to make the playoffs. First, we totally choked in a shootout with Minnesota. When they scored at the end of the game and lined up for the 2-point conversion, I told the team through the TV that Culpepper was going to just run it up the middle out of the shotgun, but even with my warning they couldn’t stop him and we lost. Then, I was at the cold Cincy game when we just couldn’t beat the lowly Bengals – ugh. Finally, we played terribly against the Panthers in the final game, losing 10-6, or 7-6, maybe, and in that game we couldn’t get a first down, couldn’t score a TD, and deservedly so missed the playoffs. It was a horrible way to end such a promising 3rd season under Haslett.

4) The first game I went to was Saints-Vikings game at the Dome in 1980, I was 9 years old, and we lost 23-20, I think. My friend’s family let me go with them – they had season tickets, and usually the kids didn’t get to go, but the team was so bad that year they had extra tickets.

5) I’ve met Archie Manning twice – once on St. Charles Avenue at Rex in the late 70’s (my parents took a picture of me with Archie then), and then again when I was in college – we were using adjacent urinals in the men’s room at a formal ball on New Year’s Eve…

   1. Not sure, actually. I didn’t turn 21 till the following year, so I was probably at a buddy’s house.
   2. I was busy signing Steve Gleason to 10 year, $150,000,000 contract in Madden 06.
   3. When the ref got in the way of Joe Horn making an easy touchdown catch. God, that still pisses me off.
   4. Home opener for the Super Bowl season.
   5. I met Ricky Williams. He was at a beauty shop next to the supermarket I worked at, when the Saints held training camp in little ol’ Thibodaux, LA.

1. Okinawa (suprise!) Heard the results on the radio.
2. Okinawa. Crying. Actually, I started crying when the team ran onto the field and pretty much didn’t have dry eyes for the whole game.
3. The first time I saw a “Ain’ts baghead” on TV.
4. Have only had the chance to attend one game. Bears vs. Saints in Tulane Stadium. The game where the Saints lost a forty two yard fumble!!!
5. I met Billy Kilmer while he was signing autographs in the commissary here on Okinawa in 2002. He was signing pictures of him in a Redskin uniform. I asked, “Do you have any pictures of you in a Saints uniform?” His reply, “Are you kidding?” I refused the picture he signed and tried to give to me and just walked away. F… him. A..hole.

The all star baseball game sux so much I’m thinking about answering this post.

1. I’ll never forget it. I was in the Dome with my dad.
2. I’ll never forget it. I was in the Dome with my mom.
3. my worst Saints memory was Saints-Vikings when at the end of the game the Vikings went for 2pts. Culpepper fumbled the snap, picked up the loose ball and walsed into the endzone untouched to beat the Saints by one. We’d miss the playoffs that year thanks to that play. Also the hail mary against the Cleveland Browns in the dome on the last play of the game with Tim Couch that we lost at the buzzer.
4. Oct 27th 1991. Saints-Bears. The Saints were 7-0 and Mike Ditka gave us our first loss. Morten hit a 60 yarder before halftime.
5. I’ve met Reggie Bush, Zach Strief, Brian Young, Mike Karney, Tommy Barnhardt, Morten Andersen, Brian Forde (former linebacker), Darrin Smith. That’s all I can think of.

1. Airport Bar in Kenner waiting for my wife’s flight to arrive. HOW DARE SHE COME HOME DURING THAT GAME!! I’m still p****d about that. I had to listen to “HAKIM DROPPED THE BALL!!!” on the car radio on the way home from the airport.

2. Watched on television in Texas. (relocated after Katrina)

3. Mike Lansford – First real heartbreak in Saints history. Whole damn city was crying and depressed. Or was that just at my house? Saints fans only THOUGHT that the Tampa Bay game in 1977, Big Ben parts 1 & 2 in 1978, and the Raiders game in 1979 were gut wrenching. This was the first time that the Saints came into the final regular season game with a winning record (8-7) and a chance at the playoffs. Queue up Colonel Kurtz…“the horror! The horror!”

4. 1977 Preseason – Saints vs Bills. Does preseason even count?

5. Too many to name. From 1987-1992, I was in the company of quite a few saints players on a weekly basis due to my previous occupation.

1. Where were you when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory?

I don’t remember, but I was probably at home.

2. Where were you for “the punt block” on Monday night against the Falcons?

I was at home watching the game. One of the first times a sports team made me cry.
 
3. What is your worst Saints memory?

When the Saints missed the extra point attempt after the River City Relay. Made me wanna hunt down John Carney.

4. What was the first Saints game you attended?

I didn’t start attending games until 2006 when my parents started getting free tickets from Southern Eagle/Budweiser (they have amazing seats btw). I went to the Redskins game that we lost. Terrance Copper dropped the go ahead TD. Made me wanna hunt him down.

5. Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story?

I met Michael Lewis in the days when he worked as beer truck driver. He used to deliver beer to my family’s store all the time. Great guy

1 – I was watching the game at my Brother’s house.
2 – Mosul Iraq
3 – What is your worst Saints memory? The Ditka Error, ooops I mean Era
4 – December 31, 2006 – I took my Dad to the game as a Christmas Present. It was the first professional football game either of us had ever been to.
5 – No, never met a Saints player, but I got to meet 9 of the Saintsations in Mosul Iraq.

1. Unfortunately, it was before I started watching the Saints.
2. At home, in my living room, screaming like a fool.
3. Not a fan long enough to have any really bad memories.
4. It will be the Saints/Cowboys on Turkey Day and I can’t wait!!!
5. Sadly, no.

1. Where were you when the Saints beat St. Louis for their first franchise playoff victory?

Here in Japan, watching 3 days later (self-imposed internet and TV blackout to preserve the suspense). But, I unfortunately didn’t hear Jim Henderson’s immortal call.

2. Where were you for “the punt block” on Monday night against the Falcons?

See above.

3. What is your worst Saints memory?

When I was a kid, I seldom got to go to Saints games, but my eldest brother took me to a handful. Unfortunately, within that handful were some of the most infamous Saints losses in franchise history.

My first game ever, a home game against the Dirty Birds, featured the first Steve Bartkowski Hail Mary/Big Ben pass, when he beat us on the last play. (cried)

I was there for my 2nd game on Monday night against the Raiders when Stabler brought them back from, I believe, a 28 point 3rd quarter deficit to humiliate the Saints (and me) on national television. (cried)

After waiting outside for tickets at the Dome all night, drinking s*** coffee and half-freezing to death, I saw us get walloped by the Vikes in our first ever playoff game and was there the next year to witness a brutal comeback in which Jim Everett and Flipper Anderson racked up about 700 yards in the 4th Quarter to eventually win it in OT for the f***ing Rams! (didn’t cry; got extremely drunk)

(GOD! How I HATED Jim Everett! I considered it a tremendous betrayal when Mora brought him in to QB the Saints).

About the only horrible home loss I didn’t witness personally was when the Dirty Birds beat us 62-7.

4. What was the first Saints game you attended?

See above.

5. Have you ever met a Saint, past or present? If so, whats the story?

Danny Abramowicz and Bobby Scott – went to school with their sons in like 2nd grade and they were both attending the school fair. They threw the ball around for a while with us nutty children.

Archie – got his autograph when I was working at Ralph & Kacoo’s on Toulouse; unbelievably nice guy.

Dalton Hilliard – at some Saints fan day or something at the Superdome; I had him sign my official Saints program at the top of the list of Saints top rushers thinking he would one day truly top the list.

Morton Andersen – almost beat up my friend at Pat O’Brien’s for harassing his date.

Renaldo Turnbull – putting groceries in his car outside of Canal Villere on Robert E. Lee (is that still there?).

Finally, Jim Mora – was attending a friend’s wedding; he appraised my rather large frame and drunkenly and ridiculously commented that he could have used my services on the football field that past season.

1. I was at my girlfriend’s house. She told me several times that day that she had never seen me smile like that before.

2. I was in my apartment, half-paying attention because admittedly I was entertaining a lady. She ended up teaching me how to juggle bowling pins before the night was over. That was one of the better Mondays of my life.
 
3. Oh, man, what to choose. The end of the 02 season, Ricky WIlliams’ raging bout of turf toe, Deuce’s knees giving out on him,lots of things. What came to mind first, though, was the opening season drubbing by the Colts back in 2007. A potential Super Bowl preview they were billing it as. Two years off the mark they were.

4. I’ve attended one game and one game only. The Saints glorious win over New England on MNF. It was an early Christmas present from my good friend David, who happened to be a Tom Brady freak. We wore combating outfits and the harassment he received after the game from Saints fans was a little disappointing. Mostly because he had paid for the trip.

5. Nope. That’s a dull way to end this.

1. Dome
2. At home in Tulsa watching on TV.
3. Bobby Hebert showing off against the Saints in the Dome. Don’t remember which game. Trying to forget it. Thanks for making me remember it again.
4. First game of the season ‘88 season. Right after I moved to New Orleans a coworker took me and hooked me for good.
5. Met Rickey Jackson before a game when they had an appreciation day for him on the plaza. My wife was wearing her Jackson jersey and he came up behind us and told her he liked her jersey. It’s still one of her most prized possessions.

1. Home
2. Home
3. 2006 NFC Championship Game, I was worried at the time that my have been there only shot at a SB. Or least for a long time but the three years that followed did feel like an eternity.
4. Never, dont get over to New Orleans much.
5. Never actually spoken to one but I walked past Hollis Thomas in a Wal-Mart I worked at and I remember thinking he was a small guy to be playing DT in the NFL. Made me think I could do it if I had time to workout for a living! I did speak to Tony Dorsett in that same Wal-Mart, I was little young when he played but I have always been good at remembering faces, I did a double take on him and just came right out, “Your Tony Dorsett” like he didnt know.

1. At home watching the game
2. At home
3. Carney missing the extra point to tie the game at Jacksonville
4. Went to the Green Bay game last year on Monday Night. It was awesome with all those points scored.
5. Haven’t met a Saints player, yet.

1. At home watching with friends. At the end of the game I was dancing…. and I don’t normally dance that much.

2. At home watching with my ex-wife. I still enjoyed it.

3. The Atlanta game back in the ’70’s where they threw the “Big Ben” (I think that’s what they called it) to win the game on the last play of the game. I punched the refrigerator and nearly cracked a knuckle. Quite a few other painful memories but that was the only one that was painful in both the mental and physical sense.

4. First regular season game. Sitting in the endzone at Tulane Statium witnessing the 96 yard opening kickoff return. Believe it or not, Student tickets in the endzone were only $2.00 each back then.

5. About 10 years ago I met Rickey Jackson. His sister-in-law worked at the same company I did. Knowing I was a Saints fan, she told me her husband and Rickey were picking her up after work. She introduced me. Very nice guy….. (but then, how could anyone not be nice when you’re introduced by a relative and you tell them you’re looking forward to them being inducted into the H.O.F.).

1. At work stressing, huddled around the TV with my crew, a VP walks in, right when the punt happened, Hakim drops it ,we all go nuts,and this VP claims that a flag thrown is v.s. the Saints.
2.At home watching ,stressing then exploding.
3.(A)Rams/Saints 83 Lansford kick. 1st time I saw Saint fans cry. I was 19 and it was the 1st real(young adult) thought of the Saints never being a winning franchise or getting a play-off run. Then Bum retires, Archie had been traded, and the sale/moving of the team started. [(B) Saints lose to the Eagles play-off game.][© Hail Mary’s v. Atlanta]
4.The Dempsey kick, but 71-93 went to all home games. Dad’s been a season tix holder since 67. 1973 remember the 30+ yd fumble as Archie was trying a QB sneak.
5.I used to have a Charlie Durkee autographed 8X10 action photo, Howard Stevens and Archie too. On mondays after home games The Ground Pati Rest.(on Severn Ave, Metairie) had a point after show meet/greet player(s). Charlie was the player that nite. Had a few run ins with Archie, he sold (or was a spokesperson for)Oldsmobles @ Royal Olds Severn/Vets during the offseasons and i cut grass/pulled weeds for my godfathers landsc. co. on wkds./summers there. A hand shake or small talk usually, very approachable. In the 80’s my best friend went steady w/ strength coach Paternostro’s daughter so I met several Saints, Reuben Mayes, John Tice, Jim Wilks all at one party . I once ran into Sam Mills at a Fat City nitespot (not to be named)well after the game was over, the wee hours actually, remember Sam wearing a full length black leather overcoat wondering what it cost. And Barts and Augies Delago were full of Saints on Sundays after the game. Great memories.

1 & 2: at home watching on TV.
3. The MNF loss to the Raiders in 1979. We had a 35-0 lead (just kidding; I think it was 35-14) & choked. We lost; I believe the final score was 42-35.
4. Ist regular season game ever; Sept 17, 1967 I believe.
5. Nary a one, but maybe I’ll get to “hang out” with Archie at adjacent urinals one day. Sorry Hans. I tried real hard to resist for almost 24 hours since 1st reading you response last night. I just couldn’t stand it any longer.

1&2. Home watching
3. Carney’s missed Extra pt against Jax
4. 2001 Saints vs Colts at the Superdome
5. I met Ricky Williams two days ago in Los Angeles